Think Roverman has a Good Point!
Irrespective of what we think about MAN, its management team or anything else, outside of LHR it does have the widest range of operators of any airport. This leaves it in a very good place in many respects as you don't have the 'all eggs in one basket' scenario as an increasing number of UK airports are having, being dependent on the likes of EZY and RYR (as are the likes of STN and LGW to an increasing amount).
In fact, of all the UK airports outside of LHR, I think that MAN was uniquely placed to rebuff RYR, even though it resulted in a big hit on PAX. After all, the likes of LPL are posting around double-digit increases in PAX compared to this time last year, but ask yourself, how much money are they making??
As set out in the stratgey to 2030, MAN has the ability to add extra growth to around 30M without "excessive" investment (although significant investment will be required) and with no new runways planned in the SE until at least that date, given the current range of carriers, the major population in the N of England, plus the fact that it has 2 x 3000m runways leaves MAN with a bright future.
It is just a shame that some of the doom-mongers on this site can't look at the long-game rather than the short-term