Teja
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We've had this problem for years now, player power has reigned supreme since jose was here. Every time the board has backed the players. Jose was a taskmaster and players downed tools, in came ole and he tried to be their mates but eventually the players threw him under the bus aswell. Then came rangnick who called it as he saw it and he was also thrown under the bus. As an interim the players knew he never actually had any power except to bench them for 6 months, what's worse is that they became more toxic when he benched them instead of fighting for their spot in the starting xi.
Ok I sort of agree but I'll make a stronger assertion.
I believe any decent man manager would've had the squad playing for them just fine for 6-8 months. No doubt in my mind that guys like Conte, Zidane, Tuchel etc would've put the players in line even if they were just interims.
I'm pretty sure Ten Hag will sort out the mess no problem.