Does ten Hag nod too much?

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I can't be the only who has noticed this, whenever he finishes speaking he always nods.

Is this a sign of self-belief or arrogance?

Could this be the reason why we conceded 6 goals yesterday?

Other top managers don't nod, look at Guardiola or Klopp they just stop speaking.
 
horsechoker said:
I can't be the only who has noticed this, whenever he finishes speaking he always nods.

Is this a sign of self-belief or arrogance?

Could this be the reason why we conceded 6 goals yesterday?

Other top managers don't nod, look at Guardiola or Klopp they just stop speaking.
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If I affirm this, am I just giving a verbal nod which is only likely to make matters worse?
 
This seems like looking too deeply in to things.
 
I don't mind the nod, it is the jaw grind he does that seems a bit weird.
 
Read OP and thought WTF?
Then read the name of the poster and reaction is :lol:
Does he nod too much?
Does he move his right hand too much?
Does he shake his head too much?
Does he says "heh" too much?
Is he bald too much?

Yep, we lost yesterday...
 
He gurns/grinds his teeth a lot. The Dutch Stannis Baratheon. Overbite central.
 
Stick him up front. 30 headed goals a season.
 
how dare you. it’s because he’s got no hair to weigh his head down, so it keeps trying to float away. when he’s not speaking, he is able to focus on anchoring his head on his neck but he gets distracted when he’s talking and it tries to escape. he notices at the end of each sentence what is happening and does a simple course correction. to the untrained eye, this looks like a nod, but it’s actually a medical condition.
 
Does horsechoker create too many threads?
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Siorac said:
Does horsechoker create too many threads?
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he’s at least sticking his head above water and asking real, probing questions. otherwise we’d all have to sit here listening to the sound of foreskins rubbing over helmets, about city.
 
It's clearly him saying 'Yes" and showing he is the authority on the matter.

Or a twitch.
 
Also shakes his head too much. Every time the camera panned to him in the first half yesterday
 
Donut said:
Eh?!
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Funnily enough… he has different “eh” and each signifies a different thing.

“you saw how my Ajax team played eh” = of course you did, they played great, that’s the flexing the bicep in the mirror “eh”.

“ eh Ronaldo isn’t our only player” that’s the shut the feck up or ask a different question “eh”

“this team is defending well eh” That’s the I’m doing the best I can, I wish it was our midfield and strikers winning is games but I had to go back to basics because United were so crap.

“eh…………“. That’s the eh eh
 
horsechoker said:
I can't be the only who has noticed this, whenever he finishes speaking he always nods.

Is this a sign of self-belief or arrogance?

Could this be the reason why we conceded 6 goals yesterday?

Other top managers don't nod, look at Guardiola or Klopp they just stop speaking.
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Definitely. I think his nodding ratio is all off. It's distracting the players. I read an article by Michael Cox recently and he said that the best managers nod once worry 40 seconds. ETH is once every 15. You can't survive at the top level with that.

Get rid.
 
Tyrion said:
Definitely. I think his nodding ratio is all off. It's distracting the players. I read an article by Michael Cox recently and he said that the best managers nod once worry 40 seconds. ETH is once every 15. You can't survive at the top level with that.

Get rid.
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There’s actual nods & expected nods xN. I think the problem with ETH is too many nods for such a low xN. The best managers have an actual nods that’s close to their xN. He needs to take he’s nods more appropriately, play into the nod, don’t just nod for the sake of it, maybe take an extra breath and say a few extra words, maybe even go wide and through in an extra sentence and then nod.
 
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