I wanted him to stay in the summer as I thought it would help with a player clear out rather tha them all getting a clean slate under a new boss but he already looks like a dead man walking and it’s clear from today that the fans won’t be as patient this season.
I was expectant that we might play a high line once Maguire wasn’t playing, yet we seem to be playing the same suicidal tactics as last season - a deep lying defence, a non-existent midfield and barely anything created.
Major red flags for me are the lack fitness, an inability to play the most basic pass to feet and players isolated by the opposition when they receive the ball which leads to risky passes or unforced errors. This has to be down to the coaching.
The issue when you sack him is that we’re left with a load of his players so the process starts again.
He will seal his own fate if he keeps picking Casemiro and Rashford.
This is exactly how low our standards have become. One win against soton does not change shit.The poll will change if we beat Southampton in a few weeks. Too many fickle fans here
And he’d be rightSlot is basically saying Ten Hags tactics are shit
I'm not sure about that, I'd have to watch the game again. My comment was about xg which doesn't lie even if it's clearly not a perfect stat.Are you serious. Do you think we had more goal scoring opportunities than Liverpool today
Genuinely mid table form and so many of our fans are happy with this and/or deluded themselves thinking it will get better under him.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
Honestly, at this point I’d take Southgate as caretaker for the season. We can’t keep allowing this total devolution of our football to continue. People are going to pile on the players but their confidence is shot, and Casemiro was never trying to play balls like that at Madrid but that’s our ‘style’ the manager wants to play.
Tuchel. It's not even a debate.
No he said that there were no specific instructions for their press. Man to man.Slot is basically saying Ten Hags tactics are shit
The turncoats, and there were many, are absolutely partly responsible, yes. Fans are major stakeholders and INEOS would not have kept him on if the ETH out camp had been as vocal as it was before that single match. But so many people inexplicable jumped the back the manager bandwagon after that one match. Which also makes the outrage today a bit hypocritical. After that one match, most fans seemingly wanted him to stay. People asked for more ETH football, and well, now they’re getting it.Yes, we are responsible for board decision. 1st season never happened and you are the smartest.
Slot is basically saying Ten Hags tactics are shit
....Yeah it's frustrating when the stats don't back up the agenda isn't it.
Watch again? Did you close your eyes for the entire match the first time?I'm not sure about that, I'd have to watch the game again. My comment was about xg which doesn't lie even if it's clearly not a perfect stat.
This. Casimero and Rashford elevated the team during that earlier period but both have dropped off massively and ETH hasn’t found another way to win consistently or score at an acceptable rate.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
I think he can.Ruud interim. Can't be worse than ETH.
Perfectly illustrates the tactics, win it, hoof it behind for the fast guys to chase.
Dutch sophistication.
Xavi is managing Barca still.
Does spunking 20 million on sacking EtH count against all these finance rules?
I'd get Tuchel in now.
Yoro and Mount are injured. Club stalwarts missing on a big day.Anyone starting to think maybe the injuries weren't the major reason we were so shit last season?
Yep. Which is mad. Don’t want him, but I genuinely believe he’d have done better than Ten Hag last season.I don’t want Southgate anywhere near us, but we wouldn’t be anywhere near as bad as this even under him.
Slot is basically saying Ten Hags tactics are shit
He wouldn’t win the league with 55 gamesThese 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
Slot was always going to out tactic EtH. I only watched a bit of his Feijenoord and some of his interviews but that told me enough about how well versed the guy is in the art of coaching. And yes he still rides Klopps coat tails a bit but this is also a team that didn't really strengthen itself in any one area either.
I used to be a EtH defender and to give him time but at this pt there is just zero progression. I was actually mildly optimistic from some of the play we saw in pre season and even the previous two games but at the same time was it truly that much better than before? No. I'll give him til the likes of Hojlund, Ugarte and De Light had a few (more) games in their legs but at the moment im just about 2 steps into the EtH out camp.
For the life of me though I still don't understand why we never picked up a veteran goal scorer. As we saw with Ibra - that can at least temporarily paper over some cracks. Some of that is probably on more people than just Erik.
No but we'd be a lot more boring.I don’t want Southgate anywhere near us, but we wouldn’t be anywhere near as bad as this even under him.
This is the same thought process that kept EtH in charge, that we can't do better. At this point, anything is better and I guarantee we won't be this bad under Ruud or anyone in the interim.I think he can.
No I didn't watch the game with my eyes closed, cmon man.....
Watch again? Did you close your eyes for the entire match the first time?
You give me another word that accurately describes them better than dunces.Easy on the name calling fella
Who knows.It's probably just DeLigt and Martinez ignoring his instructions like the entire squad allegedly chose to do last season for some inexplicable reason.
They already do look like mugs, but they'll regain some favour if they act quickly and decisively this season. Imagine if we don't beat Southampton in two weeks time, what then?
We aren’t boring now? Losing and being dominated most games?No but we'd be a lot more boring.