Didn’t realise part of the poll was for the podcast. Understand now why they didn’t want to add my “not sure” option to ETH
For all the talk of the manager, it’s remarkable how much focus is on him when this is a unique season for the club with a new structure from next summer. Does that mean ETH can’t he sacked now ? No, but it explains why there maybe more reasons why it’s not as obvious a call as many are protesting.
Still can’t get over “yeh injuries but” comments. If we get these sort of injury’s next season we ain’t finishing much higher as we don’t have a war chest to add to this squad. Hope fans console themselves with us just losing 1-0 so fans can say “at least we aren’t conceding 20 shots”.
I do agree that ETH could of done better and has made weird decisions but I’m not sure we are talking about being better off then maybe 5th if ETH had been more pragmatic.
I also think having a new keeper blood into the team/league with such a rotating back line has been underestimated. We’ve seen good keepers with settled United teams struggle really bad. That’s not even going into one unproven striker club with 3 players unproven in EPL under 22 needing to start every game.
Do you think a SAF team , at a club built for him, with a settled squad , settled manager , settled owner , settled results consistently, is the same as an injury crisis at current United dysfunction that’s been there for a decade ?
Standards have been set since Woodward took over the reigns and only with SJR trying to undo all the damage done, whether ETH goes or not , it’s not been a normal 2 years for him that’s comparable with anybody really.
Transfers are the clubs responsibility, not the manager. Tell me what manager left us with better players who did well after they left?
Some people talk as though our transfer policy pre ETH was good. It was sh*t. Hard to judge the injured ones. Martinez , Onana and hoijland will be in next managers team. Mount will still be able to offer something. That’s half his most expensive signings that are a better hit rate then any other manager since Ferguson really. And Ericson and Evans haven’t been bad squad options for free.
Id be surprised if ETH was manager in the summer regardless of FA cup final. INEOs have surely already decided. Only way he is kept is if INEOs think this season is not mostly ETH fault and he will work well with whatever it is they are gonna be doing. I don’t see a Tuchel appointment makes any sense if we have a 3 year plan to get to top by 2028.