The infamous he'll probably walk posts are back. There is 0% chance he leaves on his own. He's been in full self preservation mode for weeks now as evidenced by the shite that he's coming up with in interviews. There is no realistic scenario in which he walks.
Erik ten Hag | 2022/23 & 2023/24
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100%. Even if he said from next season we'll adopt a new style and it will be completely different, its too little too late.
You have to set a culture of accountability where people at the club live and die by their decisions and performances. To have a manager be as bad as ten hag has been and then give him time to do the complete opposite of what he tried to do initially goes completely against setting that culture.
The boss is pissed
He needs have a word with his own bosses rather than questioning sources of these reporters because that was absolutely a United Brief likes of Stones, Ducker are basically United's mouthpieces to put information out there .
Can't sell anyone, were the most dynamic and entertaining teams in league.
It's quite hilarious that he's coming out and shooting down the notion of selling the squad, when his biggest defence in here has basically been this whole nonsensical idea that firing Ten Hag will mean letting 'this group of players (tm)' off the hook again and if we 'back the manager (tm)' we will get the clearout we need. Just too funny. He sets up his supporters like he sets up his starting eleven, doomed to fail.
Yeah when he came out with that on the back of that Anfield annihilation it was the turning point. Just made me think well why have we employed you if unable to implement that style here
The unmistakable, undeniable, clear as day signs of a manager who is not in the loop with his new bosses.
Nah it still sounds like INEOS are planning next season with him /s
Yeah that was a definite brief,suggests INEOS are keener on making wholesale squad changes than his
He seems to have started a one man war against the media, despite using 'we'
To all the people who think he stays one more year, how often does a coach go into the last year of his contract coaching for his job? You can be sure the press will be hounding him and there will be reports after every bad result about how he's lost the trust of the dressing room. We've seen what happened with Ralf when he didn't have certainty over his future, it's just human nature to not give your all for a guy who might not be there soon and has very little power over your future.
Where was this fire when his job wasn't hanging by a thread? Before then he was trying to be really nice and build relationships with the journalists and refs. Hope this is a lesson the new manager learns. You live and die by your results and these people are not your friends. Manipulate and use them to your benefit like all the greats did.
Probably better to channel those energy to someone else, with all bad decisions his team got.
Guns n roses did it in a more classy way.
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Reports the other week were saying he could walk if he doesn’t agree with some of INEOS demands. It’s not impossible for a manager to walk away like a lot of people think. If Ajax offer him a return there who’s to say he won’t take it? He might relish the opportunity to take his former club back to the top since they’ve also failed after he’s left them.
Thinking purely with your head and ignoring what you want to happen, do you think this will be the final month of ETH as United manager?
Even if he's getting a 25% paycut he stands to earn £6.25m staying at United.
If he voluntarily breaks that contract to go to Ajax it'd take a 4-5 year contract to earn the same.
I know he's from money, but he's not going to walk away from £6m.
Yes and I think the decision is already made, the only question mark is over timing.
If we lose the FA Cup they'll announce it the next day. If we somehow win, they'll give it a few days to a week before announcing it to avoid a repeat of what happened with LVG.
Yea, I think he is done now.
Indeed so we should sack him and hire someone who isn’t currently in a job to manage just a cup final makes sense. Just get the right manager in for next season as a club we shouldn’t let small short term mini success (an fa cup) interrupt the long term planning:rebuilding we just started. Our aims are multiple league titles and a UCL in the next 5 to 10 years.
INEOS need to be a little more careful with those briefs, if ETH wants to keep the players then they absolutely should not be telling anyone otherwise. It's his squad.
Yet we could still win. I see no reason to make any decision just because of a possible fa cup. We have bigger fish to fry and lots of work to do
Not anymore its the clubs squad. The manager is just the head coach now
I think we are going to lose the cup regardless, the decision was there to be made in December/January and we opted to persist with him which has cost us any chance of getting top 4 (which given Villa and Spurs results in the second half of season was well within reach). Now it's too late, we may as well give him the final which he got us into.
I'm not sure he'll be very comfortable with them making decisions on player sales.
It's quite hilarious that he's coming out and shooting down the notion of selling the squad, when his biggest defence in here has basically been this whole nonsensical idea that firing Ten Hag will mean letting 'this group of players (tm)' off the hook again and if we 'back the manager (tm)' we will get the clearout we need. Just too funny. He sets up his supporters like he sets up his starting eleven, doomed to fail.
What has he said that's false? What team sells 'the main part of its squad'? No one. A lot of players will leave this summer but, as he said, we will still retain most of the squad.
Great question - particularly because no one really knows what INEOS are planning, and there have been conflicting reports. But, if I'm honest, I think they'll make a change.
Not how it works.
Utter drivel. So sack the manager because you think it might cheer up the squad for the last few games? My word.
So ETH doesn't actually want to "GiT rID!" or "SeLL em All" ?
It's quite hilarious that he's coming out and shooting down the notion of selling the squad, when his biggest defence in here has basically been this whole nonsensical idea that firing Ten Hag will mean letting 'this group of players (tm)' off the hook again and if we 'back the manager (tm)' we will get the clearout we need. Just too funny. He sets up his supporters like he sets up his starting eleven, doomed to fail.
Well well well....
So keep him for the final because he'll definitely prepare the boys well for the game, motivate them, tactically outfox Guardiola and make the right subs at the right times...?
Which is hilarious because him NOT having to make decisions on players/recruitment is one of the main points of all ETH backers as to why he should be kept.
You realize he has won against Guardiola before, right? And Klopp just a few weeks ago? People have short memories.
Exactly and the new structure will be the ones deciding which players we sign. Of course the manager will have a say aswell but if he wants another Antony for 90m then they’ll rightly say no and give him alternative targets who fit the same profile but cheaper
Him AND the players.... I realise this may trigger some
Please tell me which business allows an expenditure through the guidance of an employee who only has 12 months (one season) left on his contract in a summer windows? one which may be in excess of 100m?
Who has failed to reach targets and cost the club multiple millions.
Who has ushered out a top european talent that was purchased for almost 80m and refused to get the best out of him and is now looking every bit the player he should be at Dortmund.
Who decided to let a world class talented gk leave for free and use 50m of the budget to get his replacement who single handedly dunked us out of europe this season?
Who Purchased a winger for 80m who wouldnt start for Everton let alone united and insisted on his purchase.
Who purchased a midfielder who had a terrible season at his parent club and insisted in paying over the odds in securing him and has barely played a full game this season.
Should I go on?
He. Is. Gone
Who has failed to reach targets and cost the club multiple millions.
Who has ushered out a top european talent that was purchased for almost 80m and refused to get the best out of him and is now looking every bit the player he should be at Dortmund.
Who decided to let a world class talented gk leave for free and use 50m of the budget to get his replacement who single handedly dunked us out of europe this season?
Who Purchased a winger for 80m who wouldnt start for Everton let alone united and insisted on his purchase.
Who purchased a midfielder who had a terrible season at his parent club and insisted in paying over the odds in securing him and has barely played a full game this season.
Should I go on?
He. Is. Gone
Glad he’s firing back at all the critics out there. Everyone seemingly wants to make headlines out of United and they cannot get away with it every single time. I’ll back him strongly until he’s no longer here
Oh I know it's a different question, but it was at 70% no at one stage.
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