For me it's purely wanting a manager who will implement pressing and possession football at the club, who will approach every game looking to dominate the way Liverpool and City do, as opposed to a reactionary underdog style where we look to contain and play on the counter. Ten Hag is in the Pep mold, the best manager of the last decade, Poch is a good manager with no definitive style who plays as an underdog against good teams.
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Agree.
We need to get the next appointment right, take a little risk for potentially a big reward rather than play it safe and settle for a manager like Poch who lets face it hasn’t really won anything of note, a stick we were ready to beat Ole with, except Poch won’t be cut the same slack.
We need to transition to a modern style of play and Ten Hag seems the best suited for that.
If he gets us playing the right way and gets the fans on side, which I’m sure he will, then the club will back him to build exactly the squad he wants which if you look at that Ajax side is an exciting prospect.
The big take away from this is that his family are in London, not Manchester.
As the crow flies, London-Manchester is about 170 miles while London-Paris is about 210 miles. Not much difference really. Both journeys take about 1 hour 10 minutes by plane, and 2 hours 10 minutes by train.
If Poch's family are the prime motive for him making the move, he's not gaining much by coming to United.
So I doubt there's any truth to this. He may end up at Old Trafford eventually. But not for the reasons stated in the article headline.
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Maybe his contract will include free use of the club helicopter.
Amorim 100% wouldn’t play De Gea, as he’s too static and not good enough with the ball at his feet. Excellent young coach, but we’d certainly need a few new players to make it work for him. Think it’d be a bit too early in his career for United right now, but sure one to watch.
Im sure we will be in the market for another manager in 3 years time so all is good.
I think Poch is underrated in here but the reason why Ten Hag is so sought over is his ability to play brilliant football and have his players playing above their ability. Of that Ajax team that reached the semis only De Jong has performed decently after leaving. Ajax have been destroying teams in the UCL have recently beaten Dortmund 4-0 at home and 3-1 away. He's one of those managers that just watching his team play you know he's a brilliant tactician and brilliant manager and there's an overall feeling with most fans that if we don't get him now he'll end up replacing Pep/Klopp and that will be that.
Easier for the family to move up to Manchester/Cheshire though without disrupting the kids education etc.
Peps replacement. Plays similar football, very tactically astute and attacking.
I thought the exact same.
My mum used to commute to Issy-les-Moulineaux in Paris most of the week from London City and it was an easier journey than getting up to our family in Pendlebury. I'm calling bullshit.
Think it is the players he has to deal with and has no choice but to deal with. He won't be the first or last to have a problem with Leonardo. I think the ones running the club get involved a lot with who plays.
I always start with the premise that the source of this story is always full of shit. If his family speaks only English, I could see the Manchester move more desirerable. Given his background I don’t know?
So he's frustrated with big egos, but he doesn't mind working with Ronaldo and Pogba?
The article made more of a point about the culture at Paris. For example, they signed Donnarumma when they had Navas along with Nuno Mendes at LB. They now have three left backs and two goalies worthy of starting games. At Utd, he would presumably have more of a say on how the squad is compiled. PSG have that early 2000's vibe of the Galacticos.
Pogba will be gone.
It's Ballbag, so it doesn't count.
Every other journalist assigned to United is reporting that Poch is keen on joining United ASAP/next season, and they all report the same issues (the family being based in London isn't much of an issue; it's more so the lack of control over building the team). I'm not necessarily going to post them as they're basically redundant, but the media is hugely focused on Poch joining United.
Hard to find a goalkeeper who's much better with the ball at his feet than De Gea. His kicking is very precise and he's composed on the ball.
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Source: CL pre-match press conference via Estadio Deportivo
Lopetegui when quizzed on the United links:
You've got to be joking? de Geas distribution is very poor for a goalkeeper, he's massively regressed with the ball at his feet.
Christ
De Gea is like being really good at controlling the keeper on a foosball table. Spectacular when it comes off, but as much use as a chocolate teapot whenever the ball isn't on his line.
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I think we all expected this already. Erik ten Hag will be more likely to move on next summer rather than immediately.
No to Pochettino please.
Galtier outclassed him last season with much less resources.
Why would we want him? He is alright but not a winner.
Galtier outclassed him last season with much less resources.
Why would we want him? He is alright but not a winner.
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Dead serious. His distribution is not a weakness. Do you guys laughing at this have any examples of him making costly mistakes with his feet? He keeps it simple, his long kicks are precise and progressive and despite not being afraid of going short, I struggle to recall a glaring error.
Care to provide some examples of him coming off his line and being part of the build up? As it doesn’t happen, he generally passed the ball to a defender stood on the edge of his box. Compared to his rivals it’s a very poor aspect of his game, something many coaches value greatly. As we normally play out of the back his long kicks don’t happen, so no idea where you get the idea from that they’re precise.
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He’s going to get himself sacked at PSG if he doesn’t come out with a statement now.
I think every party involved wouldn't be too bothered if he was sacked, and that's Poch, PSG and United. I still think the only reason we sounded out Zidane was to see if PSG got worried and binned Poch after a mediocre performance.
We are going to end up with Poch who will basically do exactly the same job Solskjaer did for 3 years, Top 4 and way behind City and Liverpool plus cup runs. Meanwhile Ten Hag will take over from Guardiola and get them playing excellent football, scoring for fun and winning the league.
Thanks Cafstradamus.
He reports for the BBC now
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