Poor bastard has been bald for quite some time huh
Now he looks younger
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I'm hopeful there's a big update today considering Kerry Hau and Patrick Berger made this interview Monday and are keeping it on hold until tomorrow. Must be a reason they've been told to hold it?
He'd be great in GI Jane 2.Poor bastard has been bald for quite some time huh
Not a dig at Ten Hag as he is my first choice, but I do understand people with some reservations for managers coming from Eredivisie.
I was really surprised to read that Jol's Ajax scored 106 league goals and ended the season with +86 goal difference, and he didn't set the world alight at Fulham.
I don't remember how their general play looked like back then, but stats were quite remarkable.
I was really surprised to read that Jol's Ajax scored 106 league goals and ended the season with +86 goal difference, and he didn't set the world alight at Fulham.
I don't remember how their general play looked like back then, but stats were quite remarkable.
Why are you assuming they've been "told" to hold it and not that it's normal scheduling of publication including promoting it beforehand?I'm hopeful there's a big update today considering Kerry Hau and Patrick Berger made this interview Monday and are keeping it on hold until tomorrow. Must be a reason they've been told to hold it?
I don't understand this comparison.
Martin Jol is Tottenham manager for a few year before his Ajax time, and their fans are quite fond of him for his positive football; and thought that Levy did him dirty by undermining him in transfer dealing, then when result suffer, Levy sacked him.
If anything you're saying PL proven and former Tottenham manager wouldn't do well coming back to PL after winning trophy in farmer league!!!
Nothing normal about waiting a week with most sought after news in the football world right now?
I'm hopeful there's a big update today considering Kerry Hau and Patrick Berger made this interview Monday and are keeping it on hold until tomorrow. Must be a reason they've been told to hold it?
There's surely no way United are going to announce Ten Hag when they are still in such a close title race. If they were 10/15 points clear, perhaps. I imagine that if ETH is the man, then there will be an agreement with Ajax to wait until the league is won/lost.
I think it's completely normal that the publication of an interview conducted on Monday is on Friday?
And again, why are you now assuming that this interview even contains the "most sought after news in the football world"?
Setting aside that the football world does not revolve around Manchester United's managerial selection, do you really think Ten Hag would tell Sport1 from Germany in an interview a piece of news (i.e., that he's will become Manchester United manager) that the club itself has not confirmed publicly? Not a chance. Even if it was already agreed he could and would not tell the media in advance.
The board have had seven opportunities to appoint Poch since he arrived on the PL scene, and haven’t done so. I’m not sure why people believe it’s such a sure thing.
I don't know where YouGov are plucking these figures from, presumably their arse - as they seem completely bizarre
Yeah this international break would've been perfect for announcing him, doing it a day or two before their next game is quite disrespectful to him and Ajax.
Would probably be better on Monday as they don't play til Saturday again but I'm hopeful nonetheless. Ajax players have been reported to want the future settled ASAP amid all media speculation.
The audacity of pulling up these numbers after Gary Neville just said 82% of United fans in his twitter poll want Ten Hag..I don't know where YouGov are plucking these figures from, presumably their arse - as they seem completely bizarre
Yeah I did notice that. But again one of their previous polls had the vast majority of United fans thinking Ole should stay as manager. I’m guessing a lot of non United fans are potentially voting too.I don't know where YouGov are plucking these figures from, presumably their arse - as they seem completely bizarre
Pretty obvious the media wants us to appoint Pochettino because they know he won't get us up to much, that and a lot of potentially non-United fans posing as United fans to try and get us to appoint the wrong man.I don't know where YouGov are plucking these figures from, presumably their arse - as they seem completely bizarre
You have to remember that Jol had Suarez, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Prime Stekelenburg, Van der Wiel and Eriksen in his squad. Any manager can steam roll any opponent with that team. But instead he played boring football and his teams stopped trying after like 3-0 in the first half. That was the worst season to be in the stadium, 45 minutes of entertainment and then 45 mins of torture. On top of that, he didn't even became champion that year...
Jol didn't have a 119 goal season like ETH had. Jol lost the title in that 106 goal season to FC Twente, where ETH was assistant for Twente. Plus, Jol's next season had Ajax with 36 goals in 17 matches. That's basically a 72 goal full season rate if he didn't resign from Ajax in December. ETH has never had a poor goal return like Jol showed in that final season.
Edit: Correction, ETH was not assistant for Twente at the time, as he had left the season prior.
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He wasn't. He left before the season.
Yeah that's not right.I don't know where YouGov are plucking these figures from, presumably their arse - as they seem completely bizarre
All polls taken by United fans - whether its polls by match-going reds or twitter where it's any follower around the World - show ten hag with 80% of the votes or more.
The other PL supporters wanting Rogers to be United's manager is believable though.
Neville's poll was a poll on his Twitter with 2 options (Poch or Ten Hag), that other polls might have other outcomes is not really that audacious is it, especially when they contain options like Simeone or Tuchel or Rangnick with the incumbent bonus.
Thanks for the correction.
I doubt it would change much. There were like 200k or so votes and the other options wouldn't be popular for the masses.
The poll on this very website has 5 options, and he still scores more than 80%, which is in line with a lot of other polls out there, including Neville's.
Those numbers Sky have shown seem fishy, to say the least.
They even spelt Rodgers wrong 
And why would you ask all PL fans?
And why would you ask all PL fans?
The poll on this website doesn't have Tuchel, Simeone, or Rangnick as options, which make up already 30% in the poll on the screenshot. Questions of representativeness aside.
Not meant as an argument against Ten Hag by the way, just to keep the facts straight. Same with the poll thing.
I think if he becomes our next manager and the compensation has either a £, 5 or some 0’s, its only fair I get credit that we appointed him. Im like a soothsayer of managerial compensation.
Outside of those influenced by twitter, YouTube, here etc many won't have even heard of Ten Hag let alone watched an Ajax game (like most here).I don't know where YouGov are plucking these figures from, presumably their arse - as they seem completely bizarre
Moyes started in the job far too late (maybe putting it off because he was nervous?), did absolutely no preparatory research and was surprised at how rickety the structure was sans SAF once he’d actually got round to sitting at the manager’s desk.
Not his fault that he inherited a club in need of major restructuring, and he almost certainly wasn’t the one to bring it about, but if he’d done his homework properly I doubt it would have gone so badly for him.
We have to bite the bullet now and rip the whole first team infrastructure apart because its just disastrous. The concern shouldnt be about short or medium term results but should be focused more on establishing a more efficient wage structure, a discilpined first team and refocusing our recruitment operations towards something more sustainable and effective.
If I had it my way I would continue with Ralf for the next 18 or so months to lay the foundations and rebuild the first team. Get everyone earning 200k or more out, get in young hungry players on the crusp of making it and then look to bring in a manager.
I think whoever we bring in as manager will be swallowed by the toxicity around United and fan pressure will make it difficult for the board to hold back from firing.
Successful people are frequently unaware of what it is about them that has made them successful. Souness and Keane were both massively skilful midfielders with amazing vision. You wouldn’t think so listening to their punditry though; it’s all about desire and getting stuck in. Sure that had that as well, but it’s all that matters to them now. I suspect Fergie also overrates certain traits he knows that he possesses while completely missing others.
Any way this can be viewed behind the paywall? I'd rather not sign up for free then have to go on the hunt to cancel it soon after
I don't know where YouGov are plucking these figures from, presumably their arse - as they seem completely bizarre
They spelt Rodgers wrong on the graphic so I wouldn't put too much faith into what they say.
Copy the link to the article. Google “the wayback machine”, open, paste in link.
Fascinating read. Great insight from McClaren.
Ah nice, thanks!
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