Erik ten Hag | 2022/23 & 2023/24

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Managing these egos with this level of exposure only works when you're 100% on the money when it comes to have another 2 or 3 players in the wings who are itching to take the spot of the others and actually could, like a Real or City. Otherwise you need to be ruthless like a Bayern or even Arse recently in clearing out some of the rot right away. I think he ll do very well again elsewhere, United just needs to be turned inside out entirely.
The problem has been Ten Hag's suicide tactics not egos. Ronaldo isn't here.
Umm no not at all. Pep replaced his players quickly and Klopp still plays the same style generally.

We have an injury riddled squad that isn‘t capable of playing any style convincingly at the moment. Except for plan Z (zombie football).

Pep finished 3rf in his first season and the next they've were champions. He did not change his squad in one season; he tweaked and adjusted to them initially with tactics, man management and bringing the best out of them.

Klopp may not have reached top 2 immediately but the signs were there for everyone to see that they were improving and would soon reach where they are currently. I know Liverpool fans were rightfully optimistic with what they were seeing.

With ETH, there are no signs at all that we are headed for big things even when everyone was fit earlier in the season. This despite making many signings like Antony, Onana et al; players who previously played under him. Great managers adapt to the situation and the players they have; they don't give pathetic excuses. They also buy the right players (no manager is perfect) for the system they want to play because they know exactly what they are doing and what they want. This feck spent £86 M on Antony, a championship level player.

If they don't fire him (they should right away imo), they shouldn't extend his contract, so he doesn't have a big pay day without working for it.
:lol: What he's gonna do, finish 15th? It's fascinating to me how highly some people still rate him.
It's really laughable. It really can't get worse than this.
Are they his signings though? Did you see the interview with Ollie on The Overlap?
He was just giving pathetic excuses. Everyone wants Kane, he isn't a genius for saying that and even City with all their financial doping failed to.sign him. Antony is definitely his signing as is onana, as is Amrabat, Eriksen, Werghorst, Malacia.
 
I don't share that presumption. I think he got what he could and made the best of it. Good players don't want to come to the graveyard so we have to throw money at mediocre ones, callow ones, past their prime ones. Now the money isn't there even to do that with FFP.



Of course. And he will get sacked, you can rest assured. But the next manager will have the same problems and probably won't even be as good. The direction of travel is towards another Ole style corporate yes man - Southgate perhaps.

I agree that he had no chance of getting the likes of Kane or Rice and/or other genuinely world class players; partly for financial reasons and partly because they want to join better teams. My point is that this can be said for 99% of all managers. Villa, Newcastle or Spurs aren't signing players like that, yet their managers are outperforming ETH. Neither are Liverpool. If you need world class players to even begin to put together a viable system then that's the manager's fault.

That remains to be seen. He will have the benefit of a better structure behind him and frankly, they won't have to do much for us to better next season than we have been this.

I don't disagree with the premise that he's had a difficult job and bad luck, but It's interesting that you don't offer any positive case for him staying other than, "nobody can succeed". Doesn't say a lot about what he's done.
 
Progress, we didnt concede record shorts today.

Lost by only 0-1.
If we can keep the scoreline low against Newcastle,Brighton and City i will be happy.

Next season Shaw and Martinez will return, we can start playing football and judge ETH.
Mark my words they'll both play less than half the available games next season
 
Today was the result we all expected, just not as depressing as the others recently as it had the bonus of putting pressure on City.

The players just look like they've given up entirely and are playing out the season in 2nd gear.

8th place is an embarrassment, no matter what the injuries, and we have been entirely dismantled by teams well below our apparent level.

We all thought ETH was going to be the reboot we needed, but he's bought poorly and not got the best or even close to the best out of the squad he has.

Afraid he has to go in the summer... unless it's for Southgate, then he can stay.
 
Yet you continue to defend him?
I'm actually not continually defending him. I've said a fair bit of criticism and landed on the side that I have no qualms with those wanting him sacked.

My posts however are cherry picked, where the only the ones that give context (not to play down to his own performance) would be flagged as some sort of Ten Hag sympathsiser. The biggest problem is those wanting ten hag out is they are essentially a mob with pitch forks, annoyed at any view that's not as extreme as wanting the man stoned.
Or changing views after each game
Here's an example of some more exaggeration.
 
Rubbish. The cycle is starting again regardless because we're getting a director of football that should dictate how the squad develops. Ineos also put all the players in the shop window, not ETH.

The players are not throwing ETH under the bus, he's thrown himself under the bus through rank incompetence.

Ineos and Ashworth will not want to play this ugly, pathetic brand of football that ETH is building towards and he's not their man. So why would you keep him?
I can imagine similar comments being made about Fergie in the early years and Arteta by Arsenal fans a few years ago. They stuck by Arteta and have gotten their reward. There is a virtue in being patient.
 
I'm actually not continually defending him. I've said a fair bit of criticism and landed on the side that I have no qualms with those wanting him sacked.

My posts however are cherry picked, where the only the ones that give context (not to play down to his own performance) would be flagged as some sort of Ten Hag sympathsiser. The biggest problem is those wanting ten hag out is they are essentially a mob with pitch forks, annoyed at any view that's not as extreme as wanting the man stoned.

Here's an example of some more exaggeration.
For a predominantly left leaning forum I think it’s incredible how much people don’t like it when someone has a different opinion or perspective.

They genuinely can’t handle it.
 
I can imagine similar comments being made about Fergie in the early years and Arteta by Arsenal fans a few years ago. They stuck by Arteta and have gotten their reward. There is a virtue in being patient.

Oh what a surprise, he's gone for the "compare with Fergie" AND "compare with Arteta" routes.
 
I can imagine similar comments being made about Fergie in the early years and Arteta by Arsenal fans a few years ago. They stuck by Arteta and have gotten their reward. There is a virtue in being patient.
You could see what Arteta was trying though. He got them playing better football but they were leaky at the back.

We're just leaky at the back.
 
Actually agree with this, which is why I am far, far harsher with the manager - and have been for months - than most.

He's sabotaged us with his pride and ego for little to no reason.
If we had played with this structure all season long or at least after the first two games, after looking like frankensteins ugly cousin, we’d comfortably be top 4.
Yeah, the overarching problem has predominantly been tactical. That’s why the injury stuff has been a non-point. Shaw, Licha, and Varane being fit all season would be nice and we’d probably do slightly better because they are higher quality players, but that tactical setup we’ve been playing for 99% of the season was failing irrespective of who was available.
 
Oh what a surprise, he's gone for the "compare with Fergie" AND "compare with Arteta" routes.
I love it when somebody pops in here and acts like he's making the most original, well thought-out argument, but it actually turns out it's just a rehashed cliche that's been repeated at least a million times over the last 11 years
 
I can imagine similar comments being made about Fergie in the early years and Arteta by Arsenal fans a few years ago. They stuck by Arteta and have gotten their reward. There is a virtue in being patient.
“It’s the players”
“Do you remember how it was under SAF at the start?”
“Look at team X, be patient”

Keep going. Blame the Glazers and you’ve gone 4 for 4 and win a kenwood juicer.
 
You are INEOS, you come in and see how backward this club is compared to other English top clubs. It's currently flooding and waterfalls at Old Trafford after the Arsenal game. If that's what you and I see on TV, what do you think it must be like behind the scene? The pools, gyms, training facilities, kitchen, etc. Any wonder why we have such a high number of injuries season after season, disgruntled players and even a legend organising an interview to dunk on us? Erik ten Hag should be sacked in my opinion, but let us not kid ourselves into thinking the next manager will perform a miracle or that INEOS putting football men in charge will transform things so fast. We are where managers and player careers come to die. High financial incentive, low sporting drive. This club is finished thanks to the Glazers. It will need a resurrecting and that will be a miracle at this rate. The INEOS project will truly kick in in 3 years at least and by then Erik will be long gone and Manchester United would be at least 40% into it's reset. For now it's absolute dog rubbish.
 
“It’s the players”
“Do you remember how it was under SAF at the start?”
“Look at team X, be patient”

Keep going. Blame the Glazers and you’ve gone 4 for 4 and win a kenwood juicer.
You're missing "we're not a sacking club, go support Chelsea or Real"
 
Sack Ten Hag. Get Mourinho.

United need a tough guy to rebuild. No one better than Mourinho.

Not sure if you realised, but Mourinho actually used to manage United. Minor initial success then utterly woeful transfers and went out miserably leaving us in an absolute mess.

I really hope you didn't realise and aren't just a ridiculous poster
 
I can imagine similar comments being made about Fergie in the early years and Arteta by Arsenal fans a few years ago. They stuck by Arteta and have gotten their reward. There is a virtue in being patient.
If I was manager I'd turn into SAF or Arteta after a few years too.
 
I can imagine similar comments being made about Fergie in the early years and Arteta by Arsenal fans a few years ago. They stuck by Arteta and have gotten their reward. There is a virtue in being patient.
:lol:
 
I can imagine similar comments being made about Fergie in the early years and Arteta by Arsenal fans a few years ago. They stuck by Arteta and have gotten their reward. There is a virtue in being patient.

You’re either trolling, pissed up or your full name is Daniel Ten Hag because that is a ludicrous take.
 
I don't disagree with the premise that he's had a difficult job and bad luck, but It's interesting that you don't offer any positive case for him staying other than, "nobody can succeed". Doesn't say a lot about what he's done.

Indeed I don't think there was much he could do. At one point we were looking quite strong in sixth with a chance to push for a champion's league place. Then another wave of injury and exhaustion took us down and we've never looked worse. I fully believe he will get sacked in the summer. I just don't think it will fix much.
 
They aren't though. He's broadly spoke nonsense. Anyone that wants ten hag metaphorically stoned and hanged will spit on an iota of context or reason.

That doesn’t negate my point. Because I’ve also seen what you post…
 
For a predominantly left leaning forum I think it’s incredible how much people don’t like it when someone has a different opinion or perspective.

They genuinely can’t handle it.
Tell me you don't know anything about the left without saying you don't know anything about the left. Off topic, but whatevs.

We tolerate your delusion, but when your opinion was in the ascendency me, @Samid, @el3mel and others had to deal with mods shutting down threads, polls, warning and banning users.
 
I get we've had unprecedented injuries but I refuse to believe we don't have anyone in the youth teams who can step up as opposed to playing AWB out of position and the ever underperforming Casemiro at CB.
 
I get wanting Ten Hag out, but do you really think today's game was "shocking", all things considered?
In the context of how we usually get battered, I was pleased to not be humiliated and mauled in this game.

If I take off my United goggles and look at the game without the red tints on, we were objectively poor, which isn't shocking but still not to standard.
 
Only got 2nd Half but that was so bad to watch.

Is all we can do is get it out to Garnacho and hope for the best.

We are so badly coached, no patterns to our attacking play.

We never seem to whip in crosses when we get chance to. Why can't we just put crosses instead of cutting back and playing it backwards.

I'm all for getting in a new coach that can play different system. 3-1-4-2 or 3-4-3 with attacking Wingbacks.

Get coach in and get the essential players in to play the new system.

4-3-3 is dire with this current crop of players.
 
For a predominantly left leaning forum I think it’s incredible how much people don’t like it when someone has a different opinion or perspective.

They genuinely can’t handle it.
Oh what a surprise, he's gone for the "compare with Fergie" AND "compare with Arteta" routes.
These posts coming one after another did make me chuckle.

Regardless I dont think today’s performance is the one to be entirely derisory or critical of.

We have evidence again that he can set up to defend if needed but that our issue is doing so whilst also maintaining a significant attacking threat.

That comes down to player quality and availability in my book.
 
Have we ever had such terrible luck with injuries as we have had this season. We had our first four choice center backs and both left backs out, and this was not just a sporadic occurrence either. Add in all the other injury problems we are having, it isn't really a surprise to see us struggling.

Ten Hag's issue is that once we lost our key players to injuries, he should have changed our style of play to be less open but he refused to do so.
 
His set up makes no sense. He had eriksen/casemiro/Bruno working last season before eriksens injury derailed him
All we needed to do was get a better casemiro and better eriksen and stick to the similar approach. Instead this whole vacate the midfield nonsense

Also I hate his like for like subs. Were losing at home 1-0. Instead of taking off a striker for a striker why not put two up? Bleh

The worst thing was maybe those last ten or so minutes. Our players looked clueless on what to do in attack. It was basically give it to garnacho and hope he can do something
 
Yeah, the overarching problem has predominantly been tactical. That’s why the injury stuff has been a non-point. Shaw, Licha, and Varane being fit all season would be nice and we’d probably do slightly better because they are higher quality players, but that tactical setup we’ve been playing for 99% of the season was failing irrespective of who was available.
Setting up the team for failure for no good reason. Really exacerbating the weaknesses of a number of our players by making them overextend and do things they can't do. Making Casemiro run in acres of space when at his time in career cycle the distances he should cover should be even shorter - there's a reason why you put runners around the older legs and have them read the play and sweep up, ala Real with Kroos. The list is endless.

Even if his grand plan was to switch to the system he has in his head, he had absolutely no need to do it this season and so abruptly, and with the incorrect personnel. Playing conventional football, we aren't half as bad as some seem to think. Even if Rashford was carrying us in terms of goals last season, we were harder to play against and more able to keep opponents out whilst foraging for goals ourselves. He literally took all of that away from the team in one fell swoop, then put ill-suited players in positions to run his own system prematurely, and that tanked us.

We mightn't have gotten 4th ultimately, but we would have made a very fair crack of it if he hadn't dicked around to such an extreme extent. He showed awful, awful foresight in moving his pieces too soon, also.
 
Tell me you don't know anything about the left without saying you don't know anything about the left. Off topic, but whatevs.

We tolerate your delusion, but when your opinion was in the ascendency me, @Samid, @el3mel and others had to deal with mods shutting down threads, polls, warning and banning users.
People on the left tend to be more liberal minded no? Are you saying that's wrong?
 
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