The team was all wrong set up tactically today. We left acres in the middle of the pitch for Spurs to exploit, pressed half-heartedly (although we won the ball back in the instances we pressed properly), had no chance of dominating without a ball-winner (Eriksen and Mainoo?!), and a technically extremely limited RB as LB (rather than playing Dalot there).
Erik ten Hag | 2022/23 & 2023/24
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Let me guess, post match interview, "eh we played very good football, eh the process, eh"
I can’t remember many seasons with so little to be hopeful of. Even most of our wins have been a struggle. Just moments of teeny tiny hope. A side totally going through the motions.
Ole was awful tactically but I think going forward (probably more down to McKenna and Carrick looking at how they set their teams to attack) we were actually always a threat. You did always feel we could get a goal or two and could counter attack with some menace. Some of our counter attacking today was absolutely diabolical.
I preferred Ole's football to the shite we've seen since February. And that's saying something, as I thought Ole's football was generally horrendous.
I hate to say it, as I really was backing the guy, but it feels like this is a permanent situation now. No real style of play, no passion or anything looking coherent.
However, I think we're in for at least another 6-8 months of this. At which point we'll be starting over (aaaaaaagain) with all the new players EtH brings in this summer and a new manager.
However, I think we're in for at least another 6-8 months of this. At which point we'll be starting over (aaaaaaagain) with all the new players EtH brings in this summer and a new manager.
Couldn't agree more on both thoughts.
At least we attacked well and scored goals. I want to see us actually look like a team who knows how to put the ball in the back of the night.
I’m honestly not convinced he’s doing a better job than Rangnick was at the minute.
Remember saying to my old man, “He’s the real deal”, after the Barcelona win at Old Trafford. How’ve we gone from that to where we are now under him in less than a year, with a trophy sandwiched in between?
You reckon he’ll still be in charge next season, after this? We’ll finish 7th or 8th.
Considering Ragnick had -400m worth of talent and a full squad of moaning cnuts who refused to play for him your probably right
People might laugh but if Ralf would have stayed on (Sporting Director) and you gave him 400m this club is in a much better state than it is now that’s almost guaranteed.
You’re more optimistic than me I’d say 9-11th !
We were scoring more goals, we were conceding fewer, in general even in Mourinho's third season, we were quite a bit better than we are this season under EtH.
In his first two seasons, we were better than last year under EtH. And I was saying sack him since Sevilla game in his second season.
It would take something very much against how we’re currently looking for him to still be managing us next season. Right now, he simply doesn’t deserve to.
Can someone ask him why he can't change formation or pack our midfield? It's actually ghastly spurs' second goal and nobody touched him. I'm utterly sick of the tactics and formation. He can't blame injuries. Spurs thoroughly outplayed man utd today and look at them. Get ten hag out for god's sakes.
Ole's football was a bit depressing but it was coherent. ETH's football makes no sense, there is no obvious logic to it.
He refused to manage them properly and threw them under the bus every chance he got. No wonder.
That was your Rio moment.
There is logic, I'm just not sure it's the right logic for the Prem!
And any win we get is worthless because we follow it up with getting thrashed of teams like Bournemouth
We can panic replace him with a caretaker and still do those things you mention while actually looking for a new manager while not having a permanent one employed. We are going nowhere fast under tennhah, this as been going almost a full year now
He's an interim manager until Ratcliffe and co implement their structure so that the new people who will be identifying and hiring managers can actually bring somebody new in. Just going to be painful football until then as I'm sure even he knows that it's a when, not if situation.
It's got really bad that people are feeling nostalgic for Ole's time here. We were definitely more entertaining back then. I can accept poor results, but the football is just absolute nothingness - I watch Man Utd devoid of any excitement or feeling nowadays. We need a new manager next season and I really hope we never go Dutch again.
He's the dogs bollocks. Give him a ten year contract ASAP.
This guy pisses me off with his tactics and selection
It must be one of the softest, most over paid bunches of ‘players’ ever assembled. The club got told what was needed and they didn’t like it and he called the players out when they were literally walking around the field after just getting a previous manager sacked
feck the lot of them. He said the players weren’t good enough and the club needed open heart surgery he was spot on.
He's tying his own noose by deferring to Bruno and Rashford's style of football. I thought last season was more balanced.
What is the logic?
Whatever he thought in his head at the start of the season on how we should play is a joke. I don't think he is the guy to take us forward. Looking clueless.
Rangick didn't have a clue, he weaponised you all against the players to save face because he couldn't get results.
That passing network
You'd think we were playing city at the etihad, fecking hell
That passing network
Standard ten hag midfield set up, who needs it, 1 guy is all that is needed to handle everything.
Spurs have a far better squad than us now. Better in almost every position. Scandalous after he's spent £400m and Spurs losing Kane.
Half a season now. Still the same mistakes. No sign of improvement. Get rid!
We've been relentlessly shit all season and my appetite to watch us has diminished to an all time low. I wish we'd just feck him off even if it meant sticking a youth team coach in charge for the rest of the season. We're going absolutely nowhere with this manager in charge.
If watching that game with spurs under a newish manager with injuries looking so much better than us 18 months into this guy’s reign doesn’t tell you about his level then nothing well. It’s a matter of when not if for him
Sky pundits calling him out (Nev, Keano and Redknapp).
Poor man management, no style of play, hugely inconsistent. Failure.
Poor man management, no style of play, hugely inconsistent. Failure.
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