He occasionally comes to games with a decent plan, opposition adjusts to it and he just stands there doing feck all. His in game management is pathetic, stubbornly thinking the opposition adjustments that clearly work, won't actually last
Erik ten Hag | 2022/23 & 2023/24
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He is out of his depth as her his players
Nah it’s because he doesn’t have the right players and structure above him. Thats why our midfield is set up like this every game.
And more and more it's clear that he's at fault for our muscle injuries this season.
Look at how gassed we are compared to Liverpool who played on Thursday. Why? Because we play a system that needs 6 players to cover 50-60 yards every transition and they dont.
We are mentally and physically gassed to feck yet again.
Look at how gassed we are compared to Liverpool who played on Thursday. Why? Because we play a system that needs 6 players to cover 50-60 yards every transition and they dont.
We are mentally and physically gassed to feck yet again.
This idea of playing without midfield, surprisingly seems to not work that well.
He’s done great today taking us to a 1-0 lead but players let him down collapsing after that. Can ETH get us a draw now, let’s see.
I still don't know what 'modern' manager means. Especially if Ten Hag is supposed to be one and our previous manager wasn't.
Is it modern to play without a midfield?
It is not his job to manage that.
I really want him to succeed and was delighted that we got him, but he just keeps making mistakes over and over again. I just don’t understand why the chasm of no midfield is still around, even though it’s been pretty clear since the first league game of the season against Wolves.
We go through random periods of games where we look good and then suddenly shite. We have a big problem in mentality once we concede a goal. We could be 3-0 up, the opposition make it 3-1 and you just know 3-3 is possible.
We go through random periods of games where we look good and then suddenly shite. We have a big problem in mentality once we concede a goal. We could be 3-0 up, the opposition make it 3-1 and you just know 3-3 is possible.
It’s his fecking job to manage tactics that don’t require endless pointless sprinting
Our issue is at the midfield ..
What are we doing there ?
What are we doing there ?
What's the reason for keeping him as our manager besides the irrational need to defend him by any means?
Maguire and Antony on, this guy is such a clown
Many people unironically making that argument in the matchday thread. Another great one I got today was "stop complaining and just enjoy this".
Modern means you use words like press and transition, instead of fusty old words like double pivot and zonal marking
True he's too busy trying to fix the problems the board caused by forcing Antony and Mount on him.
He is out of his depth and he knows it
The excuses for him have entered full blown Ole territory now. The famous "you can't blame him for what the players do on the pitch" line is being used yet again.
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If we had a proper structure in place he wouldn’t need to manage tactics.
The new structure™ will unlock his abilities as the tactical genius he actually is
Very true, it's the fecking Glazers and Murtough's fault
Maybe three years time when his garden is well tended to then?
Unless they do good things on the pitch like score goals and win games, in which case he gets plenty of credit
This shit today is on INEOS. If we sacked this fraud, we could be walking CL qualification.
The money they'd have paid him would have been returned multiple times from making the new and more lucrative CL format.
The money they'd have paid him would have been returned multiple times from making the new and more lucrative CL format.
We can't judge him until every player has been fit for at least 10 games
Imagine watching games like this one play out each and every week, in the same manner (win or lose it's the same), and then think "nope no other manager can do better, we should trust ETH and give him more time"
the way we play football is hilarious, we might as well be an NBA team
Midfields are overrated.
Rasmus very much looked rushed back into the game.
I really hope the manager is not here next season, solely for the long term fitness of guys like Mainoo, Garnacho, and Hojlund.
First manager in history to not have a fully fit starting XI, it's unfair to judge him until he does for a full season
It is players fault when we lose, and manager must be praised when we win.
It has been like this since Moyes for every manager except Rangnick.
Yup.
I was hoping that after Ole we wouldn't have to listen to such tripe ever again. But, here we are...
Was just thinking about this earlier. The news that Mount was brought into the squad ahead of the international break "due to Casemiro's injury" also appeared to me as another potential case of rushing a player back.
Mainoo is the one I'm most worried for. It's a miracle he's avoided injuries after being out so long and brought into games against Newcastle, Liverpool etc in this suicidal system.
Yes, he was meant to be one, but he isn't. Ole played utter shite too. Onto the next.
Something, something, injuriesthe way we play football is hilarious, we might as well be an NBA team
He's been rushing players back all season. Then when they get injured it's used as an excuse in his favour. The whole situation is a parody. I'm sick of it.
Eriksen for Mainoo, such a stupid decision
The football is dire.
And then takes off Mainoo (best player on the pitch) for Eriksen while keeping Scott and Bruno on. Holy feck
Dreadful substitutions. I'm dozing off.
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