Erik ten Hag - Ajax Manager

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I think this is more important on outgoings than incomings. Managers don't get their first choice all the time, but there's other players who fit the profile/they'll fall onto other options. E.G; Klopp wanted Brandt before he got Salah. Ruben Dias was behind Kounde and Koulibaly in the list for Pep. There's always other players out there who the manager knows/has an idea will fit the way he wants to play.

But what's more important is if he has a player he doesn't want. The club need to back him in removing said player. I think back to the club siding with keeping Martial when Mourinho wanted him gone. Whether rightly or wrongly in that instance, I don't think things like that should be happening again. If Ten Hag/new manager doesn't want a particular player to stay, the club should be assisting in that process.
 

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The United players will love Ten Hag's demands for off the ball running. Unfortunately for Ten Hag the players understanding of off the ball movement is running as far away as they can and hiding from the player who has the ball.
 

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ETH: "Off-the-ball runs are the key to success"

Should suit Fred, Elanga and Scott to some degree.
You can just imagine the players in the first training session. “What do you mean I can’t pass the ball to the full back and stand still.”
 

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The United players will love Ten Hag's demands for off the ball running. Unfortunately for Ten Hag the players understanding of off the ball movement is running as far away as they can and hiding from the player who has the ball.
Also we don't like to run at all so that could feck things up also.
 

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The United players will love Ten Hag's demands for off the ball running. Unfortunately for Ten Hag the players understanding of off the ball movement is running as far away as they can and hiding from the player who has the ball.
That is something we will find out, we are presuming they can't when if coached intensely they might be able to. It depends what demands Ole, I am stating Ole as he had them the longest recently, put on them.
 

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I think Harry MacGuire will stay and play for Erick Ten Haag because Murtaugh wont get the approval to sell him from the Glaziers
 

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I think Harry MacGuire will stay and play for Erick Ten Haag because Murtaugh wont get the approval to sell him from the Glaziers
Would be nice if we could resign some ex fan favourites to lighten the mood next season too, would recommend Janujaz and Raphael.
 

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Why?

ETH owe's us nothing. Literally nothing. It's his decision to make.
Because there wouldn’t be this much smoke without fire and it’s just convenient that a decision will be made after a final milestone. Almost as if he doesn’t want the decision to take away from a cup final which means he must be going
 

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Question time.

If ETH comes in and sidelines some of your favourite players, due to being a bad fit for his philosophy whether it is DDGs passing, Bruno's ball retention or Ronaldos pressing (or anyone else you like) in favour is lesser names, would you whole heartedly support that?
100%

I have no favorite players left in this team
 

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Question time.

If ETH comes in and sidelines some of your favourite players, due to being a bad fit for his philosophy whether it is DDGs passing, Bruno's ball retention or Ronaldos pressing (or anyone else you like) in favour is lesser names, would you whole heartedly support that?
As of now, I do not like any player in the squad, and that includes the earnest types like Fred, Elanga & Bruno, so if EtH sidelines anyone in the current squad, i will support that wholeheartedly
 

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Question time.

If ETH comes in and sidelines some of your favourite players, due to being a bad fit for his philosophy whether it is DDGs passing, Bruno's ball retention or Ronaldos pressing (or anyone else you like) in favour is lesser names, would you whole heartedly support that?
100%
 

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Which player do you think is in the most danger of being outcast under EtH?

From following him a little and researching him, I don’t think De Gea will be his gravy at all.

I think the others will at least be afforded a chance
 

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That is something we will find out, we are presuming they can't when if coached intensely they might be able to. It depends what demands Ole, I am stating Ole as he had them the longest recently, put on them.
Oh i agree that we've got players who are technically comfortable enough to be able to do it. But the problem has been that barely anyone is confident enough to demand the ball from another player. And any player that has the ball doesn't have many options to play it forward to because no one is showing for it. So it's an endless cycle which just results in us always playing safe passes backwards and sideways and never really look threatening, hopefully Ten Hag changes that though.
 

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Which player do you think is in the most danger of being outcast under EtH?

From following him a little and researching him, I don’t think De Gea will be his gravy at all.

I think the others will at least be afforded a chance
De Gea, AWB and Ronaldo are the three players I'd be curious to know ETH's assessment of.

De Gea because he's the atithesis of the type of goalkeeper ETH has generally favoured. AWB because he's the obvious weakness across the backline technically. And Ronaldo because of how little he offers off the ball.
 

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61029757

BBC article about what Ten Hag can bring to United
Some interesting points for me.

But despite that background - and he does have a strong accent - Ten Hag's situation is different. Financially there is no motivation and no need to go for the big jobs at any stage in his career because he comes from a very rich family, and his father and brothers are multi-millionaires. They own a real estate company and other financial firms.
When he was at Bayern Munich as their reserve-team boss he loved it. It was almost like a dream come true for him to have a manager in Guardiola who was working the same way he wanted to work. He said to me once that he loved spending time with Guardiola, loved talking to him. He had to produce players ready for the first team as the reserve manager so that's why the whole set-up worked for him.
Players can find it hard with him because, like Guardiola, he comes across as a bit obsessive. To get a style like you do at Ajax - Dutch Total Football, basically - it needs lots of work and lots of attacking players. It leaves a lot of space and you want your defenders playing really high up. It entails a lot of risk and you have to be a bit of a maniac to instil in your players that every pass has to be just right, that there can be no mistakes.

And lastly....
Whereas many coaches focus on the first XI, Ten Hag will spend an incredible amount of time on the training pitch. At Manchester United he won't just pay attention to the star players like Cristiano Ronaldo or Harry Maguire, he'll also go to the 19th or 20th most important player. He's taken on players with different characters and he doesn't mind how many hours he has to spend with them, he will give all his time to them.
 

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Question time.

If ETH comes in and sidelines some of your favourite players, due to being a bad fit for his philosophy whether it is DDGs passing, Bruno's ball retention or Ronaldos pressing (or anyone else you like) in favour is lesser names, would you whole heartedly support that?
The issue would be around consistency and results. Dropping Ronaldo/Fernandes but starting with Maguire, for example, is going to create issues. Leaving Ronaldo on the bench when we haven't scored in 4 games is going to create issues. Conceding 3 goals three times in a row and starting with Maguire is going to create issues.
 

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Question time.

If ETH comes in and sidelines some of your favourite players, due to being a bad fit for his philosophy whether it is DDGs passing, Bruno's ball retention or Ronaldos pressing (or anyone else you like) in favour is lesser names, would you whole heartedly support that?
I would not just support it but I would expect it. There is practically nothing that you would wish to retain from our current style of play. We need to start again. But what I would also expect some of the names you might think would be turned out might show their worth under this manager.

We are still short about 6 top players to even be decent so I don’t have particularly high expectations for the guy.
 

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I can see some real.excitement next year, based on what I like seeing, I like ETH's football, I like youth development, with match squads getting bigger by two spots and more substitutions permitted I can see a lot of young players getting minutes and chances next year.

Let's just hope the man signs the ting.
 

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So basically Steve McClaren or RVP then? Jaap Stam maybe an outsider