He's the manager i wanted(and still is) but persisting with Shaw, Maguire,Fred and that fecking McTominay will see him in a world of trouble
BUT the Glazers haven't backed their manager,after last seasons mess an overhaul was needed and they have failed.
ETH needs at least 4 signings in the next 17 days and if/when he gets them in they need to replace those jokers that embarrassed the club this afternoon because if he thinks he can transform these jokers i'm afraid it'll be the death of him as the manager here.
Today it was De Gea, tomorrow it's Maguire/Shaw, the next day it's McTomminay/Fred. You can run through the squad and find a player in every position and say the sameBasically a handicap of two goals down due to De Geas fault. I cannot see degea lasting longer.
Think this is what disappointed me the most about Rangnick. He talked such a good game, said all the right things, but never acted on themi’ll believe what he says when he actually starts dropping players. it’s all guff until there are actions. it’s the same culprits time and time again and they’re allowed to keep their place time and time again.
Anyone who's calling for Ten hag to go already needs to take a long hard look at themselves. Once again the club has made a complete mess of the transfer window,I'd hoped all this was behind us when Woodward left ifhe gets 2 midfielders in we'll look completely different.
How can anyone blame the first 2 goals on him?
We're all angry right now but back him we must.
He knew he was off at the end of the season and was getting paid for 3 years. No one listened to him and the players didn't like what he said so he gave up and everyone counted down the games until he was gone, probably him also.Think this is what disappointed me the most about Rangnick. He talked such a good game, said all the right things, but never acted on them
Probably makes you wonder if they truly believed it. I know for certain Ralph said that to absve himself of all blame, he had a massive ego. ETH is coming across as weak.Think this is what disappointed me the most about Rangnick. He talked such a good game, said all the right things, but never acted on them
He literally picked the team.100% he must be supported by the fans, he cannot take the blame for absolute brain farts by the players.
What?Probably makes you wonder if they truly believed it. I know for certain Ralph said that to absve himself of all blame, he had a massive ego. ETH is coming across as weak.
Who replaced a complete starting XI? It's also not a great idea since it'll take ages for them to gel
I disagree completely about the bolded part, but it doesn't really matter anyway.Probably makes you wonder if they truly believed it. I know for certain Ralph said that to absve himself of all blame, he had a massive ego. ETH is coming across as weak.
Did you not see him.say "We'll try to convince" new quality players to join. That comes across as weak, and he's making naive tactical decisions and braibdead transfer decisions.What?
Think this is what disappointed me the most about Rangnick. He talked such a good game, said all the right things, but never acted on them
When did Ralph ever admit to mistakes?I disagree completely about the bolded part, but it doesn't really matter anyway.
So far, both seem unable to get the team playing to their ideas. Of course it's early doors with ETH, but the awakening was rude and it feels like the whole club is shell shocked. Are the players incapable? Are managers? I've no idea anymore what the feck is going on
Yep, true. There were no consequences he had to fear and he still didn't follow through with his approach or took more drastic measures to right the wrongs. Think we could have all lived with the youngsters playing according to his ideas but losing the occasional gamehe had it easiest too. tail end of his career, off at the end of the year, could have easily ruffled all the feathers he wanted to and chucked some kids in or made changes. we’re losing week in week out now, at least do something that’s not just the same thing each time.
Imo the hype was because of what he did in the CL not in the Eredivisie. I still have faith in him simply because of this. What he did with Ajax in the CL was simply amazing.Winning in Holland with Ajax will never impress me much, but he has a lot of hype and want to give him a chance.
Currently wondering if he will last as long as Moyes
No but that was the difference todayIt's not hindsight though, why are you acting like Dalot being shit is something completely unpredictable before the season started ? Forget DDG, I didn't talk about him in that post you quoted.
Dalot being atrocious is the norm
Completely agree.We have to stop excusing the manager. Yes the owners are sht, the staff are sht, the players are sht. But that does not mean we absolve the manager. He has made decisions that he needs to live or die by and so far its not looking so good
1) Straight off starts with the whole we came second and we are a good team. Which is bullshit
2) Gives all the wasters a second chance
3) Gives Maguire captaincy
4) Benches the whole recruitment team, 60 plus people and goes for his own targets
5) Insists on going for FDJ and no one else.
6) Buys random players - a LB who yes looks good and was cheap but is a back up and was he a priority? 55 mill on a short, slow CB from the dutch league- a good plan? and Eriksen - yes good player and free but there seems to be no plan on how to use him - he has played as a false 9 and a 6??!!
7) His line ups are weird - Eriksen as a false 9 didnt work against Brighton, Eriksen as a 6 was madness, playing a short team was madness.
8) His subs are weird - really late against Brighton, Keeping on the likes of Rashford etc. He couldnt affect the games
9) He was schooled against Brighton and Brentford tactically. Absolutely schooled and has no answer
I can go on and on. Now before everyone starts battering me Im still hoping that the decisions he has made turns out. Maybe Maguire will lead us to a win against Liverpool, maybe Martinez just needs time. All I am saying is when it doesn't work these things are on the managers head and he needs to be called out as well.
Going pragmatic is absolutely the worst you can do. It hides the problems for short term gain, a gain that will not bring trophies or anything good. Being stubborn is what will give him a better look at who can hack it in the system he wants to implement that will be used in future seasons. Otherwise we'll be stuck in a loop where he'll try to teach the players his system only in preseason.and even worse we're trying to implement a playing style that we dont have the ability for.
I genuinely have no idea of how he used to setup and coach tactics at Ajax.
His appointment to me was a bit meh, because I felt that we had no better options than him at that point.
I am not writing him off, but genuinely curious what he brings to the table that our previous managers didn't.
I completely understand that he isn't to blame entirely for this and lots of things are out of his control. But he sure didn't do himself any favors by taking the clean slate approach.
The manager is 2 games into the jobWe have to stop excusing the manager. Yes the owners are sht, the staff are sht, the players are sht. But that does not mean we absolve the manager. He has made decisions that he needs to live or die by and so far its not looking so good
1) Straight off starts with the whole we came second and we are a good team. Which is bullshit
2) Gives all the wasters a second chance
3) Gives Maguire captaincy
4) Benches the whole recruitment team, 60 plus people and goes for his own targets
5) Insists on going for FDJ and no one else.
6) Buys random players - a LB who yes looks good and was cheap but is a back up and was he a priority? 55 mill on a short, slow CB from the dutch league- a good plan? and Eriksen - yes good player and free but there seems to be no plan on how to use him - he has played as a false 9 and a 6??!!
7) His line ups are weird - Eriksen as a false 9 didnt work against Brighton, Eriksen as a 6 was madness, playing a short team was madness.
8) His subs are weird - really late against Brighton, Keeping on the likes of Rashford etc. He couldnt affect the games
9) He was schooled against Brighton and Brentford tactically. Absolutely schooled and has no answer
I can go on and on. Now before everyone starts battering me Im still hoping that the decisions he has made turns out. Maybe Maguire will lead us to a win against Liverpool, maybe Martinez just needs time. All I am saying is when it doesn't work these things are on the managers head and he needs to be called out as well.
You're missing the big picture. Even if we had won today, having Dalot as the starting RB would be madness. It's a terrible choice by ETH, it's really that simple. Dalot being a regular RB will be detrimental on the short and long termNo but that was the difference today
Player error
not laird being on loan
The manager is 2 games into the job
He literally picked the team.
And is getting critique because he's already lost the two of them to mid table teams and is taking on Liverpool next.The manager is 2 games into the job
Well said. I think he is learning quickly and will turn this around but for that we have to back him in the remaining days of this windowNothing barring being dragged into a relegation fight will make me lose trust in him this season. He’s a manager, who has beaten the very best playing an attractive style of football, managing a bunch of losers who have 1) never won anything and 2) only ever won a football match playing a reactive brand of football.
We needed a wholesale amount of changes in our first 11. He’s failed by the recruitment but eventually the leeches from our squad have to be weeded out. If it takes more than this season, so be it. But no point in routinely blaming the manager because not even Fergie could get the dumbf*cks we have playing in a coherent way. Usually we associate the lesser talented players with being more hard working. But we have somehow collated a squad which is full of never beens with zero work ethic and to make it even worse, zero pride and self respect. They have to be purged from the squad and eventually, they will be.
