tomaldinho1
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On this point, there were some good things were were doing but people forget and this season has destroyed much of the positive memories from last season. Pre cup final we were pretty damn good in a functional way, the midfield setup worked (he'd basically mirrored the Real setup Case used to play in for our pair of Case/Eriksen), Wout/Antony freed up Rashford well, Licha/Varane was an incredibly good pairing and there were improvements to all the full backs and even guys like McT. Our full backs were coming into midfield well, Licha was even coming into midfield in certain games although ETH didn't really talk about it and sadly that's what you need to do so all the crappy pundits see it and then start talking about it. There were signs of the press finally being put in as well.So could Antony, but most likely not.
Notice how this very thread that is supposed to be different from others does not really talk about what exactly is it that people see in ETH that gives us a reason to believe he is the man to take us forward. But rather it's the same old "we have tried sacking managers before, lets try giving him a chance" and about how somehow keeping him means players do not get another chance. Both objectively bad arguments. The players from past regimes are already a minority.
Players from past regimes are still an overwhelming majority, though. ETH has signed Onana, Licha, Case, Antony, Hojlund, Mount, Eriksen as first teamers. And of those Case/Eriksen/Hojlund were last minute/not who he wanted. Licha and Mount haven't really been around much this season.
The other part people ignore and it's kind of telling that people don't really think of his job as they would a normal job in real life, is the personal side of things. He's had to deal with the most, by far, issues of which Ronaldo, Maguire not leaving because he's overpaid, Sancho are all headaches from Ole. Greenwood and Antony's off field issues obviously aren't his fault but it all adds up to non footballing stuff he's having to juggle whilst keeping a large group of players (who we already know will give up on a manager, as they did Ole eventually) happy/performing.