His English is fine in my opinion, far better than LvG!
Erik ten Hag | 2022/23 & 2023/24
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His English is fine in my opinion, far better than LvG!
Its interesting to see how people’s patience with new managers is waning with every failed appointment, especially as each failure makes it harder for the next guy to come in and succeed immediately.
Posters who are immediately on EtH’s back should take a step back and reflect if their own frustrations and baggage are leading them to have unrealistic expectations. Judging a manager on a solitary transfer is laughable and is borne out of years of ineptitude and money being squandered.
Posters who are immediately on EtH’s back should take a step back and reflect if their own frustrations and baggage are leading them to have unrealistic expectations. Judging a manager on a solitary transfer is laughable and is borne out of years of ineptitude and money being squandered.
Negative feedback is more commonly expressed than positive feedback. Even with things like a restaurant or a hotel, if you have a bad experience you're more inclined to post something on social media or on tripadvisor.
Is the story of him running 13 miles with the team true?
If so massive amounts of respect for the man, that's how'd you make a bunch of twats to respect your authority, hell maybe it'd be a turning point for them.
If so massive amounts of respect for the man, that's how'd you make a bunch of twats to respect your authority, hell maybe it'd be a turning point for them.
Absolutely, better owners get woodward out of the football role, appoint competent people, these leeches selling the club would be our greatest transfer deal.
I have to ask the Dutch posters, is ETH’s accent like a hillbilly accent in Holland?
It was about 8 miles or around 13 km...running the equivalent of a half marathon would be borderline stupid.
The point he made in joining is that it was a collective failure and he is side by side with the players when they fail and succeed. That's how you breed respect, accountability, and empathy. It's leadership EtH wants and needs, it starts with him.
I am not dutch but yes. The Dutch are as bad as the brits in this aspect. Judging someone based on their accent.
There are advantages for him to have language limits. Like when he's being interviewed and tough questions are asked. Pretend like you're struggling for the words, and dodge the question like he did when they asked him about Ronaldo.
Thanks. This was nothing like how Ole set us up, or Mourinho used to or SAF used to against Arsenal. Particularly for the first 30 mins and only later at 2-0 particularly towards the end when we dropped off.
Judging someone? FFS you must be fun at parties
He has done exactly what I hoped he would do in the pool game. Put the high defensive line on the backburner and play more "Ole" style that the players know ho to do. Combine that with his great combination play and we are going places. Smart man.
yes a little bit. That’s why he struggled in the beginning in Amsterdam, city people laughed at him a bit. But he won them all over with his football knowledge and playing style.
We did not sit back, but pressed relentlessly all over the field. That‘s Hagstyle not Ole style.
I‘d think you are trolling but you are probably not.
You misunderstood I think. I was referring to the lower block, less passing from the back and more focus on counter. The press was on ETH for sure as was some of the patters of play like for the first goal. I'm not trolling, virtually any half decent analysis of the game will tell you it was "Ole style" but with some added elements.
There wasn’t any added elements. We had success in some matches pressing under Ole to. Even managed to string a few passes. But we all know how difficult it is for our players to stay compact, and unit press. Let’s see if we manage that over time, and not just one game (again). We have some new additions to the team, so let’s hope that helps!
:edit: we saw in the two first games how far our players from being compact, and then it’s impossible to have a successful press. And ETH addressed it with running, and he is right.
We didn't press much at all under Ole. In the pool game we had something like 200 pressing situations against the scums 80 or so. That was ETH. The play moments like for the first goal was also ETH football. What was "Ole style" was accepting that we can not play a high line of defense or dominate the ball and instead counter the feck out of the opposition. It was Ole style made much more refined IMO.
I know that just bringing up Ole triggers some fans, but the truth is he did drill the team very well in terms of counter attacks. That should and is I think build upon by ETH because while not what we need every game, it is a super good weapon to have. We got 2ed and 3ed while having more or less only that. Add to it positional play and we will be great in much less time then people think.
Well done Erik. Put that prick in his place.
Thank you. Not sure why someone else took that as a slight on him.
Yes, loving this, it's such a Fergie'ish move. I'd say he was just waiting for someone in the media to make a wrong move so to make an example of, and Cotterill was that plonker. This sends out the message of don't mess with the ETH.
Love it
Was this was the sane guy who flew to the Ajax training ground to get an exclusive first reaction from ETH just after it was announced he was taking over the United job and got patched?
He should post up some from the Caf next
“Joke of a club”
“Embarrassing”
“Banter FC”
The players would probably read them, laugh and wonder what kind of idiots write such rubbish.
Good on him for snubbing that twat.
Wow! So stupid..
'Sane guy' is such an inappropriate typo in this case!
No it's not like a hillbilly. He does have an accent in Dutch yes, but he was often ridiculed by the press and opposition fans for his mannerisms (heh). When he joined Ajax there were fears that he wouldn't be able to hold his own in the "big city". He proved everyone wrong, though and the comments about his way of talking mostly faded.
I think he'll have to go through the same process in England. I hope he improves his English, but even if he were 100% fluent in English, his speech pattern would still be a bit funny.
Fair play. Love it.
Easier to understand than Rooney at least. I read a piece about him when he was hired that talked about his tiny home town, and I think his personality aligns with that background. Humble, hard working, down to earth. I'm not surprised the biggest and most challenging reclamation project in world football appealed to him so much.
Yeah that pretty much sums it up. I agree.
'Sane guy' is such an inappropriate typo in this case!
If we keep playing this low-possession style, we'll be gassed by October.
That's why players like McTominay need to be removed because we cannot keep the ball with this guy.
That's why players like McTominay need to be removed because we cannot keep the ball with this guy.
Why did he play Eriksen and McTominay together for that long?
He’s made us solid, can see us becoming more expansive when Casemiro finds his stride instead of protecting the weak midfield going backwards after we scored.
Keep moving up
Keep moving up
Important win to build up the confidence of the team which is probably what matters the most now.
But that was a shit performance and parking the bus and holding our lives for a 1-0 win is the last thing I expected him to do.
For a one off it's fine but this repeats again, then nothing is going to change. We need to build a team who can actually control the ball, not shitting themselves and parking the bus on a 1-0 lead.
But that was a shit performance and parking the bus and holding our lives for a 1-0 win is the last thing I expected him to do.
For a one off it's fine but this repeats again, then nothing is going to change. We need to build a team who can actually control the ball, not shitting themselves and parking the bus on a 1-0 lead.
What game were you watching? McT was solid defensively today. Some people just want to hate players for the sake of it
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