What stands out to me is ten Hag demands a lot from the players and they need to earn their position in the team. He come across as tough but fair and will keep the standards high.
Erik ten Hag - Manchester United manager
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Worth bearing in mind that Matic was "only" 29 when we signed him.
People were getting giddy yesterday on the Eriksen thread about how "these days" players can go on for a lot longer than they used to be able to manage. Maybe so, but United haven't had much consistent success there. For every Giggs and Scholes there's a Rooney or Matic.
Yes a good thing, but McFred make me panic..
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Straight up says English players are overpriced, love it
I had read about this from his time in Ajax, he's a coach whos' not afraid to change player's positions. We might end up surprised with the result. Myself, like Ten Hag, would rather buy the proper player rather than buy one that doesnt convince us. Last season we had a very big squad in numbres but with a bunch of holes in it.
I really like him. And not just in a pretend to like him because we’ve just hired him way. He actually seems like he knows what the feck he’s doing and he’ll make very sexy football.
This is our guy. I have no doubt about it.
Whether he can get to Guardiola/Klopp level remains to be seen but right now, for where we are, this is our guy.
Whether he can get to Guardiola/Klopp level remains to be seen but right now, for where we are, this is our guy.
Andy Mitten actually said in a podcast with the norwegian MUFC fan club on www.united.no that with Ten Hag we will see a mixture of both Klopp and Guardiola styles
I know it’s early days but I really like the cut of his jib, the things he says indicate no messing, we’re here to make this club competitive and hopefully successful again.
short of Pep and Klopp I believe we have signed the best coach around. Thank god it wasn’t Poch!
short of Pep and Klopp I believe we have signed the best coach around. Thank god it wasn’t Poch!
I wonder..
Before he came there was a lot of fuss about his (English) speaking ability... What is the overall perception regarding this topic?
Great interview. I have a really good feeling about him. Tough and demanding, but fair. And he seems to know exactly what he wants, both in the transfer market and from the players already here.
I'm not onboard yet but I'm on my way to buy a ticket before the rush.
isn’t that exactly what he should be saying when trying to sign players?
I sometimes dislike Mitten. Very arrogant sometimes. But if you see past the arrogance, it was a very good interview. I liked that part about playing style to be honestAndy Mitten actually said in a podcast with the norwegian MUFC fan club on www.united.no that with Ten Hag we will see a mixture of both Klopp and Guardiola styles
I read somewhere that his style is more like Pep, but he can’t be compared to him alone because he got elements of Klopp as well. It’s Erik ten Hag football.I like everything he says so far. The bit about the English players being overpriced is true (Rice for instance is a really really good player but 100 million?) and I'm glad someone said it.
Never thought I would love a bald man
he seems absolutely fine. Has the accent but can get his ideas across with ease and conviction. Really looking forward to him. No need for media chit chat either, straight to the point, and back on the training ground
Hm maybe he has gotten more arrogant over the years, cause he seemed much more enthusiastic in the earlier years as a journo.I sometimes dislike Mitten. Very arrogant sometimes. But if you see past the arrogance, it was a very good interview. I liked that part about playing style to be honest
Yeah i quite enjoyed the interview myself
Pep`s style is very methodical but effecient, so a mix of that and Klopp`s heavy metal style sounds great!After listening to McClaren talk about his first time meeting Ten Hag when he was the manager for Twente and Ten Hag was his assistant manager, when he explained Ten Hag`s attention to details and how he planned every second for pre season and how Ten Hag`s advice on subs impacted the games i have been sold and became a Ten Hag believer!
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I sometimes dislike Mitten. Very arrogant sometimes. But if you see past the arrogance, it was a very good interview. I liked that part about playing style to be honest
Mitten, arrogant?
He is the most clued in and rational of all the top tier United journos. He knows what he is on about and has encyclopaedic knowledge of the clubs history, and some brilliant stories.
The only group I could see feeling he is arrogant are the hysterical online fans he calls out. But he is a very normal bloke which is why, IMO, he is so likeable.
It is pretty clear that he is the best coach we could have got and appointing him was the only brilliant decision we've made in the last nine years. Even if he's not quite Pep/Klopp level I'm quite confident that he's in the tier just below those two alongside Tuchel and Conte, with the potential to get better as he adapts to the league.
Nothing wrong with that, I am sick with panic buys, we have good young lads coming through anyway.
Also theres a story going round the club wanted to go to the neighbours TV show set for PR, and ETH refused it. Hope its true
Is it? Or he is talking about different position? Isn't Frenkie more advanced mc and holding midfielder is something else?
Or he sees FDJ as holding mid?
He use to talk about how he knows everyone and talks a big game. But arrogant might be a poor choice of word. Sometimes I get a feeling that he is a bit high one himself. Might be very wrong.
That said, I do read or listen to him on a regular basis. I like how he obviously loves United and got very good knowledge.
He also seems to suggest that FdJ is odds in our favour to join still.
Yeah it was in that ESPN article. He told the club that the most important thing on the tour is training. Everything else comes after that. He pissed the likes of Luckhurst off by not doing a press conference.Also theres a story going round the club wanted to go to the neighbours TV show set for PR, and ETH refused it. Hope its true
Luckhurst can piss offYeah it was in that ESPN article. He told the club that the most important thing on the tour is training. Everything else comes after that. He pissed the likes of Luckhurst off by not doing a press conference.
Frenkie is a deep playmaker, he's never been the advanced midfielder.
I’m not surprised he didn’t do another press conference. I don’t think he wants to answer another dozen questions about Ronaldo.Yeah it was in that ESPN article. He told the club that the most important thing on the tour is training. Everything else comes after that. He pissed the likes of Luckhurst off by not doing a press conference.
So good going journalists. You fecked yourselves by acting like the little kid asking ‘Are we there yet’ every minute.
Can we do this instead of press conferences please!!
So I'll take that as if we don't get De Jong someone like Garner has a chance to become that player.
That's a confident manager that believes in his coaching ability instead of one who would panic buy.
That's a confident manager that believes in his coaching ability instead of one who would panic buy.
Exactly. With or without FDJ, I think ETH will develop one or two from our team. Garner, Hannibal, Zidane, etc…
I completely agree. Hence why I actually don't mind his 'FdJ or noone' quote. Under previous managers that would have been a nightmare comment but I like that he's taking a gamble on either FdJ comes or we develop his like within our group.
Never thought it was an issue. Seems to communicate pretty well.
Ronaldo, Maguire, and, likely, the Fred McTominay partnership are what he will work with. He will have to be everything he was reputed to be, an excellent man-manager and a brilliant football mind.
I think it's weird that it was highlighted as an issue. His English is better than Van Gaal's, for a start.
Nice to see him be so confident in his coaching ability. Means, if the right player is not currently available we'd be able to go for a more raw/undercooked option with confidence knowing he knows how to develop them (unlike our previous managers who generally stagnated/ruined them)
McFred for another year