"it's a process" - Alwyas here this and how it will take 3years and a reason we are failing as managers are sacked and then a new manager has a differnt philosophy with old philosophy players or it is the board.
Only two managers have realised this is nonsense i the last decade and neither of them is Ten Hag, sadly Mourinho was the wrong manaher and Ragnick just wasnt a manager.
The side needs open heart surgery. The first part of any process should be pretty obvious to a manager by now....there are still a crop of players that have let every manager down within 15months of them being here....that are still here and really shouldnt be.......Lindelof, Maguire, Fernandes, McTominay, Rashford, Martial, all have to go. I feel a little sorry for Ten Hag in that respect as majority of them did ok to well last year, but if we have a new manager they should be aware of this.
Ten Hag did well in his first season, but not exceptionally as made out, no better than Ole and not as well as Mourinho who actually did exceptionally well befor elosign the dressing room which in case was partly his fault.
Where Ten Hag hasnt done well and where for me he will fail ad lose his job...is in his recruitment of players
Last year wasnt good at the tim efor me. He signed two midfielders and even with oe free spent around £70m and they were both over 30. This wasmt a squad with a coupel of short term pieces missing from a winning squad it was a side needing open surgery as the previous manager he ignore to meet told him. He spent over £70m on someone in Antony far from the finished product. He made a decent squad depth signing maybe in Malacia and signed at a high price still an excellent signing in Martinez.....so he basically spent over £200m on one good long term first team signing.
And yes it may be too early to judge.....but this summer he spent nearly £50m on a keeper average between the sticks but good with his feet, a central midfielder that didnt fir what we needed he then spent another £50m on....even then Maddison is a better version and cost £20m less, he has loaned with a view to a permenent deal a journeyman midfielder and most importantly FAILED to sign a centre back leaving us with Lindelof playin gwiht what were bond to be inuries and bound to cost us points.....this summer is the same as lat year....Hoijlund is the only good long erm signing he has made in the window and he has again spent over £200m.
So essentally in two summer windows he has spent £400M and made two good signings.
Cant legislate for individual errors this squad of mediocrity is doing, that isnt the managers fault. Cant legislate in not knowing of the dowing tools players still in this squad......But he hasnt improved players bar Bissaka as made out, he hasnt improved the patterns of play and he has recruited badly and failed to recruit in one of the most imprtant areas and THAT is for me the main reason Ten Hag doesnt last the season
