Next permanent manager | Poll updated

[Cassidy]

Because of the amount of time I waste doing it.

And you assume you’re one of few. Ok

 

[Leftback99]

And you assume you’re one of few. Ok

No just more than the majority. Calm down.

Some here don't even watch all of our games. It's hardly a stretch.

I take it you're an avid Eredivisie watcher?

 

[R'hllor]

Who ever gets it, bet they will be thrilled to have a pre season in Asia

 

[lsd]

Romano says he wasn't interviewed face to face, suggesting it was a meeting with his reps.

Is Zoom considered face to face?

Also would Ajax and PSG have to give permission for their managers to have other interviews?

 

[Stack]

I voted for ETG but I do worry about his overall experience. On one hand he ticks lots of the right boxes for me but on the other I have the nagging feeling it would be an appointment with a fair bit of risk involved.

 

[DJ_21]

To be fair the vast majority of people who want Ten Hag on here know absolutely nothing about him either and are only saying it as he is the hipster choice

But they all know about pochettino so that’s enough reason to go for ten Hag… I think most people want ten Hag aswell for something different, we’ve never had anyone like him before and his playing style being similar to peps is making most fans want him and to try and create a new philosophy with us.

 

[Foxbatt]

I voted for ETG but I do worry about his overall experience. On one hand he ticks lots of the right boxes for me but on the other I have the nagging feeling it would be an appointment with a fair bit of risk involved.

Any appointment is a fair risk. PSG thought they were getting a manager who would eventually win them the CL. Found out to their huge cost it was not so. With ETH he for sure will get us to play in a structured way while with Poch he does not have that distinct style.

 

[Stack]

Any appointment is a fair risk. PSG thought they were getting a manager who would eventually win them the CL. Found out to their huge cost it was not so. With ETH he for sure will get us to play in a structured way while with Poch he does not have that distinct style.

We do need a more structured and identifiable way of playing.

 

[::sonny::]

 

[Foxbatt]

I would not want to get on the wrong side of him for sure.

 

[Red_Aaron]

I've no doubt our next boss will be ETH the question is whether he starts this season or next.

Personally I hope we pay the money and get him in now. I couldn't give a fcuk where we finish this season but the work needs to start asap

 

[L1nk]

I've no doubt our next boss will be ETH the question is whether he starts this season or next.

Personally I hope we pay the money and get him in now. I couldn't give a fcuk where we finish this season but the work needs to start asap

Well he will want to win the title with Ajax as a send off we aren’t going to buy him out of those last matches he would be mad to do that, i’ve no doubt if he joined us he’d come in and start prep straight away after the last Ajax match

 

[Rolaholic]

 

[Deery]

It’s a real pity the timeframe for Enrique didn’t work out as he’d be my first choice, but I’m excited to see how Ten Hag could progress and might even exceed expectations..

 

[I’m loving my life]

Well he will want to win the title with Ajax as a send off we aren’t going to buy him out of those last matches he would be mad to do that, i’ve no doubt if he joined us he’d come in and start prep straight away after the last Ajax match

I hope so and admire your confidence.

If we’re lucky enough to appoint him we need to give him time and make the structural changes needed for him to thrive.

My worry is the bloated, greedy, leech parasites, and their enablers who want Poch (including the esteemed SAF, and our alumni players) get their way in order to pander to the players and not rock the boat.

Don’t be idiots!

 

[Sparky Rhiwabon]

Does anyone else wonder whether all these leaks that ETH is the front runner may be designed to try and get PSG to let us take Poch for nothing?

 

[Idxomer]

They are overcompensating after what happened in 2019.

 

[Tom Van Persie]

 

[Andy_Cole]

This is a bit much

 

[Zoo]

Thanks?

 

[Leftback99]

Claim to know what's happening but can't name the other candidate(s).

 

[bosnian_red]

I voted for ETG but I do worry about his overall experience. On one hand he ticks lots of the right boxes for me but on the other I have the nagging feeling it would be an appointment with a fair bit of risk involved.

Every manager is a risk. With Pochettino the risk would be you are hiring a manager who you know isn't on the same tier as Klopp or Pep and has no capacity to reach that. It would be the risk of a manager who has constantly failed in the important moments and doesn't really have an entertaining style of football, and a manager who is just coming off of a failure at PSG after a big decline at Spurs that led to them sacking him.

Its honestly no contest for me. Has to be Ten Hag.

 

[pratyush_utd]

If we end up getting Poch then i would be disappointed. Not that he isnt a good manager but most likely when we eventually sack him, we would have the same issue that we have right now.

 

[Greck]

Some of these journos are just copying random internet posts word for word. Just say to your knowledge nothing happened today.

 

[Bondi77]

I voted for ETG but I do worry about his overall experience. On one hand he ticks lots of the right boxes for me but on the other I have the nagging feeling it would be an appointment with a fair bit of risk involved.

Don't you think when Fergie was hired there was not risk involved????
There is risk in everything in life.

 

[Blood Mage]

If we end up getting Poch then i would be disappointed. Not that he isnt a good manager but most likely when we eventually sack him, we would have the same issue that we have right now.

Everyone knows it will just be a continuation of our current cycle. A couple of top 4 finishes before things get stale, teams figure us out and he starts to lose the dressing room.

 

[Bondi77]

As sharp as a bowling ball!

 

[Bondi77]

I've no doubt our next boss will be ETH the question is whether he starts this season or next.

Personally I hope we pay the money and get him in now. I couldn't give a fcuk where we finish this season but the work needs to start asap

We are going to have a clear out at the end of the season anyway and it is probably better that the d###heads have left the building before ETH rocks up.

 

[lex talionis]

I'm still on board with 10 Hag, despite reasonable concerns about his experience. We want trophies, but we also want to see a squad develop into something special that can win multiple trophies, which 10 Hag offers us. I just don't see Pochettino building United into anything special.

 

[Tom Van Persie]

It's clear that both managers have their supporters inside the club. The actual decision makers are probably leaning ten Hag hence why most journos now are saying he's leading the race while Fergie, Gill and others on the football board like Poch and are probably voicing their support. Doesn't surprise me they're doing a second round of interviews.

 

[MUFC OK]

When Poch is announced, I’ll quit the Caf for good.

I’d only fuel toxic debate about how the decision was predetermined, dependent on the Poch sitch, and that we’d all been taken for a ride.

 

[croadyman]

When Poch is announced, I’ll quit the Caf for good.

I’d only fuel toxic debate about how the decision was predetermined, dependent on the Poch sitch, and that we’d all been taken for a ride.

Wouldn't blame you because strikes me as a very underwhelming appointment

 

[croadyman]

It's clear that both managers have their supporters inside the club. The actual decision makers are probably leaning ten Hag hence why most journos now are saying he's leading the race while Fergie, Gill and others on the football board like Poch and are probably voicing their support. Doesn't surprise me they're doing a second round of interviews.

Yeah Fergie and his cult are keeping Pochettino in this race annoyingly, just pray Ten Hag doesn't end up feeling under appreciated and walks away.

 

[Stack]

Don't you think when Fergie was hired there was not risk involved????
There is risk in everything in life.

I think Fergie was a significantly smaller risk that ETH

 

[Stack]

Every manager is a risk. With Pochettino the risk would be you are hiring a manager who you know isn't on the same tier as Klopp or Pep and has no capacity to reach that. It would be the risk of a manager who has constantly failed in the important moments and doesn't really have an entertaining style of football, and a manager who is just coming off of a failure at PSG after a big decline at Spurs that led to them sacking him.

Its honestly no contest for me. Has to be Ten Hag.

I think thats a fair point, choosing potential over someone who hasnt really reached the very top.

 

[Loon]

Which means Pochettino and his little teeth will soon be grinning beneath a scarf on the OT turf, doesn’t it? I don’t think any of these guys knows what’s going on.

 

[Bondi77]

I think Fergie was a significantly smaller risk that ETH

Won league titles in a lower standard league and won the second tier European competition but never coached in England and was about ten years younger...not too dissimilar.

 

[VP89]

This is a bit much

From an optimistic standpoint I think this "interview" will be a matter of ironing out final things such as accommodation, announcement timings and what not

 

[Frank Grimes]

The more I think about it I feel the longer they leave the decision the more chance Pochettino will get the job.
I know there's a school of thought that Ajax are in a title race and have a cup final so they wouldn't want to announce ETH is leaving and derail their season. I think speculation is so much now that they'd probably be better off announcing it and they can concentrate on their double ambitions.
Pochettino deal seems harder financially and PSG may well want to give him more time. If we get Pochettino I'm thinking mid May to start of June could be the time we'd hear of the Argentine's appointment.
If we dont appoint ten Hag in next few weeks I have an inkling we'll be welcoming Mauricio Pochettino as our new manager.

 

[UNITED ACADEMY]

Won league titles in a lower standard league and won the second tier European competition but never coached in England and was about ten years younger...not too dissimilar.

What Sir Alex did with Aberdeen is much better than ETH. He won the league title in a competition who tends to be dominated by Celtic and Rangers. That second tier European comp was a big deal at that time since UCL only took 1 club per league so Sir Alex still played against some top tier teams like Bayern and Real when he won it. On contrary, Ajax didn't win Europa League under Ten Hag.