Ajax is the odd approach and what he did with Ajax largely matches with their ideals. So yes, you can bet that Ajax gave him a mandate when he signed for them. His previous teams were counter attacking teams while his Ajax team was a heavy possession team.
He's also said that the squad dictates the playing style. Doubt he'd think he'd be winning leagues with Go Ahead Eagles and Utrecht playing total football against Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.
You can tell he's been reading the Caf because he's using transfer windows as a measure of time now
Him talking this bullish about working with Wilcox just all points towards him being here in summer
Or he knows he's a dead man walking and he is clinging into anything to save his dear job. The fact he speaks so much while we hear zero news from INEOS about his future speaks itself
Oh good, Amrabat is under scrutiny. Make sure it’s a good long analysis Jase. That’s come in real useful when his loan ends and he doesn’t play for us next season!
What do we need to hear from INEOS ? They are putting the structure in place to allow Ten Hag to do his job. SJR already came out a few weeks ago and said they are making a lot of changes above ETH and making too many to quick is not good.
They keep him that's definitely a black mark against their name,also means Neville will be smug that he was right to back him
Erik ten hag's contract has been terminated by mutual consent. We thank him for all the work he has done here and wish him well for the future.
Will a competent structure also hold his hand in training sessions so we don't concede shots and goals at an unprecedented rate in matches?
It was reported that Wilcox want him to change to a certain style of play. Probably, something like he used to play in Ajax. Failure so, he will be replaced.
I don't think it was ever a likelihood that they were going to come out and openly say they'll sack him with a cup final on the horizon. There's a good chance all of that is just lip service.
Yeah, a few weeks ago it looked like he was a dead man walking and in his interviews and demeanor it was that of a defeated man. I guess someone has assured him but I think it is just to ensure the meltdown is halted. Problem is he is delusional and sees a stay in execution as an endorsement.
If we cannot trust someone to have enough knowledge about the quality of the players he has managed for three years, then I doubt we should trust him regarding any aspects of his competence.
I believe the interest from other clubs is real (Ajax/Bayern) so maybe he's just relieved about his own future. I don't think he has the full support of the dressing room anymore.
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Wonder what the angle was there, trying to get people to pay money for a trial at United? Fake ticket seller?
Don’t say it so out loud, please.
Breakfasts with ten hag. Better be a full English.
Ashworth was never going to single-handedly decide on the playing style. It'd be a general discussion from Ratcliffe, the rest of INEOS, Berrada, Ashworth and Wilcox, with it becoming more detailed and specific as it goes down the chain. The general discussion on that style would have already been had with Ashworth when we first hired him, to ensure both parties were on the same wavelength.
Also realistically, it's not going to be hard coded to a really specific style, it will just be a high level description. If I had to guess, the obvious choice is to look at a head coach with a proven background coaching a younger team to high press - it's a tactic proven in the PL at all levels with all budgets, it's easier to recruit for because your physical metrics are easier to quantify than technical ones and Brailsford's background lends itself to this, plus many of Ineos are close to Ragnick professionally. Essentially, I think they are looking at the Red Bull multi club model and thinking why can't we do the same with Lausanne, Nice and United whilst looking at Klopp's net spend at Pool being so small and licking their chops.
A lot of people were deeply sceptical of Murtough and just hopeful he wouldn't be as thick as Woodward.
Reports coming out from the club now is indicating that Wilcox is working closely with ETH. They meet on daily basis to discuss the football direction of the clubs including coming transfer window signings. This worry me as I really don't think ETH is the right person to bring us forward. Of course hope he is right and have data to back this decision if he decided to go with ETH. Hope he is no Murtough 2.0
One of them said the same thing about LvG when he was signing for us in 2014. And think he was even worse then ten Hag in that regard. I don't think we'll go for a Dutch manager again in the near future.
Tbf this is partly oversimplified and partly untrue. Untrue: There were not ‘many’ Ajax fans that said TH was ‘terrible’ at signing players. Neither did anyone say that Overmars ‘created the successful team/style of play’. Closer to the truth is that ‘some’ Ajax followers said TH weren’t ‘in charge of’ player signings, and that Overmars and TH worked closely together with Overmars central behind finding the right players from outside to complement the in-house players, and Ten Hag responsible for playing style and identifying profiles needed to play that way. Ajax, to a degree had an established playing style implemented in their youth football over many years and shaped by such diverse coaches as Cruyff and Van Gaal, and Ten Hag related to that, but still changed it so much in his own direction that both Ajax fans and people at the club protested to begin with, before results brought them around.
I read from knowledgeable Ajax posters here in this forum stating exactly that ETH is not good in signing players. Most of the good players was identified by Overmars or the structure in Ajax. ETH signings at Ajax was average at best.
Well it reads less black and white when you detract ‘many’ from posters and replace ‘terrible’ with ‘average’ to be sure.
Murtough’s strengths lay elsewhere particularly in helping build up the academy for which we are seeing the progress now. He was a lazy and wrong appointment as DOF.
Of course it will. Fully agree and hope the club will too. Plus there are very few ‘better’ options out there currently. The manager market is in overdrive!
