You having a laugh? We had more of the ball but were zero threat to them.
Erik ten Hag - Manchester United manager / awaiting clarity from the club over his position
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They aren't though. He's broadly spoke nonsense. Anyone that wants ten hag metaphorically stoned and hanged will spit on an iota of context or reason.
They hardly threatened us either.
We're definitely hitting 20.
I will take one for the team
We need 4 points from the last 6 to match the Ole/Ralf season
If they hadnt scored then, they would have stepped it up, fact is they didnt need to, and were able to coast through.
That is fine, remember Fergie struggled as well. Keep the faith, good times are coming with ETH at the helm
Anyone defending him by saying it could have been worse and "the moaners" were wrong about predicting a thrashing are coping hard. We still lost, despite Arsenal not even getting out of first gear we never looked threatening.
They didn't really need too as we couldn't form a half decent attack.
I don't get Ten Hag. This game was a reminder that he's an adept tactician that can make changes to his side when required. We defended well through the wide areas where Arsenal are especially dangerous and limited Odegaard's influence in central areas.
So why haven't we tried this with a stronger squad? It's clear he thought our best way to beat teams was through quick transitions using our pacy wingers and Bruno who thrives making quick snap passes. But we never had the athleticism in midfield to be effective in playing that way. Ten Hag could easily have switched up his system earlier this season to something closer to today's and we probably would have won more games.
So why haven't we tried this with a stronger squad? It's clear he thought our best way to beat teams was through quick transitions using our pacy wingers and Bruno who thrives making quick snap passes. But we never had the athleticism in midfield to be effective in playing that way. Ten Hag could easily have switched up his system earlier this season to something closer to today's and we probably would have won more games.
-4 GD with two games to go 
Oppo fans
No they were just not at it today and were pretty passive.
He has a point though. Your posts are quite hilarious at this point. Not in a good way.
Meh, low-quality shots.
At least he didn’t use his usual tactics which would have seen us get thrashed and only three more games until he is sacked now.
Amrabat was good today. Makes you wonder why he hasn’t played more
Oh yes, we peppered their goal and were unlucky not to thrash them. You got us.
Even when we look a bit more in control of a game, we still seem to be allergic to scoring or creating chances. 19 defeats in the league and clowns are still backing him. He can feck off all day, every day. Useless manager and the worst since….ever?
He'll be delighted with the performance given all the injuries. And it's not the performance and result that makes us want him out. It's Brentford, Palace etc.
Yeah well I just looked through. 11 newbies and 6 of them have less than 10 posts. 3 of them on zero.
Not disputing that we were awful going forward but that was a poor game. Neither team was good.
Sick of hearing about injuries when we play like shite regardless.
Can't really pin this one on him. I see nothing else he could have done with the players available.
He should have done the same thing at Crystal Palace.
He should have done the same thing at Crystal Palace.
Exactly.
Massive injury crisis, young players are regulars and young fringe reserves getting subbed on due to injuries.
That’s basically a tautology cause we play City.
But he has lost all three EPL matches against Brighton, so I think it is safe to predict that he will lose that one too. We might get a draw against Newcastle, in which case we keep it at 21 defeats but probably we will lose that one too. They have a quite good record against EtH (I think 2 defeats and 1 drawn in EPL for them, we won the league cup against them but lost this year in the same competition from them). Let’s see but 20+ defeats in a season while already breaking the record for most conceded shots in EPL history is I guess enough to give him another year.
They barely got out of first gear. You could clearly see the nerves were at play for them. Yet we rarely landed a finger, let alone a punch.
If this is what makes supporters happy now, the bald feck has done his job in completely eroding whatever little standards were left of the club.
Nothing as daft as everyone of your pro-ETH posts.
Amrabat and Amad. I think Amrabat, Mainoo, Bruno, Amad, Garnacho and Holjund is our best front 6 out of what we have and we won't have played it once this season.
Who said anyone was happy?
They were "passive" because all they needed was the three points. I'm not sure what to say if you don't think they'd have been throwing everything including the kitchen sink at it towards the end had it still been 0-0. They were in a position to sit back, take zero risks and wait out the clock, and never looked in danger of conceding.
You do know I agree he should be sacked right?
They just didn’t play very well.
Add that to the list of iconic United performances
So you are not happy with the performance?
We lost.
Yet you continue to defend him?