crossy1686
career ending
Yeah, finishing 2nd and getting to a EL final. Ole got fired after losing 5 in 7 games in the space of a month. How many did Ten Hag lose last season? Where did we finish?Good point, we were flying before he came in.
Yeah, finishing 2nd and getting to a EL final. Ole got fired after losing 5 in 7 games in the space of a month. How many did Ten Hag lose last season? Where did we finish?Good point, we were flying before he came in.
Fecking hell!Ridiculous
By not sacking him when we should, at the end of the previous season, with a whole summer to look for a proper replacement, now we will be, again, like always, in a precarious position:
- We keep him and hope for the best, which may never come.
- We sack him and we hire an interim which means another year to the trash bin
- We sack him and we hire whoever is available and willing to come to our roller coaster
Either way, it's bad.
Has he gone?
I hope they didn't go by the poll on here to decide to keep Hag. Because that poll was heavily rigged by oppo fans and WUMs. No sane person would have voted keep after the debacle of last season.To be fair, they followed fan sentiment and the overwhelming noise. It was the easier of the choices, and it doesn't reflect great on them, but I see why they did it, riling the fanbase would have heaped pressure on them instantly. I expected and hoped for a more cold and clinical decision. It was needed. And now we are where we are.
That's what shocking. Either interviews with the likes of Hojlund had eroded or he's really pissed off by ETH's performancesReally? ETH is literary Goldbridges love child, so I bet he also said we need to back him, despite being prat of the week.
Dont you think we should have seen some improvements? And I bet you we look not much better in OctoberIt's been 3 games.
It's the same as putting a seed in the ground, adding some water and saying "feck, ive done everything and its not grown yet"
Doesn't say anywhere that INEOS offered him a new contract and he rejected it. Just says they were negotiating. Might also be the case that ETH demanded a new and longer contract but INEOS weren't onboard with that.From the Dutchman's mouth himself. It took a while to come to an agreement, and in the end it was just extended.
Really? ETH is literary Goldbridges love child, so I bet he also said we need to back him, despite being prat of the week.
Has he gone?
Plenty on here wanted him to stay after the final, not a majority, but a good number.I hope they didn't go by the poll on here to decide to keep Hag. Because that poll was heavily rigged by oppo fans and WUMs. No sane person would have voted keep after the debacle of last season.
I have same vibes now as i had with Jose and Solskjaer at the end. Looking at our performances and not seeing how it will improve in any way.
With basically best 11, we had two even games with Fulham and Brighton and dominated by Liverpool. So what will change? Nothing.
We will not see his Ajax style here or any dominating style. Our future with him is to have 50:50 games against middle and lower clubs where both teams create only few chances and 4222 system against bigger sides where we play on a draw.
I really hope that Ineos will not react when season is already lost.
Has he gone?
Well it kind of does, what is there to negotiate and what's tough about the negotiations if it's just a one year extension to the exact same deal? Ten Hag doesn't need to be involved and they don't even need to meet up with him to tell him they're extending his contract by the + 1.Doesn't say anywhere that INEOS offered him a new contract and he rejected it. Just says they were negotiating. Might also be the case that ETH demanded a new and longer contract but INEOS weren't onboard with that.
In any case, triggering that option was the sensible thing to do in my view. It's all on ETH to get this team to perform now. The leadership team have done their bit.
What was the other journos name from De Telegraaf? Vermijil or something like that. I remember that he is quiete reliable and is ETH's mouthpiece. Any ideas?Valentijn Driessen also made the statement that Lucas Moura never scores and then Moura scored the last minute winner that prevented Ajax from reaching the CL final.
He is a bad, very negative sensation 'journalist' who wants to make headlines with over the top statements or his own opinion as headline.
If Valentijn Driessen makes that statement, it means ETH will be here all season.
It's been 3 games.
It's the same as putting a seed in the ground, adding some water and saying "feck, ive done everything and its not grown yet"
A bit of calm after the storm.
Fulham, Brighton, Liverpool...I'd say a Win, Draw, Lose from those 3 match would have been fair. So United are -1 point so far this season.
But this team/manager/club always finds a way to create drama and chaos at every opportunity. Failed to concentrate for 2 minutes extra time against Brighton now means they all get destroyed on socials for the next 2 weeks. Bunch of dumbarsed the lot of them.
It's been 3 games.
It's the same as putting a seed in the ground, adding some water and saying "feck, ive done everything and its not grown yet"
There is no way he gets sacked 3 games in after backing him with a new coaching staff and players. It would look like Ineos have no clue what they are doing. They will give him at least until the next international break.
Read up his recent piece and yeah its an opinion article rather than journalistic findings. Unless we're talking about a different article.Valentijn Driessen also made the statement that Lucas Moura never scores and then Moura scored the last minute winner that prevented Ajax from reaching the CL final.
He is a bad, very negative sensation 'journalist' who wants to make headlines with over the top statements or his own opinion as headline.
If Valentijn Driessen makes that statement, it means ETH will be here all season.
Since INEOS came in he's had 1 window together with a new coaching+medical staff and that's how they'll look at the situation. They won't rage quit on him unless he fails to take off this season with wins on the board. 3 GWs is too early to call that, but I agree his time to get convincing wins on the board is right now.It's been 2 and a half years and 118 matches.
Thought I read somewhere they we trying to re-negotiate his existing contract, to downgrade his title from Manager to Head Coach and remove his veto on transfers etc. EtH wouldn’t agree so they just triggered the extension.Well it kind of does, what is there to negotiate and what's tough about the negotiations if it's just a one year extension to the exact same deal? Ten Hag doesn't need to be involved and they don't even need to meet up with him to tell him they're extending his contract by the + 1.
His tactical set ups are so bad, we always end up giving 4v2 counter attacks.
These are the league stats since the League Cup Win back in February 2023. This is our long term form under Ten Hag. It's shocking and has been for so, so, SO fecking long.
Win % Loss % Games W D L GF GA GD Pts Pts P Game 49.09% 36.36% 55 27 8 20 76 78 -2 89 1.62
To be fair on a new coach, I don’t think anyone will succeed without having more World Class players in the squad.
It’ll take 2 years for Garnacho to get there imo. It’ll take 2 more transferyears if not more. So no matter who the potential manager is, they wont have great succes and we’d be back to hating and blaming the manager again imo. There’s so much shit to untangle, and so much to build up after the Woodward/Glazers nightmare era.
It was 50/50 in terms of votes. In fact, if I'm not mistaken, they may have tended towards keeping him after the FA CupPlenty on here wanted him to stay after the final, not a majority, but a good number.
Well they kind of need to do if they are supposed to work together.Well it kind of does, what is there to negotiate and what's tough about the negotiations if it's just a one year extension to the exact same deal? Ten Hag doesn't need to be involved and they don't even need to meet up with him to tell him they're extending his contract by the + 1.
Kamikaze football. Our matches turning into basketball games even against lower level opposition is no coincidence. Newport County scored twice against us. Coventry scored 4 (with one being disallowed). We finished last in a CL group that included Galatasaray and Copenhagen.
Why are our full backs 10-15 yards in front of Liverpool's wingers?? There's no recovery speed that would allow Dalot to prevent Salah's goal with this nonsense set-up. Why is our DM up there? The gaping hole in midfield that Liverpool midfielders can exploit has been there for like 3 years.:
Ten Hag is probably the first manager I've seen trying to use a "glass cannon" RPG build in football. Crazy stuff
That's what I read also.Thought I read somewhere they we trying to re-negotiate his existing contract, to downgrade his title from Manager to Head Coach and remove his veto on transfers etc. EtH wouldn’t agree so they just triggered the extension.
Correct and look more clueless now than we did back thenIt's been 2 and a half years and 118 matches.
A loss to Liverpool in Ten Hags 3rd season really shouldnt be expected, that just confirms that he has done nothing to improve us after all this time and money spend.It's not like this scenario wasn't in the cards, Brighton is ETH boogey team and Liverpool lose was always expected.
I think the only thing that could save him was a good start. A bad start was always going to turn fans against him, his position was always super weak.
Fickle lot was over 50% in favor of keeping him overnight.It was 50/50 in terms of votes. In fact, if I'm not mistaken, they may have tended towards keeping him after the FA Cup
But what is there to negotiate? It's just a contract extension with no changes. Ten Hag specifically said negotiations weren't going well and it would be tough to arrive at an agreement, then he gets a +1 with the same deal. That's hardly a tough negotiation.Well they kind of need to do if they are supposed to work together.
Aim for 9, 7 or 6 ok , 5 just about acceptable, 4 disappointing, 3 or under compleatly unacceptable.
Honestly how has the manager and players eroded the standards so far?