Recent content by Rista

The media have been very easy on him until just very recently. The fans and neutrals thought we were embarrassing. Of all the things we could criticize the media for, telling it like it is probably isn't one of them.

It is complete bollocks. A "handful of first choice picks" alone is more than vast majority of managers can say about their squads. It's "his" squad as much as manager's squad can be.

No manager on the planet can expect to sign his 11 starters ever. This is just ridiculous talk.

Fanbases of other big clubs do not have an unhealthy attachment to the manager. They're not ready to throw the club under the bus just to defend the manager. I see the new EtH in cycle has already kicked in. Didn't take long :lol: Oh well, on to the next embarrassing peformance.

This is why Ten Hag's comments about him taking this "impossible" job and people supposedly telling him not to do it annoy me. 99.9% of managers can only dream of being put in the situation that he was. On top of that we have the most forgiving fanbase of all big clubs by far. If it was up to...

He knows well it's a controversial topic and is using our fanbase's unusual attachment to the manager to generate engagement. He will change his story immediatelly when ETH is sacked.

We can't close a single game out, no matter the opposition. Sorry but structure isn't going to change that, neither will fewer injuries. Ten Hag plays him in every game and somehow ETH staying means Rashford will leave?

That suggests to me he has not been given any assurances by ineos like some were hoping to be the case. He is in desperate survival mode and has been for some time now.

I don't think it has to be long term, especially under new stucture that isn't going to be an issue. We could totally go for a manager that would only be here for a couple of years or even a single season. But what I meant was, there are many managers out there. There's no real reason why we...

This is a very important point that often gets overlooked. Pretty much his entire reputation comes from that cup run but that achievement needs to be put into some context. Not only was it half a decade ago, which is a really long time in football but it's not really rare for managers to...

A lot of people saying we should keep him for another season because better options aren't available. Interesting how many clubs will need a manager for the next season and they will all manage to get one just fine but somehow we can't. If people are convinced Potter or De Zerbi are the only...

And then people get upset when you say the fanbase in general has a manager cult problem. We could literally be 10th or 12th right now, as we should be, and nothing would change. We have people saying with a straight face that we are not underperforming this season.

Twitter also thinks Ten Hag has done nothing wrong. I don't think any manager post SAF is the best "by a country mile". They were all a variation of poor and not good enough.

In a one off season, sure, winning a cup may seem like a decent achievement compared to finishing 2nd. But I would much rather be Arsenal right now and build towards something bigger and mount a decent title challenge than win a domestic cup and be a laughing stock in Europe and the PL. Let's be...