What formation did he use at PSV? A 4-2-3-1 or a 4-3-3
Ruud van Nistelrooy | Leaves United
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We had an academy forward on the bench last game didn't we?
Sounds like you can see into the future.
The statement says he's in place until a permanent manager is appointed. So it'll be Ruud until then, whether that's next week or in May.
Considering halve of our squad have good relationship with ETH since they are his former players. Not sure about this. Hopefully we’ll see an improvement in style and results though
Why rush into an appointment when top 4 already looks out of reach? The season was written off when they didn't sack him after the Liverpool defeat.
We will win Leicester but we would have with ETH in charge also. The Chelsea game will be crucial. Win that and Ruud probably gets it until end of season. Lose that and then we’ll panick for a permanent.
Yeah Ole had much better attacking players with Martial, Young Rashford and then Greenwood was a revelation
But you never know. Rasmus, Amad, Garnacho and Zirkzee there is definitely talent there in all of them
Yeah it’s been annoying to read so many posts that come off as such. There’s making criticism of INEOS and then there’s making the lazy assumption that they operate just like the Glazers.
We absolutely can but worrying about what some players at PSV said about Ruud's sessions at PSV while he's the interim manager of Manchester United is just looking for problems for the sake of it. He might not be here by the next international break. I'm sure the players can put on a brave face in training for a few weeks.
Nah Ole was a real one off. The positive vibes when he came in were off the charts, elevated further by a convincing thumping of Bournemouth in his first game. Even though Ten Hag is gone there is still a sense of gloom in the fanbase right now.
He needs to lose all of his hair ASAP.
Ruud gave us everything one could possibly ask of a United footballer. The weight of the world is on his shoulders now and I’m confident he will be up to the task.
I hope he'll be doing an excellent job.
They looked at managers in the summer and they have had plenty of chance to sound them out now since ETH's tenure has looked doomed from the very beginning. I hope they have some sort of plan.
We are only 7 points behind top 4 with 29 games left in the season. I am not ready to write off the season as of yet, and I hope INEOS aren't either. We need it give it a proper shot. Otherwise what would be the point of letting Ten Hag go.
Like I said in the other reply, they've had plenty of time and hopefully have a plan in place. They gave ETH a long rope and themselves plenty of time to not rush into anything.
Not only that. He was brought in for our attack and thus far has been a massive failure in the sense with the finishing being poorest I’ve ever seen and the decision making in the final third remains piss poor.
No one can deny he is one of the greatest centre forwards ever, but he was also one of the most selfish and greediest. This does not seem to be characteristics that bodes well for managing a team. United also got a lot better in the following years when he threw a pissy fit and Fergie sold him.
More and more I think Big Jim is no better than Woodward, or at least hasn’t shown himself to be yet.
The good thing is, is that there are several very good managers who seem to be available: Amorim, Zidane, Inzaghi, Xavi, even Gram Pothead
You not seen our players? They constantly throw every single manager under the bus. I mean ETH could have easily been here this morning if the players finished all them chances at West Ham. I mean Dalot missing an open net. How do you explain that.
Amorim and Inzaghi aren’t available. Both won’t leave until the summer and will probably cost a fortune to hire aswell.
Bollocks, considering they played for ETH. It's not the same team from Moyes to now, mate. Hardly any players are left from Mourinho or lvg's period.
Given Ineos took their sweet time over ETH, I've no idea why people assume they'll be as kneejerk-y as fans about decisions around Ruud.
Who told our RB to be the furthest player forward instead of our CF?
4-4-2
or 4-3-3
More on Ruud's tactics
https://totalfootballanalysis.com/h...sv-eindhoven-202223-tactical-analysis-tactics
Yeah Im concerned about Ruud as the interim. I hope we’re taking a serious look at Marco Rose as well.
Oh here we fecking go again...
Which players might that be? The 12 players Ten Hag himself signed? Or are you referring to Bruno, Rashford, Dalot, Shaw, Lindelöf, and Maguire? If you think things will drastically improve if we sell Maguire and Lindelöf then I've got news for you.
Can you explain why our tactics included playing fullbacks in the number 10 position and our fullbacks pushing so far forward they end up in 1v1's with the opposition keeper? I mean surely, if you want to keep your job you find tactics that involve your strikers getting in that position right? You deserve whatever you get if you think your fullbacks are going to score your goals and defend at the other end.
No that’s true. But whenever players join us they have a mentality issue where they can’t perform at a big club. It’s the same under every manager.
RBs to tend to attack a lot more nowadays and are usually seen as one of the furthest forward.
Thanks. So we can expect a lot of high scoring games then. End to end stuff4-4-2
or 4-3-3
More on Ruud's tactics
https://totalfootballanalysis.com/h...sv-eindhoven-202223-tactical-analysis-tactics
The season isn't written off - or damn well shouldn't be!
Even if you rule out any chances of qualifying for the CL via league position, then we're still in all the cup competitions - so plenty to play for in those.
One of which, the EL, gives us another chance for CL qualification as well. So even if you're only bothered about us qualifying for the next seaaons CL, there's still a very valid and attainable avenue for it for a competent manager to come in and win the EL.
The Dutch and Spanish do love a bit of the old blacking up, don't they?
Yes, Hojlund and Zirkzee will begin playing like Ruud circa 2002 shortly.
That happened during and before Fergie's time. They aren't going to magically disappear.
Would be Ruud not to wish him luck.
He should have went after the 7-0, that was pure humiliation, never mind waiting more than another season and giving him more money to waste.
INEOS should now get their own appointment in charge, who will coach a style and have players bought for him.
I'm not holding my breath that he can do wonders since he's still part of the existing coaching staff, but surely he would have some good ideas that he couldn't fully express under ten Hag?
I'm hoping that the club leadership can move quickly to either secure someone with a strong profile on a permanent basis soon, like Amorim, or find a rest-of-season interim from outside the club if there isn't someone available now that is deemed "good enough" to be permanent.
I'm hoping that the club leadership can move quickly to either secure someone with a strong profile on a permanent basis soon, like Amorim, or find a rest-of-season interim from outside the club if there isn't someone available now that is deemed "good enough" to be permanent.
Fergie made everyone mentality monsters. They all knew how to win hence the reason he could win 3 in a row. And challenge regular
That could work in his favor - no expectations so less pressure and we can be pleasantly surprised if things pick up.
He was borught in to improve the goal scoring and we can all agree he has failed.
By virtue of moving on from ETH, we should at the minimum, get a boost in perfromance.
But he cannot be the long term answer, regardless of short term results. I can only pray that in the long term, INEOS is dedicating itself to finding the 'best in class' manager for united. It's the least that we long suffering fans deserve!
By virtue of moving on from ETH, we should at the minimum, get a boost in perfromance.
But he cannot be the long term answer, regardless of short term results. I can only pray that in the long term, INEOS is dedicating itself to finding the 'best in class' manager for united. It's the least that we long suffering fans deserve!
I don't know, I got bored and stopped.I'll probably have a look on Twitter, though, and see what people who watched and/or analysed his PSV side will say.
He talks about it a bit here
It doesn’t magically happen. Just cause you get a good attacking coach it won’t change overnight. The system and the way we play needs to change for us to change our goal scoring. Even R9 would struggle in ETHs stupid system. Ole had them scoring with the players at his disposal. I’m confident Ruud can do the same.
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