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Yes in Dutch.Is there a video clip of him actually saying this?
Yes in Dutch.Is there a video clip of him actually saying this?
Pressure from whom? He had a massive amount of credit in the bank for going through the non-football trials and tribulations, winning a trophy and getting 3rd in the league, with our poor football since March being overlooked and a ln optimistic slant being taken towards where he would go from there, but as soon as the summer window opened, alarm bells rang with his pursuit of Mount, and then that shambles of a preseason.Basically, ETH has caved in to pressure. Even Arteta stood up through ridicule of 'trust the process' for two seasons before something clicked.
Mou finished 2nd and Ole finished 3rd in their second seasons so I don't see any syndromes.Agreed. It’s as if the hurt of watching yesterday has led to plenty of hysterical revisionism comments from a lot of folk on here.
5 managers in a row all suffering from the same second season syndrome. Deja vu happening time and time again.
this clubs is not set up for sporting success. It has no football structure or hierarchy.
the clubs that we should be competing with absolutely do. We have a concoction of 5 managers players and a history of allowing player power and downing tools to ultimately reset the process.
ten Hag got plenty wrong yesterday but has shown enough to me since he joined that with at least a fully fit squad we can perform to a decent level.
we are not getting close to city or Liverpool who have managers and structures in place For years now. I don’t like it but expecting him to be some miracle worker is far fetched and before anyone brings up spurs or arsenal or any other team currently higher in the league than us it’s October, let’s at least see where they are in March before we get too giddy that they will break the domination of city and Liverpool in this league. They have the best managers, best footballing structure and in city’s case the best squad.
Fingers crossed it'll be done by Winter 2030 at the rate it's been going.Reckon they might be thinking the same thing. New structure, new coaching set up and a couple of winter signings (if it's even done by then) and remove a lot of the negativity around the club.
This is the perfect post on the matter.Pressure from whom? He had a massive amount of credit in the bank for going through the non-football trials and tribulations, winning a trophy and getting 3rd in the league, with our poor football since May being overlooked and a ln optimistic slant being taken towards where he would go from there, but as soon as the summer window opened, alarm bells rang with his pursuit of Mount, and then that shambles of a preseason.
Then comes: 'it's only a few games;' 'it's only 8 games;' 'it's only the start if the season!;' 'it's the Glazers!;' 'it's the injury decimation.' And on and on.
It seems he set out from the start of the season to play in an ill-advised way that the majority of this forum knew would be disastrous. I don't know whose thumb he thought he was under to abandon his principles and effectively sabotage himself and any progress he'd made in his first season.
He should never have been sanctioned to pick players at those exorbitant prices. It's simply not his job, so not going to apportion blame there, but the squad, the coaching, tactics, team selections and substitutions are all his responsibility and he has been well short of delivering even the deviation he abandoned his own philosophy for.
The man should have gone out on his shield playing the football he believes in, not this mish-mash of unrelated styles he probably doesn't even believe in despite sticking doggedly to what is tanking him, us and our season.
Yeah, I think that's mostly fair. And I'm not trying to absolve ETH of blame. I think he is beginning to make some weird decisions that is harming our performances.Those same levels above him gave us a 3rd place, a cup and a cup final. So what's changed above him? So arent you like scapegoating those above him?
The only thing they are culpable of is hiring ETH, and supporting (or not) him with most of the players that he wanted. If ETH is shit it's only because they hired him.
Both management and ETH are interlocked/intertwined
However, ETH is predominantly responsible for the performance of the team. The levels above him are responsible for putting him in a position to be successful -- which for all intents and purposes they have by getting the 'his' players, more so than any manager post-Fergie.
what's the point of Ten Hag then when he's spent £400M on his own players? Ole can and does play this counter-attacking "shite on a stick" football.https://x.com/unitedstandmufc/status/1718922946020843714?s=46&t=-CWsO3kA7ZeCOTYwtcOsQg
You heard it here folks, we will never play the style of play seen at Ajax from the horse’s mouth.
Antony, on the right, as subpar as he has been since being at the club, is still an easily better option than Bruno.Probably because the alternative is to play Antony.
Ole finished with the same points and million miles away from a title challenge. We did not improve and we’re no closer to getting close to a trophy.Mou finished 2nd and Ole finished 3rd in their second seasons so I don't see any syndromes.
Our only syndrome is that our previous managers did feck all after they left us.
Agree with you on most points.Pressure from whom? He had a massive amount of credit in the bank for going through the non-football trials and tribulations, winning a trophy and getting 3rd in the league, with our poor football since March being overlooked and a ln optimistic slant being taken towards where he would go from there, but as soon as the summer window opened, alarm bells rang with his pursuit of Mount, and then that shambles of a preseason.
Then comes: 'it's only a few games;' 'it's only 8 games;' 'it's only the start if the season!;' 'it's the Glazers!;' 'it's the injury decimation.' And on and on.
It seems he set out from the start of the season to play in an ill-advised way that the majority of this forum knew would be disastrous. I don't know whose thumb he thought he was under to abandon his principles and effectively sabotage himself and any progress he'd made in his first season.
He should never have been sanctioned to pick players at those exorbitant prices. It's simply not his job, so not going to apportion blame there, but the squad, the coaching, tactics, team selections and substitutions are all his responsibility and he has been well short of delivering even the deviation he abandllllllponed his own philosophy for.
The man should have gone out on his shield playing the football he believes in, not this mish-mash of unrelated styles he probably doesn't even believe in despite sticking doggedly to what is tanking him, us and our season.
It's entirely possible we just hired the wrong coaches. Their careers post-United kind of prove that.Well, it’s nearly 5 in a row so it seems it’s not that absurd.
We were literally a penalty away from winning Europa League in Ole's second full season, having beaten some good teams on our way to the final. Semifinals against Roma were properly exciting.Ole finished with the same points and million miles away from a title challenge. We did not improve and we’re no closer to getting close to a trophy.
what Mourinho did in his second season is the best points tally and performance since fergie.
Mou was sacked 3 months into his third season which he basically did to himself because of how the players were behaving and the club were being managed from the top.
There is enough evidence to say a manager has a short term impact and then that impact wanes quickly afterwards.
It’s also entirely possible that the club is just set up for failure. Neither of the two seem to be ‘absurd’ claims unless one thinks these managers have been great or the club is excellently run.It's entirely possible we just hired the wrong coaches. Their careers post-United kind of prove that.
Honestly he's a fecking fraud of a manager. Excuses, excuses, excuses. He's signed half the player we have and he wants to blame the players. He's a genius being held back by everything and everyone else blah, blah, blah. Honestly if I was a player I'd have said something to him by now because his shit tactics hang half of them out to dry, and still he wants to blame them. feck off you fecking idiot.
Very disappointed if what he has said there is true. We’ve hired him to play the brand of sexy football Ajax is showing, back him up with all the money he needs, but he is never going to give us that? What the feck?
Most of the key players he wanted the club didn’t get.Very disappointed if what he has said there is true. We’ve hired him to play the brand of sexy football Ajax is showing, back him up with all the money he needs, but he is never going to give us that? What the feck?
Almost every manager has a short term impact, especially when the club is struggling.Ole finished with the same points and million miles away from a title challenge. We did not improve and we’re no closer to getting close to a trophy.
what Mourinho did in his second season is the best points tally and performance since fergie.
Mou was sacked 3 months into his third season which he basically did to himself because of how the players were behaving and the club were being managed from the top.
There is enough evidence to say a manager has a short term impact and then that impact wanes quickly afterwards.
The club is not run very well but all managers that have come here post Fergie have received a lot of financial support, plenty of freedom to hire their own staff, the product on the pitch is strictly up to them and they have all failed miserably delivering that.It’s also entirely possible that the club is just set up for failure. Neither of the two seem to be ‘absurd’ claims unless one thinks these managers have been great or the club is excellently run.
When will people learn.Honestly he's a fecking fraud of a manager. Excuses, excuses, excuses. He's signed half the player we have and he wants to blame the players. He's a genius being held back by everything and everyone else blah, blah, blah. Honestly if I was a player I'd have said something to him by now because his shit tactics hang half of them out to dry, and still he wants to blame them. feck off you fecking idiot.
I see a lot of people trying to absolve him of the recruitment blame. However, it's worth pointing out that he apparently insisted on being given a a lead on recruitment in order for him to take the job. So the likes of Murtough may actually have their hands tied somewhat. We're idiots for allowing it though, we should have fecked ETH off when he asked for that.I'm not saying he didn't suggest Antony. I'm saying that the club scouting network should be better than just asking the first-team coach for suggestions.
DoF recruits, first-team coach trains. We're not in the 90s anymore: sadly, our club infrastructure is.
It's just more excuses from him. He's in severe self preservation mode right now because he knows the walls are closing in. From tactics to team selections and his interviews. He needs putting out of our misery - if this is allowed to go on then we're going to do more damage than good.Wasn't this guy hired because he supposedly had a great interview in which he chastised the direction of the club and highlighted how he'd move us forward and how he wanted us to play? If that's not the case, then what's the point of him?
He was the one supposed to get us playing modern football
No we didn'tIt’s all good and well saying sack him but who are we going to bring in? When we sacked Ole and brought in Ragnick we looked x10 worse
He's honestly talking shit mate. These are the words of a manager protecting his reputation because he knows he's about to get potted. He wants other clubs to think we are holding him back.That interview in Dutch is baffling. We want you to play like that ETH, it’s all we wanted and hoped for when you joined the club. Surely, he has to change his approach because we are fire to watch and don’t create chances.
Ole’s last few months were bad but largely the football was front foot and attacking in nature. ETH hasn’t had a go at a team for a long time really. Something needs to change.
It's really weird. The camera kept showing Antony on the bench shaking his head. Then when he comes on he just tried to get sent off. And that's Ten Hag's own guy!!And also, why did he buy so many ex-Ajax players if he had no plans to play that way? Boggling.
You mean FDJ and Kane? Those players he will never get at Ajax either. (FDJ won’t rejoin them).Most of the key players he wanted the club didn’t get.
Yep. If we were aiming to play counter-attacking football then we should have kept Ole. Ridiculous as it now sounds, it was Ole's attempt to play possession football (plus the toxic signing of Ronaldo) that caused his downfall in the first place.If ETH can't or won't get us to play like his old Ajax team, then the point of him actually being here is zero. Our past managers are better than him at doing maverick style counterattacking football. From what I observe, he doesn't seem to have a natural feel for the game. Everything he does (tactics, subs, lineups) is by the textbook and careful prep, and not really through intuition.
And also, why did he buy so many ex-Ajax players if he had no plans to play that way? Boggling.
Because he's lying. United under Fergie wouldn't play somebody like Bruno on the right. We wouldn't pass the ball around aimlessly at the back. I could go on and pick his bullshit apart with ease.If ETH can't or won't get us to play like his old Ajax team, then the point of him actually being here is zero. Our past managers are better than him at doing maverick style counterattacking football. From what I observe, he doesn't seem to have a natural feel for the game. Everything he does (tactics, subs, lineups) is by the textbook and careful prep, and not really through intuition.
And also, why did he buy so many ex-Ajax players if he had no plans to play that way? Boggling.
I am frustrated with him. Seems like he lacks the character to take chances and change things in view of very clear evidence that things aren't working.Yeah, I think that's mostly fair. And I'm not trying to absolve ETH of blame. I think he is beginning to make some weird decisions that is harming our performances.
It was more to express a skepticism about what would happen if we just hire another manager and hope that it would be a silver bullet.
We need to start giving managers more competence than financial support and freedom. The product on the pitch is influenced by that and didn’t exist in a vaccum.The club is not run very well but all managers that have come here post Fergie have received a lot of financial support, plenty of freedom to hire their own staff, the product on the pitch is strictly up to them and they have all failed miserably delivering that.