Yep. They could have gotten rid of him with very little issue. Now he still needs to go as was the case in the summer, but we're 3 games into the season having just spent the summer with him influencing the rebuild. Very, very fecking dumb.
Erik ten Hag | 2024/25
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Its clear since his first season. Why he sticks with that formtion at this point is just plain stupid
Just shows you how much difference Martinez makes on the side and our midfield. If he wasn't there today I bet we lose this 3-0 instead of winning 3-0.
He gets 10 games max. November international break. I’m worried how unfit we look, we never start a season well under Ten Hag and Christ we don’t half need Ugarte to come in and shake up the midfield
Yeah I can’t carry on like that. I hate the idea of him being here, absolutely despise it.
With how close our PSR was it's possible we just couldn't afford to at the time.
The people claiming that Fulham performance was "good" look even weirder now.
Neville put us in the top 4 and Liverpool not last week
Clear delusion. Nothing else.
He's got such a thin skin which is obviously very telling about how vulnerable he still is. It's bad.
He wouldn’t have survived last season at any top club in Europe, probably would have been sacked from every single top half club.
His first season was very good and I thought we were on the right track. I’m not sure why it’s gone so horribly wrong since, but it’s nowhere near good enough. We will have to see what transpires in the coming weeks. He needs a significant improvement or he loses his job.
Glad to hear it mate. The wum was ridiculous.
He absolutely has to go. Be great if INEOS were proactive and pulled the plug this week.
Pathetic little man
It’s always a right time to repair a mistake. Everyone knows we are going nowhere. Why wait ?
Exactly. That’s the one for me. Rival fans actively want him to stay. Scouse fans singing “ETH, we want you to stay”…
I am sure we can afford a decent manager in
The most frustrating thing is we made decisions based on ETH being here. Based on the start to the season (and how we performed most of last season), I'd be shocked if he's still here by November. We brought in Ugarte because he would suit a transitional counter-attacking style of football, but what if our new manager wants possession football? Suddenly we've wasted money on a midfielder who doesn't suit this style of play. We've let Sancho go on honestly a really bad deal after learning more about the details. Obviously Sancho was never going to play under ETH but he might have been useful as a squad player for a new manager. We've brought in Mazraoui and De Ligt clearly based mostly on their past with ETH. Zirkzee, who knows if it was because ETH wanted him or if there was another reason. I haven't seen anything in his 3 performances here or his stats to suggest he was what we needed to solve our goal problems.
I've got a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach after today tbh. Feels like we've made mistakes. The campaigning from so many fans and the pressure they put on INEOS to keep ETH has delayed our progress imo.
I've got a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach after today tbh. Feels like we've made mistakes. The campaigning from so many fans and the pressure they put on INEOS to keep ETH has delayed our progress imo.
Sarni has given up folks. If that's not a sign we are at the end then nothing else is. Sack EtH now.
What I learned from his post match interview today is that he is NOT Harry Potter...
It was just barely above shit. We had a decent 20-25 mins but had no control over that game either.
But yeah xG.
And it probably will. I can’t defend him anymore. Something is wrong and it can’t be fixed imo. Need to go asap.
Classless, pitiful man. The biggest embarrassment of a manager since Moyes and he’s actually much less dignified than the Scot
We were very close to the PSR limit at the end of the year. No chance they could afford to fork out tens of millions to sack Ten Hag at that point. They also couldn't not make any decision so just triggered the extra year in his contract.
Had the likes of Real Madrid had a season like last season, they' would have had 2-3 managers
Looks like emotion finally got the better of you.
Tired of seeing this poker head bring our club down to knees, after spending more than half a billion, getting players that he wanted, still stuck with rotten excuses and he thinks we are some small time club who are happy with a Carling cup and winning a FA cup while finishing 8th and last in the easiest UCL group.
I hope some one gives him a reality check, even accepting that we are bad will at least make us start something new on the training ground, but he thinks we are the 2nd most successful club after city during his time and hence let’s gloat about it.
Nothings going to change until he is here as his style of management or football simply doesn’t work with an actual big club. His calibre is to manage a mid table club or in a league where there’s hardly any competition. Clearly, he is not the answer.
I hope some one gives him a reality check, even accepting that we are bad will at least make us start something new on the training ground, but he thinks we are the 2nd most successful club after city during his time and hence let’s gloat about it.
Nothings going to change until he is here as his style of management or football simply doesn’t work with an actual big club. His calibre is to manage a mid table club or in a league where there’s hardly any competition. Clearly, he is not the answer.
His uncle Graham is still available...
Have you noticed every time we don’t get a result he claims we were in the game till the minute before the other team scored. Like if they score in the 77th minute he will claim we did well till the 75th minute until they scored. He does the same today. We were in it till 30 minutes. The truth is we were still shit and gave up possession far too often.
Wish someone would ask why he feels justified in taking these risks when time and time again it doesn't matter how many of our players get forward they can't bloody score a goal for 90% of the time. When Casemiro lost the ball for the first goal both our fullbacks were on or over the halfway line and i think it was three against four. I heard Onana say 'we're going to take a lot of risks this season' but there's no careful calculation for those risks. It's just not working.
Also xG can be such a distortion of the game sometimes. Poor excuse.
Are you OK? The tweet is referring to Slot breaking down how we play on Sky:
"simple as that"
That can't be real
Yep. Since the League Cup win we haven’t put more than 3 good 90 minutes together. It’s disgraceful.
Tactically inept
Has been in denial about certain players like Casemiro, Onana
What is Mainoo's position suppose to be? He's never next to Casemiro when we lose the ball. He doesn't have to engine and pace for box to box and neither the strength to carry the ball forward into opposition halves.
Am sure the whole false 9 BS was his idea as well,when we needed another striker
We don't have a good enough team to play 2 in the middle, please don't set Ugarte up to fail
Our connection as a team is really bad, numerous times our players struggle to find a forward pass.
He's had enough time, it's not going to get any better if it's like this after £616million
Has been in denial about certain players like Casemiro, Onana
What is Mainoo's position suppose to be? He's never next to Casemiro when we lose the ball. He doesn't have to engine and pace for box to box and neither the strength to carry the ball forward into opposition halves.
Am sure the whole false 9 BS was his idea as well,when we needed another striker
We don't have a good enough team to play 2 in the middle, please don't set Ugarte up to fail
Our connection as a team is really bad, numerous times our players struggle to find a forward pass.
He's had enough time, it's not going to get any better if it's like this after £616million
Maybe by Christmas we might have Ugarte fit to play 60-70 minutes, but Erik's not a miracle worker so who knows.
You should expect better performances.
I fully expect it to settle around 70-30 over the international break, as emotions come down, excuses start coming in again, and fans begin to forget just how bad we've actually been.
Unless he tells Casemiro to sit back and play simple pass and break attacks, tell Bruno to not be 50 yards ahead, nothing will change
Months?! What planet is he on?
How do other teams manage it? Who coaches them? Hagrid and Ginny?
I'd rather hear an interview with Ratcliffe than Ten Hag...