You're a good poster mate and this doesn't suit you. You contribute towards the football discussion on the forum and I enjoy reading your posts. But I think you're allowing your frustration to cloud your judgement.
Samuel Luckhurst reported that ten Hag wanted Dean Henderson at Ajax but it doesn't look like Henderson is going to get #1 spot.
And Edu and Arteta at Arsenal finished 8th, 8th , 5th in their first three years together. And players like
Pepe (Edu), David Luiz, Willian, Pablo Mari, Tavares, Ben White, Lokonga, Denis Suarez (loan) etc are just some of the duds they signed imo.
And even when Arsenal finished 2nd, the Arsenal youtuber below is still angry at the likes of Edu and Arteta for not getting their #1 target Mason Mount and signing Kai Havertz instead.
That’s a view. I see no reason why I am obligated to dismiss the reports that Mount has been a POI since Vitesse, and there’s no reason that I am obligated to dismiss it or reference it in addition to other things that suggest at a pattern.
Everyone here is just so fiercely defensive of Erik Ten Hag, which is understandable, however, I just think the fact that I like him shouldn’t obstruct me from pointing out things that concern me.
We’ve gone 60m and 250/300k a week on Mason Mount and I suspect that EVERYONE is suggesting that is a fantastic idea largely on the basis that ‘Ten Hag wants him’. You all watch football, especially English football, if you would have thought that was a terrible idea 3 months ago then I don’t see why people cannot form their own views. This is an England international, not an unseen player from Brazil. It’s Mason Mount. Who apparently now everyone wanted us to sign for our midfield.
As for the wider analysis of Ten Hag in the market, he leaves a bit to be desired for me. I don’t see it as his strength, and that supports reports we had before he joined us. I’m just concerned that we are committing big money to players who won’t have transformative impact on our team. 60m Mount, 85m Antony. You only get a few of those in your team, and we need one or two of them to be the leaders/stars of the team. The difference makers, the Haaland/KDB/Salah/Odegaard etc in the team, and if the few times we get to commit big money (fees/wages) then we need players of that calibre. Admittedly, I wanted us to sign Antony, but fact is the impact has been little.
I love the manager as much as the rest, but would prefer a different approach in the market. And everyone trying to imply that some sort of preference for Dutch, present/former Eredivise players is something randomly cooked up by Rozay is laughable. Sorry to disappoint you as a poster, but you should also know me well enough to know that I don’t really care for consensus posting for the sake of it and will call anything as I happen to see it.