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Utter disaster of an appointment.
I'm not listening to football hipsters ever again.
I'm not listening to football hipsters ever again.
Apparently only honest guy who speaks truth.
Good fecking riddance to him. A complete waste of time. And a well-deserved humbling to the "but but he isn't hired to be a manager, his role is to be a consultant upstairs" brigade in this thread.
Bear with me a bit on how I think Rangnick's step-down from his consultancy role was inevitable. And this is NOT another Rangnick-bashing post like many others. I'm quite bored of those really. Sometimes things don't work out just because of their nature, not because of anyone's faults.
Looking at back this whole prospect of Ralf's consultancy, may be things just weren't meant to be. Regarding players recruitment, Ralf mostly suggested Bundesliga gems, while Ten Hag seems to prefer nimble, technical players from Holland/Erendivisie (I'm not even mentioning another side that is our scouts's recommendation which consists mostly British players or trendy Premier League "proven" stars). They were all destined to clash at some points.
Rangnick's vision seems to be building a squad of 18 tireless workhorses, with an average age of 24. They are not superstars (May be just players in the Fred category) but all function like ONE BRAIN with eleven pair of legs. They would mostly press for the ball high-up on the pitch and immediately progress the ball vertically within 10 seconds. This seems good in theory and would make us a versatile squad with similar core strength to Liverpool, hence the rumours of Bundesliga gems like Nkunku, Haidara...
On the contrary, Ten Hag seems to prefer his team having fluent buildup from the back (More similar to City than Liverpool). If we believe in the transfer rumours, here is what Ten Hag wants:
- 1 DLF (De Jong)
- 1 CDM (Kante)
- 1 CB (Pau Torres)
- 1 RB (Timber)
- 1 CF (Nunez)
- 1 RW (Bergwijn, Antony)
It is not hard to picture to an extent the kind of football Ten Hag wants to build here. How successful it would be is still a question. But you can see the difference in football progression ideas of Ralf Rangnick and Erik ten Hag. With Steve McClaren and Mitchell van der Gaag as assistants, Erik predictably thinks he has not much of a use for Rangnick. That's fair game. Ralf has already fulfilled his other job to the club of listing his input on the organizational structure and players's reports (To Ten Hag) anyway.
Rangnick has no chance of being a DOF (Murtough is the closest one of our own version of a DOF), and he is not a Technical Director either (Fletcher's role). So we can kinda see the writing was on the wall when our deal with Paul Mitchell fell through. That could have been a political move from Rangnick to bring more football experts with close ties to him to the club and further consolidate his soft power. That deal falling through signaled Rangnick's failure in this game of gaining soft influence within United's organization. Ten Hag, being a man with such strong personality, will predictably have very little interaction with Rangnick, much less actually weighing Rangnick's words more than 50% of all his decisions.
There is no need for ill will towards Rangnick like I've seen in this thread. Losing the "game of thrones" or not, he is the man who genuinely wanted CHANGES at this club, which our fans have also wished for. You can say his method and antics were too drastic. But that may have been a necessary extreme to counter the over-simplified version of Vibes-FC antics from Ole's era before. This club needed changes, not patting on backs all the time. Him rocking the boat fastened that process, whether the board wanted it or not. I choose to look at that as his mark in the United's history. "Worst season in the history"? Even if that really is, I'd take this season if it enables all of United as a whole to open the eyes to the truth. No more burying our heads in the sand, thinking things will magically get better just because we convince ourselves football goes in cycles. The answer is no. Football goes with merits.
good points. i dont hate rangnick, i think his system was ill-suited to players in our disposal from the get go, however his cult is really annoying and for some reason held a very vicious view toward Ole. Ole with all his faults is a club's legend, only had best interest for man united in his heart, and never talked bad about club. Anyway Ralf's gone now, the cult members can watch him exposing Austria NT now.My 2 cents from the other Rangnick thread:
Exactly. It’s unfortunate that in COVID years it make the move of certain players difficult. The division in dressing room became so much is beyond anyone’s thought. I guess if given another chance, would ole still give green light to sign Ronaldo? Or, maybe he can be bold enough to Pogba situation? Maybe he will prioritize the midfield? No one knows.I agree with you. I don't think Ole's culture reset was unsuccessful like many here do. I think it worked. However, I also think keeping the likes of Pogba, Lingard and Martial put it in jeopardy. The minute results started falling apart, with big figures like Ronaldo and Varane then coming in, I believe having those three proved toxic and created what would come after. I believe the media heavily exaggerated the players downing tools. We had seen poor form like this occur with Ole as manager. In addition, the poor performances really occurred for a month and a half, which is not a long time in football, especially when playing City and Liverpool within that period. I believe Rangnick coming in, trying to prove a point in his career without truly wanting to integrate with the team caused the toxicity after December. His tactics failed, he gave up and he started publicly blaming the players for it, which is why I think players starting leaking more to the press to counter that.
If we had sold Pogba in that 18/19 season, I actually believe Ole might have had a bit more success as manager here ( even though i never felt he was good enough here). Pogba barely featured under Ole, yet we always kept a spot for him within the first team. I believe this is why we stayed so long without ever fixing the midfield issues we had at the club.
Difficult to say. It will certainly be interesting to see how the dynamic between Fletcher and Ten Hag works out.Do you think his days were numbered when he says he doesn't know what Darren Fletcher does?
That's all I am saying man. But apparently that wasn't his job according to the cult. Making it a bit tougher to get our 1st choice targets by wrecking our season, got saved from Europa conference by Brighton.For anyone still making excuses for this fraud, just look at what has happened in Nottingham today. Steve Cooper is twice the manager Wreck-It was. Oh look it is actually possible to take over a broken team and get them playing again. Cooper took Forest from 24th to PL. All Wreck-It had to do was get from 5th to 4th.
Fletcher was helping Ralf out in training due to lack of experienced coaches and he was glad of the help from his comments. If he is present during training under ETH it will be because Erik sees value in his presence.Difficult to say. It will certainly be interesting to see how the dynamic between Fletcher and Ten Hag works out.
If he is as hands on with training as he was during Rangnicks time it will be a disaster. Ten Hag will not put up with that. (rightfully so)
Probably the only bit of luck we've had this season as well. From 3 points off 4th and the CL spots to relying on Brighton to save us from ending up in Europes 3rd tier competition. What a turnaround, not one positive from the age of Rangnick.That's all I am saying man. But apparently that wasn't his job according to the cult. Making it a bit tougher to get our 1st choice targets by wrecking our season, got saved from Europa conference by Brighton.
You think Fletcher will be coaching and sitting in the dug out if ETH doesn't want him to?Difficult to say. It will certainly be interesting to see how the dynamic between Fletcher and Ten Hag works out.
If he is as hands on with training as he was during Rangnicks time it will be a disaster. Ten Hag will not put up with that. (rightfully so)
I hope notYou think Fletcher will be coaching and sitting in the dug out if ETH doesn't want him to?
It looks like people are coming with dramatic scenes for everything just for the sake of it.I hope not
How do you explain Rangnicks comment about not knowing what it is Fletcher does, if he was the one asking him to be on the sidelines?It looks like people are coming with dramatic scenes for everything just for the sake of it.
He was asked about Fletcher role at the club which is technical director, not what's his role on the training ground or dug out.How do you explain Rangnicks comment about not knowing what it is Fletcher does, if he was the one asking him to be on the sidelines?
If this is true, then Rangnick with his kind of football and his penchant for perfection was just a terrible, terrible choice from the board.I don't believe United hired Rangnick as a interim head coach to lay foundations. Erik ten Hag will be the one that will be tasked with that job. Rangnick's role was to simply coach/manage the first team squad until the end of the season and possibly achieve a top 4 finish. And then at the end of the season his consultancy role would come into effect for a couple of years.
The choice on who to hire as the place holder was limited, and whoever the club hired was going to be someone that was going to at the very least attempt to coach a highly intense play style, which was in-line with the modern football principles.If this is true, then Rangnick with his kind of football and his penchant for perfection was just a terrible, terrible choice from the board.
Very weird decision to hire a manager who is known for totally different style as care taker for just a few months.
Considering today's development (annulment of the consultancy role) the decision to go for Rangnick looks even more weird.
As a fan I would not be very confident regarding to the board's decision and vision of the future of United.
But hey what do I know? I'm just an opposition fan far from being an expert about your club. Hope ETH works out for you guys and that you can at least start to enjoy watching United games again next season.
That's all I am saying man. But apparently that wasn't his job according to the cult. Making it a bit tougher to get our 1st choice targets by wrecking our season, got saved from Europa conference by Brighton.
Absolutely. It's just baffling how so many people choose to overlook this....just because he gave nice pressers.Probably the only bit of luck we've had this season as well. From 3 points off 4th and the CL spots to relying on Brighton to save us from ending up in Europes 3rd tier competition. What a turnaround, not one positive from the age of Rangnick.
Don’t think it was idiotic, it just didn’t work out?Just an idiotic decision to hire him as an interim manager now he's not even going to continue on as a consultant. Thought the idea of him staying on for a couple of years after assessing the squad was the whole point FFS.
hiring someone whose strengths were in long term strategic planning for a short term stint seemed a bit weird particularly given his recent record of managing clubs for the last two seasons out of ten. It was only made to seem vaguely sensible by his role post the management stint which always seemed rather ill defined. Realistically ralf is much better qualified for murtoughs job than he isDon’t think it was idiotic, it just didn’t work out?
There isn’t a law saying we had to stick with him no matter what and having him say we basically need a new squad showed him up (to me )that he didn’t know what to do with these players. That shit was never realistic and it was probably best he moved on
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The Glazers have proven inept on multiple levels. Yes, the morons leaking idiocy to the lower levels of the organization is clearly going to be an issue. Hopefully ETH will not stand for bullshit.Right, so just brought in a guy with a track record in club building for a role that has f all to do with club building. Figures I guess. Lesson to learn, don’t ever assume the club will do something logical. You do have to fear for ETH in these circumstances. I mean do they give a feck about what he’s good at either?
Yep it's usually a sure sign of a manager realising he's way out of his depth with a season going tits up and trying to convince the world it's all the players fault.Don’t think it was idiotic, it just didn’t work out?
There isn’t a law saying we had to stick with him no matter what and having him say we basically need a new squad showed him up (to me )that he didn’t know what to do with these players. That shit was never realistic and it was probably best he moved on
At least ETH is good at managing a squad, I hope. So he is in the right place for the start.Right, so just brought in a guy with a track record in club building for a role that has f all to do with club building. Figures I guess. Lesson to learn, don’t ever assume the club will do something logical. You do have to fear for ETH in these circumstances. I mean do they give a feck about what he’s good at either?
Well, I saw promise in the performances up til Atletico, after which it was dreadful. In hindsight, as cathartic as it may have been, if your only job is top 4 then probably not best idea to tell everyone the squad is shite week after week. Can’t imagine Ancelotti doing that.The Glazers have proven inept on multiple levels. Yes, the morons leaking idiocy to the lower levels of the organization is clearly going to be an issue. Hopefully ETH will not stand for bullshit.
‘Glad that fraud of a manager is out though.
I don't think his system was ever that good. It was incredibly overrated. RB Liepzig were really not that good under him as a manager. He knew how to talk about what he wanted, but I think he was so one dimensional. His system didn't work in England and his lack of adaptability was completely exposed. I think this is where the gripe from some of the players comes from. Rangnick has been acting like he is some type of tactical guru because people have praised his commentary on the issue. However, he has never implemented at the highest level and I don't think anything he ever did came close to what Klopp or Tuchel have done. His teams never could hold possession and were never dominant. Yet the media and the fans treated him like he was Mourinho, acting like the players had no right to question his methods. It's scary to think that Fulham also experienced this same type of thing with Felix Magath, who had far more success that Rangnick. If Magath had come into manage us, with a similar wealth of experience, our fans and the media would still have bashed the players. The question here is, how does a manager show how bad he is?good points. i dont hate rangnick, i think his system was ill-suited to players in our disposal from the get go, however his cult is really annoying and for some reason held a very vicious view toward Ole. Ole with all his faults is a club's legend, only had best interest for man united in his heart, and never talked bad about club. Anyway Ralf's gone now, the cult members can watch him exposing Austria NT now.
But sure he probably didn't give a feck if United qualified or not. Seemed like he checked out around February, maybe when he realized he wasn't getting Murtagh's job.Well, I saw promise in the performances up til Atletico, after which it was dreadful. In hindsight, as cathartic as it may have been, if your only job is top 4 then probably not best idea to tell everyone the squad is shite week after week. Can’t imagine Ancelotti doing that.
Rangnick got dealt a tough hand, but ultimately he failed. We’ll get back to where the club belongs when we don’t tolerate failure, not from Ralf, not from Ole, not from whoever. If they’re not good enough, ship them out and find the staff who can bring back the good times, managers or players.
Hipster with no top club experience to be preciseUtter disaster of an appointment.
I'm not listening to football hipsters ever again.
Consider the quotes from the journalists that have given further insight the decision was clearly made from the club. ETH comments about Ragnick also was telling when questioned about his consultancy role. At the end of the day Ragnicks speciality is currently occupied by John Murtough, his influence therefore in a consultancy role was always going to be less substantial. The club should have hired a proper manager to attain top four football and come to some agreement to release the said individual after the season campaign was over.Right, so just brought in a guy with a track record in club building for a role that has f all to do with club building. Figures I guess. Lesson to learn, don’t ever assume the club will do something logical. You do have to fear for ETH in these circumstances. I mean do they give a feck about what he’s good at either?
No, it was the squad that was dealt a tough hand. They were thrown from one incapable manager to another incapable manager. Some of our players are world class players, but Ole and Ralf definitely are NOT world class managers. Our main problem was the bad managers, not the bad squad.Well, I saw promise in the performances up til Atletico, after which it was dreadful. In hindsight, as cathartic as it may have been, if your only job is top 4 then probably not best idea to tell everyone the squad is shite week after week. Can’t imagine Ancelotti doing that.
Rangnick got dealt a tough hand, but ultimately he failed. We’ll get back to where the club belongs when we don’t tolerate failure, not from Ralf, not from Ole, not from whoever. If they’re not good enough, ship them out and find the staff who can bring back the good times, managers or players.