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If the unavailability of our better defenders is a problem, a sensible solution would be set us up in a much less open way to avoid exposing them. Ten Hag is doing exactly the opposite. That is his decision - nobody else's. The squad is poor...

A playing style of leaving so much space in midfield you can drive a truck through it whilst routinely giving up 20+ shots a game (even against relegation fodder) in the hope that you're not 3-0 down by half time. Make that make sense...

This is my view. Having most of our centre-backs injured is not his fault. Setting the team up in such an open manner so as to expose an under strength defence is his fault. There are other, non-elite PL managers who would get more out of...

This. Like in most fields, very few people are in the elite 1%. Most fail.

I think that if they have any doubt he's the right man, he's gone. I think that's likely to be the case and I personally think he'll go. They seem decisive and Ratcliffe in particular is clearly a man who wants to get things done. They'll only...

As it stands, moving him on is a free hit for INEOS. If he goes then it's unlikely that they'll be criticised. Some fans will be pleased that they've been decisive. There's a risk that if they're seen to back him, he is, to some degree, their man...

It is, to some degree, his job to identify players (either specific players, or hypothetical players with a specific skill set) who will offer what he needs in order to progress the team towards his style of play. He surely needs to have a good...

Agree with this. There's no question that alongside the executive appointments they're sounding out potential new head coaches. INEOS have a free hit as it stands.. If ETH goes, then I'm not sure anyone could really argue that it was the wrong...

The major problem is that he doesn't seem to know what type of players he wants. He's identified his own players at United and it hasn't worked.

I am utterly baffled by what he's done in his career for anyone to think he's some kind of "ahead of his time" footballing genius. It's amazing that he's able to completely escape any liability for the fact that he has a squad of players who...

Seems there's two schools of thought, to some degree. Either, Ten Hag is a misunderstood genius who will if given time and with (essentially) a new team transition the club into the future - like Cruyff did with Barcelona. Or, he's one of a...

I agree. There are managers nowhere near on their level who could get more out of this squad. Emery would. Perhaps O'Neil would. Maybe even Eddie Howe, who galvanised a fairly average squad last year and achieved a lot. I can't accept that Ten...

Ha. Might be the same person!

Ten Hag doesn't seem concerned as the chances conceded are supposedly "low quality" but today, Liverpool should have been three or four up by half-time. I'm baffled that he seems happy to set us up this way. Knowing you're going to give up...

Been a topic of conversation for me and a few friends as Tony Harrington is the cousin of one of them. Seems to me that he applied the rules. Apparently he's sat down with Howard Webb last night and they're happy that the rules were applied...