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[United in sin]

I'm not saying Moyes is better but the fact is Moyes is proven in the premiership and Ten Hag isn't proven anywhere outside Holland.

My worry is Ten Hag is overhyped by people who have never even watched any of his games for example 99% of this forum and he could set us back years if he flops just like Moyes did

This.

For them it's Ten Hag or nothing. No nuance despite not watching Ajax frequently. No one can tell me thousands of United supporters crying for Ten Hag watch Ajax as fervently as they do United even when it comes down to shitty streams. I doubt the majority have even watched an entire Eredivisie match

 

[Flexdegea]

I'm not saying Moyes is better but the fact is Moyes is proven in the premiership and Ten Hag isn't proven anywhere outside Holland.

My worry is Ten Hag is overhyped by people who have never even watched any of his games for example 99% of this forum and he could set us back years if he flops just like Moyes did

What exactly is Moyes proven at?

He got the experience but he's just average.


Put my house on it Hag come in this summer and finish comfortably higher in the league than Moyes was with us, or where he has ever finished before with any other club.

I don't get the logic here. Moyes even took over a title winning squad, hag taking over a way bigger shambles squad and I'd be very confident he not have us 7th.


This he's proven logic, could apply to any manager in the premier or been in the league.

Mental any one even mentioning Moyes

 

[RkkMan]

I considered the fact ETH has to rebuild often but that's the job at Ajax. Are you aware that Ten Hag doesn't rotate that much? In 2019 he praised the squad depth and utilized it to good effect but in ensuing seasons Ajax has developed even more star youth players, purchased some experienced players but Ten Hag largely doesn't rotate and this has caused a few groans among supporters.

Blind for instance has been used in games at LB like the Benfica first leg CL draw when Tagliafico was expected to play that role

ETH doesn't have a bigger potential or upside for me by default. I feel people assume he does just because he hasn't had the chance to face harsher conditions and challenges at a bigger club, hasn't failed and faced the challenge of having to get back up at this level of scrutiny, so he retains some mystique about him.

He's barely done anything as a head coach before his Ajax stint. Give Pochettino that Ajax job and he'd have likely achieved the same or similar even in Europe (he beat Ten Hag with Spurs) because he also likes to manage young and hungry players. Peter Bosz before Ten Hag had a lot of potential as well it was said but he got fired at Dortmund and has settled at Lyon. Pottechino's potential is not wasted at 48. He's gone through a spectrum of experiences that will serve him better going forward as he continues to grow and develop as a manager. Moyes has learned his own lessons from his bruises for instance and is probably the best version of himself right now. Just an example.

If you think Ten Hag hadn't done anything pre Ajax go read this article. Notice how he's still maintained the same standard and repeated the same pattern at a bigger club and you'll understand why he's viewed as a potential top manager maybe it'll change your perspective


Also Bosz never won Ajax a title or got them to the farthest stage in the CL since the LVG era like Ten Hag he didn't show anywhere near the promise or dominance Ten Hag has. There's no guarantee Poch would do what ETH did he never lost any key players at Spurs bar Walker having a revolving door of players isn't easy it made even Klopp hit a ceiling at BVB
Lastly yes Moyes rebuilt himself but he went back to basics by managing at a lower level before climbing back up. Poch (he's 50 not 48) needs to do the same by going to a lower level first going to Utd off the back of 3 sackings with fans that'll have little threshold of patience with him will end in a disaster

 

[captaincantona]

I'm not saying Moyes is better but the fact is Moyes is proven in the premiership and Ten Hag isn't proven anywhere outside Holland.

My worry is Ten Hag is overhyped by people who have never even watched any of his games for example 99% of this forum and he could set us back years if he flops just like Moyes did

hate this “proven in the premiership” lark. So is big Sam, Brendan, Ranieri etc. Etc...what relevance is that to anything? Do you think a manager with premiere league experience could come in and take us where we need to go? If, as moyes has the ability to do, a “proven PL manager” made us a stable counter attacking side that could nick points off the big 4 every now and again...is that enough?

At this stage- you know exactly what you’re gonna get with Moyes or that type of manager. With ETH...it’s an unknown quantity. He could be a Mourinho/Tuchel/Klopp next big thing waiting for his shot...or he could be a Villas Boas or a Marco Rose...I would rathertake that chance then hire a completely known and limited quantity - like Poch.

 

[dove]

I'm not saying Moyes is better but the fact is Moyes is proven in the premiership and Ten Hag isn't proven anywhere outside Holland.

My worry is Ten Hag is overhyped by people who have never even watched any of his games for example 99% of this forum and he could set us back years if he flops just like Moyes did

Let's get Allardyce then if being proven in the premiership is so important. Fair enough if you don't think ETH is the right man for us but no need to compare him with Moyes FFS.

 

[United in sin]

If you think Ten Hag hadn't done anything pre Ajax go read this article. Notice how he's still maintained the same standard and repeated the same pattern at a bigger club and you'll understand why he's viewed as a potential top manager maybe it'll change your perspective


Also Bosz never won Ajax a title or got them to the farthest stage in the CL since the LVG era like Ten Hag he didn't show anywhere near the promise or dominance Ten Hag has
Lastly yes Moyes rebuilt himself but he went back to basics by managing at a lower level before climbing back up. Poch needs to do the same by going to a lower level first going to Utd off the back of 3 sackings with fans that'll have little threshold of patience with him will end in a disaster

I've read that article, it's been posted here before several times, even someone today posted it not sure who. While that was impressive, it was Utrecht. Ten hag also as an assistant manager under Steve McClaren at Twente and had the same role at PSV but many of his biggest backers on here didn't realize that (it's even mentioned in the same link you've posted). Many didn't realize he got his UEFA coaching badges in 2002 when Pochettino was 28 and still a player 6 years away from retiring from playing

 

[RkkMan]

I've read that article, it's been posted here before several times, even someone today posted it not sure who. While that was impressive, it was Utrecht. Ten hag also as an assistant manager under Steve McClaren at Twente and had the same role at PSV but many of his biggest backers on here didn't realize that (it's even mentioned in the same link you've posted). Many didn't realize he got his UEFA coaching badges in 2002 when Pochettino was 28 and still a player 6 years away from retiring from playing

What does him getting his coaching badge early have to do with anything? It's an irrelevant fact since it took him till 2012 to actually put it to use. Him having stints in reserves and as an assistant is normal even Poch had a role in Espanyol's women team before being their first team manager you seem to be grasping at straws trying to downplay his achievements
So according to you "it was Ultrecht" but I bet you'd talk about Pochettino's Southampton stint all day without saying "It's Southampton"
And like I said in my previous edited post there's no guarantee Poch does what ETH does at Ajax because he never had to lose key players at Spurs he only lost Walker whereas there is a big chance ETH replicates or betters what Poch does if he managed to keep most of his key players

 

[lsd]

This.

For them it's Ten Hag or nothing. No nuance despite not watching Ajax frequently. No one can tell me thousands of United supporters crying for Ten Hag watch Ajax as fervently as they do United even when it comes down to shitty streams. I doubt the majority have even watched an entire Eredivisie match

The hipster choice I never thought this forum had so many but clearly we do.

So many people just pretending they know everything about the league and the guy .

He could be Klopp they say yet he could also be Frank DeBoer

 

[Chairman Steve]

I feel like the ‘proven in Premier League’ point is hogwash, and it’s disrespectful towards other leagues in the world (kinda makes it sound like Premier League is the master race league or something) and it seems like a case of overthinking something. Conte won the Premier League with zero experience of Premier League, so did Mourinho, Ancelotti and Pellegrini.

By that logic, Sam Allardyce or Steve Bruce should always be top of Premier League teams shortlists because they got it by the bucketload.

I‘d rather take the risk and see what happens. It could be like Andre Villas-Boas or Luiz Felipe Scolari. We just mutually part ways and look for the next best option again like most clubs do. We don’t have to commit to 3 years with one guy just because it happened once for us and it turned out fantastically. Most of the time it is going to be chopping and changing and that’s why it’s crucial to modernise our football hierarchy where a bunch of directors on the football side oversee the entire operation and the manager is no longer king, he’s just a cog in the wheel and he’s basically the head coach of the first team.

 

[United in sin]

What does him getting his coaching badge early have to do with anything? It's an irrelevant fact since it took him till 2012 to actually put it to use. Him having stints in reserves and as an assistant is normal even Poch had a role in Espanyol's women team before being their first team manager you seem to be grasping at straws trying to downplay his achievements
So according to you "it was Ultrecht" but I bet you'd talk about Pochettino's Southampton stint all day without saying "It's Southampton"
And like I said in my previous edited post there's no guarantee Poch does what ETH does at Ajax because he never had to lose key players at Spurs he only lost Walker whereas there is a big chance ETH replicates or betters what Poch does if he managed to keep most of his key players

I'm not grasping at straws. Interesting use of words when Pochettino only briefly coached that women's team in late 08 before being fast tracked to manager at Espanyol at age 36 months later in 09.

Ten Hag was an assistant manager of Twente from 06-09 for 192 matches in the top flight. Not stints. He coached FC Twente's U-17 and U-19 teams before that starting in 2002. He has more coaching experience than Pochettino and it's not Pochetinno's fault his talents were recognized at an earlier age to place him in charge of Espanyol. Yes I know he got fired at Espanyol. He also boosted their youth team and unearthed Phillips Coutinho among others.

Southampton is much bigger than fecking Utrecht and he got them to Europe while being the English national team and Liverpool's de facto recruiter. Get a grip, I'm not even downplaying Ten Hag

 

[United in sin]

The hipster choice I never thought this forum had so many but clearly we do.

So many people just pretending they know everything about the league and the guy .

He could be Klopp they say yet he could also be Frank DeBoer

True. I've dispelled so much shit they've spouted about him on here and regurgited as gospel truth. I don't even dislike the guy but apparently I do because I'm shining light to things they didn't even perform their due diligence on when they looked into his career.

If you're into something at least do a deep dive into the research before being made to look silly by someone who doesn't even care as much

 

[Rolaholic]

I feel like the ‘proven in Premier League’ point is hogwash, and it’s disrespectful towards other leagues in the world (kinda makes it sound like Premier League is the master race league or something) and it seems like a case of overthinking something. Conte won the Premier League with zero experience of Premier League, so did Mourinho, Ancelotti and Pellegrini.

By that logic, Sam Allardyce or Steve Bruce should always be top of Premier League teams shortlists because they got it by the bucketload.

I‘d rather take the risk and see what happens. It could be like Andre Villas-Boas or Luiz Felipe Scolari. We just mutually part ways and look for the next best option again like most clubs do. We don’t have to commit to 3 years with one guy just because it happened once for us and it turned out fantastically. Most of the time it is going to be chopping and changing and that’s why it’s crucial to modernise our football hierarchy where a bunch of directors on the football side oversee the entire operation and the manager is no longer king, he’s just a cog in the wheel and he’s basically the head coach of the first team.

It's absolutely overstated and overrated as a point against managers with foreign experience. The managers of the last 5 premier league winning sides all had managers who had zero experience in England prior to being hired by their sides and only 3 of the last 10 title winning teams had 'PL proven' managers before winning.

Those so called 'hipster' options (Tuchel, Klopp, Guardiola, Conte, Arteta) have worked out for our rivals much more than the conventional 'league proven' options more often than not but they're somehow still derided in spite of the results.

 

[C'est Moi Cantona]

I'm not saying Moyes is better but the fact is Moyes is proven in the premiership and Ten Hag isn't proven anywhere outside Holland.

My worry is Ten Hag is overhyped by people who have never even watched any of his games for example 99% of this forum and he could set us back years if he flops just like Moyes did

Moyes didn't set us back years, the fools making the decisions did that, we could have just sacked him and got the next guy right and moved on, but we got the next guy wrong, and so on.

The only thing we have done right post Fergie is not make a knee jerk management appointment, and get a guy like Rangnick in finally, who unless we are idiots will be allowed to advise on the next manager, which is likely to be ETH, it has to be a better bet than our last four attempts surely.

I'm not really sure what other viable alternatives there are anyway, unless we want to go down the Rodgers, or Ancelloti sort of route, which makes no sense at all given our previous disasters as appointing similar manager profiles.

 

[RkkMan]

I'm not grasping at straws. Interesting use of words when Pochettino only briefly coached that women's team in late 08 before being fast tracked to manager at Espanyol at 36 months later in 09.

Ten Hag was an assistant manager of Twente from 06-09 for 192 matches in the top flight. Not stints. He coached FC Twente's U-17 and U-19 teams before that starting in 2002.

Southampton is much bigger than fecking Utrecht and he got them to Europe while being the English national team and Liverpool's de facto recruiter. Get a grip, I'm not even downplaying Ten Hag

Again what does Ten Hag's spells in academy teams and reserves have to do with anything? Managing at that level and managing as an actual first team manager are two different ball games many have failed at taking that jump but Ten Hag hasn't. If it was an attempt of downplaying him again you're not making the point you think
Southampton being bigger than Ultrecht makes Ten Hag's achievement more impressive because they're a smaller club where it's harder to succeed no? He got them into Europe too and made them a tough side to beat again whilst losing players something which didn't happen with Pochettino at Southampton
Pochettino and ETH may possess similar upsides and downsides however one manager's ceiling has been clear for all to see in the PL and France where his stock has drastically dropped whereas the other one has gone from strength to strength and now at a point where he's ready to answer questions of his ability at a big club. Ten Hag could turn out to be De Boer but he could also turn out to be a prime LVG you won't know till you give him a chance. Pochettino would be similar to all our past appointments the "obvious" choice who's best work was in the past and who we'd be hiring 2/3 yeara later. It's time for us to be braver and get someone who's stock is high in the present and who's shown he may be ready for the next step and could be the next great manager

 

[United in sin]

Again what does Ten Hag's spells in academy teams and reserves have to do with anything? Managing at that level and managing as an actual first team manager are two different ball games many have failed at taking that jump but Ten Hag hasn't. If it was an attempt of downplaying him again you're not making the point you think
Southampton being bigger than Ultrecht makes Ten Hag's achievement more impressive because they're a smaller club where it's harder to succeed no? He got them into Europe too and made them a tough side to beat again whilst losing players something which didn't happen with Pochettino at Southampton
Pochettino and ETH may possess similar upsides and downsides however one manager's ceiling has been clear for all to see in the PL and France where his stock has drastically dropped whereas the other one has gone from strength to strength and now at a point where he's ready to answer questions of his ability at a big club. Ten Hag could turn out to be De Boer but he could also turn out to be a prime LVG you won't know till you give him a chance. Pochettino would be similar to all our past appointments the "obvious" choice who's best work was in the past and who we'd be hiring 2/3 yeara later. It's time for us to be braver and get someone who's stock is high in the present and who's shown he may be ready for the next step and could be the next great manager

You're not even mentioning his time as assistant manager at Twente and PSV, two top flight clubs where he was privy to operations at a higher level, where he garnered more experience sitting next to managers with different ideas and approaches, where he was able to craft his own ideas after learning from those with more experience, where he worked with first team players directly.

I'm not against giving Ten Hag a chance and I've said previously that I'll welcome him with open arms if he does get the job. I simply have my personal misgivings based on some of things I've outlined and I don't see Pochettino as this spent manager that the masses see him as.

Pochetinno's stock hasn't dropped for me, Tuchel had the same issues at PSG and was even booed by the spoilt match going fans there in his final season where he actually took them to the CL final. He also faced the same issues with Leonardo at the helm. Tuchel didn't suddenly turn into a great manager for winning the CL, a feat he got very close to 6 months prior with PSG. It's a poisoned chalice of a role and one that never suited a team builder like Pochettino

 

[Hughie77]

Tenhag, like most have said on here, with Ajax top players have had to be sold, if he comes to UTD, and he can get the players In who he thinks will fit, he then gets to keep them, and build, klopp had Simlar issues at Dortmund, you can see from him when he gets the players he wants to fit, they can go forward because the club has no need to sell. Tenhag would get that OT . Whoever, comes will need time.

 

[Cee90]

Big day tomorrow.

 

[RkkMan]

You're not even mentioning his time as assistant manager at Twente and PSV, two top flight clubs where he was privy to operations at a higher level, where he garnered more experience sitting next to managers with different ideas and approaches, where he was able to craft his own ideas after learning from those with more experience, where he worked with first team players directly.

I'm not against giving Ten Hag a chance and I've said previously that I'll welcome him with open arms if he does get the job. I simply have my personal misgivings based on some of things I've outlined and I don't see Pochettino as this spent manager that the masses see him as.

Pochetinno's stock hasn't dropped for me, Tuchel had the same issues at PSG and was even booed by the spoilt match going fans there in his final season where he actually took them to the CL final. He also face the same issues with Leonardo at the helm. Tuchel didn't suddenly turn into a great manager for winning the CL, a feat he got very close to 6 months prior with PSG. It's a poisoned chalice of a role and one that never suited a team builder like Pochettino

So is the first part of your paragraph supposed to make it look like he got lucky/fortunate that he's at his current level? It's one thing to gather ideas and experiences and it's another to actually implement them successfully which ETH has done and if anything it makes him more suitable to the job because he has an identity of how he wants his team to play which is closer to what Pep/Klopp do and that's the level we should aspire to hit. Pochettino's football is a better version of Ole's which is solid and more flexible but not good enough to reach the level of Liverpool or City's

It's okay to have misgivings with ETH I do too I simply think United should just try and do something different with his appointment and also this is our only real shot at getting him. If we miss out now he'll get a top job next year and if he succeeds it'll be harder or impossible to get him because the best clubs in Europe will hire him if he won't have joined any of them. Pochettino however is someone who'll one way or another always be available to us if something goes wrong, heck this is the 3rd time we have a chance to get him.

Tuchel had the same issues but he also performed much better on the pitch winning 6/8 domestic trophies and getting PSG to their first ever CL final. He was sacked mostly for political reasons whereas Pochettino who has the worst points per game of all PSG managers in the Qatar era with the most expensively assembled squad will be sacked because he's fallen short massively on the pitch. It's one thing managing in a hard environment like PSG but a top manager still manages to hold his ground and prove himself in a way. Blanc, Emery and Tuchel all had better spells at PSG with less expensive squads than Poch who's not held his ground in any way whatsoever

 

[Giggsy13]

Ah yes definitely need that PL experience. I mean that’s exactly how Sir Alex got the job, ami right!?

 

[Nou_Camp99]

Ajax are in a very tightly contested title race with PSV. Do we think they'd announce he's coming to Utd during this? I find it difficult to believe they would.

I'm still confident it will be Poch though even though I want Erik.

 

[RkkMan]

Ajax are in a very tightly contested title race with PSV. Do we think they'd announce he's coming to Utd during this? I find it difficult to believe they would.

I'm still confident it will be Poch though even though I want Erik.

They won't announce now but Ajax can let us speak to Ten Hag(we have a very good relationship with them plus VDS)and we could come to a discreet agreement now then a public announcement end of the season. He spoke to Ajax mid season when he was at Utretch and Spurs mid season whilst at Ajax when Jose was sacked.
Ten Hag apparently has admirers at board level now not just the football side it's much more likelier to happen now than if Woodward was in charge

 

[Nou_Camp99]

They won't announce now but Ajax can let us speak to Ten Hag(we have a very good relationship with them plus VDS)and we could come to a discreet agreement now then a public announcement end of the season. He spoke to Ajax mid season when he was at Utretch and Spurs mid season whilst at Ajax when Jose was sacked.
Ten Hag apparently has admirers at board level now not just the football side it's much more likelier to happen now than if Woodward was in charge

Let's hope so.

Still worries me about Poch. Fergie, some members of the board and the players are keen on him so they say.

This isn't a foregone conclusion it's ETH at all.

 

[marktan]

I considered the fact ETH has to rebuild often but that's the job at Ajax. Are you aware that Ten Hag doesn't rotate that much? In 2019 he praised the squad depth and utilized it to good effect but in ensuing seasons Ajax has developed even more star youth players, purchased some experienced players but Ten Hag largely doesn't rotate and this has caused a few groans among supporters.

Blind for instance has been used in games at LB like the Benfica first leg CL draw when Tagliafico was expected to play that role

ETH doesn't have a bigger potential or upside for me by default. I feel people assume he does just because he hasn't had the chance to face harsher conditions and challenges at a bigger club, hasn't failed and faced the challenge of having to get back up at this level of scrutiny, so he retains some mystique about him.

He's barely done anything as a head coach before his Ajax stint. Give Pochettino that Ajax job and he'd have likely achieved the same or similar even in Europe (he beat Ten Hag with Spurs) because he also likes to manage young and hungry players. Peter Bosz before Ten Hag had a lot of potential as well it was said but he got fired at Dortmund and has settled at Lyon. Pottechino's potential is not wasted at 48. He's gone through a spectrum of experiences that will serve him better going forward as he continues to grow and develop as a manager. Moyes has learned his own lessons from his bruises for instance and is probably the best version of himself right now. Just an example.

Agreed with all of this. I don't really follow the Dutch league at all compared to some of the other big leagues so can't comment on ETH directly, but I think the wiser course of action is to have a set criteria of say 8 qualities you've identified that every top manager has (I have my own list), and then compare that to each manager. Rather than picking a manager because he makes Ajax look good, which really isn't hard, for example Van De Beek scored like 15 goals in that team and the level he's shown in the PL is barely good enough for the bottom PL clubs.

 

[Hansi Fick]

Agreed with all of this. I don't really follow the Dutch league at all compared to some of the other big leagues so can't comment on ETH directly, but I think the wiser course of action is to have a set criteria of say 8 qualities you've identified that every top manager has (I have my own list), and then compare that to each manager. Rather than picking a manager because he makes Ajax look good, which really isn't hard, for example Van De Beek scored like 20 goals in that team and the level he's shown in the PL is barely good enough for the bottom PL clubs.

Can you tell us about your list and its 8 criteria?

 

[RkkMan]

Let's hope so.

Still worries me about Poch. Fergie, some members of the board and the players are keen on him so they say.

This isn't a foregone conclusion it's ETH at all.

The players shouldn't and won't have a say in this managerial decision anyway. Fergie also doesn't make the decisions he may provide some input but nothing beyond that.
It's not a foregone conclusion it'll be ETH but we have football people making the decisions now who's names aren't Ed Woodward, the people at board level are now starting to take note of ETH's progress and the changes we're making in the football department suggests we're looking to modernize a little which makes a fresher appointment like ETH likelier than the "safe" choice in Pochettino

 

[RkkMan]

Agreed with all of this. I don't really follow the Dutch league at all compared to some of the other big leagues so can't comment on ETH directly, but I think the wiser course of action is to have a set criteria of say 8 qualities you've identified that every top manager has (I have my own list), and then compare that to each manager. Rather than picking a manager because he makes Ajax look good, which really isn't hard, for example Van De Beek scored like 15 goals in that team and the level he's shown in the PL is barely good enough for the bottom PL clubs.

If making Ajax look good isn't hard why are they ranked as the 5th most in form team in Europe and why hadn't they won the Eredevisie 5 years prior to ETH?
Ten Hag making VDB and other players look good is a testament of his managerial ability. Klopp made several BVB players look good as well and a couple of the ones who left struggled in different teams and systems

 

[pratyush_utd]

We are getting our own Pep Guardiola is my idol.

 

[Gentile’s Ghost]

Frank De Boer is a good extra example.
Vincent Janssen was top scorer in the Dutch league.and went to Spurs and flopped. Klass Jan-Huntelaar was top Dutch league scorer when he moved to Real Madrid but could not replicate that at the higher level.

So many examples.

Now having said all this it doesnt mean that Ten Hag might do a good job. He is just, in my view, another huge risk. When there are proven managers like Conte that we have passed on. Tuchel would be phenomenal but i would wager the situation at Chelsea would sort itself.

Ruud Van Nist?

 

[United in sin]

Agreed with all of this. I don't really follow the Dutch league at all compared to some of the other big leagues so can't comment on ETH directly, but I think the wiser course of action is to have a set criteria of say 8 qualities you've identified that every top manager has (I have my own list), and then compare that to each manager. Rather than picking a manager because he makes Ajax look good, which really isn't hard, for example Van De Beek scored like 15 goals in that team and the level he's shown in the PL is barely good enough for the bottom PL clubs.

Good post. It really isn't hard to make Ajax look good if you're a competent manager indeed. I do think Ten Hag is a special talent, but he's a massive risk for me.

He was turned down at Spurs of all teams for having a really underwhelming interview where he only suggested bringing ONE member of staff, asking Spurs if they'd source the rest.

That raised big question marks as I think he'll be shocked to see how poorly this club is structured if he expects that immediate support without even a few people of his own already familiar with his way of doing things

 

[Andy_Cole]

Good post. It really isn't hard to make Ajax look good if you're a competent manager indeed. I do think Ten Hag is a special talent, but he's a massive risk for me.

He was turned down at Spurs of all teams for having a really underwhelming interview where he only suggested bringing ONE member of staff, asking Spurs if they'd source the rest.

That raised big question marks as I think he'll be shocked to see how poorly this club is structured if he expects that immediate support without even a few people of his own already familiar with his way of doing things

Turned down at Spurs? No he turned them down. Where’s the source of your statement?

Here’s one of many sources for mine.
Link

Do you really think Spurs went for Nuno ahead of Hag?

 

[Wayne's World]

Big day tomorrow.

Why? Sorry barely kept up with our manager search over the weekend

 

[Ayush_reddevil]

Xavi also proving tonight that it’s all about getting the right manager. Everything at a club can be turned around if you get that decision right

 

[JPRouve]

Good post. It really isn't hard to make Ajax look good if you're a competent manager indeed. I do think Ten Hag is a special talent, but he's a massive risk for me.

He was turned down at Spurs of all teams for having a really underwhelming interview where he only suggested bringing ONE member of staff, asking Spurs if they'd source the rest.

That raised big question marks as I think he'll be shocked to see how poorly this club is structured if he expects that immediate support without even a few people of his own already familiar with his way of doing things

Bearing in mind the fact that you are championing Pochettino, you should probably edit that part.

 

[AjaxCunian]

Turned down at Spurs? No he turned them down. Where’s the source of your statement?

Here’s one of many sources for mine.
Link

Do you really think Spurs went for Nuno ahead of Hag?

Let him post his drivel in peace.

 

[AjaxCunian]

Xavi also proving tonight that it’s all about getting the right manager. Everything at a club can be turned around if you get that decision right

No La Liga coaching experience.

 

[Chairman Steve]

I remember that story about Spurs turning down ETH because ‘he didn’t interview well’. A load of people on here and on social media in general at the time thought that was a face-saving exercise by Spurs because he ultimately said no to them.

 

[JPRouve]

I remember that story about Spurs turning down ETH because ‘he didn’t interview well’. A load of people on here and on social media in general at the time thought that was a face-saving exercise by Spurs because he ultimately said no to them.

Didn't they leak that they were after an attacking football minded coach just to end up with Nuno? Either Nuno is a great liar, Tottenham can't interview to save their lives or they are full of it.

 

[Stack]

Ten Hag seems to be trending on Twitter right now re: United job

 

[United in sin]

Bearing in mind the fact that you are championing Pochettino, you should probably edit that part.

Spurs were desperate after Mourinho. They sounded out a plethora of managers after his exit.

You'd have thought a meticulous team builder and up and coming young manager who wouldn't come in with big demands for support in the transfer market would've been right up their alley. Ten Hag must've tried not to impress them so as to secure his destiny as united manager I suppose

 

[peridigm]

Ten Hag seems to be trending on Twitter right now re: United job

Hope we seal it up before RM start sniffing