Because INEOS are working in the background to recruit new backroom staff. Its these new guys that will be working with the new CEO to bring in a suitable manager after they've identified how they want to play moving forward.
They weren’t trying to keep the ball, they were keeping the ball and keeping it effectively around the 93rd, thanks in large part to Mount’s link up play and ball retrieval, but of course someone had to try a killer ball when Chelsea were barely pressing. Nobody instructed Mainoo to try and play someone in behind when the opposition is teetering with three minutes to go, but that’s just how it goes at United.
Both can be true, but it isn't in this case because his instructions are being followed and executed, even to the detriment of the players and their health - no matter what, they come out again and again chugging away aimlessly following a plan that's doomed to fail from the outset, or at least one that ensures another horrible day at the office win, lose or draw (we never look good or comfortable, even in the vast majority of wins).
This has to be a WUM at this point.
If it didn't save Van Gaal, it shouldn't save ETH.
Crazy talk, what has he done to warrant staying? How long do we waste on him?
Look at Garnacho on their first goal. Look at Palmer strolling into the box for the last goal as the entire side just stare at him. Look at the ball Mainoo tried to play that led to the second penalty when we had them chasing shadows. Those aren’t the instructions. You’ll be in the next manager thread frothing out the mouth guaranteed unless the structural changes at the top of the club do what they’re supposed to do.
Literally nobody here thinks that the manager is the only problem at the club.
Do you think his instructions were being followed in the 98th minute when we were winning 3-2?
Sack the manager?
Guy I was responding to literally said "I don't know how anyone here can blame the players". I do blame the players. And the manager.
Why isn't it both? The manager has failed all season at setting up a side that restricts an opponent from creating chances. We conceded late vs Brentford too.
Seriously, United is a laughing stock because of his tactics and his spending. Let him work in peace for the next 12 months is your though? He used 2 transfer windows where he splurge on players that did not improve the team and you are asking for more patience with this hot mess. Wow!
I don’t think that’s possible anymore. The intangibles aspects of this club which were once the envy of the footballing world have been rotted to the core. At this point you need change just for the sake of it to put as much of what has been touched by that rot in the rear view mirror
Oh Christ. I shouldn't have come in here should I. Read my posts. I think the manager is rubbish and the players are wasters. I can't be any clearer on this.
It’s both. We should’ve seen this game out since we were winning deep in to injury time, but winning it would have been more papering over the cracks. We had no control over this game, it wasn’t a good performance and it’s impossible to build success playing like this every week.
I’ve already vowed if Rashford is in the starting 11 on group stage game 1 i’m not bothering to watch us at the Euros
That's just in 2024 right? Fecking hell!
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I mean it's different but is it that different? I've looked at all our defeats in the league this season and the majority have featured 5 or more starters from previous managers that have been at the club for 5+ years. Today was one of the games that only featured 4 of those starting players that have been here for 5 years or more (and two more who came off the bench). Here's the list if you're interested- the number of those starters and the subs in our defeats:
some here struggle with the idea you can have shit players, shit owners, shit structure and a shit manager all at once, as if it can only be one item off the list
Considering the resources at his disposal and the way our performances have gone this season, you could argue he's been the worst coach in the league all season.
It is both and it’s intertwined. He’s not trying to reinvent the wheel here look how hard the three clubs at the top of the league work. They play progressively and don’t concede chances for fun. Ten Hag will get sacked because he’s seen a shite work rate all season and insisted on playing through it. Who knows if that would have made a difference, but at some point you have to be cynical even it’s just to survive the season
Aye, he's not the only problem but he's certainly not helping things.
Conditioning goes a long way to how we flail and splutter instead of seeing out games. I've made a thread asking if we're literally uncoachable to which the majority said no we're not, but running around like maniacs, not having any time to collect thoughts and compose is part and parcel with how we play football; it's a given we will be that fragile because it's no different to how we play the rest of the game. No control, no certainty of purpose, lots of running around and desperation, trying to get a foothold in games we are the chief culprit in making a basketball match out of. Every bit of that is rooted in coaching - if you want a semblance of control, you inject it into the team systematically and methodically.
As a United coach he has been a shocker. So yes your point stands. I was looking overall. I think there is a decent coach in him but anyways today is definitely not the day to say that.
It’s about departures as a new manager is inevitable at this point. The approach should be similar to what Arsenal did when Arteta took over. They were shite for a bit but they but if they allowed the players that preceded him to linger like what the Glazers have done here for years, he’d be back in City’s dugout sitting next to Pep
I’d actually love to see Jose for the rest of the season just for the entertainment of the press conferences and him calling out the likes of Rashford for being a lazy prick. The seasons a write off anyway at this stage. Plus be nice for him to win another cup with us
Im Joking obviously. Kinda.
