Ralf Rangnick's Red Army.
Ralf Rangnick | ex-interim manager | does anyone rate him?
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
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It’s unfair to judge our players on pressing when they have never been coached to do so
This is pretty much perfect as it should have longer term benefits for the footballing infrastructure at the club.
No, I'm a big fan. Let me tell you about him.
Ralf Rangnick (German: [ralf raŋnɪk]; born 29 June 1958) is a German professional football manager, sports executive, and former player who works as Head of Sports and Development at Russian club FC Lokomotiv Moscow.[2][3][4][5][6]
Could be a future RAWK autocorrect.
PR machine not losing time.
The biggest winner here is Blue Moon. They don't even have to use their brains to connect his name to rag.
Woukd you rather Steve Bruce took over or Carrick remained in charge? Because they seemed to be the only other options.
First and foremost we need a top class coach right now, someone that will move our football into the 21st century and Rangnick fits the bill perfectly as an interim appointment.
Rangnick must now lure Florian Wirtz to Manchester. Völler will be happy if Wirtz doesn't move to Bayern
Yep! me too! Rangnick may have pioneered the 'high press'... but shouldn't we be seeking to hire the man who can find a way around it... certainly with our current players?
Van Gaals problem is his ideal style was ultimate control and never making mistakes. It didn't involve much risk and was too slow. Rangnicks is a high energy, fast attacking style. It just meshes with United fans better. Van Gaal was a very good coach and we were a well coached side - but his vision on the players to bring in and the style to play were not right for the club.
Ragnicks Rag Army
These players are in for a hell of a shock. Be interesting to see who survives.
Poch and Ten Hag are the names but is it likely/possible Rangnick will have other names in mind if he's involved in the permanent manager hire?
Possible he finds an assistant that may inherent the reigns?
Possible he finds an assistant that may inherent the reigns?
Of course. I was asked a question and I responded. Every player deserves a fresh start
The board seem to have done something competent, whats going on?
Everyone is so happy but this guy didn't manage any top tier team. I mean it is interim position so perhaps this is the best we can do. I'm not upset about this guy but I'm not happy either as most people seem to be.
What the hell is this? We don't do moves (good) like this. Who at the club now has half a clue?
A direct approach doesn't mean a team won't necessarily have possession. More talented players are normally going to have more possession due to having better ability to pick a pass and when you consider that an effective pressing side will be able to win the ball back more quickly, it means that even if they have more misplaced passes than a purely possession-based side, they will still have high possession numbers due to the lack of time the opposition had on the ball. Pochettino has always tried to employ a high line and cover a lot of distance.
Imo almost all of the best managers have their teams press high. It just makes more sense, regardless of how you want to play once you actually have the ball back. It compresses space and puts the players closer together, making it much easier to crowd out opposition players and win the ball back quicker, while also meaning you have more passing options on the ball. Just because Klopp and Pep both employ a high line to make it easier to win back possession quickly doesn't mean what they instruct their players to do on the ball is the same.
Ten Hag as a top coach similarly plays a high line so he can win the ball back quickly in the event his team loses the ball, but from there he wants his teams to dominate possession, and Ajax tends to be a bit more patient in finding space for opportunities by passing the ball horizontally and camping on the opponents penalty area. They use more short passes than Klopp or Pochettino's teams do, and likewise Klopp and Poch try more defence-splitting passes and crosses. That doesn't mean Pep and Ten Hag teams don't ever try direct passes or crosses (Cancelo in particular has been deadly with his crosses this season), but they do tend to try less of them.
Tuchel's teams play a bit differently but generally their full backs play more like Liverpool's than City's imo. City's tend to come narrow a lot more while Tuchel's play high and wide (very similar to the way Poch uses his wing backs).
Why is there an air of cynicism about literally everything on the CAF. Like we can never be happy, always got to have a dig somewhere
I'm more excited about the future consultancy position. I may not trust him 100%, but he is a footballing man and should be a proper upgrade on Murtough and Woody.
Rangnick’s Reds. Obvious choice is obvious.
Ralfy at the wheel, then?
Positive development! Sounds like he'd be very well suited for the later consultant/DoF role as well. Fingers crossed!
Curious as to who we'll go for long term.
Curious as to who we'll go for long term.
Raflie's Red Riders (if anyone will get this)
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hey folks, heres a link to a cool youtube vid about Ragnor :--D Ralf Rangnick • Coaching philosophy, tactics and data-driven football strategy
His record vs Klopp broken down a bit further...
When Klopp was manager of Mainz:
Rangnick recorded 4 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss
When Klopp was manager of Dortmund:
Rangnick recorded 2 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss
Whichever way you look at it, he has the edge over Klopp... here's hoping it continues
I think you're not seeing the forest for the trees.
He turned down Chelsea and he's here for 2 years after his interim stint. He also reportedly rejected the job on Monday because he wanted more power, similar to Zidane.
He also built the Red Bull clubs and also recruited Nagelsmann for Leipzig, who we are well familiar with.
This is genuinely a long-term positive appointment and I don't think anyone is getting excited about this season but what's coming next.
Does anyone have an idea of diets and fitness routines his teams have previously undergone? Our players will need to be super fit and that menu that leaked a couple months back with burgers, chips and apple crumble will surely be scrapped. I even read Gerrard and Conte have banned plenty foods upon arriving at their new clubs.
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It's exhaustingly boring. Just miserable people. This is entertainment, if it makes you this angry, every little thing this club does, find something else, it's just not healthy.
"... to sign players like Kylian Mbappe, that’s easy. But finding those hidden gems, those next ones – like Haaland – that’s what they should be doing. Ralf Rangnick does that time and time again.”
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Well, that's got me excited
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Well, that's got me excited
Terrific!!!! And why only interim, necessarily? This could be a long time fit.
Redneck Ralf.
Wreck it Ralf
Red rag ralf.
Wreck it Ralf
Red rag ralf.
I hope he can work fast given how uncomfortable we look in possession these days, he has a lot of coaching to undo.
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Does Pochettino really play with a high line/high press anymore, though? I surveyed the Spurs fans on Fighting Cock and Reddit and they were mostly of the opinion that he abandoned it after the second season due to burnout/player's aging/squad shallowness, and hasn't shifted back to those early days since.
Yeah but how is he on a rainy cold Tuesday night away to Wrexham?
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