Recent content by RedRover

If I didn't have anyone to come on and do the job that he's doing, then I would leave him on, barring injury. The writing was on the wall before he came off as Coventry went after the game.

I reckon any of those would be better, frankly. Numerous managers in the PL would do better with this squad than Ten Hag. Whether they're good enough to achieve what we'd hope as fans of the club is a different question, but at least they might see what's happening in front of them and come up...

I think it's much simpler than that. We're relying on a manager to not put square pegs in round holes. Eriksen isn't going to do what Mainoo does. He isn't combative and he's got no legs. The impact of that isn't difficult to work out. Clearly the players take responsibility as well, but Ten...

He made the changes and he takes the consequences. Mainoo was breaking up play in midfield. Eriksen doesn't do that and doesn't have the legs, so the midfield became wide open and that allowed Coventry to open up. The game reverted to what we've seen in recent weeks - unable to lay a glove on...

His substitutions changed the game. And he can't react to tactical changes made by the opposition manager. In this case a middling Championship manager.

There's no point keeping him in post for a single season, given his contract expires next summer. He'll want to be involved in recruitment, which is a non-starter if he's not going to be here longer term.

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. Some of that is his fault because he asked for...

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. Developing a style of play is pointless if it doesn't...

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 squad.

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 get one chance to have a decent first season. If...

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 and they wear the criticism if he performs poorly...

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 eye for a player to be able to impart what he wants...

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 decision, assuming things continue as they are and...

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.