Denis79
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INEOS seem to be more ruthless than our previous set-up, that's why I don't believe he will survive the season unless the football improves significantly.
But people have made several suggestions for suitable replacements - and we're not professional sporting directors, so our knowledge base is limited in comparison to Dan Ashworth + the other execs. who might have input.It isn't flawed logic to have a good reason to expect a replacement to do a better job before replacing the incumbent. I've never said guaranteed, that's a tired strawman, and your examples are false equivalences. Given your car one, a more accurate one would be "my engine is struggling, and I can't take it out and be without an engine, all the top engines I'd want long term are currently in other cars, so what engines are out there that I can reasonably expect to be better than my current one". Still not ideal, but closer than your strawmen.
Every hiring manager around the world will look at skills and experience to inform the likelihood that a candidate can do a job. The same is true of football management. Clubs don't just throw random managers at the job, they appoint managers that they reasonably expect will do a better job. If you can make a case for an available manager to take over immediately, please do so, I'm open to be convinced, but so far folks have only advocated for firing having not thought any further, which is irrational.
We beat city in the corresponding fixture and completely outplayed Sevilla in the first leg, throwing away a two goal lead we should really have added to.
The mistakes of DdG and Maguire in the second leg precipitated their demise, with only a contract wrangle saving the latter.
Quite a few cases for the prosecution, but not quite those.
With the exception of Pep and Klopp, what are these other managers winning?
Emery has done well turning Villa into Spurs, I grant, but EtH has actually won honours in spite of a heinous injury spree.
There are cogent arguments for his removal, but winning trophies is not (yet) one of them.
It's quite simple: there is no suitable replacement.
Suitable as in returning United to Fergie Time.
Disagree, chief. Didn't factor the injury crisis nor the trophy we won.
Preach.
Just tell us who you want as the new manager.
We all know who and what you are against.
Who are you for?
Names, please, criteria later.
Yep.
The Southgate route.
Unfortunately that isn't anything new. People have been running that excuse into the ground almost a year."There is no guarantee that changing the manager is going to make things better, so we should stick with our current manager who is definitely making things worse and is failing before our eyes" Seems to be the latest defense of keeping on ETH
Exactly, pointless circular arguments with the same few names doesn't progress the discourse at all. Hopefully we can start arguing about something else soon enough.I don't know why you guys are still replying to the Hilton poster He keeps regurgitating the same rebuttal over and over again. The onus isn't on us to decide who ETH's replacement is. And even if we, the supporters, pick a replacement, we can't guarantee success. Us supporters have neither the financial pull or vast connections to check the availability of each possible candidate as well. What we DO know is things that are happening right in front of our eyes and it's bloody grim. It's bleeding obvious that ETH is out of his depth and supporters have every right to call for his sack, and it is the board's job to start re-evaluating and source for a replacement, not us.
Unfortunately that isn't anything new. People have been running that excuse into the ground almost a year.
Another one that thinks Ten Hag is the best possible manager we could have right now. Utter delusion.We beat city in the corresponding fixture and completely outplayed Sevilla in the first leg, throwing away a two goal lead we should really have added to.
The mistakes of DdG and Maguire in the second leg precipitated their demise, with only a contract wrangle saving the latter.
Quite a few cases for the prosecution, but not quite those.
With the exception of Pep and Klopp, what are these other managers winning?
Emery has done well turning Villa into Spurs, I grant, but EtH has actually won honours in spite of a heinous injury spree.
There are cogent arguments for his removal, but winning trophies is not (yet) one of them.
It's quite simple: there is no suitable replacement.
Suitable as in returning United to Fergie Time.
Disagree, chief. Didn't factor the injury crisis nor the trophy we won.
Preach.
Just tell us who you want as the new manager.
We all know who and what you are against.
Who are you for?
Names, please, criteria later.
Yep.
The Southgate route.
But people have made several suggestions for suitable replacements - and we're not professional sporting directors, so our knowledge base is limited in comparison to Dan Ashworth + the other execs. who might have input.
I personally have advocated for Keiran McKenna or Unai Emery,
It would be funny if it wasnt so sad honestly.Especially at home. fecking embarrassement the EtH apologists at this point
It really is comical that he is still here and still has people thinking he can turn it around.
Seeing a lot of Ole love the last few days, and what I find funny is back then Ole was "all vibes no tactics", and ETH was supposedly this modern manager who's a tactical guru. Now people are like ETH is "no vibes and no tactics"
See you clearly have too much skin in the game to be objective so I can't take your opinions seriously.We should scrutinise those replacments. It really cones down to what you want.
Emery was a disaster at Arsenal, failed at PSG. He seems to be best at the Europa League or finishing fourth. Hardly the upgrade we need.
As for McKenna, he is completely unproven at the highest level. You want an Ulsterman, you may as well punt on for Rodgers.
Both will want 3-4 years and need hundreds of millions to tune their squads.
Let's face it. We are just in the process of naming names and exaggerating their merits because we want Erik out now.
Going as far as to re-evaluate Ole as some genius. Christ.
If Ole buys a DM/#6 in his last season instead of Homelander, I'd wager it doesnt unravel for him like it did. Not to say he would have led us to PL/CL glory, but it wouldnt have been as bad as it was.It's insane that McTominay, Fred, Lingard, Perreira and James were all frequent starters under Ole. But he reportedly wanted both Bellingham and Rice so it's not like he was blind to the utter chaos. However, Ole did manage to do one thing in the midst of the chaos that Ten Hag has failed to do: create a team capable of playing good attacking football.
Ole "accepted" the chaos as long as it lead to goals. Ten Hag has desperately tried to fix it (I don't care what people say: it's clear to me that he has a plan), but it hasn't worked. The cup wins, the ongoing clear-out and the focus on youth is glossing over the fact that right now Ten Hag might possibly be the worst post Fergie manager. If he gets sacked this season I would definitely rank him below Mourinho, Ole and Van Gaal.
Has he not managed more than 79 PL games?
Beaten in 32%
Ole 22%
Bring back Ole
If Ole buys a DM/#6 in his last season instead of Homelander, I'd wager it doesnt unravel for him like it did. Not to say he would have led us to PL/CL glory, but it wouldnt have been as bad as it was.
If Ole buys a DM/#6 in his last season instead of Homelander, I'd wager it doesnt unravel for him like it did. Not to say he would have led us to PL/CL glory, but it wouldnt have been as bad as it was.
Seeing a lot of Ole love the last few days, and what I find funny is back then Ole was "all vibes no tactics", and ETH was supposedly this modern manager who's a tactical guru. Now people are like ETH is "no vibes and no tactics"
PS : Pogba was super underrated. Our best CM in the last few years, but was hated because of his price tag/expectations + injury record + having Raiola as agent.
Seeing a lot of Ole love the last few days, and what I find funny is back then Ole was "all vibes no tactics", and ETH was supposedly this modern manager who's a tactical guru. Now people are like ETH is "no vibes and no tactics"
PS : Pogba was super underrated. Our best CM in the last few years, but was hated because of his price tag/expectations + injury record + having Raiola as agent.
I'm not ignoring the point, I'm simply rejecting your notion that a manager can be a guaranteed success or a complete unknown, with no middle ground. There are obvious ways to analyse a candidate to get a good picture as to whether they will succeed here, chief among them looking at their achievements and experience to see if it matches up to what we need.
With regards to the bold, can you back this statement up? We've had a few names in this thread, but the only managers people have been able to articulate reasons for that I've seen are Tuchel (who has legitimate question marks), and De Zerbi (a terrible suggestion, who fortunately isn't even available). I've named managers I think would be better, so I clearly don't think it's impossible, that's yet another strawman.
But if you have a name and a case to make, then I'm all ears. I can easily be convinced by a well made case for an available replacement.
Seeing a lot of Ole love the last few days, and what I find funny is back then Ole was "all vibes no tactics", and ETH was supposedly this modern manager who's a tactical guru. Now people are like ETH is "no vibes and no tactics"
PS : Pogba was super underrated. Our best CM in the last few years, but was hated because of his price tag/expectations + injury record + having Raiola as agent.
I'm Ten Hag out as much as the next fan, but I don't think I'd be happy replacing him with many on that list. Potter? Sarri? We'd be back at stage one again soon enough. A lot of them don't even have a more impressive managerial pedigree then Ten Hag and like him have only managed in farmer's leagues.
Id maybe take Tuchel but I don't think his style aligns, don't want that back 3 nonsense.
While I dislike the "farmer's league" thing in general, I have some questions for you: How many managers have won a PL title without winning a "farmer's league" first?I'm Ten Hag out as much as the next fan, but I don't think I'd be happy replacing him with many on that list. Potter? Sarri? We'd be back at stage one again soon enough. A lot of them don't even have a more impressive managerial pedigree then Ten Hag and like him have only managed in farmer's leagues.
If you think Tuchel is married to a back three formation you just show that you have no idea about him. During his career he used more often a back four than a back three, but he was always open to use the formation that did fit his available squad.Id maybe take Tuchel but I don't think his style aligns, don't want that back 3 nonsense.
Seeing a lot of Ole love the last few days, and what I find funny is back then Ole was "all vibes no tactics", and ETH was supposedly this modern manager who's a tactical guru. Now people are like ETH is "no vibes and no tactics"
PS : Pogba was super underrated. Our best CM in the last few years, but was hated because of his price tag/expectations + injury record + having Raiola as agent.
We should scrutinise those replacments. It really cones down to what you want.
Emery was a disaster at Arsenal, failed at PSG. He seems to be best at the Europa League or finishing fourth. Hardly the upgrade we need.
As for McKenna, he is completely unproven at the highest level. You want an Ulsterman, you may as well punt on for Rodgers.
Both will want 3-4 years and need hundreds of millions to tune their squads.
Let's face it. We are just in the process of naming names and exaggerating their merits because we want Erik out now.
Going as far as to re-evaluate Ole as some genius. Christ.
That's all true. But there also is little reason why it should be acceptable that things are getting worse every season. EtH had a quite good first season, especially under the circumstances, a terrible second season (looking at the league and overall performances) and a bad start to his third.Doesn't matter who is in charge, if Utd aren't up there fighting for the league title then there will always be complaints. Style, tactics, manager etc etc...
Utd have an entitled fan base that just can't accept it takes time to build a winning team, not just a winning team but also a team that is capable of consistently fighting for top trophies year after year. You don't just turn around 10 years of shambolic club management in 2 years. It takes time to get the squad right and for players to bed in and build relationships and understanding all over the pitch.
That's not a defence of ETH, but I don't think there's a manager out there who would have revamped the squad he inherited, under the conditions at the club and had Utd fighting for the league title by now.
Eh, so once again we are back to ETH doing better than everybody else because he won two domestic cups. Somehow the thing he alluded to while being defensive about his failures, which pretty much every opposition fan and neutral found amusing, has actually been accepted as a valid argument by our own fans.With the exception of Pep and Klopp, what are these other managers winning?
Emery has done well turning Villa into Spurs, I grant, but EtH has actually won honours in spite of a heinous injury spree.
That's all true. But there also is little reason why it should be acceptable that things are getting worse every season. EtH had a quite good first season, especially under the circumstances, a terrible second season (looking at the league and overall performances) and a bad start to his third.
I believe he clearly went the wrong route. His initial tweaking of the Ole/Rangnick system and formation worked quite well and was a good foundation to build another top four season on, but he did make it worse, not better.
I fully believe that a manager who made better decisions would be in a much more comfortable position now than EtH is. Challenging for the title? Would have been difficult for any manager as long as City don't collapse, but being ready in case they do, that should be possible.
If Ole would have been a better man manager instead of a people pleaser he would have gotten so much more out of the team.And being a lazy useless twat 95% of the time
Please cut out the term “cult” it will lead to warnings and threadbans. The old thread was closed for myriad reasons, one of them being silly factions warring back and forth. It will not be permitted in this iteration.ETH’s following on here are an odd bunch. Their reasons for keeping him are based on results that are massively inconsistent and random. How many absolute battering off Liverpool do we need to suffer for folk to see he is the wrong man? The 2 cups argument is as lame as his tactics - last years FA cup was the biggest fluke in recent history. Should never have got to the final yet ETH himself makes it out to be a benchmark. It’s completely embarrassing.
That wasn't the case with Ole though, we finished 2nd and got to a European final. The issue with him is that he didn't have a fancy system and everyone piled in on that because apparently you need a system to win the league these days. Ole got fired for losing 5 in 7 over the space of September. His only real bad run as United manager.Doesn't matter who is in charge, if Utd aren't up there fighting for the league title then there will always be complaints. Style, tactics, manager etc etc...
Utd have an entitled fan base that just can't accept it takes time to build a winning team, not just a winning team but also a team that is capable of consistently fighting for top trophies year after year. You don't just turn around 10 years of shambolic club management in 2 years. It takes time to get the squad right and for players to bed in and build relationships and understanding all over the pitch.
That's not a defence of ETH, but I don't think there's a manager out there who would have revamped the squad he inherited, under the conditions at the club and had Utd fighting for the league title by now.
My suggestion for a replacement is Marcelo Gallardo, it won't happen but I genuinely think this squad, especially with the South American connections in Ugarte, Martinez, Garnacho, Antony etc would suit him. But he's just gone back to River Plate, so I doubt he'd be willing to leave so soon.
Dead onETH’s following on here are an odd bunch. Their reasons for keeping him are based on results that are massively inconsistent and random. How many absolute battering off Liverpool do we need to suffer for folk to see he is the wrong man? The 2 cups argument is as lame as his tactics - last years FA cup was the biggest fluke in recent history. Should never have got to the final yet ETH himself makes it out to be a benchmark. It’s completely embarrassing.