Erik ten Hag | 2022/23 & 2023/24

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What a shitshow this thread has turned into.

It's literrally just a group of posters slagging of our manager, then slagging off the fans who stand by the manager.

The season hasn't even started yet, but the toxicity is off the charts. Give it a rest you bellends, let him lose 2-3 games before you come out with your pirtchforks.
But the fans who stand by the manager happily slag off all the players and throw them under the bus (calling them bad apples)? So it’s fine to stand by the manager but throw the players under the bus? Or maybe it’s good to hold both of them accountable and be able to criticize them wherever it seems reasonable.
 
Maybe he should channel some of that energy to being a better coach. We don't need another Jose.
Nothing like Jose. He whinges for the sake of it and picks fights. ETH is defending himself. He’s been brutally criticised all season despite winning a trophy and having an injured squad all year. He’s aloud to have the last laugh and hit back at some of the criticism
 
But the fans who stand by the manager happily slag off all the players and throw them under the bus (calling them bad apples)? So it’s fine to stand by the manager but throw the players under the bus? Or maybe it’s good to hold both of them accountable and be able to criticize them wherever it seems reasonable.
I don't know, you tell me.

Mourinho has criticized the players attitudes, Ole did the same. Ragnick said we need open heart surgery and players were openly disobeying his instructions. We have high ranking jurnos saying that a lot of our players don't feel like following ETH's instructions. We have Sancho openly refuse to train, demanding to be played in only the position he wants and then publicly starting a feud with the manager.

But it's only the manager at fault, right?

The problem aren't just the players, but the culture. Specifically the lack of accountability or responsibility from the players. They only put in a shift when they feel like it, instead of it being a minimum requirement. You can thank Woodward for that. And now ETH is trying to bring some of that back.

However I don't see any criticism for the manager. What I see instead is a group of vultures planning his failures so they can gloat and tell everyone "I told you so".
 
Doesn't take any planning. It's simply inevitable.
I get that. But let's wait a game or two before we can do that.

It's the summer break ffs. We just won a cup, we are entering muppet season, but instead all we are getting is gloom, gloom and even more gloom. ugh
 
I get that. But let's wait a game or two before we can do that.

It's the summer break ffs. We just won a cup, we are entering muppet season, but instead all we are getting is gloom, gloom and even more gloom. ugh
Just fyi because it seems like you are new around here: your attempts of "putting things in perspective" will not change anything at all. There are enough people who were deeply dissatisfied with our coach and the majority around here will probably agree that the main thing that went for him was that there were no obvious candidates to replace him. We just have to accept the ambivalence around him.
 
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He's surely not stupid, it has to be better next season he can't keep doing the same thing with the same players and just expect things to work out.

He will surely be more pragmatic
 
He's surely not stupid, it has to be better next season he can't keep doing the same thing with the same players and just expect things to work out.

He will surely be more pragmatic
Or hopefully, we have a squad more suited to playing front-foot possession football.
 
Could we stop with this ridiculous ABU narrative. It was correctly ruled offside and they also got two lucky goals. Yes we shouldn’t have been at that point but stop pissing on our achievement like I would expect a scouser or other supporter to do.
Spot on. Deserves to be ignored for a stream of ABU content
 
I don't know, you tell me.

Mourinho has criticized the players attitudes, Ole did the same. Ragnick said we need open heart surgery and players were openly disobeying his instructions. We have high ranking jurnos saying that a lot of our players don't feel like following ETH's instructions. We have Sancho openly refuse to train, demanding to be played in only the position he wants and then publicly starting a feud with the manager.

But it's only the manager at fault, right?

The problem aren't just the players, but the culture. Specifically the lack of accountability or responsibility from the players. They only put in a shift when they feel like it, instead of it being a minimum requirement. You can thank Woodward for that. And now ETH is trying to bring some of that back.

However I don't see any criticism for the manager. What I see instead is a group of vultures planning his failures so they can gloat and tell everyone "I told you so".

Which players?

Dalot, Shaw, Rashford, Lindelof and the departed Martial are the only players who played under both.
 
We’re about to see a different ETH next season. One that wants to prove a point. He’s been brutally honest in all the questions he’s answered. He’s fire up and isn’t afraid to speak against the new owners

Are you suggesting he didn't think he had anything to prove last season and wasn't fired up?
 
It would be interesting to see the average age of those supporters who are vehemently ten Hag out and will only derive pleasure by telling other fans “I told you so”; and those supporters looking at all the facts and issues surrounding the club and squad last year before critiquing the manager. My educated guess, the former are likely made of up of majority Gen Z’ers, fits the profile.
 
Are you suggesting he didn't think he had anything to prove last season and wasn't fired up?
Yep. I’m suggesting that. After a first successful season. He thought it would be plain sailing. And underestimated his 2nd season.
 
Which players?

Dalot, Shaw, Rashford, Lindelof and the departed Martial are the only players who played under both.
Reread the message. It's not just player X, Y or Z, but it's the culture, specifically the lack of accountability. And every time a new player comes in, they just fit right in and the cycle continues: case in point, Sancho is the most recent example.
 
Offside by a tight margin. I’m not sure you know what a spade looks like.
The reality is, you've seen those given and if it had been I don't think he'd be in a job right now. He's survived by fine margins.
 
Reread the message. It's not just player X, Y or Z, but it's the culture, specifically the lack of accountability. And every time a new player comes in, they just fit right in and the cycle continues: case in point, Sancho is the most recent example.

So by that logic we need to get rid of the entire current first team squad in one go to be rid of this culture then yes?
 
Yep. I’m suggesting that. After a first successful season. He thought it would be plain sailing. And underestimated his 2nd season.

Fair enough mate, you might be right.

He doesn’t have a say in that. The question should be is possession football what Wilcox/Ashworth and INEOS want?

Indeed, because it definitely didn't seem like Ten Hag was trying to implement possession based football.
 
But the fans who stand by the manager happily slag off all the players and throw them under the bus (calling them bad apples)? So it’s fine to stand by the manager but throw the players under the bus? Or maybe it’s good to hold both of them accountable and be able to criticize them wherever it seems reasonable.
Pfft nuance? Only one option is allowed around these parts don't you know?

Either stick by the manager unconditionally or you're a juvenile moaning meltdown melvin who wants the club to fail!
 
The reality is, you've seen those given and if it had been I don't think he'd be in a job right now. He's survived by fine margins.
How about the Wan Bissaka penalty? That was nonsense, he had his arm next to his body. It was a fine margin because of a deflected shot and a bs penalty.

But yeah, stuff like that happens and he could have been gone.
 
But the fans who stand by the manager happily slag off all the players and throw them under the bus (calling them bad apples)? So it’s fine to stand by the manager but throw the players under the bus? Or maybe it’s good to hold both of them accountable and be able to criticize them wherever it seems reasonable.
Yeah, the word reasonable is key. Ten Hag is getting blamed for anything the Hag out cultits can think of next.
 
Yeah, the word reasonable is key. Ten Hag is getting blamed for anything the Hag out cultits can think of next.
That "cultist" insult really doesn't make any sense in the context you used it. The "c*lt of the manager" jibe predates ETH and refers to the notion that there is a small subset of fans who treat the manager like a stereotypical c*lt leader - he is always right, can never be questioned, and any alleged shortcomings are handwaved away.

Somebody on the opposite side of the argument by definition can't be a cultist because there is no c*lt leader.
 
You need to rewatch it then mate. Was offside by the smallest of margins. We’d of been fuming if it was given against us but it is what it is. Like you said we’ve had dodgy decisions all season and that decision stopped city winning the double.

The VAR gods smiled on us the day the Coventry goal was disallowed on a margin that couldn't even be measured by one millimeter. That it allowed righteousness to prevail in the FA Cup final is undeniable, but as you rightly note had we been the victim of that call we'd all be fuming. If VAR can't get it right, and of course it was close but he wasn't offside, then why have VAR?

Not to bring politics into this but even Keir Starmer called out the injustice of the offside call.
 
I don't know, you tell me.

Mourinho has criticized the players attitudes, Ole did the same. Ragnick said we need open heart surgery and players were openly disobeying his instructions. We have high ranking jurnos saying that a lot of our players don't feel like following ETH's instructions. We have Sancho openly refuse to train, demanding to be played in only the position he wants and then publicly starting a feud with the manager.

But it's only the manager at fault, right?

The problem aren't just the players, but the culture. Specifically the lack of accountability or responsibility from the players. They only put in a shift when they feel like it, instead of it being a minimum requirement. You can thank Woodward for that. And now ETH is trying to bring some of that back.

However I don't see any criticism for the manager. What I see instead is a group of vultures planning his failures so they can gloat and tell everyone "I told you so".

The manager is at fault, however I haven't seen those criticizing ETH saying only he's at fault and the players aren't.

Regarding the second part, should we be really surprised? ETH has been massively arrogant in dismissing all his critics, and making laughable assertions like "we played the most dynamic football", "number of shots on goal don't concern me" etc. Perhaps if he was a bit more humble and willing to accept some accountability, it'd make it easier for his critics not to jump on his quotes? You can't expect to be combative to your critics and not expect any blowback.
 
The Coventry player was onside. But you won't see me complaining as we were hosed most of the season by horrifying officiating.

But a spade must be called out as a spade.

It was offside. They got a bs penalty too. Looks like media crying about offside helped.

You should create a thread and complain about Coventry goal being disallowed.
 
Is it possible to draw some sort of line under the constant back and forth over why we wanted the manager in or out now?
The reasons for and against have been discussed to the point of boredom and a decision has been made. I understand people still want him gone but I does every discussion have to be tempered with assumptions and predictions that it’ll be the same old thing and nothing will change?

It’s not a meltdown but when it’s constant and generally based of past behaviours it can become grating. When the window closes we can assess the window. After 3 months we can assess how new signings have settled. Similarly we can see if a settled team will make a difference to performances.

Nobody has categorically stated that we will definitely do better next season but can we at least see what happens? No blind optimism either or Stan behaviour just live in the I don’t know moments. Maybe I’m naive.
Far too reasonable that. A lot of people would rather come in here to just blow of steam.
 
That "*******" insult really doesn't make any sense in the context you used it. The "c*lt of the manager" jibe predates ETH and refers to the notion that there is a small subset of fans who treat the manager like a stereotypical c*lt leader - he is always right, can never be questioned, and any alleged shortcomings are handwaved away.

Somebody on the opposite side of the argument by definition can't be a ******* because there is no c*lt leader.
I get you. No leader, but some behave like cultits in their completely one-sided argumentation (ETH can do no right, every negative outcome is his fault) which is why I turned around the insult. I guess I could think of something else.
 
There's not much healthy about it. Ineos have embarrassed themselves and shown their incompetence in their very first major act as owners. Ten Hag is smug beyond belief because he has the club over a barrel, happily feeding ammunition to the rest of the world to deservedly rip the shit out of United, again.

Ten Hag looks like an idiot and is still fatally undermined, Ineos look like a clown show, the club looks as weak as ever. The field day the press are gonna have when next season unravels....

that’s a cheerful perspective
 
What a shitshow this thread has turned into.

It's literrally just a group of posters slagging of our manager, then slagging off the fans who stand by the manager.

The season hasn't even started yet, but the toxicity is off the charts. Give it a rest you bellends, let him lose 2-3 games before you come out with your pirtchforks.
So record amount of losses in the club’s history this seasons wasn’t enough for you? Why should someone wait for another few to criticize?
 

That’s why I keep saying that we need take a cue from Arsenal and focus on 25 and under players, as it’s a long term project and expensive older players will not benefit us much. You can’t sign a Casmeiro and expect him to play this way - he’s never done it, he’s not young enough to change and moreover he’s never really been the kind of midfielder we needed anyway (helping us control games).
 
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