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When you quote 27 posts with a tepid one-liner, all you are looking for is responsesWhat are you on about? That’s literally what I said
Let’s put our views aside today and hopefully enjoy the match!
When you quote 27 posts with a tepid one-liner, all you are looking for is responsesWhat are you on about? That’s literally what I said
Obviously PPG is a much better indicator (for the league), cause win rate makes no difference between a draw and a defeat.I remember 2 years ago people (not necessarily you) were banging on about how win ratio was a poor stat to judge a manager on in defence of Rangnick. PPG was a much better indicator apparently.
It‘s true Hag didn‘t get marquee signings like Frenkie and Kane, whereas Mourinho got Pogba. But he did get other good signings, he has been backed.
Mourinho should shut up, he played atrocious football here.
The point is, if you want to challenge for the title right off, you need those marquee signings. Otherwise, it will take more time.
Number of points. We need 4 points and to keep the current GD to not get the worst ever PL seasonZSince the subject of stats is active.. how close are we to having our worst PL season ever?
That would be fascinating… Ten Hag vs the golden boy AlonsoFearful they poach him.
Coventry wasn’t easyPoint wise, very. We need 5 to beat the Rangnick disaster season.
But hey, his win % is better than Arteta and Klopp's worst thanks to easy cup draws.
Does penalties count in the win %? Probably to help their cause.Coventry wasn’t easy
I think that these comments are the marker that he’s probably going to get sacked. You don’t throw the board under the bus if you know you have another season unless you are Jose. He’s trying to preserve his reputation for the next job. Easy for him to say he wanted Harry Kane…. But he’s insulting the club, even though those fellas are all gone. It’s not a good look.Ten Hag claiming he's not had his signings is absolutely laughable. Just the other day he claimed Casemiro. Who didn't he get? Kane wasn't going to happen. FdJ didn't want to come after we submitted a successful bid. Fecking Brian Brobbey? Arnautovic? Amrabat on a permanent?
Yes it doesDoes penalties count in the win %? Probably to help their cause.
Fascinating that Dutch managers are so obsessed with this. Vidic was right footed if memory serves. I suppose football is different now, with an emphasis on playing out of the back, but I’d rather have a world class CB at LCB who was right footed than a mediocre one who was left footed. Sergio Ramos was fecking nails and played a lot of LCB for Real.Fair enough, I rmemeber we were linked with Timber very early as well. But as you say he was being touted as more of an option to be an understudy to Varane and cover fro RB.
I don't personally believe a Dutch manager wouldn't have wanted a left footed LCB at the club. We didn't have one so it's no surprise that was one of our first signings. Was the same under Van Gaal when we signed Blind and Rojo.
So many randoms pulled up from our youth teams during the LVG era because of this weird obsession. Most of whom are now in lower league obscurity.Fascinating that Dutch managers are so obsessed with this. Vidic was right footed if memory serves. I suppose football is different now, with an emphasis on playing out of the back, but I’d rather have a world class CB at LCB who was right footed than a mediocre one who was left footed. Sergio Ramos was fecking nails and played a lot of LCB for Real.
Ten Hag claiming he's not had his signings is absolutely laughable. Just the other day he claimed Casemiro. Who didn't he get? Kane wasn't going to happen. FdJ didn't want to come after we submitted a successful bid. Fecking Brian Brobbey? Arnautovic? Amrabat on a permanent?
Fascinating that Dutch managers are so obsessed with this. Vidic was right footed if memory serves. I suppose football is different now, with an emphasis on playing out of the back, but I’d rather have a world class CB at LCB who was right footed than a mediocre one who was left footed. Sergio Ramos was fecking nails and played a lot of LCB for Real.
Weird thing is didn’t we hire the head of Arsenals medical team at the start of the season because Arsenal had very few injuries last season and he was seen as part of the reason towards that. Then he arrives and we’ve had nothing but injury after injury.At this crazy rate, it cannot just be about bad luck IMHO.
The new manager is not going to struggle because of those individuals. I strongly believe most of those players have a "role to play".
The main reason new manager is going to struggle is because the squad is completely unbalanced, mostly because we made all the wrong choices in the summer (Fred/Mount/Amrabat/Hojlund).
The next manager will be forced to close the gaps created by the this.
If we don't believe in his methods, 10m is pocket change for replacing one of the most important cogs in the machine. You hear him complaining about not getting "his" players now, how is he going to work with new people going forward?I guess the argument at this point is if he remains an adequate coach for a year. We will have people above him making decisions and improving the squad. They will also be recruiting for the type of football they want to see in the future and need the head coach to be just that. A head coach.
How much of an upgrade can we get by sacking EtH and replacing him with a guy like Tuchel? We could definitely use that 10m or so that it would cost to sack him to invest in the squad instead.
It becomes an issue when all your leftbacks are out too.Yeah it's a fair opinion to want a left footed LCB because it can make building from the back easier for obvious reasons. But the extent to which some go for it is bizarre, I'd rather have an elite CB that's right footed playing on that side than a mediocre defender that can play some nice passes with his left foot. It isn't the end of the world if your LCB isn't left footed.
Well I meant lowest points and worst position - but I’m interested in the rest tooBy which metric?
Worst position?
Lowest points?
Lowest goals scored?
Most goals conceded?
Most defeats?
Lowest GD?
We are close to most of those I think.
Thank you. Season ends at the end of next week. Mental to think we’re doing so badlyNumber of points. We need 4 points and to keep the current GD to not get the worst ever PL seasonZ
In table position? If we finish where we are, it will be the lowest ever in EPL.
Well I meant lowest points and worst position - but I’m interested in the rest too
Always a risk selecting a username associated with someone who may not be at the club for longOh I really feel for @TenHagEra. What a potentially rough time for him.
At least he won't have to do anything at all to his twitter account or bio, because it has zero images or mentions of the club Ten Hag is actually managing, anywhere
Always a risk selecting a username associated with someone who may not be at the club for long
I still can’t predict if ETH will be here next month or not. But considering how bad that is and how likely it is to be our worst ever season, you’d feel he’ll be extremely lucky to surviveWell we need another 5 points to beat 21-22 as the lowest points total.
And we need to finish 6th or higher to beat 13-14 as our lowest finish.
If he does, I’d have to assume that the INEOS investigation finds a very big reason why Ten Hag isn’t the problem
Kicker are a pretty big outlet in Germany aren't they?How is some unattributed ballcrap now breaking news?
If it were announced by any sort of official source that's different.
How is some unattributed ballcrap now breaking news?
If it were announced by any sort of official source that's different.
Kicker is a decent source for German football.How is some unattributed ballcrap now breaking news?
If it were announced by any sort of official source that's different.
I very strongly feel, EtH will thrive at Bayern and, if Tuchel walks the opposite direction, he will fail here
4 games left in the season and Crystal Palace with nothing to play for in 14th place are the bookies favourite for tonight’s game. I don’t think it has ever been that bad. We can go on and on about players we didn’t get and the number of injuries but at the end of the day he is just not getting the best out of what he has, and therefore needs to go along with most of the players.