She (?) seems to comprehend just fine, this is just rude.
Shaw was declared fit to play by medical staff, end of story.
Of all the posts on this forum.
Again, comprehension matters. Who said Shaw wasn’t declared for to play by medical staff?
Starting him was a risk given he’d gone off the week previous, EtH took said risk & he’s now out for 3 months. If you read my posts you’d see I don’t ’blame’ EtH solely.
I’m saying the manager was given due warning a week prior, Shaw was declared ‘fit’ & had to go off against Villa so when he chose to do the same thing a week later he holds
some accountability. Read
some, not
all.
Too many people get precious with EtH to the point you stop reading what’s written.
Apologies for the insane remark, I edited that.
At 9-2-24, ETH has a win stat of 60%, the best of any Manchester United manager. I cannot compute that as being mediocre. Can you explain why you do, even after the new part owner said the structure, environment around Ten Hag at United is not good?
https://www.90min.com/posts/how-erik-ten-hag-compares-to-other-man-utd-managers
I'm all for fair criticism and I think Ten Hag made some mistakes - he is human after all but at this moment, the last 2 or 3 months but also seeing the above figure, is doing what I expect him to do as manager of this club with the players at his disposal.
I actually really like Shaw, and he plays amazing in this managers system. But others have posted a stat on his injury record the last few seasons and i've come to the conclusion good as he is, we have a continuation problem at left back.
In addition, I feel its very refreshing to stop aiming all the anger at one person, one manager when in today's modern game, professional Premier League club the level of succes is the result of much more than just a new manager. The sale is now done, we have new management coming in. The future looks good. Lets give Ten Hag some more space I say. If he doesnt perform we can always change and get someone else. At the moment he is getting the max out of this group and in this 'environment'.
No worries about the insane remark, I bit back so I apologise as well.
As for my mediocre comment. Barring the recent resurgence I believe that EtH’s form/performance has actually trended downward. He did well last season so much so he’s given himself a cushion in terms of win percentage, which you rightly point towards, that could withstand the 14 losses we saw in 30-odd games to begin the season.
Going strictly by a stat like win percentage ignores what we are witnessing on the field. I am also of the thinking that with a better organisation around him he may well fair better but one thing I think people are ignoring with the Ineos investment is that the pressure will actually ramp up not down.
Once all the departments are in situ EtH can’t just carry over these performances & they will need to get better. To some extent this season has been a free hit & bar Mainoo + Garnacho there’s little, for me, in the way of tangible things on the pitch that tell me it’ll be easier for him when we get an Ashworth or Wilcox or B [can’t spell his name] from Citeh.
Next year, due to FFP, the squad isn’t going to be dramatically dissimilar to what we see now so if he’s struggling with what he has at his disposal currently then why wouldn’t he struggle with largely the same group next year?
For me, until you reach, Fergie/Klopp/Ancelotti levels at a club then management is a series of interviews for the opportunity to carry on next season. I worry that giving EtH this season as some free run is ignoring the likelihood that he is just another poor Glazer appointment.
Sorry to go on so long. I think EtH is a good manager, I just don’t see him spearheading this club to where we all eventually want it to be.
On Shaw. I’ve long wanted us to buy a true competitor at LB due to his injuries. I think given the leg break etc. he gets a lot of goodwill from us fans but when I look back on some of our worst performances in recent years there’s usually an anonymous Luke Shaw performance in there. Personally I don’t see him being an integral part of the next good United side.