Erik ten Hag - Ajax Manager

[Hansi Fick]

Please tell me this is a joke and Merson isn't really this thick.

It is a joke but Merson is much much thicker than that.

To be fair I think that Merson pretty much gets paid to play exactly that role, say exactly those things.
I'm not saying he has to force himself to come up with it, and showers for 45 minutes and gargles with vinegar after each taping to cleanse himself from the shit he said, but still he's playing a role, even if that role is close to his true self.
He is expected to be that thick blowhard and create those quotes, and he will deliver.

That's why it's also so certain that he will deliver a quote like the above on Ten Hag, at some point in the future. Because we want him to.

 

[MattofManchester]

So. Anyone watch the game?
They have an overwhelmingly strong team for PSV.
Why'd they lose?

 

[AdNani]

Yeap. No one ever heard of a Rio or Yorke or Cole or Rooney or that Keane when Fergie first signed them.

he never said that no one had ever heard of them?

 

[Hoof the ball]

Exactly this. Klopp lost many finals with Dortmund and lost CL final with Liverpool, pep lost a CL final, does that mean he’s a bad manager… some people man!

Prior to that CL loss,I believe Pep had a 93.3% record in finals. That's 14 wins in 15 finals up until the loss to Chelsea.

 

[Rozay]

So. Anyone watch the game?
They have an overwhelmingly strong team for PSV.
Why'd they lose?

To be fair, they have a few key players out of that overwhelmingly strong team missing.

 

[sunama]

 

[DJ_21]

Prior to that CL loss,I believe Pep had a 93.3% record in finals. That's 14 wins in 15 finals up until the loss to Chelsea.

But the point still remains the same… no one is going to win every single final. You can’t rule out a manager who’s about to win 3 leagues in a row just because he lost a final.

 

[VeevaVee]

Yeap. No one ever heard of a Rio or Yorke or Cole or Rooney or that Keane when Fergie first signed them.

You just listed players that are perfectly described by what he said

 

[Hoof the ball]

But the point still remains the same… no one is going to win every single final. You can’t rule out a manager who’s about to win 3 leagues in a row just because he lost a final.

Especially if he won the two previous ones!

 

[The Irish Connection]

So. Anyone watch the game?
They have an overwhelmingly strong team for PSV.
Why'd they lose?

Yeah. Tbh, Ajax deserved at least a draw in the 90 minutes. They should have had a penalty in the first half and had two goals disallowed for players coming back from offside by half a boot.
Tadic also hit the post.
They conceded a goal by a misplaced pass trying to build up from the back with the rest of their players pushed up, outnumbered on a counterattack.
PSV defended well towards the end.

 

[Cheimoon]

PSV's logo is so much nicer than Ajax's.

 

[Luffy]

Arranging the letters in “Paul Merson” gives you “lump on arse”.
So you should not attempt it.

 

[Adnan]

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[VP89]

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Woof, is that Romano first to break an official pending announcement then?

 

[Adnan]

Woof, is that Romano first to break an official pending announcement then?

Not sure..

 

[izak]

Here we go

 

[Mickeza]

Woof, is that Romano first to break an official pending announcement then?

Stone said it was imminent hours ago. Plus he’s said no announcement today or tomorrow. So I have no idea why he’s tweeting.

 

[Judas]

Literally nothing new in that tweet whatsoever

 

[Tarrou]

Not a very “here we go” here we go tweet really

 

[Swedish_Plumber]

That’s him trying his best to look like he’s got the inside scoop again…

 

[Stobzilla]

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Penrizo strikes again, tap-in merchant.

 

[Judas]

I know he gets a regular slagging on here, but that is a desperately shite attempt at trying to be first. He could have made that tweet days ago, in fact he probably did just minus the catchphrase.

 

[Mickeza]

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He keeps repeating this. All managers have had vetos on signings!!!

 

[amolbhatia50k]

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- Set to be completed, which it already was
- Ajax and United to discuss and finalize, which was already the case too

I think he just forgot to do a Here we go before.

 

[General_Elegancia]

Congratulations to United fans.This guy will make United to the right way.

 

[Affirmation]

This is great to hear, now for the official announcement from the club.

 

[sglowrider]

Congratulations to United fans.This guy will make United to the right way.

#MUGA

 

[VP89]

Stone said it was imminent hours ago. Plus he’s said no announcement today or tomorrow. So I have no idea why he’s tweeting.

Oh just reread Romanos. I thought he said it would be announced today/tomorrow.

Genuinely think we would hold any announcement back because we dont want a pending Liverpool defeat to sour the moment.

 

[RedDevil@84]

Klopp level excuses

He's ready to be a top manager

Not there yet. Klopp has blamed too much wind, too sunny, too snow, too wet. Not to forget blaming us for having too many players injured and blaming an almost relegated West Brom for coming back from 2-0 to draw 2-2, because the 1 pt was not enough to save West Brom from relegation.

 

[L1nk]

Crucially what Romano is saying is that Mitchell van de Gaag is definitely going to be his assistant

 

[amolbhatia50k]

Crucially what Romano is saying is that Mitchell van de Gaag is definitely going to be his assistant

He says priority candidate ?

 

[Cassidy]

He says priority candidate ?

Which means that is who Ten Hag wants

 

[Judas]

Crucially what Romano is saying is that Mitchell van de Gaag is definitely going to be his assistant

No he doesn't? He says priority candidate. That's not confirmation he's going to be the assistant at all! Just that he's the one Haggy wants. It's totally recycled info, every part of it.

 

[SER19]

Always loved the idea of dutch football and hope he and his equally bald assistant excel here. The natural fear is that its all out of their hands and that the club itself is too far gone.

 

[Cloud7]

Nice we finally get a “Here we go”

 

[Cassidy]

Always loved the idea of dutch football and hope he and his equally bald assistant excel here. The natural fear is that its all out of their hands and that the club itself is too far gone.

Even with the players we have now we could be doing alot better with improved coaching and tactics.
We really need to improve recruitment, hopefully having a clear idea of the type of player we want based on a clear playing identity will help. I only hope the club listen to the likes of Rangnick

 

[Judas]

Always loved the idea of dutch football and hope he and his equally bald assistant excel here. The natural fear is that its all out of their hands and that the club itself is too far gone.

My (weird) crumb of comfort is just what mess Liverpool looked not that long ago, and now where they are. Roy Hodgson was their manager in the not too distant past and they looked 20 years away from getting anywhere close to the league.

 

[DJ_21]

Is this getting done tonight then? Maybe tomorrow. It’s already as good as done but I mean for the club announcement etc.

 

[Judas]

Not a chance it gets announced before the Liverpool game. Just logical.

 

[peridigm]

Is this getting done tonight then? Maybe tomorrow. It’s already as good as done but I mean for the club announcement etc.

I think Ajax and ETH will want to announce it sooner rather than later just to get it out of the way so ETH can concentrate on the end of their season.