Erik ten Hag | 2022/23 & 2023/24

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I would have liked to see Garnacho instead of Weghorst, he would have definitely given Arsenal something to think about. Apart from that I don't know what he could have done, our subs bench was fecking atrocious, I don't get all the crying here. We are way behind Arsenal but that's the reality, it cannot be fixed in 5 months. We are still doing fine, nearly 2 points per game on average, having already played both City and Arsenal twice. We are in a good position.
 
Not going anywhere under him. We might scrape top4 but only because Liverpool and Chelsea are in meltdown. Same old cycle.

Doing no better than Ole after spending 200m.
He's doing miles better than Ole, cool off before posting rubbish. Most people didn't even think we'd get top 4 this season, we're not "scraping" it, we're there because we're one of the best teams in the league.
 
Manager is doing a great job for year one. A few more signings in the summer and we will be ready for a full on assault on the league and CL next year imo.
 
He took of Antony for Fred... He should have brought on Garnacho instead.

He went for the "safe choice" trying to close the game out and still lost!!!

If he had swapped Garnacho for Antony and stuck with the 4-2-3-1 Garnacho wouldn't have seen the ball once and we'd have conceded 4 or 5 goals.

We had no control of the midfield in this match, especially as Eriksen tired in the 2nd half. Switching up the forward players wouldn't have made a difference.

We lost because our midfielders aren't good enough. If we're still starting Eriksen every match instead next season we'll have the same problem.
 
It's not like he has world class players on the bench, it's nitpicking for the sake of nitpicking.

We were f*cked by the rescheduled game and our lack of squad depth was exposed today.

He has a bloody fantastic young winger that could have gave us some life in the counter.

At the end of the day he made the wrong call.
 
Going in the right direction. Had absolutely nothing available to him to make any changes.
 
Not going anywhere under him. We might scrape top4 but only because Liverpool and Chelsea are in meltdown. Same old cycle.

Doing no better than Ole after spending 200m.
Factually incorrect all over the board other than Liverpool and Chelsea being in meltdown.
 
Don't get why ten Hag shouldn't get criticised in this thread.

He does well, he gets praise. He does shite, he gets crap.

Sounds fair to me.

Overall he's done amazing, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have any stinkers.
I don't think people mind criticism, it's just the over the top emotional drivel people don't like.
 
Our schedule and goal difference are very concerning and I do fear that it could cost us a top four spot.
 
Manager is doing a great job for year one. A few more signings in the summer and we will be ready for a full on assault on the league and CL next year imo.
Agreed, it's very easy to forget how early into his tenure we actually are.
 
What changes are there to make? The bench options were bobbins. He brought Fred on to bring stability, apart from that he had a load of kids and players who aren't good. If we want to compete for 3 trophies as well as going for top 4 then we need to expect a lot more games where we look shattered and lack options to bring on, that's where our squad is right now.

Weghorst brought nothing to the team in the last 30 minutes. He was a waste of space on the pitch. Give Garnacho a chance on the left, let Rashford play as a 9. Bruno on the right brings us nothing, sloppy offense, no defense. Even Elanga just running up and down on the right would be more effective. We had not much on the bench, but just waiting to concede should not be an option.
 
He has a bloody fantastic young winger that could have gave us some life in the counter.

At the end of the day he made the wrong call.

He's also incredibly inexperienced and when the rest of team have nothing left in the tank it's probably not going to help bringing him on while it's backs against the wall for the last part of the game.

It's a perfectly understandable decision from ETH.
 
Weghorst was the only option we had to even pretend to hold the ball through the middle and every time we got the ball through midfield it was because of him plus they were killing us with corners and set pieces. Garnacho out wide or Rashford out there wouldn’t have made that much of a difference imo.

I don't know, either.

I love ETH. I love the mentality that he's instilled and I think we're performing WAY above where we should be considering the club is skint. I just feel like both this and the Palace match were there for the taking and we let it slip away. That said, Palace was much more frustrating as we had Casemiro, and asking McTominay to do a job today was pushing him to his limits.

It is what it is.

We continue on and push for top 4 while hoping we're bought by someone willing to invest in the club and not just squeeze every last penny from it.
 
They need to stop calling him an attacking manager.

He sets up like Mourinho.
 
I think he has to take responsibility for this loss. He should have made substitutions around the 70 minute mark but I think there is a bit of an exaggeration from some of our fans.
We have definitely improved significantly under him. Still enjoying watching up play.
 
He's also incredibly inexperienced and when the rest of team have nothing left in the tank it's probably not going to help bringing him on while it's backs against the wall for the last part of the game.

It's a perfectly understandable decision from ETH.

I very much disagree.

We lost anyway so clearly he got it wrong.

Would have been better to sub off Weghorst and try and steal a goal on the counter.

Wouldn't have been a major risk but choosing to maintain no out ball was a major risk and it did not pay off.

Live and learn. Onto the next one
 
Weghorst brought nothing to the team in the last 30 minutes. He was a waste of space on the pitch. Give Garnacho a chance on the left, let Rashford play as a 9. Bruno on the right brings us nothing, sloppy offense, no defense. Even Elanga just running up and down on the right would be more effective. We had not much on the bench, but just waiting to concede should not be an option.
Elanga and Garnacho are the options we're killing the manager for not bringing on? A not very good young winger and a really promising but even younger winger? It's a bit tenuous really, if that's the best we have then maybe it's understandable he didn't use his bench. He nearly got a point, I fully expected us to lose beforehand and we nearly didn't, he didn't do a bad job.
 
Manager is doing a great job for year one. A few more signings in the summer and we will be ready for a full on assault on the league and CL next year imo.
Agreed, and I doubt there's a single fan who is unimpressed with the job he has done. However, this is yet another game where his in-game management was poor. McTominay and Antony "playing" the full 90? Shaw refusing to engage Saka for the whole game when Malacia is on the bench? Garnacho sat on his arse until extra time?

Even leaving aside subs (or lack thereof), he needed to change something going into the final 15 mins. Arsenal were all over us like they would have been against a conference side. Just getting our defence to play 10 yards higher would have helped but he left it well alone.
 
I would've gone with the threat of Rashford down the middle, Garnacho on the left. We could've even for the last 15 mins put Rashford on the right, leave Weghorst on and have Garnacho down the left. Rashford has been very effective down the right this season and could've helped us maintain a threat, keep the 2-2.

If we're going to concede then lets still give them something to think about with fresh attacking legs rather than dropping off and inviting the inevitable goal.

A lot of effort wasted for one point out of six due to conservative approach in the last parts of the game.
 
Such a grating thread to read.

Remember, we've won more games this season then we did last. It's a work in progress and we're miles ahead of where we were last year. Midfield depth and a Striker and we beat these feckers.
 
We're miles ahead of where we had any right to be after that opening two matches of the season, entirely down to having finally appointed a proper manager.

In six months the Cafe has gone from whining about Brighton and Brentford (quite rightly) to being outraged by us conceding an absolute worldy at Palace (when we should have had a penalty if VAR hadn't cacked themselves) and losing 3-2 at the league leaders who've dropped two points at home so far this season. The latter taking place in no small part because of us having 14 dependable players in the squad.

Anyone pretending he's not performed miracles is a complete WUM.
 
They need to stop calling him an attacking manager.

He sets up like Mourinho.
Well, the Mourinho that was on a very steep downward because ETH 's second halves are still a mystery to me and they usually do not shut anything down while playing noticeable worse than the first halves.
 
He needs to make a strong decision and get rid of De Gea in the summer. He surely can't be happy with watching his distribution.
 
Lets not be Rawk. Erik is doing fantastic job and we are lucky to have him but when he has "bad performance" (like every manager or player have), it is completely normal to comment that.

No, what some fans need to learn is that there isn't always a sub or tactical change that's going to win you the match.

We lost this match because we don't have a proper midfield yet. You can screech all you want about subbing Garnacho on but it wouldn't have made a difference because we couldn't get hold of the ball and spent most of the match in our own half.
 
We're miles ahead of where we had any right to be after that opening two matches of the season, entirely down to having finally appointed a proper manager.

In six months the Cafe has gone from whining about Brighton and Brentford (quite rightly) to being outraged by us conceding an absolute worldy at Palace (when we should have had a penalty if VAR hadn't cacked themselves) and losing 3-2 at the league leaders who've dropped two points at home. The latter taking place in no small part because of us having 14 dependable players in the squad.

Anyone pretending he's not performed miracles is a complete WUM.

Well said.

Some of our players are rancid and the squad is threadbare. Ten Hag is working miracles.
 
We don’t have a midfield without Casemiro and that’s where games are won and lost. Little to with ETH. He’s doing a great job.
 
We're miles ahead of where we had any right to be after that opening two matches of the season, entirely down to having finally appointed a proper manager.

In six months the Cafe has gone from whining about Brighton and Brentford (quite rightly) to being outraged by us conceding an absolute worldy at Palace (when we should have had a penalty if VAR hadn't cacked themselves) and losing 3-2 at the league leaders who've dropped two points at home so far this season. The latter taking place in no small part because of us having 14 dependable players in the squad.

Anyone pretending he's not performed miracles is a complete WUM.

I have to agree many aren't being objective. The manager has overperfomed.
 
Needs to drop Antony from the starting XI as soon as possible and start making better subs early and often. Why was Eriksen on the pitch for 90 minutes? Or at all, in fact? Fecked the Casemiro sub last game also which had an effect now since we played with 10 men.

Needs to be supported in the summer but absolutely with input from the club.
 
Astronomical? No, it isn't. We beat Arsenal 3-1 on Sept 4th, with McT and Eriksen, without Casemiro. We couldn't beat Palace with Casemiro playing the full game. It is not one player that wins the game alone, it is how the whole team performs.

Yes, Casemiro is better than McTominay, but there is no reason to make such overblown statements. And we can certainly win without Casemiro. ETH made a mistake playing him for the full 60 minutes yesterday, he should have taken him off around the 60th minute. ETH also made a mistake playing McT as a striker and playing Bruno on the right. It was ETH that messed up yesterday, not McT. It's okay, he will learn from his mistakes.
ASTRONOMICAL
 
I think he has to take responsibility for this loss. He should have made substitutions around the 70 minute mark but I think there is a bit of an exaggeration from some of our fans.
We have definitely improved significantly under him. Still enjoying watching up play.

Why don't you tell us which subs he should have made, if it's so obvious? Who was available to come on and win us some control of the midfield?
 
Think EtH got a few things wrong. One Casemiro = One McFred. Should have used similar tactics that he deployed versus Man City. Plus should have brought on Garnacho much sooner.
 
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