Considering the high line Ajax plays with, it is insane.
Dammit, the regens are popping before the originals can retire. The Matrix is broken again.
He can be very stubborn. He sticks to his favorites. That's one of the reasons his Ajax side wasn't that impressive in the last 2 years in Europe. Some of his key players got injured, and the replacements because they weren't properly rotated weren't match sharp.
This right here aside from his mentality is the reason I want him at United. Plenty of coaches play attacking footy, but usually they are defensively naive. Take Gasperini as an example. His Atlanta side is very well coached attacking unit, but it has always been defensively suspect. Not the case with Erik.
Dammit, the regens are popping before the originals can retire. The Matrix is broken again.
He can be very stubborn. He sticks to his favorites. That's one of the reasons his Ajax side wasn't that impressive in the last 2 years in Europe. Some of his key players got injured, and the replacements because they weren't properly rotated weren't match sharp.
Here is a manager profile where an Ajax fan breaks down to the smallest details
This right here aside from his mentality is the reason I want him at United. Plenty of coaches play attacking footy, but usually they are defensively naive. Take Gasperini as an example. His Atlanta side is very well coached attacking unit, but it has always been defensively suspect. Not the case with Erik.
Every single Ajax match that I watch they looked very balanced. I can't remember a single time bar Spurs where I thought they were defensively atrocious. There is absolutely a lot to like about the man and very little to dislike.
True, but one word that describes Hag best is that he is adaptable. This year he started heavily rotating his squad in the CL group stages even before the assured their 1st place. The man is learning from his mistakes and at a very fast pace.
Rotating is difficult without quality. Luckily for him, we're a very wealthy club that buys what it wants. Just bring him in, we'll figure the rest out later.
@AjaxCunian can give you a much in depth answer, but to answer your question in layman's terms is the players that were brought off the bench looked a bit rusty and lost. It wasn't so much a quality thing as more to do with lack of match fitness(similar to DVB) and lack of cohesion due to the fact that most of the players haven't featured much. They do have a well defined system they stick to, but you need match fitness to execute it. As a result when called upon they would misplace a lot of passes and just look a bit out of it. Just look at their recent EL run to better understand what I mean.
Not really. He won 4 consecutive titles, but his football was boring and shite and they got smacked in Europa League knockouts every time with said shite football.
To be honest I have no idea mate. It's hard to judge because Ten Hag makes his players look way better than they actually are(a trait of great managers). So it's hard to say if it's a case of him not trusting his own squad or simply because they were dogshite. This season they added a couple of new players as well as some players from the academy have stepped up so it might be a case of the later.
I don't think that's how it works sadly. I think great managers are recognizable by their quality rather than their knowledge.
| Manager | League Games | League Win % | CL Games | CL Win % | Europa Games | Europa Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik ten Hag | 125 | 77.6% | 30 | 56.7% | 10 | 60.0% |
| Marcel Keizer | 17 | 70.6% | 0 | - | 2 | 0% |
| Peter Bosz | 34 | 73.5% | 0 | - | 15 | 53.3% |
| Frank de Boer | 187 | 66.3% | 25 | 28.0% | 23 | 39.1% |
| Martin Jol | 51 | 70.6% | 5 | 20.0% | 8 | 37.5% |
Ten Hag's record in Europe is what impresses me the most. Excited to see how he does in knockout stages this season.
They've been having more games like that in the league this season. Ajax seem to have an issue with motivation with league games they're supposed to win without too much issue (as arrogant as it is to assume that against AZ). It's something Ten Hag really needs to address now - he keeps stating he's unhappy with it and pointing to a lack of energy and urgency after those games, but it's up to him to fix that.
Not really. Just half of the season has passed, it's highly likely that Ajax will still win the league easily. They're just 1 point behind and are utterly dominant, even in regards to PSV - 51 goals with only 4 conceded.
There was a brief discussion about that recently, see if I can dig up my post that I think explains this...
It's not great, but at least he understands the problem.
Maybe urgency/motovation, but Ajax plays teams that sit very deep. Even then, they create chances but sometimes the ball just doesnt want to go in, it gets frustrating and the opposing team might get some good chances on the break.
Did you just quote and reply to yourself?!
I love when that happens.Did you just quote and reply to yourself?!
Ahh, I see. 17 games has passed, we will have to see, but Ajax has been playing good football in the champion league, so I was surprised when I read they were in 2nd in the league
