If the court announces him as guilty-free, it means they deem the “proof” as insufficient. Insufficient proof cannot be counted as real proof.
Erik ten Hag | 2022/23 & 2023/24
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Yep, this is the first time since SAF leaving that the squad basically has no built up trust with the fans besides Ronaldo and a couple others
Goes hand in hand doesn't it? Players will only put their bodies on the line for so long if they are being played in a shit system they don't trust or don't know what to do and are getting throttled by other teams. Likewise you get more and more buy in when you start to see the fruits of your labor in a system.
Yep, it's the virtuous cycle where the magic happens. Hopefully Ten Hag manages to get it quickly. I guess that's the one benefit of bringing in one or two players in critical positions that he's worked with before.
Rio was exceptional one on one though remember him keeping Thierry Henry in his pocket few times aswell.
Maguire is more like vidic in style, who strength was definitely not one on one's against pacey strikers. Much better when being assertaive, aggressive and brave. He should be looking to step out and win the ball, the issue is more often whats alongside him and whats behind, he needs a pacey covering cb who's Good at one on ones and an assertaive GK who's willing to sweep and command his box. More often than not he has neither. Meaning when we do try and play a high line and be assertaive, we fall apart because we don't have the cover behind all of this has caused maguire to be second guessing himself thinking do I stay or do I go and in the end he has kind of ended up doing neither and as a result we don't really know what our plan is when defending.
I have nothing particularly interesting to add, I just want to say that I'm really, really excited for him to get started. I'll give him all the time in the world.
I am 100% sure he is going to have a tough time at the start, and results may be rocky as he tries stuff out, adapts things, pisses people off etc, so I hope the fans will really get behind him when that happens and give him time to lay his foundations.
Really hope that the fixture list for 2022/3 season is kind to us. We need an (on paper) reasonably easy start.... if we can get a run of games going where we look good the much needed feel good factor will soon be back. Sad that we have to think about next year in what used to be squeaky bum part of the season.
Chelsea away first game nailed on, then.
Not guilty isn’t the same as in one that though. It can just mean there is reasonable doubt or not enough evidence to convict.
All that being said I’m not sure anybody whether they’ve committed a crime or not deserves eternal damnation. There should be some route back into society and that includes playing professional football if that’s your profession. Is it really better for society for Mason Greenwood to become a burden to the state? He could learn and grow and become an advocate to other young me who look upto him and say don’t make the same mistakes I did.
That's one hell of an imagination you got there
Do his sides control games in a tough away atmosphere ? When we go to play sides like Newcastle or some mid table clubs for example ? I hate it when we look shit scared and completely forget how to control or manage a game or even complete a pass against these teams at their grounds. That’s why going after players like de Jong gives me hope that even if we are 1-0 ahead going into the last 10 minutes our players can still compose themselves and can manage the game rather than doing Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, lsha all at once and hoping for the best.
On the contrary, it doesn't require much imagination at all given the state of our defenders.
There’s one I can think of….has a home in the Poch thread! #Poch-ball
There are some things that are so abhorrent that you do lose your right to a highly paid job in the public eye and battering your missus should be one of them. Should he be locked up and the key thrown away? No. Should he be earning hundreds of thousands of pounds a week doing a dream job after doing that? Not in my view.
Money buys power and I wouldn't be surprised if this gets brushed under a rug and the girl involved is paid enough hush money to make it go away. I know the CPS can prosecute without her but it makes it much harder.
+1
Hoping for this as well, really need that nice fixture run. Hope all our players have a decent pre-season too, it feels like forever ago that we had a full squad for pre-season.
Plausible to think alot of players will be much much improved from the shitshow of ralfs reign.
Confidence is a funny thing.
Thank you for sharing this and it's a really good read. The thread linked in the first sentence provides an even more fascinating read of his work prior to Ajax. Here it is just in case:
Me too mate. Can't wait. Onward and upward.
first signing of the ETH era....will it be a major splash or a meh signing
I don't care. I just want it to be the right signing.
Probably meh
Oh ye I think I know who you mean actually…
tell a lie I’ve probably seen like 1 or 2 that was desperate for poch in the ‘next manager’ thread. But other then the odd couple, everyone’s more or less with ten Haghmmm....the right signing(ie the position of need) could still be a meh signing
i tend to fall into this category as well....i think it's going to be either a younger player with a lot of potential OR it's going to be an older practical player that can do the job or a year or two(Kante maybe)
Dunno if it has been mentioned in this thread or elsewhere but do the people on this forum think he will keep Maguire as club captain for next season?
He 100% will
I think this is a good window for any manager to have taken over. No UCL will be a stipulation for some negotiations but consider the the availability of players in specific positions in the market; abundance of wingers (Dembele, Gakpo, Gnabry, Rapinha) few forward players (Lewa, Richarlison, Nunez, Nkunku).
If Leeds or Everton go down that's more opportunities to assess value. If the club play their cards right United could have a good team to build a foundation from compared to the need of having a multitude of windows to recruit in key positions. Not to mention players who have been unproductive over the years in their last remaining years of contracts thus easier to shift on.
One thing about ETH is that he seems diligent and meticulous. United have in most cases appointed the wrong coaches at the wrong times over the years. I would give exception to LVG who did well in an international tournament beforehand and was the only manager who showed a small percentage of positivity and promise to building something overtime (lots of breakthrough appearances for youth players, United controlled games more compared to Moyes, Ole and Jose).
If Leeds or Everton go down that's more opportunities to assess value. If the club play their cards right United could have a good team to build a foundation from compared to the need of having a multitude of windows to recruit in key positions. Not to mention players who have been unproductive over the years in their last remaining years of contracts thus easier to shift on.
One thing about ETH is that he seems diligent and meticulous. United have in most cases appointed the wrong coaches at the wrong times over the years. I would give exception to LVG who did well in an international tournament beforehand and was the only manager who showed a small percentage of positivity and promise to building something overtime (lots of breakthrough appearances for youth players, United controlled games more compared to Moyes, Ole and Jose).
That's what I am fearing = no change from Ole, ETH the Ole 2.0
Yeah, agreed. It’s the most United this fan base has been post SAF. The poll on the Caf alone was 90%+ in favour of ETH iirc.Oh ye I think I know who you mean actually…
Is it first time in our history both the manager and his assisant are both norwood 7?
I'm rooting for him even more now being a fellow bald chap and all that..
I'm rooting for him even more now being a fellow bald chap and all that..
So it is over before it started? United fans can be a bunch of impatient spoilt brats
Yes, definitely not wanting to scupper our luck but I'm genuinely optimistic that the club is making big changes to address the problems we've had and our new manager is the real deal.
Go away
I concur, only maybe less politely.
They arent even on the same planet. Ole has nothing of ETH's coaching pedigree, its not even close.
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