Walters_19_MuFc
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Almost feels like a must win, or definitely not lose against Liverpool tomorrow.
Transition till when, should be the question?
That's just what you want to hear in a manager's 3rd season at the club.
Wouldn't have made any sense to start working towards this 2 years ago when he got the job.
It's excuse after excuse with him. Never his fault. Now also complaining about having to sell McTominay because of PSR. Maybe you shouldn't have committed the best part of £300m over 5 years on Casemiro and Antony and we might not have such issues.
Transition till when, should be the question?
Did you come up with this original idea all by yourself?If a more successful manager had said the exact same thing, people would have called it 'explaining the situation'.
Because ETH isn't as successful, it's 'complaining' or 'making excuses'.
Did you come up with this original idea all by yourself?
If a more successful manager had said the exact same thing, people would have called it 'explaining the situation'.
Because ETH isn't as successful, it's 'complaining' or 'making excuses'.
Why do some of you guys get so worked up about this? Forget it’s United and ETH, our forward line kids + Rashford, our midfield bar a Bruno is now kids or early twenties & our back line is mid twenties + Shaw and Onana. It’s a team built to challenge in a a year or two, that’s what Ines’s will be planning. Whether or not ETH is here no one knows but it is a team that needs time.It's excuse after excuse with him. Never his fault. Now also complaining about having to sell McTominay because of PSR. Maybe you shouldn't have committed the best part of £300m over 5 years on Casemiro and Antony and we might not have such issues.
Can't help it. I'm fuming here.Why do some of you guys get so worked up about this? Forget it’s United and ETH, our forward line kids + Rashford, our midfield bar a Bruno is now kids or early twenties & our back line is mid twenties + Shaw and Onana. It’s a team built to challenge in a a year or two, that’s what Ines’s will be planning. Whether or not ETH is here no one knows but it is a team that needs time.
Now remember it’s ETH, either we’re in transition (or whatever buzzword you want) or we’re ready to challenge for the title. The latter is more ridiculous.
Why do some of you guys get so worked up about this? Forget it’s United and ETH, our forward line kids + Rashford, our midfield bar a Bruno is now kids or early twenties & our back line is mid twenties + Shaw and Onana. It’s a team built to challenge in a a year or two, that’s what Ines’s will be planning. Whether or not ETH is here no one knows but it is a team that needs time.
Now remember it’s ETH, either we’re in transition (or whatever buzzword you want) or we’re ready to challenge for the title. The latter is more ridiculous.
Transition till when, should be the question?
He must now deliver!!!
- He gets a third season after two poor seasons.
- The club has backed him in the transfer market.
- Sancho is gone.
I give him until the international break in October....
- To improve the results.
- And especially to improve the performances.
Otherwise we should give the job to Ruud and look for a successor (I still hope INEOS have the power for Xabi Alonso).
Both seasons under him were poor....trophies were good and important but there was never a clear playing-style.Calma calma...he had one bad season. Finally, the club has competent and rated people overseeing football ops and recruitment and squad coming/goings, but the job isn't done regardless of the manager.
Unless the squad miraculously loses quality and has a massive injury crisis again, think we'll see better performances like we have the first two matches and more full results. Xabi is going to Real in the near future.
Transition till when, should be the question?
Both seasons under him were poor....trophies were good and important but there was never a clear playing-style.
Sorry but our performances in the first three matches weren't really good....and to lose this match against Brighton & Hove and Mount for a hamstring injury were typical.
Ten Hag doesn't deserve months to improve the squad.....he must deliver now.
As it should be. McT has been here long, this move is great for him. For the club, the price is right.The hierarchy has visibly overturn him with McTominay sale
He blamed last season on injuries. How annoying indeed?!?.We were an decent team under Ole. It became evident that he couldn't take the next step.
We hired one of the most sought after head coaches in Europe with the idea that he would take that step. The plan felt pretty clearly outlined that he would have a free year, then some progress then he would be expected to at least challenge for the title.
He has been backed in a manner that any manager would dream of, in nearly every way. He produced the worst league campaign in modern history.
So when he has never ever for a moment said "part of last season was my tactics being wrong, I'll fix it" or taken any responsibility and then just says that as if we are silly to expect otherwise. Then yes it's annoying.
He blamed last season on injuries. How annoying indeed?!?.
So you think we should not be a team in transition? What are we then?
Challenging for PL and CL we are not, therefore we are in transition to get there where we belong. Challenging for everything.
I think some of you underestimate the terrible state this club was in before Ten Hag. Add to that the first transfer window where we overpaid for Antony and Casemiro.Yes it is annoying. Because for most weeks of the season last year he had a better squad available than his opponents so shouldn't have been played of the park so consistently.
I don't think we are challenging no. I think that was the goal and the manager brought in to do it has had a level of backing in multiple ways that I can't remember another manager in history recieving that hadn't already earned it at that club.
So I don't expect him to say "we are in transition" like a flippant statement that we are all stupid not to just expect. If we are in transition and he wants to mention that then he should give reasons why he's failed at the goal and time period he was brought in for and why he's failed to meet it.
I think some of you underestimate the terrible state this club was in before Ten Hag. Add to that the first transfer window where we overpaid for Antony and Casemiro.
Digging out the ffp hole of overvalued players plus high wages takes longer than two years.
I think we are in a good spot right now to challenge for top four and continue developing/building to finish creating a title winning squad.
No wonder you're still classed as a new member three years in if this is type of shite you come out with. Trophies are literally the aim of the game.Both seasons under him were poor....trophies were good and important but there was never a clear playing-style.
No wonder you're still classed as a new member three years in if this is type of shite you come out with. Trophies are literally the aim of the game.
Both seasons under him were poor....trophies were good and important but there was never a clear playing-style
What a spectacularly bizarre invented scenario.Building a side that can win the major trophies is a part too.
Would you be happy with a manager who played his reserves in the league every season, finished 14th but just obsessed over the league cup and won it every year?
No obviously not. We are Man Utd, we need to always be challenging for the biggest trophies or making that our main aim as a club.
What a spectacularly bizarre invented scenario.
Transition means when we finish 6th and have 0 gd some people can desperately try and bluff it as progress.
Jesus Christ, I am obviously aware of what hypothetical means. The point was that your hypothetical scenario is completely irrelevant given a) Ten Hag has shown he isn't exactly a manager to regularly play reserves at any stage, let alone during the league season, and more importantly, b) that no United manager in the current era would be allowed to finish a season in which they sit 14th for an extended period of time.It's called a "hypothetical".
It is an imagined scenario that is used to support or sometimes even make a point about a situation that isn't hypothetical.
Jesus Christ, I am obviously aware of what hypothetical means. The point was that your hypothetical scenario is completely irrelevant given a) Ten Hag has shown he isn't exactly a manager to regularly play reserves at any stage, let alone during the league season, and more importantly, b) that no United manager in the current era would be allowed to finish a season in which they sit 14th for an extended period of time.
For sure it has. It was evident in the last 4 games that the team performances have improved. We beat City in a high stakes game under all the media scrutiny. Unlucky in Community shield. Beat Fulham and things just didn't go our away against Brighton. Apart from the results, they have actually played better and playing a lot more together as a unit. It's not perfect, but it is improvement.The overall talent and depth improved from last year, however there are still player quality issues across the front line when it comes to goal scoring.
If EtH cannot improve this current team in performance and mostly getting full results by at least 8 to 12 points from last year, which would be challenging for at least 4th and possibly 3rd, then he should be sacked. I don't have a problem with him leaving anymore because the football ops side is highly competent and only getting better moving forward. The squad is getting younger with quality yet experienced players.
The team shape and solidity of the backline and midfield has been better through the first two games with Ugarte to still come in. However, the quality of goal scoring across the front line - Rashford, Garnacho, Hojlund, Zirkzee, Amad, Antony - is currently midtable. The potential is there, but that will take more coaching, experience, and time specifically for everyone except for Rashford.
I think you have to consider the circumstances. I'm sure Fergie was your first memory of a United manager, like most of us. Fergie, was simply a different breed. He had control of all aspects of the club, even when Malcolm Glazer took control. The problems United have, it wasn't a major concern with Fergie (in fans eyes) because United were successful on the pitch.So sometimes with a hypothetical you use extreme scenarios to make your point extremely clearly.
To explain, the point I was making that the number one job of a Man Utd manager is to create a side which competes for the biggest trophies. A job Ten Hag so far has moved us further away from doing.
As for your second point, for most of my life no Utd manager would get away with finishing in 8th. Struggling to see the difference between that and 14th (even though that was an extremely hypothetical which you apparently understand).
The job of a Manchester United manager, first and foremost, is to win trophies; which he has done.So sometimes with a hypothetical you use extreme scenarios to make your point extremely clearly.
To explain, the point I was making that the number one job of a Man Utd manager is to create a side which competes for the biggest trophies. A job Ten Hag so far has moved us further away from doing.
As for your second point, for most of my life no Utd manager would get away with finishing in 8th. Struggling to see the difference between that and 14th (even though that was an extremely hypothetical which you apparently understand).
A fair result for the first season would have been 5th or 6th according to most pundits, instead we were third and won efl.The club that 12 months before he arrived had finished 3rd then 2nd above Liverpool and Arsenal scoring loads of goals and getting to a European final?
I know we weren't in a brilliant spot and needed to take a step forward but is argue the actual facts say that some of you overrated it.
If we get top 4 and see a significant improvement in the football then I'll be happy to crack on. I can look at this as technically the second season if I'm generous and look at last season as a write off in the league (very generous but if we play good football I'll lean into the hopeful side).
Taking a side that finished 2nd 12 months before you arrive and investing 700 million pounds should get some results for anyone so let's see.