ETH Out Thread

was cautiously optimistic after the transfer window this year. But still not seeing anything changed despite him being in his third year.

I really don't know what he sees or why he's persisting with how he's setting us up.
 
Barring huge turnaround, he'll go between the International break and Christmas.

I fear Southgate gets it though.
 
The red card was harsh and any team can get caught cold at the start of a half, we were unlucky it happened twice today. For large part of the second half we looked the better side with just 10 men. The players are still fighting for him, they just didn't get the rub of the green today.
Surely you're joking or a WUM
 
Barring huge turnaround, he'll go between the International break and Christmas

Wont be a turnaround. He’s lost the dressing room. Every game Ineos give him now is a literal waste of time. He should be gone in the morning. Why do we have to wait another X games to confirm what we already know? We’ve been dogshit since March 2022.
 
I Feel like he wont leave, we are gonna end the season 7th, get to semis in one of the cups after winning a set of L2 and championship teams, and somehow miraculously win the Europa League in a campaign that sees us go to the finals having faced no real competition.

Then everyone raves about Man Utd and titles, irrespective of how Wolves, Brighton and Palace are gonna score 3 or 4 or 5 on us.

I know Ineos are professionals and they should be better at assessing and implementing a strategy and we as fans arent that at all, but there were so many of us even here defending that footballing atrocity last season.

I have half a mind to go back and start collating some of the 'over the top' posts. I was personally attacked with the typical 'i have an 'agenda'' like i give a shit about the salary of a millionaire. We all love the club but so many seasons of mediocre at best teams have seriously lowered the bar here.
 
I generally don’t think there’s anything to be gained by keeping him around.
 
Doesn't really feel like much to celebrate, we all thought we found the one in ten Hag.

I'll celebrate when we actually win the Premier League or champions league

I'll be celebrating us getting off a road/bridge to nowhere. Ten Hag is a bust.

Football clubs operate in the manner they do for a reason. JPRouve pointed out the below in a different thread last year:

I mean we have fans who somehow believe that 6 managers in 10 years is a lot or too much.

People should remember that during the same period of time Bayern had 8 different managers(including interims), Real Madrid had 6 different and 7 in total, Juventus had 4 different and 5 in total. Both Milan team have had 10 different managers. Napoli have had 7 different managers. The point being that United are arguably the club that underachieved the most and one of the key issue is the club reluctance to change things quickly which as far as I know is not an issue for Ineos Sport.

It wasn't a mistake to appoint Ten Hag, he looked like a decent upcoming manager in an upward trend at the time. It hasn't translated well to our level/where we needed to go. Should have cut ties last season. Time to be surgical now.
 
Wont be a turnaround. He’s lost the dressing room. Every game Ineos give him now is a literal waste of time. He should be gone in the morning. Why do we have to wait another X games to confirm what we already know? We’ve been dogshit since March 2022.

Standards have truly plummeted haven't they? There's so many fans who think giving him a few more games is somehow justifiable, and I'd say it's the same ones who thought keeping him on was a great idea after winning the cup. Any other club of this stature would not have tolerated losing 7-0 to their greatest rivals and countless humiliations after that, but sections of this fan base always seems to welcome more punishment, like it's some sort of strange fetish.
 
One week the players look up for it, the next they don't. Can't Erik remind them or show them the FA cup final from last season?
They've got the performance in them, why are they not responding to the manager?
Absolute mystery.
 
Standards have truly plummeted haven't they? There's so many fans who think giving him a few more games is somehow justifiable, and I'd say it's the same ones who thought keeping him on was a great idea after winning the cup. Any other club of this stature would not have tolerated losing 7-0 to their greatest rivals and countless humiliations after that, but sections of this fan base always seems to welcome more punishment, like it's some sort of strange fetish.

I just think so many were desperate for the latest manager to work out they don’t stop and look at it from a different angle - we regularly get spanked by good teams. We are regularly held to draws by mediocre and poor ones. We are an upper mid table side. Absolute mediocrity. We just dont lay a glove on decent sides. You dont really blink if Spurs and Liverpool stick away Brentford or West Ham 3-0 without breaking sweat. Its routine. In a way, theres nothing that remarkable about todays result when you understand what we are under ETH.
 
The red card was harsh and any team can get caught cold at the start of a half, we were unlucky it happened twice today. For large part of the second half we looked the better side with just 10 men. The players are still fighting for him, they just didn't get the rub of the green today.
Not sure this is a serious observation. We were completely outplayed, at home, from the first minute even with Eleven players on the pitch. Spurs went into 2nd gear in the second half to not over-exercise themselves, and possibly, because they agreed the red card was harsh. We were 2nd best the whole match.
 
He probably should go but my biggest fear is if he does it's going to be Southgate. England's performances were in spite of Southgate not because of him.

At least we then know that Ineos don’t know jack shit about football. Southgate would properly cement our position as a mediocre club.
 
ETH now odds on favourite to be next prem manager sacked
 
The red card was harsh and any team can get caught cold at the start of a half, we were unlucky it happened twice today. For large part of the second half we looked the better side with just 10 men. The players are still fighting for him, they just didn't get the rub of the green today.
I"ve been keen to speak up for ETH but this just is not true. Every one of them was off the pace and the organisation and energy was not there. The sending off made not much difference because Bruno was a liability already. Perhaps it can be turned around with Hojland/Mount for Bruno/Zirkzee. But really it looks like some of the players aren't doing the basics. If you said to me 'give him till xmas to turn it around' I might reluctantly agree just to see if its possible, but I think after today it's much more likely than unlikely that he can't. If he were sacked on Monday he'd have brought it on himself.
 
The poll was something ridiculously high, like 80% OUT before the final, and then by the time the poll closed it was a higher percentage asking for him to stay. Every single fool who changed their vote and is now moaning, that's who I'm talking to.
Fair enough. I was ETH in before and after the final as I believed he was building something. Don’t get me wrong, I was far from convinced, but I was prepared to give him another pre-season etc. That is just one good reason why I don’t work in football! However, now it seems clear it’s never going to work. Starting to feel like we will never be a serious club again.
 
What makes you say that? Is it cos he's friends with Ashworth or something?
And even if it is Southgate, he’ll do better than ETH last 44 PL games with 17 defeats, let that sink in a -3 GD he just needs to go, he’s the worse manager since Moyes and it’s a flip of a coin whose actually worse between the Two, Moyes record in Europe is miles better than ETH!
 
there was a point during the game today when we were 1-0 down and it panned to him on the touchline. He was shouting a player (i think it began with an M so it could've been manuel ugarte, mainoo , martinez or rashford - i dunno.)anyway, he shouted them twice and then just gave up and shook his head. Not a good look tbh - Pep or Klopp would've been on the pitch screaming to get their message across but he was just stood with his hands in his pockets
 
I actually believed that with a better structure at the club he would able to do better but the reality is that he probably has lost the dressing room and is completely clueless about what he wants to do. He doesn’t know what his best team is, his in-game management is horrendous to say the least and doesn’t look like he can establish any authority over anyone.

We missed the trick in the summer and we just have thrown another season into the gutter. Its such a shame. FA cup win was actually a loss.
 
One week the players look up for it, the next they don't. Can't Erik remind them or show them the FA cup final from last season?
They've got the performance in them, why are they not responding to the manager?
Absolute mystery.
You sound like it’s the players fault. It’s barely the same players as last season at this stage.

The buck has to stop with the manager
 
The poll was something ridiculously high, like 80% OUT before the final, and then by the time the poll closed it was a higher percentage asking for him to stay. Every single fool who changed their vote and is now moaning, that's who I'm talking to.
I think keeping him on was the correct decision. But it's looking increasingly like the wrong one.
 
The problem is that we've backed this clearly incompetent buffoon so much that we're stuck with him, or at least his legacy.

We'll have to find someone that can come in and get this lot playing as a football team, rather than a group of footballers who haven't ever met before.

We'll have to get someone who can come in and do well with only one actual striker because we bought an extra number 10 instead.

Someone who can work with rubbish like Rashford and Antony because we pay them ridiculous wages to be completely useless.

Oh, and they'll have to do it on a budget as we let him spend everything we had.

It's going to take years for anyone to fix this mess.
 
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This guy must be blackmailing the club. He’s been backed by his employers more than any other employee at any company in the world while simultaneously being worse at his job than all of his peers. He’s cost us several hundred million pounds and set the club back years. Now, how much do we have to pay to get rid of him?
 
The red card was harsh and any team can get caught cold at the start of a half, we were unlucky it happened twice today. For large part of the second half we looked the better side with just 10 men. The players are still fighting for him, they just didn't get the rub of the green today.
I'm guessing you were wearing your Red Tinted Manchester Utd glasses to watch the game.
 
I want ETH to leave the club but is language an issue in the dressing room? I’ve seen ETH misunderstand questions from the media time and time again, and he most recently misconstrued Ronaldo’s comments too. I wonder if that has been a stumbling block when you also consider the diversity of players on the pitch?

I know that isn’t the sole problem but communication (and associated nuances) is important and ETH doesn’t seem to be able to communicate his thoughts/approach to players in games.
 
Ratcliffe is really starting to piss me off now. I'm sure the Glazers would have sacked him by now.

The Glazers have always dragged their feet with sackings. Ineos actually went through loads of mangers at Nice didn’t they?
 
He probably should go but my biggest fear is if he does it's going to be Southgate. England's performances were in spite of Southgate not because of him.
At this point, even if it's Southgate, so be it.

At least it'll bring a swift and much-needed end to Manager FC among our fanbase.
 
We’re just delaying the inevitable by not sacking him.

His lasting legacy will be us looking unprepared every fecking game.
 
I want ETH to leave the club but is language an issue in the dressing room? I’ve seen ETH misunderstand questions from the media time and time again, and he most recently misconstrued Ronaldo’s comments too. I wonder if that has been a stumbling block when you also consider the diversity of players on the pitch?

I know that isn’t the sole problem but communication (and associated nuances) is important and ETH doesn’t seem to be able to communicate his thoughts/approach to players in games.
He’s been here for 2 years on now, if communication is the problem, he deserves to be sacked too.

Get fecking interpreters in if communication is that bad.
 
He’s been here for 2 years on now, if communication is the problem, he deserves to be sacked too.

Get fecking interpreters in if communication is that bad.

Even if he does get his message across accurately he’s hardly going to be inspirational is he? We’ve all heard him speak. His speech on the pitch last year was him trying to fire up the crowd and it’s still uninspiring. I’m sure lots of foreign managers have had issues in that area but maybe have others around to fire up the boys.
 
It's so hard to find top red these days. You guys have such low faith with the new board decision to keep ETH. We have finished 8th before and we still have chance to finish better than 8th this season. Even though we are 12th now, I am optimistic we could finish 7th. This is an improvement. Why you guys want ETH to be sacked? What's the problem? Our board is the best in class football people already. What more do you want? Just have faith and be patient. The board could do no wrong currently.
 
I don't understand how so many of you who changed your mind about wanting him gone after we beat a drunk Man City team, are now once again asking for him to be sacked so quickly? Everyone that asked for us to keep him should sit back and relax. This is what you deserve.

That's one thing which can't be thrown at me, I was done when he oversaw that Anfield annihilation
 
Ratcliffe is really starting to piss me off now. I'm sure the Glazers would have sacked him by now.

I can actually see the thinking behind what INEOS is doing. Last season ETH has multiple excuses he could use to explain the poor team performance, not backed by proper football structure, not backed by signings, too many injuries, etc. And to be fair, ETH could be right - too many managers have been tried and all of them have failed. Maybe it's really not the manager.

So, INEOS has addressed the issues by putting in a proper football structure to support ETH. One way of looking at this is that responsibilities have been stripped from ETH. Other way that they are putting ETH in a position where he is solely responsible for team performance and there are no excuses this time.

So, I'm awaiting to see what INEOS will do next to address the issue because it is clear that we are going nowhere. 3 years, 600M spent, and we do not have a team with players that look like they do not know how to play with one another and no visible style of player.
 
He's built a squad that he has no idea what to do with. It's staggeringly incompetent.
 
He's a fraud who's managed to live off that one Ajax season in the champions league, and the fact that he's bald and dutch maybe, but he's absolutely not good enough and will be shown up in his other jobs.

No reason to be sentimental about him, he isn't good enough and should be let go before the rot sets even deeper.
 
The same problems are still there and then somehow he manages to create new ones.

Just get rid, I can't watch any more if this. The only player we were really missing from that starting line up was Shaw. Maybe Højlund.

It's just atrocious. We play like the team's hive mind is concussed and they don't know where the hell they are.

This post just illustrates how far we’ve fallen, we “miss Shaw and Hojlund” a crocked LB who is getting on for 30 and has had a couple of decent seasons in a decade, and a young forward who looks no better than good potential who has seen the treatment table more than the scoresheet