Recent content by Matt851

  1. Internationals March (Euro Play-Offs + Friendlies)

    That's harsh!
  2. England Discussion

    I think we have the best set of players outside of france
  3. England Discussion

    This is absolutely correct. He doesn't use the qualifiers as a chance to test things in advance of the tournament or give new players chances so we go into the tournament relying on a lot of the same players and will probably fail in a similar way
  4. Kobbie Mainoo | 2023/24 Performances

    This is pretty mad after mainoo has played a few games. Now if you were to compare him to hendo...
  5. Erik ten Hag - Manchester United manager

    Ten hag basically to think that momentum would carry us through last season and fatigue wouldn't be a factor. This led to him playing the same players in a ridiculous amount of games, it was naive at best The thing with liverpool struggling last season is that klopp had enough credit in the...
  6. Erik ten Hag - Manchester United manager

    It is difficult to tell if our high press and low block is due to foolish tactics or a defined tactical approach. Neither is good
  7. Erik ten Hag - Manchester United manager

    But we could have quite easily have far fewer points than we do have, we have allowed so many chances in some games that other teams have missed. Calling injuries bad luck also ignores the impact the manager and medical have had on them
  8. Erik ten Hag - Manchester United manager

    But we could have quite easily have far fewer points than we do have, we have allowed so many chances in some games that other teams have missed. Calling injuries bad luck also ignores the impact the manager and msdical staff have had on them
  9. Erik ten Hag - Manchester United manager

    Your point about our ETH being willing to die on the hill of his playing style makes no sense. He has already said he isn't trying to play the style of football ajax played and for the most of his time in charge the football has appeared pretty pragmatic and frankly dull hence the low numbers of...
  10. Erik ten Hag - Manchester United manager

    Picking out win rate as opposed to points or position in the league is pretty funny, might as well start talking about the number of throw ins we have had
  11. Erik ten Hag - Manchester United manager

    Well it's rare there is visible evidence of any instructions being adhered to, which is an issue.
  12. Erik ten Hag - Manchester United manager

    There is no obvious evidence of a style of play being developed though. With klopp there was a clear style fairly quickly even if it took a while to fully embed
  13. England Discussion

    In his first tournament the squad was certainly weak but now I would say its up there with the best we have had in the last 20 years. Sure there are some gaps but maybe only France doesn't have some weaker positions. Guess you can interpret Gareths time in different ways, one the one hand he...
  14. England Discussion

    Well no its obviously not just about personnel, it's also about tactics ans ability to change games mid game both of which Southgate isn't the best at
  15. England Discussion

    This is pretty reductive. Obviously there is less scope to get across complex tactics at international level but I would say the style of recent tournament winners has varied quite a bit. For example the Italy team that won the euros played in quite a different way to the Argentina team...