Matic was rested with Tuesday in mind . We had no other midfielder fit to play DM
Ralf Rangnick | ex-interim manager | does anyone rate him?
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Some people just like to complain no matter what
We have the same problem all season. The defense.
We can play some decent stuff but it all goes to waste when we concede silly goals. I don't think it's any more RR fault as it was Oles, it's just a super shite mentality that has taken a hold of this team. They went from being the best come back kings and setting records away from home to having glass legs in games. We need a reboot of mentality and only a new manager and time will do that.
We can play some decent stuff but it all goes to waste when we concede silly goals. I don't think it's any more RR fault as it was Oles, it's just a super shite mentality that has taken a hold of this team. They went from being the best come back kings and setting records away from home to having glass legs in games. We need a reboot of mentality and only a new manager and time will do that.
So the players under hitting every single pass, not busting a gut into spaced and not committing to their defensive role apparently that's on the manager. Jesus Christ these overpaid primadonnas don't give a shit, can't press or do shit. This manager prefers 4-2-2-2 but this lot can't be bothered to run. This manager who loves to press hard and counter fast just decided that he can't be bothered. He didn't get any players in January because this club for a first time in a long time has looked at this as a long time project. I hope you lot will be more patient with ETH because this will be long and winding road to recovery.
Game management has been very poor. Norwich was murdering us end of the first half and it was clear Pogba can't do the job by himself. Yet, he sticked to the same lineup and we conceded immediately after the half.
Should have brought Matic on at half time for Lingard.
Should have brought Matic on at half time for Lingard.
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He hates us. Poor man.
He’s every one of us. I’m not sure why loads of fans hate him, he’s as exasperated with the players as we are.
He hates us. Poor man.
I was surprised at his assessment of our technical quality a few weeks back but i'm glad he keeps mentioning our lack of physical strength and intensity. You look at the amount of aggressive players in our team and there really aren't many at all.
it is an odd thing to say. Elanga is hardly a veteran is he?
Sounds like a deflection to avoid blaming individuals. The first goal was a feck up from Dalot, and then a lack of defensive organization. Pogba is strolling around as if he was never instructed to drop back and fill in any spaces should the CBs get drawn out. The coaching has to take some blame for this, because if Pogba is ignoring instructions then he shouldn't be played there and expected to act like a DM.
When the home crowd are singing you're not fit to wear the shirt they are kinda backing him
Great character, great DOF, average (at best) manager.
Playing Pogba and Lingard in midfield is bad enough without considering their contract situation, but with them fecking off next week? Mad.
Also, the lack of chances given to youth outside of Elanga has been disappointing. Today would have been the perfect day to give Hannibal a run out but no dice.
He says it straight though and I think would do a good job in the DOF role, but obviously thay won't happen with Murtough in place (who seems to be doing a fine job so far).
Not bad for an interim and i like the guy.
Playing Pogba and Lingard in midfield is bad enough without considering their contract situation, but with them fecking off next week? Mad.
Also, the lack of chances given to youth outside of Elanga has been disappointing. Today would have been the perfect day to give Hannibal a run out but no dice.
He says it straight though and I think would do a good job in the DOF role, but obviously thay won't happen with Murtough in place (who seems to be doing a fine job so far).
Not bad for an interim and i like the guy.
What else is he expected to do? He has just said that he warned his players to have a defensive mindset and not to let them go thru us like a butter thru knife yet they did again and again. If he had not played Pogba, then he would have to play Matic and he also has the Tuesday game to think about. one would think that the players would follow his instructions but time and again they are not. As he pointed out that all our 11 players were behind the ball they started the attack for the second goal yet we let them score it.
I think he should completely drop Pogba and take a gamble and play Lindelof in midfield with Bailly as CB.
I think he should completely drop Pogba and take a gamble and play Lindelof in midfield with Bailly as CB.
His post match press conference is very relatable - just two 6 minute monologues about how absolutely weak as piss we are off the ball letting players constantly run past us and hinting how any talk of us being in a top 4 race is crazy due to how shit the performances are
Then why the feck is he the manager,if he cant solve defensive woes.
We are weak as piss, mistakes happen but we get bullied regularly and thats the reason we make poor teams look good
Yeah I don't disagree with his assessment, just not sure the relevance in the first goal where only Dalot ever got near the ball
Continues to prove why he was working as an executive in Russia
I actually think he's a good manager, a lot wrong with these players.
I’d love to be a fly on the wall for the handover to ETH for a rundown on how players performed while he was manager
Ralf has done the best job any interim manager could have done with this squad. We could have brought Conte in, but he would never have accepted an interim manager role. So who then? Keep Ole? Carrick? Neville? I don't think so.
We either had to commit to Conte or go with an interim manager. Only time will tell, but now that we have the man we all wanted, ten Hag, we did the right think in going with an interim manager and Ralf was the best option we had for that assignment.
We either had to commit to Conte or go with an interim manager. Only time will tell, but now that we have the man we all wanted, ten Hag, we did the right think in going with an interim manager and Ralf was the best option we had for that assignment.
He's a good manager but hasn't been able to improve one player or even return one player to last season's level. OK....
Simply by virtue of maintaining a lot of the backroom staff that the players were cosy with, you could argue that Carrick would have done a better job as interim.
I do think that the events of January 30th have caused far more damage to the dressing room than we as a fan base realise. It's likely that the run of form we've had since would be unavoidable regardless of who was picking the team.
Fred definitely has improved. He is a good manager just not good enough to fix the situation we are in but he is honest and will give ETH plenty of information on players
He hasn't managed to improve the team one bit. If that is the best we could ask what would a bad manger do?
Favre, Garcia, Valverde and Fonseca would have all done better than Rangnick and found ways to help and improve the players.
They all have extensive coaching experience and dealing with difficult situations like the one we're in now, probably more difficult actually.
Then he could have played three centre backs to compensate.
The cult of Rangnick are getting as bad as the cult of Solskjaer. RR could get us relegated and it would still be seen as a positive.
Conte has had new signings in January and Ralf none, and Ralf will finish above him, for sure.
People here like complaining alot. You think Ralf is given a kickback to play 4 players who won't be here next season?
It's the reality our squad is shit.
We don't have Cavani, Martial, Greenwood, for striking. Rashford is in red zone. Sancho is passive as shit,Ronaldo is 37 year old. Lingard is leaving.
We don't have Fred, Scot in midfield. Pogba, Matic all leaving.
We don't have Shaw, Varane in defence. Mighty Maguire is our savior
Drop even Sir Alex now in that bench, nothing extraordinary he will do. Even Kloop and Pep took more than 3 season formulating a good team.
Pep was hit 4 goals by Everton during those days.
It's not a coincidence that Kloop and Pep are now the longest serving managers in the league.
The last time we had a permanent manager was Dec 2018 Mourinho. Ole was a Interim, who was elevated to permanent manager through emotions.
It's not a coincidence we didn't win a title during Ole reign, we never had a plan, we never achieved anything as his mentality was a Interim manager
It's now we are going to appoint a permanent manager 2022. 4 years late
People have to accept we are as shit as they come. Blame should lie squarely on those who constructed this team. That's where the blame should lie.
Anything else is sugar coating.
We can't blame the fans/ interim coach who was brought to steady the ship.
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He's been shite and a total let down.
I do like though how he wasn't fooled by winning today, or trying to act like all is well. He knows we were still shite and that these players are lazy and have given up on the season. It was good that he didn't try and pretend he was happy with the performance.
I do like though how he wasn't fooled by winning today, or trying to act like all is well. He knows we were still shite and that these players are lazy and have given up on the season. It was good that he didn't try and pretend he was happy with the performance.
I’d love to be a fly on the wall for the handover to ETH for a rundown on how players performed while he was manager
Yup.
What's with the energy against an interim manager? What exactly is there to argue? The last couple weeks of the season? Like these people really couldn't keep it in their pants for a couple more weeks?
Are we just ignoring how Carrick managed the same exact bunch of players? Arsenal, Villarreal and Chelsea were a tough introduction to management.
The real problem is that the club as a whole decided to write off an entire season in December. Noone else does this.
It is now OK to have an unquestionable interim, to play 6 players who'll be gone in June and the have a 25% win rate in all comps between Feb and April. The standard have never been lower. And what can we do? Well, nothing, because the interim is what he is, the players are what they are, the mood is what it is.
Other clubs just don't have this happen. And they don't stand still either, much less go backwards. It's not good.
It is now OK to have an unquestionable interim, to play 6 players who'll be gone in June and the have a 25% win rate in all comps between Feb and April. The standard have never been lower. And what can we do? Well, nothing, because the interim is what he is, the players are what they are, the mood is what it is.
Other clubs just don't have this happen. And they don't stand still either, much less go backwards. It's not good.
I actually really like him. He is showing every limit of this squad at present and means to IMO.
Yh like Ralf’s going to dig out Dalot in public. Would do wonders for our disharmonious dressing room that.
Swear half these living room managers would last 2 weeks tops as a manager in real life.
yep the cult like following this guy has is baffling
So you like him because he is making the squad look shit?
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