I've grown to love football under Sir Alex Ferguson who was there for a very long time. I love the idea of having another manager who can do that. I want a manager who will become part of the club and have this club as their defining place rather than being a stopgap before retirement. I don't want to have every season be a "will they retire?" thing again.
Also, I want a manager who can be part of the bigger club, nurturing talent from youth and turning them into regular players. I want a manager who can mould the entire club to suit the manager's style and to reap the benefits of that over a long time, rather than having a group of players who, at every new appointment, must be chopped and changed all over again to suit another manager's style, or the manager have to "make do" with the signings of untold previous managers over the past years.
Finally, I like having a manager that has the balls to dismiss players a la Van Nistelrooy and Beckham. Someone who can do so without suffering. This kind of thing can only be achieved by having a long term manager who the fans and chairman alike will stand by and believe in. To get to that kind of trust, you need to earn it over time.
Essentially I like the manager to run the club for the long run. Long term stability was always something I felt was important in football.
