Totally agree mate, the difference in the football this season compared to last is night and day. We’ve now got belief, confidence, attitude, structure and a manager who has created all of this within half a season. It’s staggering what he has achieved so far.
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Totally agree mate, the difference in the football this season compared to last is night and day. We’ve now got belief, confidence, attitude, structure and a manager who has created all of this within half a season. It’s staggering what he has achieved so far.
Then you need to keep your expectations more realistic. This team is in process of transition. Need couple of more reinforcement to make it more balanced. Currently I think we are playing at very high potential given all strengths and weaknesses this team has, thanks to ETH and his staff of course.because I want more intensity and focus from the off? Ok Robbie
This team may not dominate full 90 mins yet but has lot of juice to win games, that too in style.
Because the fecking ref was blatantly favoring them giving them all the 50/50 or every fecking time they dived?
We were very comfortable after the second goal and looked like we're about to score the third goal. Then Kounde fouled Rashford near their box when Rashford was on 1vs1 with Stegen. That should be a red card but the ref and VAR simply ignored it.
A few seconds later he gave them an imaginary foul near our box when Pedri (or Gavi) dived after Case legally took their ball. By that moment our whole team and ETH knew something was really fishy here that's why the team and ETH protested profusely and he got a yellow. That incident changed the whole dynamic of the game. Then the fecking cnut continued to blatantly favor them left, right, center. I was so gutted we didn't win against those cheating cnuts.
Arteta is going to have a Keegan moment by April time. They've already dropped a big points lead. Soon we'll be right on their heels and then this :-
"No, no... when you do that with footballers, like he said about Man City, and when you do things like that about a man like Granit Xhaka, I've kept really quiet, but I'll tell you something, he went down in my estimation when he said that,"
"We have not resorted to that, but I'll tell you, you can tell him now if you're watching it, we're still fighting for this title, and he's got to go to Fulham and get something, and... and... I'll tell you, honestly, I will love it if we beat them, love it!"
"No, no... when you do that with footballers, like he said about Man City, and when you do things like that about a man like Granit Xhaka, I've kept really quiet, but I'll tell you something, he went down in my estimation when he said that,"
"We have not resorted to that, but I'll tell you, you can tell him now if you're watching it, we're still fighting for this title, and he's got to go to Fulham and get something, and... and... I'll tell you, honestly, I will love it if we beat them, love it!"
I pity those on here who still seem to struggle to enjoy watching us and where we are? Constantly looking for issues, finding faults, worrying. Sad little lives.
Another 3 matches in a week, starting with a cup final at Wembley, FA Cup match at home against PL opposition, then away at the weekend against pool.
Whatever happens on Sunday, it'll be blown out of proportion if they lose and understated if they win. We've been through this before as the League Cup can be a false dawn for clubs who try to use it as a springboard. Your domestic campaign is the true barometer of your team's potential success moving forward and is necessary to back it up for a year at least to see if you're building and growth something sustainable at a high level.
Newcastle will have 7 full days since their last match against pool and have regressed in recent matches with only 1 win in their last 5 PL matches. It'll be a difficult match and tight affair as most cup finals are, but United have enough know how, just have to see how their energy levels are considering Marcus has a knock going into the match. And of course how Newcastle's deputy GK responds, that'll be interesting too.
Whatever happens on Sunday, it'll be blown out of proportion if they lose and understated if they win. We've been through this before as the League Cup can be a false dawn for clubs who try to use it as a springboard. Your domestic campaign is the true barometer of your team's potential success moving forward and is necessary to back it up for a year at least to see if you're building and growth something sustainable at a high level.
Newcastle will have 7 full days since their last match against pool and have regressed in recent matches with only 1 win in their last 5 PL matches. It'll be a difficult match and tight affair as most cup finals are, but United have enough know how, just have to see how their energy levels are considering Marcus has a knock going into the match. And of course how Newcastle's deputy GK responds, that'll be interesting too.
You have to appreciate his utter refusal to either air our dirty laundries or throw our players under the boss both which the likes of Mourinho and especially ragnick were guilty of and even sir Alex wasn't exempt from it at times.
It's still the early days but the way he handled the Ronaldo situation even when it became cleaf there was no point of return tells that's simply his modus operandi and that's certainly a very admirable trait.
It's still the early days but the way he handled the Ronaldo situation even when it became cleaf there was no point of return tells that's simply his modus operandi and that's certainly a very admirable trait.
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Absolutely this. He's a classy guy and seems to have the respect of the players, a great coaching staff and a plan.
Some of the little passages of play I've seen recently has been the best football I've seen since Sir Alex. Absolute joy to watch recently, especially some of that stuff in the first Barca leg.
I just hope whatever happens with the club that he's backed and we stick with him through any dips that come. He's just got it.
He only signed a three year contract with us wasnt it?
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As you say, what ever "IT" is ETH has it! He just seems so calm and positive, it must be so inspiring to have somebody like him on the touch line, watching, assessing, then acting as and when required. Hes a great leader leaving everybody in no doubt that hes the Boss. I only hope that who ever buys the club, should the Glazers sell, offers ETH a new, longer contract and gives him time to create something very special; the last thing we need now is for a so called "name to be signed as managerin his place....Im thinking of the perenial loser, Pottecino, the most over rated manager since the Prem started.
Can't remember a manager being able to change a game like ETH.
Came back against Barcelona twice to snatch a 2-2 loss and then best them on the return
Fergie style.
Came back against Barcelona twice to snatch a 2-2 loss and then best them on the return
Fergie style.
Don't know what's the source of this, but I'll tell one thing : this man is focused and committed!
Thank goodness we waited for him and didn’t go with Conte or even Poch over him.
I totally believe ten hag would do this and believe that this team has everything to win on Sunday.
But such posts are not necessary before a final, especially when there's no verification if it's actually true.
Ten hag takes it one game at a time and wouldn't take 10 to days before a huge Barcelona game.
Luke’s always a great value interviewee. Always comes across as very open and genuine.
He’s grown up a lot since we first signed him.
The thing to keep in mind is that it doesn't say that he's been exclusively spending his time preparing for the Newcastle match. There are lots of hours in a day and plenty of time to consider different matches.
Other than that, I totally believe this has been on his mind for a while. He speaks of that 'only the next match matters' thing to the press, and most likely to his players - but clearly he doesn't actually work like that for himself. For example, in the match before the first Barcelona game (Forest, was it?), he played Shaw at LCB and Malacia LB while Martinez was available, plus later that match shifted Weghorst to AM. Clearly that was in preparation for Barcelona, where he did both from the start. That suggests that he considered that Forest match of lesser importance - or at least figures that the Forest game was easy enough to allow for a training exercise. Clearly not 'one match at a time' (which would be short-sighted anyway).
(This in turn connects to comments that he treats matches as training now, since there's so little serious training time due to the hectic schedule. And that in turn might help explain the slow starts, since it's been said the intensity from the last training session largely determines the intensity with which you get on the pitch at matchday.)
So I totally believe that he and his team have been thinking about the Newcastle match for a while - and would also not be surprised if he hadn't mentioned a word about that to the players until after yesterday's Barcelona game.
He's done a great job but anyone NOT doing this before a cup final against a dogged opponent just doesn't want to win enough.
At least the Arabs need to buy the full Microsoft office licence to study our last 10 days
ETH can just use free version for Newcastle games.
The way we played last season under Ole and Rangnick, everyone thought we need another 3 years and 1 billion to do another major rebuild. The entire squad was rotten, ill discplined, can't string 2 passes together under pressure and played like complete strangers week in week out. We were the joke of world football and it was shameful.
The best we can hope for this season is that we can establish a modern attractive style of play and try to finish top 4 to get into CL.
No one in their wildest dream can predict what's happening in the club with ETH now. He is showing us something very special. It feels like SAF is back to the club. The fighting spirit, the quality, team work, discipline, grit and fighting for each other. This is truly something special in the making. Another 26 years to go with ETH.
WE. ARE. BACK. AFTER. 10. FECKING. MISERABLE. YEARS.
The best we can hope for this season is that we can establish a modern attractive style of play and try to finish top 4 to get into CL.
No one in their wildest dream can predict what's happening in the club with ETH now. He is showing us something very special. It feels like SAF is back to the club. The fighting spirit, the quality, team work, discipline, grit and fighting for each other. This is truly something special in the making. Another 26 years to go with ETH.
WE. ARE. BACK. AFTER. 10. FECKING. MISERABLE. YEARS.
Great post. It’s mad that it’s been 10 years since sir Alex left and 10 years since I enjoyed football, I finally look forward to a United game now and it’s a bloody brilliant feeling.
Thank you all, it is indeed a gorgeous jacket, sadly out of my price range though
With ETH at the wheel, we can actually beat good teams (sometimes very comfortably) due to actually playing better than them.. it's nice to be able to actually compete and win against good teams in a more dominant fashion than the last decade of shitball.
A manager like ten hag makes you wonder what the hell the others were doing/thinking....they got it so wrong. Whatever they got paid, ETH is worth 3x it. Probably more than that, if he is able to bring dominance and stability to the club, which will have huge returns itself in a number of ways (more fans, players want to come here, financially, etc).
A manager like ten hag makes you wonder what the hell the others were doing/thinking....they got it so wrong. Whatever they got paid, ETH is worth 3x it. Probably more than that, if he is able to bring dominance and stability to the club, which will have huge returns itself in a number of ways (more fans, players want to come here, financially, etc).
What makes Ten Hag very different especiallly from managers like Mourinho and Van Gaal is that he doesn't have a big ego. He's humble, honest and down to earth. Doesn't make things about himself, no act, doesn't put up a show. In that sense he hasn't really changed, was the same at Utrecht and Ajax.
If we can toe to toe with top clubs like City, Arsenal and Barca, then we're in excellent position. We have acres of space for improvement, clear weaknesses to address.
I mean we're playing with a running body in position that is usually occupied by a striker, our goalkeeper can barely pass the ball and our second best midfielder almost died 2 years ago (and we signed him on a free).
For those clubs it's much more difficult to improve. I can't see us not closing the gap on them, unless we stay with the Glazers.
The fact that we're competing, and actually playing some good football with this squad is very concerning to opposition fans.
I heard a stat that we have the most wins of any club in the top 5 this season.. does anyone have or know where to find a graph or chart showing the total matches and wins/losses/stats of teams for all competitions?
I can't find any total win/loss/goals stats as a team except for when they are separated by League/competition.
I can't find any total win/loss/goals stats as a team except for when they are separated by League/competition.
I thinks that's a bit harsh on the squad. Didn't ten Hag himself say the team had a lot of potential?
He's now unlocking that as we've seen significant increase in performance levels in many of them. We have and are improving, there are some areas where we can do better. I'm glad they are few.
The fact that we're only 5 points away from the top is mental. I don't remember the last time we were entering March and the league title isn't mathematically done for us.
Nice video on the season so far.
Exactly. Plus even if we fall short of the title, we are in good shape to win the Mickey Mouse treble. What a first season that would be!
Just love that Carragher part
Absolutely brilliant, and very fitting…..
I'm buzzing at the prospect of him winning his first trophy with us tomorrow. He's been a revelation and an absolute breath of fresh air, that this club badly needed.
Only one more sleeps until his first trophy.
Yes, but we are not the finished article. Consider where we were last season.
Since when is Madrid better than Barça? Not this season.
Hag is the first to get on top of stuff like that.
Really is becoming a proper Manc
Really is becoming a proper Manc
While staying totally Dutch (going everywhere using his bike)
Legend already.
Is that the King and Camilla in the bus shelter?
Is that the King and Camilla in the bus shelter?
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