It isn't. The game had the the potential to be a complete collapse, and after recent results he wasn't gonna get any more time. He's still under so much pressure.
They are all good enough, players and manager. They're gone toe to toe with some of the best team and beat them but can also look inept.
You can’t have your worst start since 1930 and then claim all is golden due to one comeback win
We've struggled with injuries, that's for sure. He has had chances to use Amrabat and Mainoo behind Bruno for some weeks though. But I agree that injuries hasn't been kind to us.
Yeh, could potentially be a disaster and doom the next guy from day one. The Jose, Ole and Ralf days ended up toxic. Players clearly not trying, laughing when we got smashed etc. This isn't that.
Is that true? Worse than the times we were relegated? In fact I was looking at the same stage of the season only last week for Moyes, Jose and Ole and pretty sure Moyes and Jose had worse starts.
This is really not true. The only reason we didn't put efforts under any manager is because of the lack of confidence gained by the repetitive losing. When you keep on losing, once you concede few games a game you mentally surrender. This happened to us multiple times in the last 11 years and people interpret it as the players throwing the manager under the bus, but even under Mourinho or Ole, our players were trying.
Maybe not worst in terms of points but most defeats by this stage since 1930 100%
Which is 100% why he doesn't get sacked.
The squad should be good enough. We’ve been ripped by injuries this season which EtH has had to deal with. Agree the squad is not deep enough to cope with that, but that’s not on EtH. They showed tonight they are still playing for him - and their own futures. Yes, he’s made some bad buying decisions (if they were in fact his), but I still say we stick with him and see what happens when we get some of the more experienced players back.
It’s a shit stat. We are almost half way through the season, we are nowhere near the start
I guess we have been absolutely terrific this season then I dont know?
I'm sorry, but towards the end for both managers this just simply isn't true. You could see the writing was on the wall and the dressing room was being lost.
Playing for him? Did he raise them or did he teach them to play football or did he drive them to training when they were training? They’re playing for themselves and their own professional pride.
I'm not saying the whole team, clearly some players never give up but we have all seen individuals do it. Coupled with the constant leaks undermining managers and even team mates, it was clear.
You could say the same about Ten Hag after the last game against WHU. Hell, tonight looked like the end when Villa scored the 2nd goal.
It is inconceivable that I don't...
Ah. That's a mad stat taken as is but it also shows how pointless draws are in the grand schem.
Ye I’m with you on this one. I’ve never asked for him to be sacked. I’ve always stood by him. I’m sure with an injury free squad we’ll be miles better.
I felt this would be more like the Chelsea game,
Well yeah, there are always outliers and hypothetical extremities.
The way I see it, confidence plays a major part in our performance.
Yeah the problem this season is that we didn’t draw a single game in the league, we either lose or win. That’s why the stat of a record of games lost is a bit misleading, because all the other league games have been won.
What a load of absolute shite.
Don't players save managers when they play well by default?
Of course but as Zed says, the lack of draws means we've also won a fair number of games in the league which means we aren't down with the likes of Burnley but still in the mix for top 4.
I agree but it’s such a forced way to drag a stat out of nowhere
