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He's still wrong even with that. Villa nor Spurs would expect to concede 20 shots per game. It's not that results are just terrible, it's that our performances are even worse. This is why this Ten Haag discussion is so frustrating. People keep diverting the conversation from what the issues...

Managers complain about the lack of structure, but I actually think the true victims have been the players. The previous lack of structure ensured that managers weren't held accountable until the very end of their tenure. Managers like LVG and Ten Haag were allowed to experiment with stupid...

This is my pick. Top manager that actually did well at a top club, but his style (which was productive) didn't't necessarily suit Barca's Tika Taka approach. Solid defensively, can manage egos, has managed at top leagues and can represent the club well. When people talk about no options, the...

This is what baffles me about United over the last ten years. As a club, we don't listen to the players. Instead, we ignore them, badmouth them, then eventually find out that they were right all along. For me, what makes this worse, is that outside of Mourinho, none of the managers we have had...

There were massive red flags last year, but people overlooked them because as a club we are far too pro-manager. The Ronaldo, Maguire and De Gea situations were the big teller. He had fans believing that Ronaldos inability to press killed our entire style of play. He had fans believing that it...

He's dutch and played attractive football in the Dutch League...in the same way Rodgers did at Celtic ( except Rodgers actually played had Liverpool playing good football).

For any position, any role, whether player or manager, fans always seem to use this argument and it never makes sense. It's the job of the club to identify a manager who has the potential style and skillset to be in charge. A few years ago, this argument was made concerning CB's and DM's. Yet...

One area I think people are missing with Ten Haag is assuming he actually knows how to implement what he's planning to do. I genuinely think we're struggling because he doesn't have a clue on how to implement the high counter press strategy in England. He doesn't know the pressing mechanics that...

Two things can be true at the same time. However, this notion that the Glazers are affecting us on the pitch needs to stop. It's truly illogical. There are far worse teams in the league who do not concede 20+ shots per game. He's the one in charge of setting up the team. If this were any other...

I don't think that's true. In regard to performances, I don't think they were held to account, aside from Mourinho. Rather, just the results.

This is what upsets met the most. It's obvious. We've had much worse group of individuals pull off better performances. Individually, you can see quality in different moments from almost all of the players we have on the pitch. You can see it in their touches and even when we're on the...

For me the gravest crime ETH committed were his transfers. Apart from Martinez, the rest of his 450m+ spending was misguided at best. The matchday meltdowns we see match after match is mostly a function, I believe, of a squad that was poorly built. Honestly, I think using transfers as the...

It's always both. This appointment has been just a massive show of weakness from the club imo. From the very beginnining. The plan when Ole was not to be manager was to adopt the football structure other teams are using, as it was clear it hadn't worked for us. Instead, one an Eredivisie...

This is what's so annoying for me. Ik starting to question what people think managers are evaluated on. There are 11 players on the pitch, all of whom were highly valued prior to their arrival. They've consistently performed badly since the beginning of the season. Tactical, we get easily...

He really doesn't. Klopp won a league, went to two champions league finals and won one of them. More than credit in the bank, Liverpool fans had already seen how his football could succeed in the Premier League. They had seen his team create lots of chances and them dominate so many games...