afrocentricity
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What did he say? Anything enlightening?I'm so over his post match interviews as well
What did he say? Anything enlightening?I'm so over his post match interviews as well
Why him? Why does he deserve what our previous better managers didn't get?It’s not looking good for him at all, however, we’re just going to replace him with another gamble and in 12 months time the fans will probably be calling for his head aswell.
Why not give EtH another half a season with an actual structure in place and see what happens?
It's becoming increasingly more clear that a Rashford hot spell really carried what were relatively underwhelming overall performances around new year last year. Combine him going ice cold plus a big spell of injuries and a decision to switch our primary focus from counter attacking to suicide counter pressing and you have what you see this year.People are still peddling this fiction that last season was all sunshine and roses. Things collapsed after the Sainsbury's Own Brand Energy Drink Cup final. The last third of last season was miserable viewing. Do people not remember Wout Weghorst? Have you all purged him from your memories? It's been largely shite for over a year now. It isn't just this season. It isn't a phase. It's the normal of Ten Hag's regime. The bad under him now FAR outweighs the good. It isn't even close. And yet people are still defending him. Still clinging onto some hope that it'll all come good in the end, despite there being absolutely zero evidence to support that theory. It's baffling.
There wouldn't even be much of a payoff. He's got one year left on his deal and I think we pay reduced compensation when CL is mathematically impossible.If i wouldn't have known that the man has integrity, I'd say he's doing a Jose of trying to get sacked with massive pay off.
Sadly, i think he's just run out of ideas.
And you'll get your chance to see that at whichever club he manages next.I don't think changing the manager will solve our problems magically. Also, last year we were on the right track and this year we just collapsed. Why? Injuries can't be the only problem. We don't know what is going on behind the scenes.
I tend to believe that our main problem is that we have horrible designed squad, where players don't fit each other at all. I want to see him under a new structure, but he needs to make it easy for the ones who still have some faith in him.
This Dutch stubbornness is killing our team. The tactic and style doesn't work and he refuses to change. He needs to get sacked. Get in an interim until summer.
We were horrific from February and until the end of last season. There’s some revisionist takes making it sound like we were brilliant last season. The reality is we had two very good months just before the World Cup, and that is the only period under ETH where we have shown any real promise.It's becoming increasingly more clear that a Rashford hot spell really carried what were relatively underwhelming overall performances around new year last year. Combine him going ice cold plus a big spell of injuries and a decision to switch our primary focus from counter attacking to suicide counter pressing and you have what you see this year.
To be quite honest, how can you not bottle it when having 20 odd shots against each game with a gameplan that's not making sense?Feck this team of bottlers
Best football last season came with either the pairing of Eriksen and Cas, for the 3 months they had the legs or that spell Cas and Fred played together. However Ten Hag was aching to go to this nonsense midfield set up, shown by getting Sabitizer into the team.This Dutch stubbornness is killing our team. The tactic and style doesn't work and he refuses to change. He needs to get sacked. Get in an interim until summer.
One of SAF key qualities was his ability to adapt, both tactically match by match and strategically year by year, bringing in different coaches to support him over the years.This Dutch stubbornness is killing our team. The tactic and style doesn't work and he refuses to change. He needs to get sacked. Get in an interim until summer.
How did the team bottle it? ETH sets them up to fail every week. If it weren't for the players we'd be below 10th.We are 7th and behind fecking Newcastle. With these kind of performances we will probably be overtaken by West Ham as well, and finish 8th.
Feck this team of bottlers
I feel the fans and our club gives the managers too long a leash. He's spent his money and have had time to make a mark. We are 2 points above Moyes West Ham. Smaller clubs readily sack their underperforming managers. Our fans and our board are the only ones being terrified about sacking managers "too soon".It’s not looking good for him at all, however, we’re just going to replace him with another gamble and in 12 months time the fans will probably be calling for his head aswell.
Why not give EtH another half a season with an actual structure in place and see what happens?
Yup Saf was very open minded tactically. It's why he was excellent even when we didn't have the best players. Erik is the oppositeOne of SAF key qualities was his ability to adapt, both tactically match by match and strategically year by year, bringing in different coaches to support him over the years.
I wonder what he makes of ETH?
There wouldn't even be much of a payoff. He's got one year left on his deal and I think we pay reduced compensation when CL is mathematically impossible.
Out the frying pan and into the fire.Potter looms large.
How would a different structure make any difference to the clear tactical weaknesses we've seen on the pitch every week for months now? He shouldn't need a new Ceo, a Director of Football or a new head of recruitment to know that whats happening on the pitch isn't working and he needs to change something, anything.It’s not looking good for him at all, however, we’re just going to replace him with another gamble and in 12 months time the fans will probably be calling for his head aswell.
Why not give EtH another half a season with an actual structure in place and see what happens?
Thanks. Not looking goodLast 7 games
Still have to play 4 teams that smoked us in the reverse fixtures in our remaining 6 games. Good luck to anyone still in this fool's camp.
Let's hope it's not SouthgatePotter looms large.
Because he didn't have a galactico team to make his tactics look good, or a completely injury free season, plus the wind was blowing in the wrong direction in some of our games. Once it all works out as he needs, the stars align and the gods look down on us.... then he might look competent at this level.He has been good for just half a season in 2 seasons, how can that be deemed good enough to give him another full season
Still think we'll get 20+ points from the last 10 games like you argued with me 4 games ago?Thanks. Not looking good
Or Potter.Let's hope it's not Southgate
Because of the tactical chances we've made since thenI don't think changing the manager will solve our problems magically. Also, last year we were on the right track and this year we just collapsed. Why?
Thought you said Rangnick for a while there..... Triggered me I can't lieWould rather have Ratcliffe as interim manager till the summer.
Potter is far better then SouthgateOr Potter.
Yup, it’d be one thing if his stubbornness was due to us looking brilliant in one area (say attacking, or pressing, or possession) but fecking it up too often in other areas. I’d get that if we were just waiting for the one area to “click” but we’re absolutely awful all over the pitch.How would a different structure make any difference to the clear tactical weaknesses we've seen on the pitch every week for months now? He shouldn't need a new Ceo, a Director of Football or a new head of recruitment to know that whats happening on the pitch isn't working and he needs to change something, anything.
We rlare fighting for a top half finish thankfully we won't get relegated.Last 7 games
Still have to play 4 teams that smoked us in the reverse fixtures in our remaining 6 games. Good luck to anyone still in this fool's camp.
Neither would fill me with any hope what so ever, so I'll stick to my keep Ten Hag over either of those two stance.Potter is far better then Southgate
Then get an interim for a year. This is unbearable.It is entirely the wrong time to sack EtH this season.
With Barcelona, Bayern, maybe Chelsea, maybe Sporting, Liverpool all looking for new managers, I don’t see too many fighting to come to OT.
I didn't even realize we've been this bad results wise. 1 win in the league in 2 months. DireLast 7 games
Still have to play 4 teams that smoked us in the reverse fixtures in our remaining 6 games. Good luck to anyone still in this fool's camp.
No, he left on his own because he didn't like something with the board. The man did it all from being a U17 coaching intern all the way to being the senior team's manager.Didn't Ruud get sacked at PSV?