Agree - until the DoF and head of recruitment are in place and have spent some time in their roles it doesn’t make much sense to sack him. I think he’ll get this season and definitely a good chunk of next to prove himself.
Erik ten Hag - Manchester United manager
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What are they doing at this point? I don’t believe they will sack him. He will get this season and probably next as well.
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Well that's obviously not going to happen after we won is it?
Most definitely bitching.
Im sorry but a midweek fixture away from home with some major injuries, versus a very defensively organized counter attacking side? I'm just expecting us to control the game, create a few big chances and get the job done.
We did that, and we had a lot of positives to take from that.
Imagine if we somehow fluke the FA cup, how many years would that buy him?
Probably 3, like mikel
Remember LVG, won't mean much unless play improves as well.
What are the lot of positives that you took from it?
mams yes you’re right what you say about it midweek game, cup game etc it this was a one off performance, not consistent performance.
Given the circumstances of injuries and state of the squad you have to give credit where it is due. We controlled the game much better than our previous performances and carved out some pretty good chances. If it weren’t for Bruno being shiiite we could have been comfortably ahead. He’s working with a skeleton crew and he had been getting results as of late. Well done for now.
We controlled the game, we had 3x more XG, we didn't let them create any big chances.
It's a bit weird that you're asking to be honest. Before it was "oh this game was boring" and now that I've presented the positives and the context it's "oh but this game is a one off".
Honestly mate quit bitching. We won, it's deserved, it was controlled, we probably should have had more goals, we had more possession and we move on.
Imagine still complaining after that.
Since SAF, we've had Moyes, LVG, Mourinho, Ole, Rangnick and ETH, not all of them were terrible managers when viewed in isolation. LVG and Mourinho had a stellar reputation that preceded them. ETH has a win ratio higher than both of them. All of them have thrown money down the drain.
If you think manager is the problem and sacking people randomly every two years will help, then we'll be in this circus for the next two decades.
XG is the dumbest stat in the world absolute arsewater of a stat I really wish it wasn't so trendy, it means absolutely sod all and is subjective, it is the duckworth-lewis of football!
I am in absolute agreement but it's the stick used to bash our manager when he's winning.
Now that they can't use the XG stat or the possession stat, the moan is it was boring.
I mean, fecking hell
City is a write off but if it's another humiliating scoreline the knives will deservedly be out.
I said this game wasn’t a one off.
bitching? Grow up. We’re shit at the moment and that’s just the way it is. Scraping the barrel for positives
A controlled clean sheet win in a game we thoroughly deserved to progress in, away from home.
I said this game wasn’t a one off.
bitching? Grow up. We’re shit at the moment and that’s just the way it is. Scraping the barrel for positives
Yeah that's real scraping. Jesus wept
At least complain after the city game, you'd probably have more to actually credibly talk about then.
Edit - too harsh in my post.
26 glorious ones
Scraping the barrel for positives, I asked you what were the many positives you took from that game and you came back withA controlled clean sheet win in a game we thoroughly deserved to progress in, away from home.
Yeah that's real scraping. Jesus wept
At least complain after the city game, you'd probably have more to actually credibly talk about then
Xg . Wtf?
They didn’t create big chances. (They did)
And we controlled the game. To a degree I agree with that one.
I didn’t even want to moan this much. I just said the game bored me, we’re flat, we’re out of ideas, we create almost nothing and that would be fine in a one off midweek cup game, but it’s week after week. I won’t even bother complaining after the city game. What’s the point. Just have people like you looking for scraping positives like we had a shot, didn’t conceded 7
They didn't create big chances, we created more, we controlled the game and we won. And you think that's not enough positives because it bored you. feck me, in decades gone by I just want my team to progress in cup games. It's about getting the job done midweek and progressing till the end, nothing else.
Im sorry if you were expecting a squashbuckling end to end game against a well organised nuno side away from home, it sounds like a you problem.
We've always had borefests against this coach, even in peak Ole years.
Did you see our bench tonight? What more do you want us to do when all our fit players are already on the pitch?
It's all just feeling a bit too much like LVGs football, slow, laboured, rigid and boring. Maybe the Dutch style just don't translate well to the English game.
The first half we created some good chances and probably should have been ahead at half time while the last half hour of the game was better controlled than we've often seen of late so there were definitely some positives today despite it being a pretty poor quality game overall (by both sides). It feels like he's auditioning to keep his job for next season and a run in the cup can help improve the mood around the team for the last third of the season but performances will have to be better for us to compete in our upcoming fixtures.
Ten Hag has missed a huge opportunity to galvanise the team tonight whilst putting big pressure on the officials with these key games upcoming. Not on the impact of tonight’s game but for the remainder of the season.
It’s clear as day that the Forest player Felipe should have been red carded at the end for the throat grab on Bruno. Clear violent conduct - see Casemiro’s red card vs Palace etc. What an opportunity to publicly hi-light this wrong doing, a big psychological impact that could turn in our favour. You can be assured Ferguson, Klopp or Pep wouldn’t have let this pass by even if they had to bring it up post match. We know the BBC were delighted to gloss over it but Erik should have taken this chance to throw some weight. Sadly, that’s another weakness in his skill set as a United manager.
It’s clear as day that the Forest player Felipe should have been red carded at the end for the throat grab on Bruno. Clear violent conduct - see Casemiro’s red card vs Palace etc. What an opportunity to publicly hi-light this wrong doing, a big psychological impact that could turn in our favour. You can be assured Ferguson, Klopp or Pep wouldn’t have let this pass by even if they had to bring it up post match. We know the BBC were delighted to gloss over it but Erik should have taken this chance to throw some weight. Sadly, that’s another weakness in his skill set as a United manager.
yeah all the games this season ( the majority ) where we've got completely outplayed based on xG is irrelevant. We're not lucky at all
Don't both reasoning like this with a number of them. They prefer to bitch and moan no matter what. I bet if we as expected park the bus vs City and perhaps sneak another anfield typr stalemate they will moan aboit how we can't control the game with possession and take any scrap of chance that may fall our way.....
Ffs I know and it’s what I keep saying that you’re ignoring. The game bored me but yeah it’s a midweek cup game and that’s understandable, but it’s the same performance week after week. That’s the part you keep ignoring.
and the word you’re looking for is swashbuckling
Slow, laboured, rigid and boring. Yes, that’s all I wanted to say but then get pounced on as that’s supposedly bitching.
we won, we got through, great, but what a drag to watch these days.
It's weird how when people us xG against ETH it's super valid argument, but when it's used in support of him, it's the most useless stat.
Well that's just negligent on INEOS's part because there is some talented coaches on the market this summer. I'm not gonna lie the fear of missing out is big for me but know others are more patient
I have a feeling that INEOS will publicly back Ten Hag, build morale and clear doubts over the manager’s position in the coming weeks. Give Ten Hag a fair shake.
If it goes down in flames come end of May… then so be it. Some of the talented managers know that unlike other clubs, next season for us is a super clean slate and with able management above them. This is more enticing than carrying on Legacies at say Liverpool and Bayern. Not to mention - “we’re Manchester United” still has some pull. Not like 10 years ago but the chance to make us a superpower again is too good to turn down. So I’m not worried about delays. Whomever wait for the chance is the kind of man I want. They came here and took the risk of not getting it by waiting.
If it goes down in flames come end of May… then so be it. Some of the talented managers know that unlike other clubs, next season for us is a super clean slate and with able management above them. This is more enticing than carrying on Legacies at say Liverpool and Bayern. Not to mention - “we’re Manchester United” still has some pull. Not like 10 years ago but the chance to make us a superpower again is too good to turn down. So I’m not worried about delays. Whomever wait for the chance is the kind of man I want. They came here and took the risk of not getting it by waiting.
There's absolutely no point in doing anything else. He'll be here until summer, then given the "thank you for your efforts" push and we'll have someone new in by 1 July.
Talented coaches according to the CAF who almost all universally wanted ETH two seasons ago?
Now that I could get on board with,surely they haven't seen enough to extend beyond the summer
It was a better performance, but it's still not good enough.
He's on borrowed time for me. I'd lose a lot of faith in Ineos if he's still the manager next season.
Hopefully we can snatch a draw vs City.
He's on borrowed time for me. I'd lose a lot of faith in Ineos if he's still the manager next season.
Hopefully we can snatch a draw vs City.
Yeah I hold my hands up to being one of those,however that's because I was certain he would play that Ajax style here. Unfortunately he has confirmed that's not going to happen
Same here. I don't know why some people think it's kind of gotcha.
Completely agree
Let's see what he does against city and the two games against Liverpool. If he can get a couple wins then he might have a chance of finishing out his contract. 2 losses and no chance he should be back next year.