Who replaces Ten Hag?

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That may be the case.

Just saying, unlike Ole, Ten Hag will not struggle to find another club.
Ole hasn't struggled, he's had offers, he just doesn't want to manage in America, Norway, Turkey or Saudi. I'm sure Ten Hag will also be employed for a long time if he holds out for another PL club to come along and pick him up.
 

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One thing the club really should be doing is working out why so many top coaches have failed at United

There will not be one silver bullet - but several reasons.

Structure
Squad skills
Age of players
Poor signings
Style of play
Support staff
Player attitude

And unless these issues are treated seriously, appointing a new coach who can deal with them in the interim will be another challenge

Football messiahs such as Busby and Ferguson come around every 60-70 years if at all
I don’t agree that we have had top coaches since 2013 - in large part due to the dysfunctional structure, resulting in misguided, reactionary appointments similar to the dreadful player recruitment. The collective trophy haul of our four full-time managers since leaving United is two conference cups, and I don’t expect Ten Hag to ever win a big league or the champions league.
 

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Ole hasn't struggled, he's had offers, he just doesn't want to manage in America, Norway, Turkey or Saudi. I'm sure Ten Hag will also be employed for a long time if he holds out for another PL club to come along and pick him up.
I think that shows he has struggled. Ole can't, and wont get a gig at a proper, relevant club. Ten Hag probably will.
 

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I think that shows he has struggled. Ole can't, and wont get a gig at a proper, relevant club. Ten Hag probably will.
If Ajax are a relevant club then yes, but you could say the same about Molde I guess. Ole also got international offers I believe. He said he doesn't need the money and he wants to spend time with his kids, plus he's pretty much had his dream job, I doubt he's interested in proving himself as some sort of visionary or all time great in management.
 

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It doesn't matter what happens after ManUtd job, point is, EtH is the worst manager we had, just clueless on and off the pitch.
 

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If Ajax are a relevant club then yes, but you could say the same about Molde I guess. Ole also got international offers I believe. He said he doesn't need the money and he wants to spend time with his kids, plus he's pretty much had his dream job, I doubt he's interested in proving himself as some sort of visionary or all time great in management.
No, you can't. Ajax are a team that regularly compete in the Champions League if not the Europa League. Molde is not. Moreover Ten Hag is/was under consideration on a permanent basis for Bayern. He will certainly be in a job for a relevant club.

Ole getting considered by fecking Canada in a national team job is not comparable :lol:

I think Ole himself knows he's a limited manager (credit to him) and wont get the consideration other managers would. He's good to bow out of it.
 

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He could be worse but I certainly wouldnt bet on it.

The disgusting thing about Southgate managing us is he would probably do the bare minimum for a while. Especially starting from as low a bar as "improve on finishing 8th". And knowing this place there'd be no shortage of posters raving about him if he took us from 8th with 55 points to the dizzying heights of 6th with 60 points.

Then we're back into Ole territory where we're wasting literally 3 years on a guy who we all know hasnt got the managerial ability to take us to the top (but instead of finishing 3rd and 2nd it's something like 6th and 5th).
He would also be completely shielded from media.

I think we need first and foremost a good coach. Southgate doesn't seem to be one.
 

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Southgate would get relegated. Like he did with Middlesborough, the only time he was club manager.

I know it is easy to hate on ETH right now, but fecking Southgate? For feck's sake!
Southgate would not be finishing last in the group behind Copenhagen and Galatasaray. That’s like England failing to get out of a WC pool with Iran and Costa Rica. And I don’t want Southgate at United by the way.
 

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No, you can't. Ajax are a team that regularly compete in the Champions League if not the Europa League. Molde is not. Moreover Ten Hag is/was under consideration on a permanent basis for Bayern. He will certainly be in a job for a relevant club.

Ole getting considered by fecking Canada in a national team job is not comparable :lol:

I think Ole himself knows he's a limited manager (credit to him) and wont get the consideration other managers would. He's good to bow out of it.
The fact that this genius of a coach can't do better than limited coach should be a reason to sack him.
 

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From Chris Wheeler's article this morning.

Representatives for Thomas Tuchel have made it clear that he wants the job as he prepares to leave Bayern Munich, but there are concerns over the former Chelsea manager’s abrasive nature.

Julian Nagelsmann and Gareth Southgate will not be available until after the Euros, while other contenders include Ruben Amorim, Graham Potter, Roberto De Zerbi and Thomas Frank.
 

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Ole may have gotten relegated this season. We have insane injury crisis where even youth CB is not available and we are playing a midfielder as a CB. And we have only one striker, who also missed so many games that we have been playing Rashford as striker. etc. etc. etc. Ole had 5 strikers and more players than he knew what to do with them. Completely different situations

It's too easy to forget last season when Ten Hag exceeded all expectations and to just remember this shit season. I certainly want a better manager than Ten Hag and I am mad at him for many, many things just like you are, but even with all of that Ten Hag is objectively head and shoulders better couch than Ole or Southgate will ever be. It is a fact and has nothing to do with the fact that if there is a decent new manager availabel, I am happy to bring that person in, but it isn't Southgate, for crying out loud
Solskjaer got the best out of his attackers, yes. I'd expect more goals from Bruno, Rashford, Garnacho and Højlund under him. Even Martial.

Southgate wouldn't be managing the United squad in its current state anyway. In this hypothetical situation.

ten Hag may be a better coach than Ole, but he hasn't been much better at United. If at at all. The only thing he has over him is a League Cup trophy. He has a 3% better win ratio. However, he loses games more frequently than Ole did. He has a 27.3% losing rate compared to Ole's 23.8% rate.

The main point is that neither Ole or Southgate would relegate United. The worst possible United manager finishes 10th at worst, in my opinion.
 
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Thomas Frank?!
I've seen his name mentioned a few times but I can't imagine he's a serious contender.

Give Southgate the exact same season that Ten Hag has had, injuries and all, we do better, and I think Gareth is utter bobbins.
Southgate is beyond shite, the fact he lucked his way into his last two jobs says it all. The guy was out of management for nearly four years before the FA threw him a career lifeline and gave him the U-21's job. He would easily be our most under qualified manager.
 

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Nagelsmann already extended his contract with Germany... he won't be available :lol:
He could probably be bought out of his new 2 year contract if United pursued him. I think he'd opt to leave if the right opportunity came up.

Realistically, United should have contacted him before he committed to Germany. I don't think he'll be an option.
 

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He could probably be bought out of his new 2 year contract if United pursued him. I think he'd opt to leave if the right opportunity came up.
He actually limited himself to living in Bavaria because he wants to be a dad for his little children he has with his ex-wife. So they won't move with him if he goes abroad and he couldn't see them as regularly. This is why I highly doubt he would be open for that now.
 

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He actually limited himself to living in Bavaria because he wants to be a dad for his little children he has with his ex-wife. So they won't move with him if he goes abroad and he couldn't see them as regularly. This is why I highly doubt he would be open for that now.
 

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Please not Southgate. He got Middlesbrough relegated and that's his only club managing gig. He has shown absolutely nothing as a club manager that would make me trust in him being able to do the massive and in depth changes this teams requires. Managing the national team is a completely different type of job.
 

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The only genuine benefit to Southgate is building a better attitude behind the scenes, there is no point even listing his faults because there are many.

He's achieved basically nothing in club football management, if he's even being considered as a serious candidate to be part of a re-build of United.....well, I want a sanity check on the new owners too then.
 

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According to the telegraph the top five contenders are:
  • Thomas Tuchel, Bayern Munich
  • Gareth Southgate, England
  • Ruben Amorim, Sporting Lisbon
  • Thiago Motta, Bologna
  • Roberto De Zerbi, Brighton
Out of these five:

- Motta will be my #1 choice.
- I don't know much about Amorim or his style of football. He is young and rated, so could be interesting.
- I can grudgingly get behind Tuchel if he is the only choice, just so that ETH leaves.
- The other two would be disasters, imo.

Serious lack of McKenna in the list. I would be happy with either Motta or him.
 

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Literally rather stick with Ten Hag than Southgate. We can do better than either of them though.
 

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Not that hard to workout, those top coaches have not done anything of note since they left united.
Moyes is still struggling to keep his job at WestHam
LVG never got a club team to manage after that, not a glowing remark for a top manager
Mourinho is fecking jobless and has endured double sackings since leaving us.
Ole has not got a job since he left and am pretty sure ETH will not get a top club once he leaves( believe those Munich rumours all you want)
So the proof is there that none of these managers where top managers.

I am not denying the fact that all the other issues you highlighted are not valid, in fact they are so valid that they are responsible for us appointing the wrong managers everytime

We should learn to see when something is not working out, either is a manager, player or director.

The only constant thing in a football club is the owners( for obvious reasons) and the supporters
Ole and ten Hag are much better managers than what their United stints will have you believe. Both would've been able to achieve success if Ineos had been here earlier.

Agree on Moyes, LVG and Mourinho, though.
 

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According to the telegraph the top five contenders are:
  • Thomas Tuchel, Bayern Munich
  • Gareth Southgate, England
  • Ruben Amorim, Sporting Lisbon
  • Thiago Motta, Bologna
  • Roberto De Zerbi, Brighton
Out of these five:

- Motta will be my #1 choice.
- I don't know much about Amorim or his style of football. He is young and rated, so could be interesting.
- I can grudgingly get behind Tuchel if he is the only choice, just so that ETH leaves.
- The other two would be disasters, imo.

Serious lack of McKenna in the list. I would be happy with either Motta or him.

And rightly so. Needs another few years IMO. He's doing great so far no doubt about that but think the way things are with the club at the moment would be way too much for him to handle. Can see him as a United manager down the line things keep going as they are
 

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He actually limited himself to living in Bavaria because he wants to be a dad for his little children he has with his ex-wife. So they won't move with him if he goes abroad and he couldn't see them as regularly. This is why I highly doubt he would be open for that now.
Bit of an opposite situation to Tuchel, who is very keen to come back to England. Think his girlfriend is still here.
 

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The only genuine benefit to Southgate is building a better attitude behind the scenes, there is no point even listing his faults because there are many.

He's achieved basically nothing in club football management, if he's even being considered as a serious candidate to be part of a re-build of United.....well, I want a sanity check on the new owners too then.
I reckon it's PR from ETH. Noone genuinely believes Southgate is suitable to manage United. But they know if they float the rumours out there it will generate a negative supporter reaction and deflect the negativity towards another debarcle overseen by ETH.

Particularly how it seems to come from pretty poor sources but gets flung into the mainstream by Goldbridge and co who is certainly a ETH apologist.
 

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And rightly so. Needs another few years IMO. He's doing great so far no doubt about that but think the way things are with the club at the moment would be way too much for him to handle. Can see him as a United manager down the line things keep going as they are
If Southgate is on the list (and Motta) then Mckenna should be too.
 

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If Ajax are a relevant club then yes, but you could say the same about Molde I guess. Ole also got international offers I believe. He said he doesn't need the money and he wants to spend time with his kids, plus he's pretty much had his dream job, I doubt he's interested in proving himself as some sort of visionary or all time great in management.
Not sure why people feel the need to prove who's less shit! Both fecked us over.
 

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And rightly so. Needs another few years IMO. He's doing great so far no doubt about that but think the way things are with the club at the moment would be way too much for him to handle. Can see him as a United manager down the line things keep going as they are
I don't agree. I wouldn't mind taking a punt on someone who is young, ambitious, has coached at the club before and has done an amazing job getting a team from league 1 to the premier league in record time. It would be ideal if can work with the new management structure to start the next rebuild. I think he is much better option on De Zerbi or Southgate.

The only worry I have with him is that he was not a top player like Alonso, Pep or Motta, so the players might not give him the same respect as they would give to those guys.
 

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Ole was willing to try different formations to try and get the best of the players he had E.T.H sticks to the same plan since the beginning of the season and it still doesn't work.
 

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As much as I want ETH out, I don't want Southgate under any condition. If there was a choice between ETH and Southgate for next season, I'd then choose Southgate because I think more of ETH and this season could be duplicated but without the lucky wins. But thankfully there are many more options that Southgate (who's stock will be rock bottom after England do poorly this Summer anyway).
Tuchel if he could come this week as I'm desperate but long term I'm not feeling the love. I'd rather the club be brave and get a manager to build and move focus away from impossible tasks (the league) and out of reach (top 4) and look to instal a sustainable way of playing whilst INEOS build a good structure. My choice would be Ireola. Look at the quality football Bournemouth play with the squad they have. I'd be delighted with DeZerbi too for the same reason. Both way better managers than ETH and with the right backing could be amazing moving the club forward.
 

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According to the telegraph the top five contenders are:
  • Thomas Tuchel, Bayern Munich
  • Gareth Southgate, England
  • Ruben Amorim, Sporting Lisbon
  • Thiago Motta, Bologna
  • Roberto De Zerbi, Brighton
All is forgiven, Erik. I love you.

Is there a reason why Inzaghi isn't being mentioned? Seems like he's going to be a very good manager. Young and already quite successful.
 

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All is forgiven, Erik. I love you.

Is there a reason why Inzaghi isn't being mentioned? Seems like he's going to be a very good manager. Young and already quite successful.
I think he's wanting to stay at Inter.
 

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I don't agree. I wouldn't mind taking a punt on someone who is young, ambitious, has coached at the club before and has done an amazing job getting a team from league 1 to the premier league in record time. It would be ideal if can work with the new management structure to start the next rebuild. I think he is much better option on De Zerbi or Southgate.

The only worry I have with him is that he was not a top player like Alonso, Pep or Motta, so the players might not give him the same respect as they would give to those guys.
Neither was Jurgen klopp
 
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