The one we waited for. I’ve never been so convinced someone is the right man as I am with ten Hag. He is the one. I fecking love this man, what a fecking manager.
Erik ten Hag | 2022/23 & 2023/24
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Fair enough but Ronaldo, Pogba and Lingard have been shipped out and those issues were last season. I don't see how you can still label the current team whiners.I don't disagree with this from Neville, last season you had Ronaldo throwing tantrums, Rashford sulking, Bruno screaming and arguing with our own players. These were all common images under Ole and Ralf. I think people have forgotten just how awful it was.
Ah yes. fogot about him as well.
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Are we just going to forget about PRashford now that he's good again?
I think he is hoping his son will be as smart as Ten Hag
Carry on like this you beautiful bald beast and I might need to change my name.
What exactly do you mean by this?
So let me ask you if Ole or any of the other managers had this squad, we would be doing equally well?
I’m shaving my head and buying a load of turtle neck jumpers
I remember he was one of the scapegoats and possible leaker last season when he wasn't doing well.
I think if Mourinho had this squad we'd still be in the champions league.
These players wont be playing like this for him and his shit negative brand of football.
Do you think he'd have signed Martinez?
We should resent Rashford for having broader interests and a drive for things other than football?
He had a 40 year old Matic that's why
These players wont be playing like this for him and his shit negative brand of football.
Special, special manager. Loved when he said he loved the club today.
Guess who bought him?
Mou, and Matic was a good player for us. Just getting a bit old.
still does
I have high expectation on him, and he still exceed my expectation.
I'm glad he wanted to win any trophy. Most managers usually play it safe in their first year and that means they'd be prioritizing what the owners want, in our case CL football aka top 4 in order to secure their job. They'd play weak teams in cups to rest core players. This first step is very important. I'm sure anyone would rather have a little bit of result earlier than a big result later. It's what keeps you believing and going.
Thanks for the support, folks! 
The whole 3 year rebuild thing has always been a myth people kept repeating to themselves because they are fanboys of certain individuals and not the club. Just look at any other club in world football and you can see evidence pretty quickly of a manager having an impact or not, there are outliers of course like currently Arteta, but otherwise even if they don’t win trophies straight away, you can see something happening
We looked like crap under Mourinho, relying on individual talent. By that, I mean that movement of the players was dire, with a lot of useless passing around with no idea how to create team goals. Not surprised that our 2nd place finish had United with the most chances conceded of the big 6, and also the least amount of chances created by a big 6 side. United were clinical, and heavily relied on DDG (the one position that doesn't need much instruction from Mourinho).
Hence why season 3's results happened.
edit: The stats from the original post are from whoscored. If you want a more accurate model, look at xG vs xGA found on football reference, where United are expected to have the worst goal difference of the big 6 for that season.
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Even if he was 20 years old it wouldn't have mattered. The game has moved on from Mourinho's style of managing where the players would run themselves through the wall for the manager. Imagine asking all the talented young players in our squad to just track back and camp inside your own box.
And the sheer negativity he brings on the table. Give him any squad but modern football doesn't work like that anymore. Only clubs where they haven't seen any silverware for a millennium might buy into his ideas. Spurs still remain an exception though.
Exactly
We looked like crap under Mourinho, relying on individual talent. By that, I mean that movement of the players was dire, with a lot of useless passing around with no idea how to create team goals. Not surprised that our 2nd place finish had United with the most chances conceded of the big 6, and also the least amount of chances created by a big 6 side. United were clinical, and heavily relied on DDG (the one position that doesn't need much instruction from Mourinho).
Hence why season 3's results happened.
I was so jealous seeing Liverpool develop under Klopp (less so with City and Guardiola as there's always been the chequebook element there.) I know feel we have a manager of similar stature, and it feels amazing.
Can't even remember why you're on my ignored list but seems quite deserved I think
First JM was right thread and now he would do something with this squad, damn sycophants of that cnut still going strong after all these years.
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This clown mu4c_20le should be on everybody's ignored list with the kind of crap he's sprouting.
Hats off to Erik. An A++++ season and appoitment. Already the second best manager in the league IMO. An absolute genius.
Second?
you are high right?
Just another proof that time is not a line but a circle.
ETH has show klopp right up. Klopps moaning about his fixture schedule, that’s why they didn’t beat Madrid apparently. We’ve just beat Barcelona and Newcastle in the same time frame.
https://www.espn.com.sg/soccer/manc...o-next-cup-after-nearly-leaving-trophy-behind
Haha he forgot and left the trophy behind. His mind already on to the next. What a man! Finally a proper manager.
Haha he forgot and left the trophy behind. His mind already on to the next. What a man! Finally a proper manager.
Pep is still ahead. Not for long though
That sounds like an awful condition to have. I feel for anyone who sprouts crap.
In term of trophies yes. But not in term of ability imo. Just look at the mess last season or the start of this season then compare their first year at United and City and you'd see I think. What ETH has done here in 6 months is simply a bloody miracle mate. Don't think we could say the same about Pep.Pep is still ahead. Not for long though
The difference between Mourinho/LVG and ETH is that former two brought in personalities who were self obsessed. Think of Pogba, Zlatan, Schweinsteiger, Ronaldo, etc. These players were not really helping pull the team together and rather created more issues.
ETH has built a team with players who are big personalities as well as Captain material. Those who will drag the team through and will not do anything stupid to put themselves ahead of the team. In the current squad at least 5-6 of them can be captains (Bruno, Casemiro, Licha, Varane, Eriksen and DDG).
Then there are the other players whom he has made look really good - Dalot, Shaw, Rashford, Fred, AWB, etc. The difference between these players earlier and now is that they are all firing together as opposed to hitting form at random times. This shows ETH’s influence. These are players who are clearly being ‘managed’ and ‘coached’ by ETH.
Reminds me of how SAF had built his teams. A bunch of top captain material players and the remaining who are good and execute to perfection.
The squad looks amazing now without:
Sancho not hitting peak form he has shown earlier. I believe ETH will also get the best out of Antony.
Martial and Eriksen not being available. Not having to use Maguire, Lindelof and Malacia who are all decent players. Garnacho is just starting out with a couple of other prospects as well.
I also like the fact that he’s an optimist (similar to Ole) but at the same time puts discipline and work ethics first (similar to Mou). Clearly has a vision and philosophy of how to build the team and play football (like LVG). He seems to have the best qualities of the previous managers!
ETH has built a team with players who are big personalities as well as Captain material. Those who will drag the team through and will not do anything stupid to put themselves ahead of the team. In the current squad at least 5-6 of them can be captains (Bruno, Casemiro, Licha, Varane, Eriksen and DDG).
Then there are the other players whom he has made look really good - Dalot, Shaw, Rashford, Fred, AWB, etc. The difference between these players earlier and now is that they are all firing together as opposed to hitting form at random times. This shows ETH’s influence. These are players who are clearly being ‘managed’ and ‘coached’ by ETH.
Reminds me of how SAF had built his teams. A bunch of top captain material players and the remaining who are good and execute to perfection.
The squad looks amazing now without:
Sancho not hitting peak form he has shown earlier. I believe ETH will also get the best out of Antony.
Martial and Eriksen not being available. Not having to use Maguire, Lindelof and Malacia who are all decent players. Garnacho is just starting out with a couple of other prospects as well.
I also like the fact that he’s an optimist (similar to Ole) but at the same time puts discipline and work ethics first (similar to Mou). Clearly has a vision and philosophy of how to build the team and play football (like LVG). He seems to have the best qualities of the previous managers!
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