INEOS' Next Manager Decision! | James Ducker Exclusive | Tier One

[@FullTimeDevils]

Like if you think ten Hag should at least be given to the end of the season!

[@DeadInsideDave]

can u tell that dude to talk faster , is he slow or summat

[@SCh9912]

Just what sense does it make to sack him? What’s he done? Antony is his only mistake! Do you want Carlos ‘cry me a river’ kickaball to dictate the dressing room in ManU! The only thing the glazers got right was EtH- and he has not gone and bought players in just to save his job; rather he’s taken hard decisions on players to set himself up with FFP in mind to get out be better equipped to attract better players with good projects, get Manchester United players!!! We couldn’t look at Arsenal, Liverpool and Man City who’ve done repeatedly well for the past 10 years! Just let Eric tH do his work for at least 1/2 seasons with a better squad; and see whether you are on the right path!! Just out of interest, how many managers under so much pressure would bring through 3 players under 21! How many managers have produced that iconic photo of 3 youngsters sitting on the Ad Board for such an iconic moment in the last 10 years!!!

[@sivaramakrishnanster]

One of my first memories of watching utd play was the 2008 Champions Leagues finals with Chelsea. I had no clue about utd or the premier league or the nuances of football play. Fuck I didn't even understand what an offside was or why a free kick was awarded. Why did I watch this match? Simply because my friends were playing it in my hostel block's TV. I only remember one thing from that day - the red team is playing so good; always moving forward, working to get the ball back from the blue team; so energetic, intense. Fast forward, I'm a utd fan for about 16 years now. I became an utd fan before I understood football, before I knew who sir Alex is, before I realized the success of this club, before I studied the history of this great club. I became a fan for the style of play we had and for the never give up attitude we evinced. And I also firmly believe nobody should be above our club. The Team comes first. Let us now remind ourselves what we were saying when Ten Hag took the helm of our club. "He needs atleast 3 summers to set things right". Let us also remind ourselves what we were saying when Qatar and Ineos were bidding. "Wow! with the right owners and structure around him, Ten Hag could do much better and bring us back to where we belong". All of a sudden he is not good enough? So we all wake up one fine day and decide "okay he needs to go because he lost a few games" ???? Shall we call out some of these lazy players for who they actually are? This is the second season syndrome among the players that cost us our managers before. These players can't track back in time when asked to, leaving gaping holes in the play for opponents to punish us. Some of them with poor work rate, no intensity to win the ball back or come back from the clutches of defeat. Not caring to run into the right positions irrespective whether you get the ball or not. But they will not miss a beat to give interviews to make themselves look good. Remember this is the same manager who made us look good (relatively to this season) with Wout Weghorst upfront last season. What the hell ???? When you look back our recent games after Ole's podcast interview at Overlap, a lot is making sense now. For anyone who says this manager treated some of these players without respect or shows partiality: - he gave Sancho time off to rejuvenate and mentally recover and get fit; shielded him from media, protected him and gave him his fair share of chances when he came back. Mind you we lacked and still lack squad depth at that time. So his miss was costly but much needed for him to get back to form. He puts himself first over the team then fuck him - CR7; Now I have huge respect for what he has done to our club. But let's call a spade a spade shall we. some of his claims from the Piers interview doesn't match up. I agree may be Ten Hag didn't want him in the team, he might have had other preferences, but to say he disrespected him? Ten Hag made CR7 the captain for the game against Fulham before the international break and before the interview aired. CR7 says his child was sick when the season started and he had to be with the family at that time, but the club and the manager didn't believe him? Wasn't he the one trying to leave the club during the summer with his agent pimping all over the place? Let us not forget throughout the summer when Ten Hag was pestered about CR7 he remained very respectful of him and kept protecting him, rather the opposite of what CR7 claims the manager did. - Even when Maguire lost his playing 11 spot or stripped of his captaincy Ten Hag didn't throw him under the bus. - His partiality towards Antony - he lost his playing 11 spot already. Doesn't these tell you something about this man ??? If people don't realize this then either they are either delusional or have a personal agenda or just simply trolls looking to spark debates.

[@slashssnakepit4444]

⁠@@SCh9912finally some sense among the madness, I completely agree with you mate (except the part about arsenal doing well for 10 years😂). Not only is Ten Hag NOT the problem, and we all know what the problem is, but the alternative options are absolutely crap. We don’t want Tommy Tickles and we definitely don’t want Gareth Southgate. Is it really a sackable offence to not win the league with Lindelof at left back? Or Maguire and Evans at centre half??? Does anyone expect Gareth Southgate to come in and turn our mess of a squad into a world beating team?? Ten Hag simply has to be given time to clear the deadwood and have a functioning squad instead of the mismatch of different players bought for different managers under different systems. We’re in the mess we are in because no manager has been given the time required to work. The media constantly tell us “united are 5 years away from challenging.”….. yet the media also keep screaming for us to go straight back to day 1 when the project isn’t complete within 2 years 🤷‍♂️. This is all just an easy story to print bullshit when they’ve got nothing else to say. It’s easy to say “city and Liverpool have the best managers and are well run clubs”…. But both clubs gave their managers time to work. Neither Klopp or Pep won the league immediately.

[@theasylumt1a277]

the dumbest post on the net today

[@benwhite4484]

I'm sick of reading headlines about new manager this new manager that just stop talking about it let the man work

[@dealwithitsloth]

Exactly. The old “I don’t want him to be sacked, but let’s talk about him getting sacked” line is SHITE

[@DarioBrubeck]

Agreed. Sensational click bait. Exhausting stuff.

[@playedout148]

Fix EVERYTHING ELSE. Front office, players. Then I'd think about a new manager AGAIN.

[@HULKIN86]

💯 agree. Claiming you don’t want a change yet headlining every conversation with who will be the replacement is contradictory and inciting

[@seb1554]

Feels like INEOS are essentially laying down the propaganda in readiness to just replace the manager, not clear out the players and sign nobody of value.

[@MH-vp7lf]

So ruthless that de zerbi Thomas Frank and Southgate are the candidates 😂

[@eromoseleebozele7802]

Thats someone’s report. We also seen reports thats its zidane, nagelsman and inzaghi

[@Johndoe-gf7eu]

Did david ornstein report that? If not then its bullshit

[@jhaych]

​​@@S7VmvNot a chance, de zerbi hasn't proven anything or stayed around for long at jobs, frank hasn't proven anything and Southgate is a joke

[@mehrdud7375]

@@S7Vmvyour logic convinced me!

[@qfnoyvoy6353]

Please none of these

[@billbaggiotmua372]

I was thinking before today that Ten Hag could be doomed , but, After what Ole has said today, i think he has helped Ten hag,ineos and the fanbase a hell of a lot. He pretty much confirmed what we all was thinking, and for me , i am more behind The manager than i was before.... In a way , Ole has helped lift a lot of frustration for some of us, and at the same time , i think a lot of us will sympathise with what a difficult job anyone has right now managing united.

[@MajorMumwett]

That's what you took from this interview??? I'm now more convinced than ever that Ten Hag is NOT the right guy. I think he should stay til the end of the season just to give him the chance to prove himself but I can't see any of the new management team having faith in him. I don't think the majority of players do either. Re-watch the part where he talks about how ten hag sets us up to play, how we're constantly exposed and how we can't pass. That's got nothing to do with having a director of football or a good CEO. That's coaching. That's about tactics. Those are HIS instructions. The fact that it has never worked and has never been addressed and changed shows that this guy is not the right man. Can you honestly see a way where ten hag actually lifts the prem title for Manchester United ?

[@leri7222]

⁠@@MajorMumwett I think he was talking about the stick to football interview. Given everything we’ve heard about these players, I’m surprised you actually think they have the character and mentality to go on the pitch and execute the manger’s instructions perfectly, he had his preferred 11 last season and we weren’t getting exposed as much, they played well enough to win a trophy and finish 3rd. Regardless of tactics, the players still have to execute!! You’re clearly ten hag out and that’s fine but it’s not all on him, as a professional footballer if your manager needs to teach you how to pass then maybe you shouldn’t be on the pitch. I mean, these players complain about running too much, they don’t even want to run but they’re supposed to execute tactics?? Cmon men.

[@rana1561]

​​@@MajorMumwettyeah sure, can you mention what part are we supposed to re watch to get what you inferred? The OP is talking about Ole's interview, a far better thing to form opinion from, instead of Ducker's.

[@billbaggiotmua372]

@mundolioknows6447 Your opinion, thats cool.

[@Pengboycarti]

@@billbaggiotmua372LVG had done more with FAR less. He had a style of play, bopping Liverpool off the park at Anfield. The club structure may be bad but stop using it as an excuse to back a terrible manager whose created his own problems after being more backed than any previous United manager post Fergie. These are facts, not opinions, deal with reality.

[@Geoff_1975]

The Telegraph cannot be respected for football, local, national or geopolitics. Ducker knew exactly what to say to get Joe and Jay to react in the way he wanted. For example, the guys asked him about Ten Haag and he proceeded to describe moments the players were responsible for and Ten Haag had no influence over. Yes Ten Haag has made mistakes but all this 'is he the man for the job?'...'can he manage the dressing room?' etc etc is media bullshit! He managed to achieve top four with a Captain that was underperforming and needed replacing, Ronaldo that was unable to accept he isn't the player he was so agitated for a move by disrespecting him in front of PIERS MORGAN!!!, Sancho playing shit and can't cope with a bit of criticism, Antony, Greenwood etc... and don't get me started on the rest of the squad! Some of which don't even have the balls to be captain, never mind handle adversity in game and turn it around in 45-90mins!!! Joe/Jay....please challenge these journo media idiots you have on and realise they want United to be perpetually in 'transition' so they can continue their endless negative narrative against our club.!! GGMU and UTFP!

[@tomboyce1857]

Absolutely agree. Onana give him time cause of the injuries... Why not ten Haag? Made no sense to me. Constant chatter about Brighton comparing apples and oranges

[@Am-lj3yy]

James Ducker, especially for United news, is as good as it gets. Always one of the first to report things and sometimes THE first. You can name me times he's reported the wrong information regarding United in years.

[@playedout148]

​@@Am-lj3yyfirst? Who cares about first?

[@nolo_the2nd]

Rather trust Fabrizio, Ornstein, Whitwell, Mitten and Adam Crafton @@Am-lj3yy

[@BOSSMOSS21]

@Geoff_1975,I totally agree with what you said. Since Fergie I haven't seen any manager have to deal with as much off the field nonesense as Erik. Add in all the injuries, poor VAR decisions, and top it all off with the uncertainty of the takeover bid it's been chaos right through. Then also consider this team is still no built even close to the managers liking. It's ridiculous and if it were Ole Joe n Jay would have been singing a different tune.

[@YouraWidgie]

The best tier one I’ve seen. James Ducker gives a great perspective on United with no bull.

[@gavingillespie4032]

If you like journalists that don’t provide context, sure, it’s amazing.

[@mehrdud7375]

I’m sure INEOS would be ruthless with the manager selection. The problem is Todd Bohley also thought he is being ruthless when he sacked Tuchel!

[@ChadLouisNewton]

Exactly this. Changing the Manager for the sake of it (when so many other issues need sorting first) won't solve the problem.

[@Alfredsson14]

I agree. But the question is: "who will decide"? Sir Jim, Sir Brailsford, Berrada and Ashworth ( in charge after 1 of July)...,...,?

[@satwantbhandal5844]

James is so articulate what an insightful interview, none of the conjecture or click bait, pure class lads

[@kjetilknyttnev3702]

Even if they do decide to sack Ten Hag, I'm unimpressed by the current climate, where they are letting every journalist and pundit basically ruin him with rumours. Either back him now, or sack him now. This is untenable, and frankly Ten Hag deserves better. This is Glazers treatment.

[@Ace-wp7ld]

If i was ten hag i would want out of this 💩 show that is united board and front office they are literally making the worst decisions in the world not just the league the world…

[@SerindipityEvents-b6b]

A United supporter with some sense

[@tungi_halmegi]

Lvg told ten haag about utd but he still came. His fault

[@seb1554]

Agree. It sends a worrying message to the players as well that they aren’t accountable for poor individual performances.

[@happyone7274]

No Hag deserves this. Look at the abysmal performance, GD, etc. He is a Must go.

[@Ace-wp7ld]

Joe said the manager needs to get the players to listen to him and at its base thats how it should work. I 100% think the players simply refuse to listen and the proof is they haven’t listened to any of the managers before and if ten hag gets sacked they won’t listen to whoever cones next either. I guess you coyld argue the players cant do what hes asking but my response to that is Ten Hag is not asking them to do anything the top 3 managers aren’t asking of their players and if uniteds players cant or wont do that then they need to go. We know Pep, Klopp and Artetas players listen to what they’re told and if they don’t do it why they are not played and moved on why should united expect less of their players?

[@leri7222]

This is a great point I think a lot of ten hag outers are choosing to ignore, if they complain about running then there is no hope for these guys.

[@mitchellbrough1615]

Ultimately the only way to change it is back him through the players trying to get him the sack

[@graememulcahy1]

Great, detailed, well done

[@nodbag6301]

THAT is the best journalist interview I have seen. Well done to the Channel. He has stripped the problems to the bone. Excellent

[@bdugmnbvcxz]

Great interview with James . A real sense of optimism for the club . Mistakes of the past are hopefully in the past now and momentum can be built going forward

[@adambarnett2702]

Excellent interview lads!

[@johnsaltmarsh5853]

17:10 just listen because someone defo farted and Joe says nice right after 😂😂

[@sacred1827]

Ducker paused for fart

[@Danny-iv5uu]

Man lost me right away when he put potter in same sentence as tuchel and naglesman

[@Mizrob10]

I'd take him over Tuchel

[@ots5891]

@Mizrob10 At least Tuchel won the Champions League with Chelsea. How did Potter perform 🎭 😳

[@garethdeere4822]

Couldn't cope at Chelsea would get eaten alive here

[@ots5891]

@@garethdeere4822 English media do what they do best, overhype their own.

[@Ricardito7]

Great watch that was 🙌🏽

[@iamkang]

The issue with the space between defence and the forwards & midfield is that with the defence being so high Maguire and lindelof get caught out and aren’t comfortable on the ball. It’s still stupid but it’s a personnel issue. Ten hag needs to decide that if ur gonna do the press make sure the players have better ball security to minimise the counter attacks that would see Maguire and co get skinned. City can do it because they have the cheat code walker at RB

[@rana1561]

I'd rather see ten Hag force his implementation now, and expose players that are not good enough for it. It will look disjointed, but better do it now and show owners the major job they need to change the squad irrespective of whether ten Hag stays or not.

[@ots5891]

Ten Hag forcing his system now is what will get him sacked. We know the team is majorly injured. He should be flexible enough to adapt the team to accommodate Evans and Maguire instead of playing a disjointed team that leaves massive holes in the Middle. He can coach the team to defend as a unit and attack as a unit (compact), not disjointed where 6 players are attacking, leaving the remaining 3 defenders behind with a massive hole in the midfield. That's just stupid 😅

[@iamkang]

@@ots5891 if that’s the case we’re going back to counter attacking which everyone was grumbling at. For me he should’ve Instilled his philosophy year 1 and got rid of those who cannot do it and go from there at least this year we’d be more competent in how we play

[@rana1561]

@@ots5891 depends on what the ownership has set as the expectation, if they are looking for a more long term aim, seeing how many players they need to move on might be the priority, because if one is realistic, top 4 would require pragmatic adjustments, but still less likely. It would not really add much value to have such a short term Target as your main reason to sack manager when you need to focus on so many things to fix in the club before adding more chaos by sacking manager.

[@Yewbzee]

Im getting the impression he’s not a Ten Hag fan.

[@mayankpaneri1295]

Exactly what I felt.

[@timwright4676]

That was fantastic - best piece about United for years!

[@specter1019]

Finally a video where they get straight to the point instead of talking about random shit for 20mins

[@smallswideawake]

The Sandro Tonali bit is wild, even if you google his name it takes a couple scrolls to find an article on his ban, meanwhile you look up any Man U player and its controversy

[@millsy_yt1148]

Ducker and Laurie are the best in the business as far as United journalism goes… looking forward to this one

[@RandomVideosFirst]

yet Ducker says it how it is , he knows ETH is full of it

[@millsy_yt1148]

@@RandomVideosFirstagreed I don’t get how people can’t see how awful we are regardless of injuries… I think people are more enamored with the idea of Ten Hag rather than Ten Hag himself

[@rana1561]

Ducker is an absolute farce. Just wants to create drama when the answer is obvious, the players, people are in denial because the solution but cumbersome and time taking, ten Hag is an easy short term scapegoat.

[@benjacdesign]

But isnt the brighton example because they have had a consistent recruitment plan and structure that fits their philosophy so when they hire a manager they can easily implement their style because they fit in the philosophy of the club / players??

[@Puppy_parade]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@Mesie]

It doesn't fit the sack ETH narrative. It infact it shows what happens with a good structure in place!

[@f3diyoung]

These are same journalists who wanted Poch over ETH, so this is their opportunity to slander ETH

[@grahamallan101]

Shaw when first signed, was a youngster not signed to play every game then he had his leg brake. Last 5 years he has averaged over 37 game per season. Then we’ve had this season and it’s been a disaster for him with injuries so there might need to be a decision on him but there is 12 to hi before him.

[@Adammac2020]

Loved this one lads 👏👏👏

[@ianhunter4784]

29:30ish Joe saying are we looking for the Mancini rather than the Pep is a very interesting way to look at any potential change. Would hope its not made but this is an interesting pov

[@cumalunika1304]

Great interview!

[@refigee8752]

39:54 absolutely right about training. Watching United play, you jus keep asking yourself, what on earth do they do during training

[@happyone7274]

In Ineos we trust. Bring in a new manager.

[@tellall23]

20 minutes into the video and the TG guy regurgitating the Carragher stuff. Seen enough

[@tombradford9195]

Adam Llana done an interview telling De Zerbi that he won’t find a better squad of players if he moves to a bigger clubs because the Brighton team do everything for each other and he knows from experience that’s the case in most clubs. It’s not a manager thing, it’s a players thing! Hense why so many managers since Fergie have failed and so have players. But managers go and the players stay. How is this a Ten Haag issue and not a change of culture problem at least first?

[@mickeytracey2332]

None of these journos have a clue what Ineos are up to. The side ways and backwards step manager lists are embarrassing guesswork. Roll on summertime!! I'm sick of the bullshit.

[@roel5901]

There are indeed quite a lot of questions about our stretched structure and the build-up from behind, but ETH did basically say that the current defence can't play high and can't pass through the lines. And when Martinez and Shaw were back the team did function and did play a high line, participated in the high press and did pass between the lines. So in my view the jury's still out.

[@Kantorblue]

Loved that, best pod for a long time

[@Geebagmcmuffin]

Did he say that Pep and Klopp are the best two managers on the continent? Mr. Ancelotti might have something to say about that. Flick did a treble with Bayern, even Juup Heyckenes did. Klopp has 1 league and 1 champions league. Great achievements but hardly unique.

[@Cawley1031]

Ducker would send a glass eye ball to sleep

[@clivewilkinson5394]

Yes ruthless at selling players and cutting wages. But not Ruthless at replacing with quality players. It's about saving money and doing it on the cheap

[@dealwithitsloth]

Wish they’d drop the whole “I don’t want ETH to be sacked, but let’s keep talking about him getting sacked” line.

[@ethandraper4645]

Well tbf it's not like they can ignore it. His job isn't secure at all unless INEOS have told him unequivocally he's the man for next season.

[@vincentmcdonnell2661]

Enjoyed that. He speaks a lot of sense

[@paulmca8180]

Brilliant interview 👏

[@buzzmjolnir]

Sorry, but this guy clearly has an agenda. He talked at length about all of the issues with Ten Hag that INEOS will be looking at - and not once does he acknowledge Ten Hag's win percentage. If all the issues with Ten Hag he talks about are real and/or legitimate, how does he explain Ten Hag's win percentage? Is he claiming that Ten Hag's first 100 games being better than Klopp's, Pep's, and every Man Utd manager's was just luck? In one breath he is waxing lyrical about what an amazing job Ashworth did building out the style of football, footballing infrastructure and recruitment at Brighton. But then in another he is waxing lyrical about what an amazing job De Zerbi did cobbling together a bunch of loanees at Brighton to beat Utd 3-1 early this season. De Zerbi is being propped up by how well Brighton is run as a football club. He is talking absolute wibble. He is gaslighting the Utd fanbase. Don't have him on again lads.

[@giorgiob8464]

People quickly forgot how many players improved LAST season under Ten Hag. Then this season a lot of key injuries and the wheels fell off. Why is that? Ten Hag's the same manager he was last season and these are the same bunch of players that got Ole and Jose and Ralf sacked.

[@nijnvy]

He was called naive the other day by Ten hag and seems to have taken it to heart.

[@seb1554]

It seems INEOS might be paying these journalists to represent them. The way they promote them doesn’t seem natural, they haven’t done anything yet to earn respect.

[@WaynePDL]

Good lad

[@BACK2PORT]

17:13 Swear that geeza just squeezed one out 😂

[@davidmoss5275]

Someone needs to tell Sir Jim we don't want Southgate as our manager if they do then Sir Jim out now tonight

[@TonyField]

Great interview. But only point would mention is fans aren't that patient now. 👍

[@bengreenbank]

Fantastic interview this. Nailed basically all the main issues and pulled no punches. Good to see him rightfully criticising Ten Hag too

[@grahamallan101]

Wow, he doesn’t like Ten Hag! Comparing De Zerbie has got to be a joke. If De Zebie is that good why are Brighton behind United all season. Fair enough they beat us but they raise there game against the big teams, it’s not like he improves players and is a tactical genius.

[@ChadLouisNewton]

Brighton have won 5 of their last 21 League games, he's the most overrated manager in English football since Pochettino when he was at Spurs.

[@leri7222]

The one positive about him is he will get his players to play his style of football so I’ll give him that, the reason I don’t think that’ll work at utd is because it’s known that his training is intense and relentless and i dont know how that’ll sit with a group of players that complain about running.

[@abhishek9510]

Ten Hag was highly rated at the time he came to utd. With how its going on, there is no factual evidence to suggest he has to be tolerated. If the club end up sacking him, i hope they bring in someone charismatic and passionate. Not the out of job managers looking for another payday. Also, its not beyond relm of possibility 10hag ends up in barca or Bayern, and come back to haunt the club in europe.. Personally, i would not write off anything yet, let the players be back, a full strength squad, with an improved bench and then judge the manager. He did okay last season, and a more efficient club would have seen casemior isnt a long term solution, and a cb and lb is as much a priority as st and rw. Instead we went for Mount for god knows what. Sabitzer for that one tackle.. Can't imagine how anyone can steady the ship without time at the club..

[@4Bester]

Last season we made the FA Cup final losing to the best team in the world, won the League Cup against a Newcastle side having there best season for years and on a high, finished 3rd in the league behind only Arsenal and City, the only indicator for what might happen this season was the way we collapsed against Sevilla in the Europa League when we didn’t have our best XI available. My point is that is what Ten Hag can do with his best players available, the argument after that is whether it is Ten Hag’s fault that the second string can’t play his football, or whether the players who have failed other post Sir Alex managers as well, are just not up to it. The example of Brighton being able to train hours and hours on possession and tactics is a good one because previous to this season they have always had just one game a week and loads of time to train. Their results this season, with European football, have dropped off massively, in part because they don’t have the time to drill the players. I feel like an insane schedule, loads of injuries, and a mess at board room level until the last few months, have totally torpedoed this season. But Erik Ten Hag is 100% still the best man for a fully functioning Manchester United Football Club!

[@JB-td9fz]

Great interview

[@thefarpost754]

Brilliant!

[@satjinder]

Ten hag’s plan. Mind goes back to a Blackadder episode: General Melchett: You look surprised, Blackadder. Captain Blackadder: I certainly am, sir. I didn't realise we had any battle plans. General Melchett: Well, of course we have! How else do you think the battles are directed? Captain Blackadder: Our battles are directed, sir? General Melchett: Well, of course they are, Blackadder, directed according to the Grand Plan. Captain Blackadder: Would that be the plan to continue with total slaughter until everyone's dead except Field Marshal Haig, Lady Haig and their tortoise, Alan?

[@chriswilde6812]

Great interview, James Ducker is excellent

[@timwright4676]

None of it positive?! I think all the off-field stuff has been very positive since Ineos came in.

[@grease118]

Ducker has an axe to grind after Ten Hag called him out. Jay and Joe letting Ducker talk absolute bollocks in parts of this interview and offering no resistance to it whatsoever. Ducker is just as bad as Luckhurst imo.

[@artychap8817]

Most modern day football journalists are just gossiping vultures piggybacking and leaching off the game of football itself, anybody can sit their after a top level manager looses and start asking questions , they really don't know what their talking about theirs just deluded wafflers

[@passtouchgoal]

Just read Duckers twisting of Oles interview about the younger footballers, how anyone can rate him as a credible Journalist.... He's scratching around with Kegan

[@myasaee]

My question mark with Ten Hag's system is the final third attacking patterns. Its never fluid passing, movements but fast through balls and intense runnings. Players often just stand around the corner of the box doing rondos. Rarely making movements to move I to the box. So many times you see three players occupy same spot in the field pretty much making 2 players redundant in the space. That's why we can't make high number of chances. This goes back to last year as well.

[@leri7222]

Well said, we win the ball high up but they just can’t seem to make the right decisions to score a goal.

[@rana1561]

Because they almost not used to do it? Remember the people who were here before ten Hag? From that to making runs high up not as a counter attacks open field might take time, even change of players who are not building those movements. Still too many players in the squad who have not done those movements in their career before.

[@abhishek9510]

Someone like rashford had now played under 4 managers before he is 26. How many times has he had to rip up every movement he has learned to play a new style? These players gonna hit a point where they csnt adapt anymore. The club wont sell them, and managers keep getting sacked. The only sensible course of action is giving time. The team needs to be allowed to go thru thus slump, and face consequences collectively. They need to face the resistance of change and come out of it. It takes time. In any other walk of life, people expect and know this. Why when it come to football, it has to be instant success?

[@Mdrnsamurai]

absolutely brilliant pod lads... one of the best yet... genius...

[@NomadJoe0323]

Thank you James Ducker for making us feel even worse about United. In all seriousness, was a really interesting interview.

[@robertdundee2011]

Really? Interesting? Some guy speculating? Regurgitating bits of regurgitated articles he’s already regurgitated to death? No verifiable quotes?

[@jenserikck]

After watching "How Inzaghi is Redefining Attacking Football". How Inzaghis philosophy is, how Inter attack, interchange positions, how they defend. Inter is cooking this season as well. 69 goals and only 13 conceded this season in all competitions, most of all in top 5 league. My hope now is, if Ten Hag leaves, Inzaghi is the new manager at Manchester United.

[@nitingons]

I hope they are ruthless with players

[@Dini2kMTB]

Unless ur blaming ten hag for all the injuries and off the field problems, we need to keep him! Any player who has a problem GET RID.

[@theburmanator1938]

If i was Ashworth I’d want to keep ten Hag. If he turns it around, you’re the genius that saw it when no one did. If ten Hag doesn’t turn it around, the narrative stays that the manager isn’t good enough to coach the players you’ve brought in - takes pressure off your first couple months or year

[@xploits_kig684]

Brilliant interview. Very mind opening and factual

[@drexar123]

How can he say you keep only 5 players from this Man United side and at the same time the squad should be finishing top 4 easily? Nonsense journalism

[@Biffoaussie85]

Get this ducker on more often!!😂😂what a shambles on the transfers😮

[@playedout148]

Nagelsmen, tuchel, Potter mentioned with Klopp? 😂

[@revoltos]

Jeez, bet this guy is great at parties.

[@redroobarb4562]

Very good interview, nice one.

[@jr8612]

Clue is in the name but tier one interview lads!

[@Puppy_parade]

Usually enjoy your interviews but this was a tedious listen, didn’t make it til the end.

[@zambiazimbabwe8528]

Incredible interview wow. Fairplay lads and to James

[@grahamallan101]

Mason Mounts injury record before we signed him was good. The previous season to signings was his worst with 3 injuries missing 13 games before that was next to nothing averaged 53 games per season with 35 games the season before he joined. Stop making shit up!!!!!!!!!

[@kevinconway2965]

De Zerbi? Are we just ignoring the fact that he’s been found out in his second season and his team is nowhere near the level they were last year?

[@ChadLouisNewton]

And his away record leaves a lot to be desired too, 4-0 defeats away at Roma & Luton, losing 3-0 away at Fulham & 6-1 at Villa. Plus he's only won 5 of his last 21 League games, he really isn't all that.

[@Sparrowinho]

So to summarise, Man Utd micro news today: we might be getting a new manager, new DoF, new recruitment team and INEOS will be making changes 👍

[@seanwallace3516]

This was a good , calm. detailed interview. I did like it though when james called it a ‘shit show ‘

[@Danny-iv5uu]

Same old Utd, let’s replace ten hag with managers who have achieved even less in potter ,de zerbi.

[@thetombier13]

18:37 how can people “not believe you can fashion a high quality team out of that United team”? Ten Hag, Ragnick, Ole, Jose, LvG, and Moyes all struggled to do it. Occam’s Razor people: the players are not willing to perform for the manager because the Glazers have fostered a player-first mentality at the club, over against a manager-first mentality.

[@SaifDia]

The only manager that’s worth looking at as Inzaghi

[@JJ-zo8sh]

Bollox bale was always injured and one of the best players of his generation

[@AndrewSunada]

I mean...that gap wouldn't be there if he had his main center back pairing that could actually hold a high block...the only 2 defenders he's been able to sign are both injured. The rest can't handle his high block. I don't disagree with most things you're pointing out, I think that gap is there because he's forced to play a donkey for a central defender

[@timchapman3137]

Surely we can see that ETH needs a ball playing back 5 so he can press high. He has Shaw & Dalot and has brought in Martinez & Onana but has only had Onana (entitled to be 'bedding in') and Dalot for most of the season - hence no progress .. seems obvious no?

[@mannyaz11]

this is james ducker? never seen him before until now

[@sacred1827]

Genuinely crazy to say players not being able to weigh a pass is a "game management" issue that Ten Hag is culpable for. I always find it a bit uncomfortable when journalists put themselves in a position of mocking experienced managers. Ducker seemed incredulous at that press conference when Ten Hag told him he might be naive about football management. Their arrogance is quite astonishing.

[@robertdundee2011]

Guy loves his average pl games stat. Bit unfair on Shaw, he had an almost career ending injury and has been unlucky since. Martial on the other hand seems to get injured by moderate winds outside.

[@benjones5114]

Perhaps a moderate wind in Manchester should be renamed a ‘Martial’?

[@Pengboycarti]

Shaws injury record is worse than Martials. “Been unlucky since”, the agenda is so apparent. One player is unlucky with injuries but the other player just gets injured too easily yet has a better injury record. Think for yourself.

[@PhilipKerry]

Erik will be the manager going forward the players are the problem and have been for years .....

[@jhaych]

This video just reinforces the fact that ten haag has been working with his hands tied behind his backs due to the clowns above him.

[@sambog2635]

ashworths deals were tonali and lewis hall, who has barely played for newcastle. pay up the £20 mill n u can hav him

[@tommydaly6030]

Lads, I am disappointed that ineos aren't quelling the rumours about ETH future. Perhaps they have told ETH what their plans are.

[@Alfredsson14]

Postecoglu showed to have a clear idea, ETH burn out just after the Carabao Cup win (Feb 2023)

[@ots5891]

Why do nobody ask what we do in training 😒 We can't control games or pass the ball and players are consistently getting injured in training(Hojlund, Malacia). Apparently, we are running miles and doing push-ups when we should be learning patterns and game tactics. I don't mean the players should not be fit, but there should be a balance.

[@ryanpitt8671]

I’m sure internally Erik was asking for another striker! We know we needed 2 strikers but we didn’t have the budget. Talk about hojlund being set up to fail. Erik has been set up to fail

[@bryanfarnet2037]

James Ducker is the John Squire of United football journalism

[@douglasboynton997]

I’m starting to think it’s the players. How many managers can we go through with the players making “mistakes”

[@ianbentley6906]

Its the players like maguire and lindlehoff mate erikson sometimes mctominay they are not good enough for united you can see ten hags frustration during the match

[@TiagobritoBrito]

Why don’t fans accept constructive criticism (1) I say tell me what pattern of play have you seen from ETH this season? Has he adapted? No , record losses. (2) No champions League football but injuries are higher than teams who were recently knocked out? (3) They signed Mason Mount a lemon or glass ankles injured yet a forward was needed for assist Hojlund or mentor him? Did Chelsea, Newcastle not have injury ravaged squads yet the shape was there. (4) After a loss he will say we played better we are improving in a press conference. Does this do him any good? But again do we want him fired no because he is know the pattern of the past managerial circus shows under the Glazers. The fact of the matter is he doesn’t have the Ajax mould of players, we will see what Ineos does after the FA Cup Ineos are the judge and executioner.

[@tomboyce1857]

We have to be careful we dont end up sacking ten haag for all the problems since SAF. Bloke done a great job with f all structure around him. Give him time. MUFC should stand by our managers give them time. Thats what SAF told us to do

[@Zionnexx]

Ten hag had Rashford scoring 30 goals last season. Integrated garnacho to be a first team player, integrated Mainoo in to the team. Mctominay has his highest scoring season, dalot been superb. Ten hag not improving players is straight up False

[@Zionnexx]

And for the argument he should have got a second striker: There was no money for a second striker. Ten hag wanted to sell martial, maguire etc, but nobody wanted to buy them because of their wages

[@gnome_de_guerre]

Ten Hag in, fix the structural system that feeds him players and we will markedly improve. Before that it is impossible to judge EtH. For Pete's sake look what he did at Ajax. There is so much short term thinking amongst the fans.