Its amazing Spurs didn't hire him because of a bad interview
Erik ten Hag | 2022/23 & 2023/24
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Might be unpopular and hardly anything to criticise ETH for but don’t think he’s using garnacho correctly off the bench. 10-15 mins too late again - seems to be a recurring theme, and not sure why weghorst stays on when we could put an on fire rashford through the middle.
I actually thought he would be alright and help us way more than he has. It is what it is.
Problem is with the injuries and suspensions we had there wasn't many options available
Liverpool fan. I had to stop listening to a couple of podcasts she started to appear on a few years back.
rashford was playing through the middle and furthest forward, we were doing well and no need to disrupt the flow just to bring on garnacho who can also be hit or miss.
Rashford looked more on the right to me, would be interesting to see average positions. We should have brought in garnacho when we were in the ascendancy, huge pitch and loads of space for him to cause damage. I still don’t know what weghorst offers.
Just imagine next season we could add Kane to partner Rashford. FDJ to play alongside Casemeiro. And possibly improvement from the up and coming players of Garnacho, Amad, Mejbri, Pellistri and "Greenwood".
People really do need to remember the situation he walked into. A toxic club with Ralf Ragnick having some weird consultancy deal because we had become so desperate that we were just throwing shit against the wall.
De Gea couldn't pass a football 5 yards, Shaw looked finished, Dalot and AWB in a race to the bottom. Pogba leaving, Rashford scoring 5 goals in a season, our best young player gone, totally reliant on a near 40 year old for goals.
We just went to the Nou Camp and played them off the pitch in the middle of a ridiculous fixture list due to us still being in every tournament.
De Gea couldn't pass a football 5 yards, Shaw looked finished, Dalot and AWB in a race to the bottom. Pogba leaving, Rashford scoring 5 goals in a season, our best young player gone, totally reliant on a near 40 year old for goals.
We just went to the Nou Camp and played them off the pitch in the middle of a ridiculous fixture list due to us still being in every tournament.
I agree about weghorst, seems a bit lost.
i Think rashford may have drifted right more because Bruno was that side too and is where the through balls would come from, he was definitely the focal point with weghorst behind him though
Complete trust. Missed that feeling.
Perhaps he told Levy he needed backing to win trophies. Tottenham only got Conte, after Nuno Santo's short failed stint Nuno and bowed to his demands. Tottenham also failed to persuade Conte to join in that summer.
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Rashford was up top. In the second half, Rashford targeted the channel between Alonso and Alba.
Xavi fecked up by starting and playing Alba as long as he did. Later his subs fixed this problem. Else Barcelona also had no left wing attack, as well as no defense in that side channel. Barcelona got more control of the game in the end of the game, attacked came from both wings and we found it harder to get out of our pitch.
Weghorst was out of place bar few moments. And his moment is that of a forward. Else as no 10 role, he's just a body. Trying get involved, but easily bypassed by Barcelona.
He must be feeling like he's won the jackpot if Qatar take over
100%. If he gets the backing he deserves then I’m telling you now, within the next 3 years we’ll win the league and the CL.
I'm sure he will be fully backed. As Man Utd and PSG have shown its hard to get a competent manager
This is a super big lesson learnt and it took us 10 years post SAF. Never ever mess up the manager appointment again. Go for the best at all time.
Never ever consider mediocre manager the like of Moyes and Ole, and has been like LVG and Jose. It was a painful lesson.
Never ever consider mediocre manager the like of Moyes and Ole, and has been like LVG and Jose. It was a painful lesson.
What a fecking manager. From last seasons bumbling mess to a ‘should have beaten’ La Liga runaway leaders in a short span of time. We’ve come miles in this first seasons. And that was without our CF and CB.
People saying he has no personality. He comes across as a managerial machine to me and I love it.
No silly shit. No excuses. Just means business.
No silly shit. No excuses. Just means business.
Eh I don’t know, if Ten Hag flopped you could say we just hired someone not proven in the big leagues and big personalities
Incredible job he's done. Love him. Fully support him.
Hopefully we bring in a few players in the summer that are good additions and then we fully go for it next season.
Hopefully we bring in a few players in the summer that are good additions and then we fully go for it next season.
Absolutely amazing that I'm gutted we didn't win in the Camp Nou.
We were excellent tonight and easily went toe to toe with the current league leaders in Spain and even if this Barcelona isn't at the heights of their past teams, they're still clearly on the up under Xavi and a massive threat.
We had a game plan, it was absolutely clear to see. How often in the past decade have we had that?
So bloody refreshing and I was grinning like a mad man when he got a yellow cause he didn't give a shit. He fights for the players, the players fight for him and it's wonderful.
Long live Erik ten Hag.
We were excellent tonight and easily went toe to toe with the current league leaders in Spain and even if this Barcelona isn't at the heights of their past teams, they're still clearly on the up under Xavi and a massive threat.
We had a game plan, it was absolutely clear to see. How often in the past decade have we had that?
So bloody refreshing and I was grinning like a mad man when he got a yellow cause he didn't give a shit. He fights for the players, the players fight for him and it's wonderful.
Long live Erik ten Hag.
This man has done miracle at Ajax too. He was making Ajax played so well in CL with their small budgets. Also, they lost their best players every year and they keep rebuilding.
He was proven in the biggest league of all, the CL.
He is a seriously intelligent man and an excellent football coach/manager.
Thank feck he was appointed instead of the alternatives he's gonna go on and be our Klopp.
Thank feck he was appointed instead of the alternatives he's gonna go on and be our Klopp.
I am seriously not exaggerating it but even under Fergie, we didn't always go out to play either by will or force. We were pinned back time after time whenever we came up against the best European teams and had to rely on grit and fighting spirit to get us through like against Barcelona themselves in 2008. It's true that this Barcelona is not on par on some of the teams I am referring to under Fergie but Erik ten Hag is from a school of football that works obsessively on dominating territory and taking the game to the opposition. The fact that he manages to go this far in less than a year is truly brilliant. Couldn't be more optimistic for the coming seasons under his management.
Probably the thing I least care about in my manager. Because when people is that word they don’t mean effective communicator, demeanour that demands respect / attention, authority etc They usually use it in the sense of being a colourful or entertaining personality which means feck all really.
ETH to me comes across as a superb at his actual job and on face value as a person you want to follow as he speaks sense and has an authority to him
Were you entertained, folks? 
Good. Means he is not into dramas. Pep for all his managerial ability is prone to mental fatigue, thats why he took a sabatical. He can last this long at City because of those money, dont think he works as hard at City compared to his Barca days where he had more constraints to work with
I think that’s our best performance since he took over, or close to it
it’s an unreal turnaround from 12 months ago
and we have a functioning attack yet, the future is exciting as feck
it’s an unreal turnaround from 12 months ago
and we have a functioning attack yet, the future is exciting as feck
The hardest I have seen him work was last week when he sold his soul to the devil and defended City against the charges.
The note:
The only time he bothers to learn about the club's "history".Overpaid but you could see the balance that he brings to the team offensively and defensively
I've always maintained that Manchester United should always appoint a manager who looks to implement high intensity proactive attacking football. We never did that until we hired EtH. Still a way to go, but we're on the way to transitioning into a team which has the ability to impose our own game against all opponents. We just need to bring in about 3 starters.
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Although I was slightly disappointed in the end we did not win it is great to wake up and know this lad is our manager.
Actually Xavi has been always a bit of a fan of United, he even could have played for the them if it wasnt for.. Pep who persuaded him to stay at Barca back in the summer of 2008..
If it wasn't for you, you mean?
I do respect Xavi too. A true professional.
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