Bruce was pretty much a dad man walking by that point anyway. Only reason Mike Ashley hadn't sacked him was because he was a cheap bastard.They sacked Bruce within 2 weeks of the takeover
Erik ten Hag - Manchester United manager / awaiting clarity from the club over his position
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Love listening to his interviews. He speaks so well and he knows exactly what’s needed and what he’s talking about. I like how he keeps saying he wants more goals. 3-0 is good but it should have been 4/5 or 6 and he said that’s the next step. To score more goals. What an attacking manager! Can you imagine mourinho saying I want us to score more goals 
He’s happy with 1-0s. Goal difference plays a massive part in final standings so that needs to improve.
He’s happy with 1-0s. Goal difference plays a massive part in final standings so that needs to improve.Another good game where we controlled the game and played really nice football. Our patterns of play are really coming along.
I am sure Ten Hag will be very relieved about this.
Shaw has always done well at centre back and he is a good option in situations like this which happen from time to time.
One noticeable change in our game is the significant amount of dummies by our players. Looks like well rehearsed.
It's taken time and lots of money but I'm convinced he's the man to take us back to the top.
He's ticked all the boxes for me so far, he's not allowed himself to be bullied by a superstar and he's not been frightened to drop players if needed.
I just hope he gets us a trophy, I'd love the Europa league myself. Whatever people think of it the trophy still adds to our European silverware and its direct access to pot 1 of the Champions league.
He's ticked all the boxes for me so far, he's not allowed himself to be bullied by a superstar and he's not been frightened to drop players if needed.
I just hope he gets us a trophy, I'd love the Europa league myself. Whatever people think of it the trophy still adds to our European silverware and its direct access to pot 1 of the Champions league.
He's doing a perfectly good job and you're telling us that you're giving him the benefit of the doubt. How kind.
Maguire and Lindelof were suffering from illness. That being said, Shaw seems a more natural Martinez replacement at LCB with his ability on the ball.
Bruce was going to be sacked regardless of the takeover. Because you know, he's shite.They sacked Bruce within 2 weeks of the takeover
Why is the tone necessary?
They aren’t doing the same job. This conversation is literally revisited every 6 months
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After 10 years, finally we have a "team". We also have a modern attacking football style of play. We now have a system where any player can come in and the style of play will not be affected too much. Like Klopp and Pep where the system is very established.
Gone were the days we always play boring football waiting for a moment of individual brilliance to win a match.
Gone were the days we always play boring football waiting for a moment of individual brilliance to win a match.
It’s time to string a series of wins, in order to show we make the real progress! Let’s say a ten-win stride in the league.
Results aside, looking back to how disjointed we looked last season and the fact that he has only been here for 7 months and had to deal with our top scorer from last year being simultaneously terrible and unprofessional yet has still made us look something like a cohesive, modern football team who can compete with the best is actually world class coaching and management.
Tbf we have won 7 of our last 8 games.
Many are cup games. We need league results and I feel we could do it.
1 loss, 2 draws, 11 wins in the last 14. Not bad.
Maybe, 10 games in a row in the Premier League is a lot (our most ever is 12).
Let's hope so.
That’s the only way to show we can challenge the league title next season. This season by now, the longest win stride is four wins. The loss to Aston Villa disrupted our winning run, a setback. Now, after two wins, need to give it a serious try. It’s time to show the belief, spirit and togetherness of the team.
Well it's not but okay.
All things considered, he’s been very impressive.
From a disastrous start, to reigniting players who most considered not worthy of the shirt, we are seeing something that we all hadn’t seen for quite a few seasons.
Players playing with heart, desire and passion.
It seems we’re finally gelling into a functional unit and with a
From a disastrous start, to reigniting players who most considered not worthy of the shirt, we are seeing something that we all hadn’t seen for quite a few seasons.
Players playing with heart, desire and passion.
It seems we’re finally gelling into a functional unit and with a
Good question remaining from at least summer 2022. The difference is we don't earn club's big money to do our job scouting, negotiating and making right decisions for everyone inside the team.
Seems like we're more invested in this than procrastinators, running the show. Two windows of not much happening on this front is not normal. The more I think of this, it seems the club's plan was to throw every scoring responsibility on Ronaldo and hope he'll play till his 40s.
I still refuse to believe there's no smart deals left in this window, which didn't even started. If we could let Gakpo go to Pool, the only positive conclusion is that we have someone other in mind. This week looks all about speculations, but when actual window starts something has to happen.
Think this is exactly why many wanted Rangnick to give his transfer ideas to ETH directly along with rest of assessments about United players. Perhaps it would save time to identify which striker fits to United and isn't on steep decline. Still won't be surprised if we'll go the old route and try Benzema who's contract slowly expiring. Asensio or Depay as alternatives. Moukoko could be right for Amad like project - good addition and something different in approach.
Felix so far is a muppet king territory, think won't happen, just like Frenkie. At least yet.
Because they often like their own guy
Thats the impressive thing for me. We suddenly look like a team that can defend again and it's happened really pretty fast too.
Yeah exactly, and that what weirds me out about that other posters comment. It basically suggests Ten Hag is being naive in his approach to his defensive setup by underestimating the importance of player height, but you'd expect that nativity to play out now more than anything. Things obviously went wrong right at the start of the season but that wasn't because of player height, and since then, it's been mostly quite good.
Well I didn't. I expect utd (after spending tons each year) to at least have a fighting chance for silverware. The transition argument gets used a lot. Teams like Real or Barca or Bayern never are in transition. They always compete and that is a fact.
Some sort of cup perhaps, but not the league. That takes time.
Can tell he’s a top coach. He’s improved players and put a style of play in place. Wonder how poch would of got on if some fans had there way…
This window started the moment the summer window closed. Every club with a semblance of a proper structure in place has been planning for months.
Maybe, there are exceptions imo (Leicester, Montpellier, Lille, Monaco, Ipswich Town 1962, Nottingham Forest 1978, Kaiserslautern 1998, Wolfsburg 2009, Stuttgart 2005) I'm sure there are a lot more examples of teams that were never expected to win the championship that won it.
Utd fans need to get rid of that small time mentality. When hundreds of millions are spend, you need to perform.
I honestly don’t think he’d be half as good. He would divide opinion, whereas ETH seems to lead and bring together
I mean, this is a both true and redundant statement. This is the Premier League, the other team is going to have a couple of chances in practically any game.
Dad bod?
Exceptions are quite different from expecting. To expect us to compete for the title this season is delusion.
Spot on. This is why Pool getting interesting players in winter period despite lesser budget, even though signing Darwin should heavily tax them, they still looking for good occasions everytime.
Soon Chelsea definitely will start resupplying their squad. Arsenal's jump could be temporary, but their supporters already pushing their club to spend to boost their title race.
At this point nobody's forcing United to spend heavily, just thoughtfully.
We'd have been well away from the top 4 race. We've had the rub of the green with cup draws so I feel we'd be in the same position regarding the cups.
We'd have likely ended up with different players transfer wise.
What nonsense. First of all, Ten Hag made it clear that nothing short of winning everything is good enough and has begun to instill a culture of winning at MU. That was gone for the last 9 seasons.
Second, Arsenal are in their 3rd or 4th year with Arteta. We are in our 4th Month with Ten Hag.
Is 4th place good enough this year? I sure think so. Our squad is not balanced and we have a new manager.
Look at where Chelsea and Liverpool are in the table. They have won a few things recently haven’t they? We are above them.
To summarize: don’t be a whino.