i think he’s got one major thing right. something that fans and pundits alike have overlooked. we’re deliberately tanking the first few games of the season. what right-minded manager is picking rashford, sancho, varane, fernandes et al for a world cup on these showings? we’re going have the best part of 8 weeks where we can train hard, learn erikball and rest up. all the while, the likes of nunez, silva etc will be burning energy in qatar, before serving lifetime jail sentences for hugging teammates after scoring a goal. this will allow us to destroy teams from november onwards, culminating in a domestic treble.
What decisions has Ten Hag got right since joining?
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They also helped cause this mess. Each spell ended worse and gave the next manager a hell of a task. Ole was the only one who got it right when he came in but that in the end just seemed to be a case of "do what you want" tactics which didn't work long term
It's ridiculous to say ETH is in the same position as at least LVG and Mou when they started
This is an accurate description of Guardiola's management career. A more fair comparison would be if the club had hired Marc Overmars in 2017 to start assembling a group of players that can play possession football, then spent £200 million on new players to fill the gaps in the squad in each transfer window thereafter. They'd have gone out and bought him De Jong and De Ligt before preseason started.
United were playing with relegation form to end last season and it's only continued this year. Almost any fan would agree that the squad was terrible last season and that the problem lies largely with the layers, and without even going into the players acquired so far I think most would agree that a net spend of £60 million was never going to be enough to even get 6th again, let alone top 4.
Mate, it's impossible to have a nuanced discussion about the manager on the Caf (whether it's Ten Hag, Ole, José, etc).
No matter what you post, you'll be branded an "inner" or an "outer" and receive corresponding abuse from the other side.
Oh please, saying `Ten hag is massively out of his depth` is plain silly but if you substitute his name with that of some of the players then you will begin to talk sense.
The most pressing issue is that Ten Hag needs to re-make Manchester United`s playing style in his image - it has to be his way or the highway unless we want more of the problems that have been on constant loop out since Sir Alex left.
Ten Hag hasn`t been left a champion, silverware winning team unlike David Moyes whose mentality was too minor for the job, shown by the way he pissed the players off with irrelevant micro-managing on such pressing issues as chips and daft instructions to make a set amount of crosses each game.
This is a very different situation and Ten Hag needs the freedom to tell the players that if they can`t handle his tactics and don`t have the flexibility to work together within his system then it`s the bench first and then the transfer list if they still can`t handle it. Prioritise the back and midfield and tell the players who are limited tactically - Luke, Harry, Fred and Scott - that it`s time to change and if they won`t and can`t then a parting of the ways is inevitable.
Bringing the team in for extra training today is defiantly the right move
Becareful you could be cited for wumming. The double standard on this forum is hilarious. Anyway, I enjoyed that. Hopefully things turn around