Erik Ten Hag SACKED! My Thoughts...

[@AJAnalysis]

Erik Ten Hag has been SACKED! But was it the right decision? And what happens next?

[@Jagger3]

Hallelujah

[@kristiansavov6528]

Kieran McKenna

[@mellyyoungestincharge1589]

WRONG DECISION AND WE'LL LIVE TO REGRET THIS. YOU DON'T SACK A MANAGER WHEN YOU'VE COME TO AN AGREEMENT THAT TIME IS NEEDED, WE INVESTED IN YOUNG PLAYERS PATIENCE IS NEEDED. I'LL UNDERSTAND IF THE TEAM IS NOT PLAYING WELL AND NOT CREATING CHANCES, BUT NO MATTER WHO THE COACH WAS YESTERDAY, IT WOULD'VE BEEN THE SAME RESULT. THE MANAGER'S JOB IS NOT TO PUT THE BALL IN THE BACK OF THE NET, BUT TO COACH A ROUTE TO GOAL, IF THE PLAYERS ARE MISSING CLEAR CUT CHANCES HOW IS THAT THE MANAGERS FAULT. INEOS NEVER BELIEVED IN ERIK TEN HAG, AND WANTED HIM OUT SINCE THEY BOUGHT THE CLUB. WHAT'S THE POINT OF SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO BACK THE MANAGER THEN SACK HIM 10 GAMES INTO THE SEASON, THEN APPOINT RUUD AS INTERIM AS IF HE WASN'T ALREADY THERE. I KNOW FOR A FACT JIM RATSHIT AND THAT WASHED UP LOOKING BRAILSFORD GUY PUSHED FOR ETH TO GET SACKED, AND IF THATS THE FACT WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GLAZERS REGIME AND INEOS? ETH SHOULD'VE WALKED IN THE SUMMER INSTEAD GETTING DISRESPECTED LIKE THIS. I HAVE WATCHED UNITED FOR A LONG TIME TO FIGURE OUT THAT THE COACH IS NEVER THE PROBLEM, THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THE CLUB ARE THE PROBLEM, SO MUCH NEGATIVITY AND POLITICS AT UNITED. SINCE INEOS CAME IN THEY'VE BEEN LEAKING STUFF TO THE MEDIA ABOUT THE MANAGER'S JOB TO THE MEDIA, EVER SINCE THEY CAME IN IT'S BEEN A CIRCUS, HEAPING PRESSURE ON THE MANAGER SO THEY COULD SACK HIM AND BRING THEIR OWN GUY. BUY THE GUY INEOS APPOINTS AS NEXT UNITED MANAGER BETTER HAVE A 100%WINNING RECORD BECAUSE ANY DRAW OR LOSS, I'LL BE PART OF THAT TOXIC FANBASE CALLING FOR HIS SACKING. INEOSOUT GLAZERSOUT. INEOS ARE NOT THE ANSWER, THEY'VE BEEN IN FOOTBALL FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW, AND HAVE ACHIEVED NOTHING BARRING THE FA CUP ETH WON LAST SEASON, THEY ARE NOT COMPETENT ENOUGH TO BE CALLING THE SHOT AT UNITED, LEAVE THE DECISIONS TO FOOTBALL PEOPLE. GLAZERS ARE STILL AT THE CLUB WHY ETH IS TAKING THE FALL FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS.

[@kristiansavov6528]

@@mellyyoungestincharge1589 Kieran McKenna💥

[@joni.sirvio8867]

Aj, because gegenpress is mostly german style and i dont really follow german football.. would you analyse best of gegenpress managers who could replace eth but keep project going on? All i know is touchel whos out. Ralfs protegee nagelsman, ralfs other protegee jesse march, bielsa (?) and hasshuntl.

[@LizardKingJHZ]

I've been a staunch ten Hag supporter throughout his tenure. Even though the results clearly haven't been good enough and the performances have been painfully bad for a long time, I've always felt that given enough time and backing, eventually things would start to click for him. But now that he's been let go it's clearly the correct decision and in a way it feels like a relief. Wish him all the success in his next job (I wouldn't be at all suprised to see him do well at a big European club in the near future). Immense pressure on Ineos now to get it bang on with the next manager. GGMU

[@soha7271]

Ineos insulted him in the summer, going out to find managers to replace him, couldn’t find one and settled with him. Then replaced his coaching staff and replaced them with Ruud and Rene, the writing is on the wall and I’m glad it’s over now, you can kill him but don’t insult him and pretend to support him

[@LizardKingJHZ]

​​​@@soha7271Honestly baffling course of action from Ineos that. Some people might say that it's on to the manager to win the respect of his players himself, but I really feel that the public circus of will they/won't they sack him in the summer absolutely killed whatever authority he had left with the players after a tough season (especially with the player's who already disliked him and his tactics). Telegraphing to ten Hag and the players that they want to sack him but can't find a replacement, so he'll do for now and for all intents and purposes making him a glorified interim manager seems like an obviously abysmal foundation to build on going into a new season. There's just no incentive for the players to fight for him because he will likely be replaced soon regardless and if they perform badly he'll get sacked even sooner.

[@laurynasbudinas4585]

@@soha7271Also Ten Hag himself rejected Bayern Munich to stay loyal to the project. INEOS are just as bad if not worse than glazzers

[@soha7271]

@@LizardKingJHZ things are not so rosy ahead of

[@WheresTheLambSAAAAAAAUCE]

@@laurynasbudinas4585The incompetent players have sacked another manager.

[@mumandubula1788]

Please not southgate.

[@andrewjohn2307]

In good teams coaches make the players accountable, in great teams players make the players accountable. Roy Keane 😊

[@Aarya-v5n]

The ones rejoicing now, I am not against you BUT if you don't back the next permanent manager with all your will, you guys are nothing but hypocrites. ETH is a good manager, and he will continue to succeed elsewhere, so it's up to us as a club and fans to get behind the new manager. As for ETH, I haven't felt such prolonged confidence in the team (apart from parts in 17/18 and 20/21) which I did in the 22/23 season, that whole phase of post WC till winning the EFL Cup. Erik wasn't and isn't a clueless manager, but what he was trying to do since after the 4-0 Brentford game wasn't his core philosophy, his ideas at all. He kept adapting to the players and even ETH outers will agree that the players haven't performed up to the mark most of the time. I sincerely hope INEOS get this new appointment right, because if they are seriously aiming the 2027/28 PL title, this new manager has to be that league winning manager. Let's please get behind the new manager. Thanks Erik, for the 2 trophies. I feel more sad for some reason that I expected to be..

[@Techdash.]

Yea. We don't have patience. We will be back here in a couple of years.

[@michaell4036]

Its that our fanbase that have such a high ego. Look at Arsenal with Arteta, after 4 seasons achieving nothing they are now the title contender team. Even Fergie didnt win anything with United in his first three seasons.

[@TanInVan]

I’ve backed Ole, I backed Mou too, this manager hasn’t shown tactical maturity for me to back him, it’s folks who only started backing the manager NOW no matter what, that have put their eggs in a shit basket. We have regressed in every year, cups are not the marker of a consistently good team, the league is and we went have gotten worse in the league every year. Take some actual perspective, ETH could be a good manager but not the manager for our team, sucks, it happens. Move the fuck on

[@tirezfarhorn]

​@@Techdash.Right, We need to break the cycle man, the fandom is like an addict chasing quick fix/ glory. There is no manager that managed more 2 season other than SAF and its been 10 years since then

[@wwpark]

ETH was on the cusp of breaking player power and toxic media, Like breaking a child that won’t go to bed until 3am. He could finally implement his system with a majority of players that he wanted. Rashford pressing was the first sign of it to me. The players didnt down tools against W Ham. 1H of West Ham was beautiful football. Licha was sad cos he knew the gaffer got shafted by the circumstances and there wasn’t enough time. If they won against West Ham ETH wouldn’t have been fired, and Licha took it as his own failure too. I trust Licha’s feelings. I’m sure he knows what the gaffa has been through and what he can achieve. For all the ppl that point to performance and time, Let’s be honest, he only had a decent football hierarchy around him this season. He took all the shit for the clubs deficits over the last two years and won two trophies, despite having to compromise on his style of football (for which he never complained). The shit housery of overpaid entitled players, the problems with Ronaldo and Sancho and a retarded recruitment team that couldn’t negotiate ice from an Eskimo. The rolling off of contracts, cos no one wanted the deadwood. The lazy training attitude, the crappy medical team even when he managed fitness by the book (laptop). To the media he said what he could say and he hid what he couldn’t say. Who cares if they find him boring?. He tried to avoid feeding into the drama the media was fuelling. Every interview was a disgrace. If a guy is trying to burn your house down, are you gonna keep handing him wood? Then what do we do? we handed him 17M to get lost and put in an interim manager that’s supposed to help the team score…our main issue…f stupid. They should have waited it out at least till the end of the season. Our team are mostly young and new. This shit takes time. If you think about it, their issues are around decision making, that doesn’t just come from training, it comes from playing games, taking risks and making mistakes. You also can’t play them every game and throw them under unreasonable pressure or glorify them. That’s how you screw their mental health like Rashford. The fact they didn’t wait till the end of the season is a bad feeling for me. populist approach. They should have stuck to the plan. most fans and media know fuck all about football management, business management or psychology. If they did they’d be working in the business. The emotionally driven decision is almost always the wrong one. The baby isn’t broken, it isn’t gonna go to bed. It’s going to be even worse. You’ll be up till 5am now. Same shit all over again with an equal amount of impatience. I sincerely hope I’m wrong. I want to be wrong. They better really back the next one or nothing will change. I really hope they have a good guy in mind to start with a fresh plate and not the burden of the last two seasons. A coach that plays a similar style of football so you don’t have to overhaul the squad again. That’s my only hope. Meantime, I thank ETH for everything he did. I have the utmost respect for him, what he achieved in the last 2 and a bit years with all the bullshit is remarkable. The same way Jose said getting 2nd was one of his greatest achievements.

[@sohammishra2475]

Ten Hag should have taken the Bayern job back in the summer. Bayern would’ve got a quality manager, Erik Ten Hag would’ve got a well run football club and Manchester United fans would’ve got the short term satisfaction of sacking the manager who ended their 6 year trophy drought.

[@mrw999]

🤔

[@info0]

he won't do well anywhere else. Stop this myth. He is Eredivisie level manager who worked well in Ajax, because Mark and Erwin made the team. Erik was not responsible for transfers.

[@sohammishra2475]

@@info0 Even Pep doesn’t make his own signings lol. Txiki was doing this for him till 2009/10 at Barca and was there at City even before Pep came. A manager’s job is to manage, not to scout and make transfers.

[@riichobamin7612]

​@@info0 an Eredivisie manager who took Ajax till UCL semis. Cope harder kiddo.

[@sumethanarulanantham9676]

Ten hag is never good enough! He bought all the players and none of them performed Well. Those trophies are just luck 🍀! Remember how they performed against Coventry !! He should have sacked long ago !

[@keweputsuhah6167]

AJ is right, regardless of the trophies we won and the injuries and lack of world class players, 14th position in the league after 9 games is not acceptable for this club, someone should be made accountable and who else but the Manager

[@MrTshepzin]

I really liked Ten Hag, I really did but I'm more heartbroken by his stubbornness ton persisting with Bruno and Rashford even when they were playing very bad over an Erikssen @10 and Amad and his wrong subs that totally take the game away from us. *sigh* But good reddens I'm a Man Utd fan first and foremost... in terms of who should be next I really like what I've seen of Inzhagi on the few Serie A games and heard a lot of Ruben Amorim your recommendations.

[@MoksiLesi91]

Yes he sacked himself. But remember the players that got him sacked. Bruno. Dalot. Rashford.

[@dotunbello]

We'll see how amad does shortly.

[@femi_danjuma]

​@@dotunbelloAmad is Championship standard please

[@holylaci7539]

​@@femi_danjumaexcept he has not been coached properly

[@CCChing-wl9ir]

I think it was right the board and most supporters backed ten Hag last summer even though there certainly were doubts. Sacking ten Hag last summer would've been harsh. Last season was extraordinary for 2 reasons: the amount of injuries and the FA Cup win. As the board and supporters, you do have to empathize with the gaffer when your bench consists of 2 GKs and mostly academy players, you're forced to play players out-of-position. Sacking ten Hag last summer would've sent out a few wrong messages. Firstly, that this club doesn't back its manager. Secondly, when you sack a manager after winning 2 cups, had a decent first season and disastrous 2nd season with lots of injuries, you are setting the bar pretty high for the next manager. What if the next one had not delivered any trophies after 2 seasons? Maybe some improvement but not enough to put us back in the CL or challenging the PL. Do you sack the manager then? You have to because that's the bar you've set, else you'll be accused of lacking consistency and looking clueless. Now the board and fans can say they've backed the manager, he's given the chance but he didn't take it. I thought that is proper right.

[@rishiwarman9527]

We hired a possession coach and asked him to play counter attacking, cause it’s the “United” way. That’s where the problem started. Those in charge should understand that the United way is to play free flowing football and scoring goals for fun. That should be the goal when it comes to playing style. This is not 90s where we can just hit teams on the counter. Game’s changed. Even smaller teams are organised defensively. You need a proper possession based style to pick them out defensively consistently. When they hired eth I was so excited that possession based football was finally cmng to OT and we are going to dominate games just like he did with Ajax. Fast forward three years we’re left with this. This is not ETH or the players problem. It’s those incompetent people in the hierarchy. It will happen with any coaches they bring in not just ETH. Let the coach play the way he wants, play to his strengths. Imagine the same amount of backing given to ETH in these three years, but with a twist, a possession based style that ETH was good at

[@bigarshiev2195]

season 3 is where the real rebuild had began. its hard to have any optimism but will watch the games whole heartedly.

[@almac9203]

He was given £616m to spend on players and his choices were horrendous. That is the bottom line. Go and watch this channel or others and you would see that there were tons of quality options throughout Europe but ETH kept getting Ajax players. It isn't totally his fault because the Glazers should have never let him be in charge of transfers to begin with. Hopefully the new manager gets the proper backing to bring in the right players.

[@Barbarous_Wretch]

I was behind him a lot the first two seasons. But the last couple of months - from the quality of play to the stuff he comes out with after games. I'd lost faith with him. He may do well else where. He might have better chemistry with a different bunch of players at another club. But him and his approach just wasn't working with this group of man utd players.

[@sabiotiopablo5787]

for me it was reverse. the results were abysmal but we were playing so well in some games i thought it was a matter of time results came. maybe or maybe goals were just not achievable with our current forwards. then again, its also his fault he got rid of our best players like varane and degea and ronaldo at the time, instead of getting rid of rashford and benching bruno and giving amad more time. he made his own bed even if i wanted him to continue

[@reinardish]

​@@sabiotiopablo5787Varane is injury prone, de Gea can't do modern football GK, and Ronaldo is toxic also arrogant. Don't be blinded by big names. A fool only depend on big name.

[@Kratos0223]

Hi bro I'd like to see a video talking about Nagelsmann or Amorin.

[@imaginechemistry9187]

The one thing I hate about him was the stubborn nature, that he even after getting thrashed, bragged about trophies and saying we played dominant football. If a manager is seeing his tactics is not working, he should change them. Spent 660million bragging about injuries and playing bad. Unacceptable Talk about xavi

[@Jykobe491]

I've noticed his stubborn nature since the first season when we BEGGED him to make substitutions, no wonder we got so many injuries, a lot of people keep forgetting that

[@imaginechemistry9187]

i agree with you, he was bragging about injuries two days ago! What injuries, just a LB position other than that we are playing wd a decent strong squad.

[@KimTebrok]

Hate??? Go back to your little hole in the ground. Moron.

[@Dmaj089]

I agree with you but no Xavi

[@imaginechemistry9187]

@@Dmaj089 yeah but who else is better Nagelsmann I dont see him coming

[@dvdfoo]

Let’s get Donald Trump… he will make Utd great again.

[@JoshMcSwain]

We're going to have the best squad and Liverpool is paying for it!

[@ricardocalix8237]

I think it was the right decision. Now the question is who will come in if Ruud is not good enough? I like Ruben Amorim, and he would make sense in an attacking football kind of way, but there rumors INEOS like Thomas Frank. Personally, I don’t like his style of play as much, but at this point anyone is better than what we just lived with Ten Hag.

[@laurynasbudinas4585]

It has to be either Gareth Southgate, Frank Lampard or bringing back Ole Gunner Solskjaer. They fit Man United's indentity as a glove

[@almac9203]

​@@laurynasbudinas4585all better than ETH. Worse manager post SAF.

[@josephjerlin2861]

With the rumours around Xavi Pls do a video on Xavi and will he do well ?

[@chriswood753]

ETH refusing to change his tactics got him the sack, the players did everything ETH asked them to do. ETH overloading the attack leaving the midfield exposed with old players like Eriksen and Casemiro in midfield who couldn't fill those gaps even in their prime.

[@akbeast5086]

AJ, could do you a video on how you would set up the side based on the players? Also, video on Amorim!

[@paulosah1317]

Do a video about Xavi. Also Iraola as well if you can. I’m bending towards Spanish managers.

[@Techdash.]

We have no patience as a fan base. Let's keep doing this every couple of years.

[@almac9203]

That is a tired argument. ETH was given £616m and he wasted that money on sub-par players. I kept saying that he should bring in press resistant technical footballers that can pass and dribble but ETH didn't do that. Bringing in Mason Mount was laughable when we needed that FDJ type Midfielder. ETH wasn't fired for failure to win the EPL but for putting us 14th after spending £616m. It is not like we were demanding the impossible. Top 4 isn't an unreasonable goal after the backing he got.

[@keithbarnes6529]

​@@almac9203well said. Any united fan that still backed ten hag is just dumb. You can't sign 16 players and 600m spent and still be giving excuses

[@irishobbit53]

Can you do a video on Ruben Amorim, he seems to be the frontrunner atm.

[@otuyemitobi5189]

Could you do a video on the likely candidates- Xavi, Amorim, Nagelsmann and co

[@popzinga]

I hope you guys make a video about who could be suited for the next Manchester United manager from the EPL. Thomas Frank, Marco Silva, or anyone else.....

[@spek888]

It was the correct decision. Stubborn tactics poor man management favouritism playing players out of position not adapting signing terrible players I’m glad he’s gone

[@sohammishra2475]

playing players out of position as if he wanted to do that. he had to play 34 different defensive combinations last season. if you’d have seen a single game you’d have figured out the lapses of the players as well.

[@Jykobe491]

​@@sohammishra2475You know your poiny is cr@p when you are still using last season to make an excuse. What about this season? After he got a lot of the players he wanted?

[@zeeshanhaider2205]

​@@sohammishra2475 you can appoint him your manager if u wish😂

[@joaquinandremarquezvera6515]

@@sohammishra2475 Lets not forget we replace mctominay and fred with casemiro and ericksen (both in their 30´s, we replace cavani and ronaldo with (zirkzee and hojlund both inexpirienced) we sold sancho and replace him with amad (championship player) and had to bring talent from the academy garnacho and mainoo (both inexpirienced as well) Erick had too many challenges, most of manager would´ve failed..... wait actually most of the managers have already failed at United This season we´ve actually played good patterns of play we´re at top of the charts of goals missed, we´re 4th on less goals against, there´s no doubt in my mind that if we actually gave him good forward players he would´ve survived

[@w1nther930]

​@@sohammishra2475alright, explain Maz, a RB, playing attacking midfielder? Before you bring up his argument "Maz played 10 at Ajax", that was only for few minutes. Why play a RB at attacking midfielder, when you have Eriksen who plays 10 for Denmark, and Zirkzee who is a false 9?

[@Radebe_fx]

I'm thinking either Inzaghi, Hurzeler or Amorim would be a good fit for this squad

[@Mackerdaymia]

Honestly think they weren't expecting it to get this bad, this quickly. Hence the contract extension while they find their man. I feel similar to you, wanted it to work, no shade, no hate, but his position was untenable. He was taking us backwards and with fit players and a more balanced squad. Change was needed.

[@wenjun_n]

It took them long enough. I think everyone has been supportive of the manager, but the results just weren’t there. And if we take a step back one can clearly see that ETH is just a bit too stubborn and deluded with his “best in transitional football”, and likely won’t change anything to improve United further. I thought he would have gone a few games earlier, but now we can say everyone has tried, it just sadly didn’t work out.

[@TanInVan]

Exactly, backing the manager, should come with some merit.

[@nhanNguyen-wo8fy]

It's like for so many years. I'm so angry that Man United player don't know how to cooperate a pressing block.Until lately. TLDR he was a head coach, not a manager. I feel MU tactics was like Play Station. When Ten Hag run the team I can clearly see that when he give out Tactics and how to play he don't have a suitable Technique Coach to implement training and tracking every player performance for each day on the field. Rangnick revealed this problem. Man United find good technical Coach then place them at what ever vacancy was available.Ten Hag has a risk taker style which is become a nonsense clusters style if you don't have suitable coach to implement training. He was a manager in one of the greatest Academy in Europe, which mean the coach team was totaly solid. That's why he was totaly confused about the situation for 2 seasons. His problem started with his political move when he first arrived, he don't want to involved with Rangnick, who hated by almost everyone but is the one understood the coach problem very thoroughly. Ten Hag himself had a lot impact on Wanbisaka improvement after serveral years of no improvement, which show he really has skill in detail.

[@Hrodulf3344]

ETH is probably has a tactical incompatibility with the EPL so even if we managed to reach the ideal state with ideal transfer targets I don't believe tactically it will fare as well as in EPL as it was in the Bundesliga. Hopefully, we will eventually find a suitable candidate for our next manager, meanwhile we really should address the clearing out of more inconsistent and overpaid players.

[@dimassubrata]

I don't like it that we keep changing manager after 2-2.5 years, but since Ten Hag appointed we still don't have clear game model, the team still perform really bad even when injured player back. Meanwhile other manager like Postecoglou, Slot, Hurzeler, and Maresca can immediately make their team perform. We hold to sack him long enough but his time is over now, we need to move on.

[@shriduttbhatt3977]

I disagree with AJ. Players making mistakes and not taking their chances is NOT ON THE MANAGER. How are we this dumb ?? Why do you think all new players and managers fail at this club ? How many resets do we need ??? The minute they step into the club they're exposed to an INCREDIBLY toxic atmosphere. Who do you think is the main reason for this ? The bloody fans. Changing the managers didn't work for a decade, and yet there are idiots who still think that'll solve the problems. I'm sick of this.

[@dotunbello]

Spot on. The reasoning behind his sacking is ridiculous and people have been reacting to bad games with no nuance.

[@rodrigofreitas111]

Yeah but before we did not have a football structure. Besides that you guys are talking like we were progressing which wasn't the case. When would it be enough? If we were the relegation zone?

[@dotunbello]

@@rodrigofreitas111 progress is not straightforward. This season we've had a clearer style of play but the worst luck. Nuance really kicking y'all asses

[@rodrigofreitas111]

@@dotunbello Stop making excuses I support Man Utd not Eric Ten Hag. And it was clear that things were not working out. Football is not that nuanced, this isn't astrofísics for crying out loud

[@dotunbello]

@ "football is not nuanced" lol supporting manutd doesn't automatically grant you comprehension skills or basic logic..this much, a lot of you have shown

[@qasmb1546]

ABOUT TIME!

[@international_soccer]

I'm really disappointed that Ten Hag was sacked, and even more so that it didn't happen at the end of last season. I've been hearing about big ambitions from the new management for a while now, but all I see is a broken team and frustrated players.

[@Adil-zs7qd]

Please make a video on XAVI. I think he fits our system perfectly.

[@robertlangat486]

Xavi is not a good manager to be honest see the difference btwn barca with him and now

[@JohnDoe-qm8ns]

​@@robertlangat486 he won the league with Barca?

[@sabiotiopablo5787]

yes he fits us being not good enough

[@v1kt4r]

Thoughts on Reuben Amorin as a potential new manager

[@linggafadlurazaq2900]

thanyou ten hag for 2 trophies! but it's just doesn't work anymore. i hope you can break down Nistelrooy tactics

[@prodbylnr]

United and Ten Hag should have parted ways after the FA Cup, INEOS fluffed their first big decision. Now they have another big decision to make on who replaces him long term.

[@CharlesDrew-b3i]

Sabastian Houness of stuggart and Fabian Hurzelar of Brighton are the best fits for this man united squad.

[@gbrl433]

shooting for the stars for nagelsmann or thomas frank and maybe hoenig

[@airynod]

Every manager "deserved" to be sacked at the point they were sacked, but the progress that led to the sacking is why I sympathise with some. I feel sorry for ETH and Mou among all post-SAF managers(Also Ragnick). I just hope Sir Ratcliffe's directors can bring a healthy operation and structure to the club and avoid the chaos that Glazers brings forever.

[@esd251]

"I just hope Sir Ratcliffe's directors can bring a healthy operation and structure to the club and avoid the chaos that Glazers brings forever" except they don't. They just slowly show their true face, first step was firing the manager.

[@airynod]

​@@esd251 Even though I like ETH, sceptical about Sir Ratcliffe and think he wants to start fresh with "his own manager". However, I would say the only thing they do that isn't in ETH's favour is they didn't control the news on manager recruitment last season. To me, what ETH experienced at United is unfortunate. Without a proper left back for more than a season, a heavy injury season, and forced to play with a young attack side that is yet ready, the club reached the FFP line for the first time I have ever heard, "switching" board, "angering" a legendary player that the deal shouldn't have happened in the first place...etc. So far, INEOS will be the last I blame for ETH's departure. English media, some players, some of our fanbase, Glazer's poor club structure, the medical team, ETH's stubbornness... All of these did more harm to ETH than INEOS.

[@Wayne10Rooney]

Julian nagelsmann or Zebri or Amorim ??? Who is our best option ?

[@utipraise4912]

People forget that tactics is not everything that makes a manager elite man management and pragmatism to an extent is equally as important and the two areas I felt Ten Hag fell short in since last season. Tactics alone can get you so far

[@almac9203]

How about bringing in the right players? That's where he went wrong. I kept saying we should bring in press resistant technical footballers to help us play possession football. Pep is the gold standard and that is the style we should aspire to be. If we had brought in ball playing defenders and midfielders then we would have no difficulty getting the ball to our attackers. Proper recruitment is the foundation of success and ETH's signings weren't good enough.

[@utipraise4912]

@almac9203 I agree with that to some extent but I still feel his tactics did not help either especially last season

[@almac9203]

@@utipraise4912 his tactics made the players look worse than they are. We shouldn't be 14th in the league. I am confident a new manager can get more out of these players

[@dannygreenland4853]

My honest opinion of ETH was he was a middle table manager just like Moyes, people assumed that because he did well at Ajax that he'd do well at Utd yes he won the League and Fa Cup but that's not good enough Ajax would always be a midtable team if they were in the premiership. Is it sad we have sacked another Manager of course it is but he needed to go was it right doing it now not sure if we waited until Christmas then where would Utd have been then just above the Relegation zone possibly, I just hope whomever they bring it get's the players playing and scoring.

[@maxomster]

A middletable team beating real 4-1 at Bernabeu & then 2-1 away at Juve?

[@esd251]

You must be a 10 years old kid!

[@dannygreenland4853]

@@maxomster There is always some surprises

[@dannygreenland4853]

@@esd251 I must be a 10 year old for voicing my opinion grow up

[@TanInVan]

Cup competitions can have suprises, league doesn’t. He’s underperformed in the premier league. Simple.

[@omarhill5838]

I would love if u could do a video on Stuttgart manager

[@angelicascovers2223]

Make a video on Nagelsmann!!

[@HUDZZ]

Wheres the link for the discord AJ

[@laurynasbudinas4585]

Great decision. Now let's get Southgate in.

[@w1nther930]

Ah yes, score one goal and park the bus southgate

[@laurynasbudinas4585]

@@w1nther930 Clearly its the only thing that man u players can do as they always bottle the lead. they cant handle pressure so Gareth fits the club like a glove. My alternatives would be Frank Lampard or bringing back Ole Gunner Solskjaer who all are clearly superior to ten hag as they have the dna

[@footballreddevils600]

Boring rumour we are not interested in Southgate, and if we were at least he was an England manager who got to two Euros finals so pipe down with these sarcastic comments

[@laurynasbudinas4585]

@@footballreddevils600 Just proves the point that the club is ran badly if we are not interested in a manager of Gareth Southgate's caliber.

[@erwanntowa7832]

I want inzaghi, nagelsmann, or maybe Thomas frank if Ruud doesn’t cook for the rest of the season

[@HUDZZ]

Xabi alonso, Xavi Hernandez and Ruben Amorim analysis please AJ

[@MrRokkit]

2:10 "Do I think it's the 4th best squad in the premier league - no" *If true* then first priority needs to be a _massive_ clear-out because they are being paid like top 3 players.

[@TanInVan]

How many fucking massive clear outs so we need, we have literally a completely different 9 out of the 11 starting players with us now.

[@MrRokkit]

​@@TanInVan Ha. Fair point. But if AJ is correct and the wages of the squad are not worth the sum-of-its-parts (to any manager) then I think it's down to Ashworth to deal with that before dumping it on the next perm appointment. In a weird way I'd like to see us miss out on Europe all together next season to be able to strip the squad down to the bare bones. Ship out the likes of Casemiro, Antony, Rashford and a few other high earners. Replace (if needed) with youth, loans and short contract solutions.

[@spencerchapmanbarra7888]

In his last few games his team selections and subs were getting more bizarre like he wanted to be sacked! He wanted a payout go on holiday and return to Ajax.

[@TanInVan]

The fact we give so much support to this bald fraud compared to Ole, is outstanding. He’s consistently underperformed in the league, three years and all we have done is gotten worse, we got rid of all the “dead wood” and got his players in and we have gotten worse. I’m actually tired of blaming the players, at some point it’s not the players fault especially when it’s different players each time, this is the manager and his inability to communicate his plan and make the changes needed to win games. He could have great ideas, but a good story with a poor narrator, does not retain any audience.

[@JohnDoe-qm8ns]

Ole had 0 trophies. EtH won two. Isn't it obvious?

[@TanInVan]

@@JohnDoe-qm8ns great. Let's win another carabao cup sitting in fucking relegation. He might be a cup manager but he's not doing anything for the league.

[@sinclairwhitbourne2090]

@@TanInVan Apart from finishing 3 and winning two trophies.

[@davidpeters8821]

This is the wrong call for the long term. But at least y'all will shut up now....

[@Jay-mn8kb]

Maybe the next United manager can give us more laughters and joy again 😂

[@hollabronze9288]

Honestly. He had it coming

[@paulwamutitu2447]

He lost my support when he said that Man United were not ready to start the league. Like wtf were you doing all pre-season???

[@PhilHimself82]

Didn't have the whole Squad in pre season because of the euros and the copa...that's what he meant, i guess ...

[@paulwamutitu2447]

@@PhilHimself82 Pep Guardiola could have also said the same thing

[@sabiotiopablo5787]

@@paulwamutitu2447 come on pep had the best team in the world before the season started. we had an overplayed unrested 8th premier league team that could only get worse in the short term

[@w1nther930]

Not suprising. No clear tactics, stubborn to change them, poor management of players like Garnacho (by that I mean not telling the Ronaldo wannabe to shoot less and lift his head to pass to the striker). Getting the worst united seasons. It was bound to happen.

[@EmmanuelOnyono]

I believe it's right decision

[@jakebraz3265]

my assignmen at my college was on man utd and i decided to do the coaching staff now that ethhas been sacked i have to re do part of it

[@barryispuzzled]

My first thought isn't whether or not the manager is good enough. I think the recruitment has been poor. When you can tell me that Scholes, Giggs, Beckham, van Nistelrooy, Ferdinand, Vidic, Schmeichel have been replaced with players of the same quality, then start talking about winning the Premier League. Add to that the level of expectancy at Man Utd and you're flogging a dead horse with this squad.

[@latebobosenamlawson3913]

Please talk about Ruben Amorim

[@sirhawk705]

Nagelsmann, Amorim or the manager of Stuttgart (can't spell his name)

[@SuperUltim8]

Hear me out, Mourinho second tenure under INEOS

[@busamadonsela4709]

My thoughts exactly 💯

[@kripiktv8521]

I think this will come in the end of this year

[@zionfly3943]

Ten Hag is a bang average manager he won’t go to any elite club after this

[@clearlynour]

Noureddine on a free from turkey...

[@tahmidistheone]

Ineos treated him like shit. Didnt even give him a yr in their new lookk structure. They havent improved anything. They started looking for managers behind his back. Ten hag will find another big club whilst this rotten club will be stuck at midtable

[@ReynoldsJer]

cool, now let's see these players with a new manager

[@samgibson7674]

Sporting's amorim, i think will do a good job

[@takudzwatembedza8569]

please doRuud, Nagalesman, Amorim and Xavi

[@madenxtdoor]

It was just a matter of when he was going to be sacked coz he couldnt inspire the confidence needed for a top club like Manchester United, maybe else where he will be a fine coach

[@bf1716]

A top club? You mean circus club

[@huskyman1061]

I cant believe, Hes gone....its BS, still needed time. Pitch performance was shit, but it was a new format ffs

[@utipraise4912]

Again AJ I love your analysis but I think your sentiments blinded you from seeing that Ten Hag ceiling was capped especially in the Premier league

[@qudusrazak6298]

We need videos for honeb and nagelsman

[@esd251]

Typical Ineos. 2 seasons after this, United will have a new manager. Watch.

[@AkbarManUnited]

You cant finish 3rd and then 8th. And now after spending £600 million you are 14th in the league in your 3rd season after 9 games played. Aside from 2 cup wins which came via easy cup runs, the football under Ten Hag has been awful. Defensively and Offensively. We had +15 GD in his first season finshing 3rd due to Rashford and a -1 GD finishing with McTominay carrying Ten Hag to 8th. Now, we are 14th with a -3 GD. He should have gone at the end of last season. IENOS look like clowns after backing him in the summer and sacking him now. The football club is still being run by clowns. I wouldnt be surprised if we are in the same position in 3 years time.

[@AndroidMan-t5x]

Man Utd is impatient

[@shriduttbhatt3977]

Now that their favourite scapegoat is gone, and when the club inevitably still fails, I'm genuinely gonna laugh at the idiots who were stupid enough to think changing the manager would solve all our problems 😂 I already know the fans are gonna turn on the next guy in 2 years. It's all this fanbase does really.

[@ragnarluthbrook9881]

Dude mentioning that we got destroyed by Liverpool, city who's not getting destroyed by the i don't know how you guys expect us to do good vs 2 of the best teams in the last 5 years period, while we shit

[@shermanchongxs]

Diego Simeone or Don carlo if he gets the sack

[@leondavis5897]

Bout fucking time

[@mercurialblonde]

Finally.

[@AINE.23]

Talk about ruben Amorim

[@yungin_duh]

EtH to Bayern in December

[@tahmidistheone]

Ineos crumbled under pressure by these dirty frauds in the media and fanbase. Glazer puppets 😂

[@Mugi_19]

SEBASTIAN HOENESS! Just see it for yourself

[@bbgorb]

i want to see zidane fail

[@benjaminfada1944]

Sporting Lisbon manager

[@reinardish]

Football managers job is truly hard one, develop and using talent from bad players ? Damn, managers job is create magic.

[@Mugi_19]

SEBASTIAN HOENESS! PLS

[@muhumuzavictor2269]

Talk about amorim

[@JoshMcSwain]

Seems like a relief for both sides, both knew it was inevitable. Sacking him won't fix the team overnight though. This squad still needs overhaul long after Rangnick said it did. It's like the club is just going in circles. The manager that I think would have been the best choice in the short term would have been Tuchel, but he's taken now. Of those that are left, I am interested to hear thoughts on Xavi, and maybe Naglesmann if he would even want this job.

[@joelkoroh3031]

Julian negelsman

[@dotunbello]

Not interested in your opinion on this. I know you're happy. I'm here for united, you fans, analysts and ex players are garbage that could never coach half as good as Eric under the same circumstances

[@tahmidistheone]

There was progress under ten hag. Players wasted chances throughout the season. 14 XG created in the league, only 8 scored. Players threw ole and jose under the bus, but these players tried for ten hag! This season is a write off. Well done ineos.

[@laurynasbudinas4585]

Personally looking at what Manchester United squad is the best at, speed and playing under no pressure, I can't look past these three candidates: 1. Gareth Southgate. He has already proven his "know-how" in Britain reaching the final of Euro 2024 with English squad, implementing excellent structural tactics that would suit the squad. 2. Frank Lampard. He is everything that Erik ten Hag lacked. He knows what it takes on player and managerial levels in England, and he is great for stabilizing the squad, and not making any rash decisions. 3. Bring back Ole Gunner Solskjaer. Same profile as the last two, except he has the DNA and has already won premier league as a manager with Man U, as all of Man Citys titles will soon be stripped away due to financial crimes. What do you think about these candidates? Would love to hear your tactical analysis as we, the fanbase are sure that given the same conditions, all 3 of these would outperform Erik ten Hag in every regard possible in football

[@gingrr.junkie]

GET THIS TRASH OFF OF THE AIRWAVES

[@JohnDoe-qm8ns]

None of those idiats have won things. Okay, you must be joking right?

[@AMADISFREEFROMTENHARAM]

AMAD IS FREE

[@khaleephermuhammad4617]

Amorim

[@Mugi_19]

SEBASTIAN HOENESS!