07 Oct 2024 08:35:03
I've held back enough. Letting the experts tell me how bad things are and what to do to fix them.
Here's my main concerns.
1. This team has very little speed, especially in defense. At my age I think I can outrun most of them back there.
2. The players eTh has brought in are simply not good enough for the Prem league. Maybe they could play for Ajax again.
3. There is no rhyme or reason to some of his decisions on playing time and who starts. To go along with that there seems to be no accountability either.
4. The way we play I seriously doubt if Harry Kane would have 3 goals at this point. All the wingers want to do is cut inside and shoot.
5. It's obvious to this old coach that the players have no faith or confidence in eTh. I haven't seen any stats on this but I would be willing to bet we lead the league in passes backwards, especially to the keeper. What happened to attack, attack, attack.
6. To those that don't think giving rVp the job on an interim basis would be pointless since he is already there and will do the same stuff. Well I have seen first hand assistant coaches given the reigns and they changed things up. This way we have till summer to pick a permanent manager.
Basically United, under eTh, are tough to watch. No style, no passion, no results.
Something has to change.
07 Oct 2024 08:49:56
Good post coach.
They are difficult to watch.
07 Oct 2024 09:07:37
Really good post coach.
Obvious to me that you have a good level of understanding of the game itself.
07 Oct 2024 09:40:16
The bench said it all yesterday over £300m sat on the bench that ETH overseen to come to MU but not now good enough to get into the team?
07 Oct 2024 10:15:15
Media saying it showed he doesn’t trust the players he was given…. they were his picks . If he can’t get his own to play for him that’s a very damning indictment of his coaching ability.
07 Oct 2024 11:54:16
Ajax 2 reincarnated, slow passing dreary football that doesn’t work in the EPL. Said this before on other answers but the bench yesterday was damning. Defensive desperation not to lose .
The thing is, the longer Ratcliffe and new football structure put up with this, the less faith most of the fans will have in them.
07 Oct 2024 13:32:00
The problem just isn’t the manager
We have some absolutely shocking players some were already here when he came and the rest bought by him.
I don’t think he’s made one decent signing
We must be the slowest team in the league and one of the most boring
I think we have the worst forward line I’ve seen in my life watching Utd
Birtles and Davenport were better than these 2 clowns
Don’t get me started on midfield or the wingers.
07 Oct 2024 16:18:56
The fox
Go check out the top 5 or 6 teams and see how many millions are sitting on the bench. Evra and Vidic, who turned out to be great players, played very few games after their initial introduction which went poorly and then were integrated bit by bit with the occasional starts and sub appearances. Just because we needed a 6 and buy one there is no guarantee he will hit the ground running. some do and some take longer.
Ugarte, martinez and de ligt had poor games vs spurs and the manager made changes and we looked solid defensively for it yesterday, why make a big deal about it. Before anyone says it they are not a waste of money or bad players which I don't agree, it takes time that's all. Yoro will be the same and will probably make some bad mistakes.
It could be the pace of the league, fitness, playing in a new team with players they hardly know or many other reasons. Every team in the league drops players but its a circus when we drop one. its baiting the fan base and many are gullible enough to run with it.
07 Oct 2024 17:48:04
Ahmad. But we’re not a top 5 or 6 team. We’re mid-table at best. We have millions on the bench because we overpaid for them, not because of squad depth. Ten Haag has spent hundreds of millions of pounds and somehow managed to make our squad worse.
07 Oct 2024 18:11:31
It would be a miracle if Ugarte adjusted to the new league just by sitting on the bench. 2 games in a row that is.
07 Oct 2024 18:31:42
redseven
We are not a midtable team and our squad is not worse and a lot better. Just young and needs time.
08 Oct 2024 00:02:52
Correct. We are not a mid-table team. That math major works a treat eh! I cannot compete on numbers so am having a cheeky dig ?
I agree we have, on paper, a good squad but not necessarily better than most of the league. On par, currently, at best when properly coached. But then again a good coach can get them performing above themselves as a team. EtH may well be that man, who knows? I certainly don’t and at this stage, whilst still teetering on the edge, am now overly enamoured. He just does not seem like a United coach.
But let's see what this latest cloud brings.
08 Oct 2024 04:12:34
Not overly enamoured.
08 Oct 2024 09:41:48
I'm not sure that's right redman.
Getting the person they want is most important. So waiting a few weeks if necessary is what may have to happen. This season as far a the league goes is over.
Interim managers don't sit well with me personally. Neither does going on like we are so it's a conundrum and one not to be rushed.
The sooner the club rid themselves of eth the better. Its not a question of if imo its a question of when.
The answer to the question when will be determined by availability of the right candidate. If that's not now it will be soon.
08 Oct 2024 13:10:09
Ahmed. We’re currently sitting in 14th and finished last season in eighth. Under Ten Haag, we are mid-table team, whether you care to admit it or not.