Simon Jordan UNDERSTANDS Man United's Erik Ten Hag REFUSING to Answer Certain Media Questions 👀

talkSPORT's Simon Jordan reveals why he can understand why Manchester United's manager Erik ten Hag has refused to engage with certain journalists.
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[@aveshjarbandhan2058]

Keown is a clown, if people were having a go at Arsenal he would defend Arteta. The media have been trying to bury ten hag since day 1

[@user-bq9oz4mm5v]

He has done this season he's full of 💩

[@faisalslifestyle3715]

Keown doesnt know whats going on with man utd... yes performance hasnt been great but he is in his second fa cup final in 2 years.. show some respect

[@MrPoepope]

Total clown

[@NickQuinn1986]

He is unbelievably biased it’s comical. Offers zero insight as well

[@leonhughes9014]

Hes a bad manager... No system, horrendous signings, horrendous goal difference.... and his team selections double horrendous

[@morrispedro]

He is struggling with 65 injuries, has never played with the same back four, and the fact that they still manage to progress, is in many ways a good result. He obviously does not want to play the way they do today, but discussing playing style, etc., when you are playing with third, fourth, and fifth choices, and players out of position, it is commendable that they are moving forward.

[@DanielS10291]

Hes been unfairly treated but what the hell? He doesn’t have 65 players 😂

[@eamonnpotts5063]

Nonsense

[@ScepticEngineer]

Let’s be honest Utd are not good enough for a mid table finish. ETH has worked wonders to achieve what he has this season.

[@ScepticEngineer]

@@DanielS10291we have had over 65 injuries this season.. that’s a fact. And yes we don’t have 65 players that’s the point. The squad we have has had 65 injuries. It’s been insane

[@blacherc]

Simon was spot on, what is embarrassing is to hear an Ex Arsenal player debate the narrative

[@ste4392]

They've spent 2 years hammering him, should have done this sooner

[@blacherc]

Agree, The press always wanted Pochettino, therefore they have just continued the bias

[@jameshulse2911]

When a “journalist” demands a sacking its opinion, when a fan does it, it is abuse. English media is a disgrace

[@andrewmikic]

Without utd these journalists wouldn't have a job.

[@wilseph1]

I can't believe people pay for their content!

[@itsmeprasad1987]

Thank god someone is backing ten hag. The press has been horrendous over the past one month or so

[@faisalslifestyle3715]

yes finally someone speaking sense on the ten hag situation.. why are the media not going on Poch?? he has been equally bad or worse...just because he is not close with the media doesnt mean he can be the target..

[@leonhughes9014]

backing a garbage manager, hes had 450m and squandered it on garbage... 450m is enough to rebuild a team with 1b quid with of existing players on..... worst champs league ever for man united and until the beat shelf united were -2 goals in the table.. shocking... keeping out of form players in the team.. shocking

[@itsmeprasad1987]

I assume you are city fan

[@garethmccartan3636]

​@leonhughes9014 and ofcourse with people like you there is no nuance, for example United have had 22 different back lines. It's a bloody miracle that United are doing as well as they are with the injuries they've had to key players and the piss poor effort from the likes of Rashford and Casemiro, who has been injured most of the season.

[@leonhughes9014]

@@garethmccartan3636 all teams have injuries and united have the most expensive player by player team in the league, with often 300m + player value on the bench.. when you have old defenders and then choose to buy a 5"8 defender to play in the premiership and resign Johnny Evans and not invest then that on the manager.. And these defenders aren't ball playing defenders, yet gets rid of De gea once of the person performing players season after season to buy Onana who is a poor shot stopper, only average with his feet to play with defenders who can't play out from the back .. Thats on him. 2 years and the team performs worse than Ole's United... they have had the clearest path to the cup finals so dont even claim cup performances. Excuses only sound good tp these making them. The fact he can't drop Rashford must destroy the moral of young wingers and definatly put of potential signings when you could be sat on the bench behind week in week out poor players,

[@pevvex4452]

I don’t even like Man United, but honestly Ten Hag has been treated not fair by the media. Scrutiny around Man United is over the top in England. Look at Pochettino at Chelsea. He’s doing absolutely nothing and still getting a good press.

[@chrisprud7688]

Always has been because of our success and support and stature in world football

[@ajaysrivatsa4136]

That’s how these media outlets get clicks mate

[@pevvex4452]

@@chrisprud7688 u mean status and success that used to be 20 years ago. Man Utd is mid table club this days but scrutiny is still on.

[@ikennanw]

Ten hag has been there longer and has spent quite a lot on this team. Are you all not watching the same game?

[@louisaraiza314]

@@Charlie_NiceSo the British media is always right? Is that what you’re really saying???

[@robertgeorgemiller278]

LFC fan here. Well done Ten Hag. Some sports journalists are childish, amateur and not important. Other journalists cover war zones and disaster areas and sometimes put their own lives at risk.

[@garethmccartan3636]

Well said lad

[@andrew1979ish]

🫡 from a Man U fan well said 👏

[@naf2038]

​​@@Charlie_NiceHow were they cheated??? 🤡

[@andrew1979ish]

@@Charlie_Nice yeah that’s what I said u got me there champ well done 😁👍

[@anon7503]

He's not a politician or public official. He doesn't have to justify himself to snarky journalists looking for a headline

[@AItakover]

he's a puppet mate.

[@elvindejesus8584]

He can answer questions from whoever he likes. The entitlement of the media is absurd.

[@NomadJoe0323]

Ten hag has the HARDEST JOB IN ALL OF FOOTBALL. He’s handled much of the media criticism with extreme grace. No one can blame him for striking back!

[@matthewbarber13]

The hardest job in football?? 😂 Ok. 👌 The man is deluded and has said things after many recent games that is baffling to everyone, that are left asking what game was he watching. He’s got an easy job that he has butchered. All he’s got left is lashing out at the media as most recent United managers have done right before being sacked because he isn’t up to the task. Hardest job in football……

[@NomadJoe0323]

@@matthewbarber13 tell me who has a harder job. I’d love to hear it from you.

[@craigcombes]

​@@NomadJoe0323 I was just about to say this.

[@lightner6924]

​@@NomadJoe0323 Jobs in general or football jobs?

[@Behold__Optic_Blast]

Extreme grace? 😂 This guy is already known for his delusional interviews and crying. Extreme grace, my lord.

[@matthewm3869]

One of the journalists tweeted out mid match to fire ten hag, Keown just doesn’t know what he’s on about once again, that isn’t some breaking coverage from them

[@richyclubsport5155]

Ten Hag talking more stick than Rashford, tell me a manager who could have put up with the termoil he's had to deal with at MUFC, he deserves at least next season under the new structure to show what he can do without having to deal with everything

[@Chdk24]

Ten hag is 100% right. These “journalists” are embarrassing.

[@maxwellgonzalez4763]

For saying the truth? They aren’t the only ones who think it was an embarrassing win. We United fans are embarrassed and some of us apologized to Coventry fans. Take it or leave it, it was disgraceful!

[@MrMoneyLong]

@@maxwellgonzalez4763you in the minority.

[@maxwellgonzalez4763]

@@MrMoneyLong you all in the majority will learn.

[@MrMoneyLong]

@@Charlie_Nice your name says it all.

[@MrMoneyLong]

@@Charlie_Nice Use your own head , as opposed to relying on Keown as a source of truth. You got a brain , USE it.

[@dd7624]

This is why Simon is my favorite football analyst. Journalists do not have a God-given right to get answers from anyone. And it’s disgraceful and unprofessional that a journalist would post on social media that a manager should be fired. It’s infinitely stupid and such a journalist should be banned for the rest of the season. The media are a total embarrassment. They’ve had it in for him since day one. They accuse him of lying and mock him for “lacking charisma” because he struggles with English language. MUFC should find a way to embarrass these lousy journalists. They and their newspapers are a disgrace.

[@tevildo45]

Hah Simon has been calling for him to be fired for months haha. Simon’s the biggest snake going

[@rodrigocomin8356]

Martin Keown bending over backwards to criticise manutd once again. Shocking.

[@dilligaf7486]

Fair play to Ten Hag. Being allowed into a press conference is a privilege. Sir Alex used to ban them all the time for over stepping their mark.

[@Mesie]

Keown doesn't even understand half the words Simon uses. 😂😂😂

[@Muhvango2431]

Simon is right. ETH doesnt have to throw his team under the bus in front of the medial. For a fact i know that he try to adress the issues on the pitch with his players he doesn't have a dress it with the medial because really all the media wants are headlines to sale papers and boost rates and not really be part of the solution of improving United. Its pathetic how some united fans have really been manupulated by the media narative but all the journalists are doing is to feed their stomach and acheive popularity. They are not passionate about united at all.

[@abelovedsonofGodinwhomHeis35-6]

And neither are you or ETH

[@ikennanw]

Could it be that united have been abysmal this season and Ten Hag always comes out saying that his team plays well and his team deserves to win when everyone can see that they aren't?

[@Raj-Boukensha]

Exactly this! The moment ETH says, yes it was embarrassing, or calls out a player - that becomes the headline. And the alternative where he doesn't is for us all to see.

[@Muhvango2431]

​@@ikennanw No that's actually the narrative the media is pushing. For example in FA sem finals. ETH said: we lost control in the last 20 minutes. I am annoyed with team and I am annoyed with myself because I am part of team.And we were lucky to go to penalties but we had to win penalties so its not embarrassing that we gone through to the finals...But ooh the ESPN pundits were like: why can't he come out and say we are lucky today, he is delusional, he is on his own island. I am like wait minute, the press I have watched he said all that but they chose to take statements out of context to drive their agenda. If I had not watched the full press conference and if i was not smart enough I would believe it. Many times ETH had come out after games saying that the performance or the way we conceded goals was not acceptable or the players needed to stick to game plan, or we lacked discipline, or we needed to take responsibility in those moments. These are his actual statements and all the main stream media are doing is to push their narrative that he just comes and says we are playing the best football in the world. He tries to balance the narrative in front of the media while promoting togetherness of team he knows its him and the team

[@christownsend2399]

@@Muhvango2431 Great analogy and well written mate.

[@michellemaynard6808]

Well said Simon. I'm not a United fan but I thought the "embarrassment" question from the press was completely out of line.

[@GIBBO4182]

It was a bad question to ask someone who’d just got to a final. Didn’t hear anyone asking Poch if he was embarrassed after losing 5-0 the other night

[@dazzuluwilliams3150]

@@GIBBO4182go on gibbo,

[@JoJo-xl4mb]

@@GIBBO4182Poch got beaten by Arsenal Man Utd almost got knocked out by a championship side that sits at 8th place after being 3-0 up that’s embarrassing

[@GIBBO4182]

@@JoJo-xl4mb but one IS a 5-0 loss, the other is ALMOST blah blah blah...getting to a final is never "embarrassing" suffering your worst ever loss to a team is! But only one gets asked the question...double standards

[@craigcombes]

​​@@JoJo-xl4mbif we was beat 5-0 and Chelsea got through to the final it would of been Chelsea tlinto the final and Manchester were hammered we'd still get buried init in fact if we was in Chelsea shoes we'd be treated even worse than we are now.

[@Sam-tx1tn]

Would love to know what Keown is writing. ‘You’re a good boy Martin. You’re not an idiot. Good boy. Not an idiot’.

[@lindseymckirdy1830]

His 2 times table…..

[@Woze899]

You're too smart

[@OscarDunn-yb9is]

Ten Hag is spot on....journalists DO have their own agenda...at best to sell their stories...love it.."get your ostritch heard out the sand"....press propaganda..period.

[@WillemVanderkooi]

Thank you simon for your fair opinion

[@EgoCityGamingUK]

Keown just sat there talking about Ten Hag creating a narrative when Wenger used to defend his players diving and cheating lol

[@dv1935]

well done ETH. Thankfully somebody has the cojones to do it. Journalists are bang out of order. They are creating a narrative

[@elvindejesus8584]

Martin slams ETh when he criticizes the players and slams him when he plays PR and protects the players. The guy is a joke.

[@carlrowlinson2833]

Sometimes Simon talks absolute wibble, but today he's just spitting straight facts.

[@benjaminngopwaamos6878]

Like Simon said, these journalists have no god-given right to get answers from him. They've been on his neck right from his first press conference back in 2022.

[@terryolekszy9486]

The media witch hunt on ten Haag is getting personal,as for air head keown what would he say if arteta was getting the same

[@philiq18]

Boot anyone who's crossed the line. Good on you, EtH!!

[@user-md9sp5nc2c]

Alex Ferguson done the same thing Martin your a clown

[@mrvirus888]

Change “Ten Hag” with “Arteta” and and “embarrassing” with “bottlers” and Keown will jump ship faster than a rat.

[@user-hu6ko7ps2p]

For the first time i agree with simon.

[@timo2053]

I’m surprised Keown doesn’t see that ETH needs time I wonder if he was Arteta out before they became decent again 🧐

[@joestaples8834]

“Is SAF pulling the strings of Ten Haag, feeding him propaganda” what a clown 🙄

[@dompitter3348]

How did Coventry get back into the game, keown asked? Well, they had a goal off the boy's shin, one crazy deflected goal, and one penalty that was suspect at best😂

[@davidmevans2449]

Good. Journos have crossed the line. Well done. Some of the questioning has been child like. Rubbish.

[@seanward75]

Be crazy if man utd beat arsenal at end of the season and do this interview again

[@user-md9sp5nc2c]

you can’t slag a guy off and expect him to not take it personally. them lot are sitting trying to get him the sack 😂

[@td5023]

One literally tweeted during the match that he should get sacked

[@desreddy2728]

Martin Keowns hair is like a football match……11 a-side 👍

[@JWHarris........]

Been brushing his hair with a toffee apple

[@Nnny792fhgf34]

Journalists are talking about ethics - clowns. Good ETH did that 👏

[@mkkk8884]

one of the few times i a have to agree with simon jordan

[@wilseph1]

Luckhurst and Custis in absolute shambles.

[@nothlw]

If the media get to pick and choose their questions why are people annoyed ETH is choosing his answers?

[@Primitive01]

Since when was winning a cup semi final embarrassing? United held to much higher standards than any club on Earth, even by their biggest haters.. People like Keown won’t be happy until United are back on top, everyone on Earth is a closest United fan, clearly.. Serious PTSD.

[@rayabahmed1624]

Martins upset his team aren’t in the final.

[@joefernandes4256]

FA cup? Good one

[@rayabahmed1624]

@@joefernandes4256 Aren’t arsenal the record holders for fa cups won? It clearly means a lot to them. Never disrespect the fa cup.

[@Blaze.Joe7]

The same press won't have a go at poch.

[@TheNightMammoth]

It's not Ten Hag's job to provide truthful or insightful answers to the press, his job is to manage the United team. Part of that is protecting the team and himself from outside noise. It's obvious to anyone with half a brain or who isn't completely biased like Keown that all Ten Hag is doing is trying to defend the players from scrutiny as a means of keeping them on side. There have been plenty of times when he's criticised the performance of the team. He's just deciding this time it's better to circle the wagons rather than use the press to send messages.

[@mb7983]

Martin 'can i speak please' Keown

[@mrmahape9668]

What !!?? Simon defending ETH 😮 Keown is like Gabby 🥱boring

[@derekjenkinson5406]

He's showing ball's that is part of being a man utd manager! The player's need to do the same on the pitch.

[@thatguy7161]

Man,,,, Keown, Gabby, TalkSport really are scraping the bottom of the barrel 😂

[@TheSt1092]

The campaign by the likes of Luckhurst and Custis to get ETH sacked is a disgrace.

[@truthseeker3503]

Ten Hag has done a great job of sacking himself.

[@michaelkeith4209]

Luckhurst is about the worst journalist the MEN have ever employed....and they've had some proper custard buckets.

[@dannyboyo82]

​@truthseeker3503 Imagine you're playing for Ten Hag reading those articles- on one hand manager is trying to motivate you and on the other the media is demotivating you. These journalists are a joke and damaging my club who in all honesty should be doing more than refusing questions from them. No access, no press conferences, legal action if they damage the integrity of the club. Absolute parasites.

[@user-xh4bw2zc4g]

Some people mentioning ZZ! 🤫 Those people clearly don't recognise/realise that ZZ has only ever managed Real Madrid... where he walked into arguably the greatest squad Madridstas have ever known.

[@kieranbhurut]

The other problem is no other manager seems to get this “calling out” by the media. If they did then fair game. How Chelsea have got away with this season is mind blowing

[@SIL1947]

Martin chatting bubbles again

[@wilseph1]

Sometimes, you need the court jester around.

[@vidyanaicker2195]

Well said Simon 😃

[@Budumpum]

Only this morning media are talking about Rashford’s abuse and how unacceptable it is. Yet they are more than happy to abuse Ten Hag week in week out. They should have been banned long ago.

[@emelie0196]

Hello. Dunce on the left. Coventry has a fine record of late game winners this season. "Is he feeding lines?". Maybe if you did small research as a journalist. You'd have your answer. It's more about the condescending nature of these journalists to reduce Coventry efforts down to an embarrassment rather than a great show of resilience. Simon is 100% right. We watched some of these ex players criticize coaches then tried coaching and failed woefully. And now back to criticism. Like they didn't learn anything

[@malpa2345]

Ban all journalists

[@stevenfisher740]

17 prem teams didnt get to the semi final of the fa cup. is that embarassing for them? coventry did n they had to be beat

[@doc_oz]

So journalists can pick and choose what trash they write about Ten Hag, openly discussing his firing and talking up wretched managers for his job, essentially wishing him bad luck, and we think he shouldn't have the right to pick and choose whohe speaks to? Ten Hag owes no journalists anything. The manager is responsible to the fans and to the clubs directors, the United have a TV station. The press does NOT speak for the fans (except for Carl Anka who actuallys asks smart questions). The rest can step off! And what is Keown talking about?!

[@stoicsavage509]

Simon is spot on here

[@ericmcnicol4265]

Brilliant Simon

[@krishnanr23]

Meanwhile .. city 115.. no justification necessary 😂

[@jonathankennedy1715]

115+ now that's embarrassing

[@Iybraesil]

"Ten Hag refuses Critical Questions" That's not what he did. He didn't take question from people who have an anti-Utd agenda, kinda like you guys sound with that headline.

[@moeelsharafi7997]

Actually it’s up to him to pick and choose. Cause man united make your headlines and clicks so all the reporters need him and he don’t need them.

[@THEJAM-EATERS]

Sports press do a job that practically any fan could do. They're not going to war zones, but they seem to act like it. They need to pull their heads out of their backsides.

[@bareknuckles2u]

100%

[@KalElKent1501]

The worst is Poch is mid table, Howe is struggling and no ones bat an eye lid...ETH is into a final, is the manager with most wins, if you compare his win ration to Klopp' s first 2 seasons, ETH is actually ahead of Klopp!

[@happyjas5856]

I would do the same , and it’s the way the world works

[@damianmallette4931]

👏👏👏👏real talk the media keeps getting away with these things and then people start to believe it and be deluded by it

[@E36ist]

Known is a tit, EtH gets asked about almost everything else apart from football. I’m happy he feeds journalists nonsense and I ain’t a Simon Jordan fan by a long shot but he is speaking a lot of sense here.

[@MsGeoffh]

Anything about UTD gives you clicks....how embarrassing the press are.

[@ottoarcher8422]

Thank you, Simon, for exposing the fact that journalism isn't really about bringing light to truth but rather about creating headlines that leak when they bleed. They have to put food on their table.

[@girlhill8016]

Keown is a bitter clown - glad arsenal ain’t winning anything

[@bigjim8168]

Why would you talk to people who have nothing good to say. The press never talk positively about Eric...so disrespectful...

[@hadders3303]

Embarrasing journalism, hes absolutely right to deny them further opportunity to disrespect him and the club and the fans who are tired of the agenda persuing him

[@Jovany014]

Finally summon is speaking some sense

[@TheUnitedWayTV]

Compare Ten Hag’s season to Pochetfino this season but the media just can’t stand our manager !

[@aaronparker4382]

SAF used to ban journalists all the time, this isn’t something new! Get a grip , the media onslaught on ETH is embarrassing

[@oneilpowell4298]

Y’all behave like this man is not human

[@td5023]

Fr

[@user-ev9cv3hj1g]

United fans back Ten Hag.

[@southwestendz1022]

I think the media have been horribe against ten hag.. compared to other managers in worse positions than him and not getting stick and also with the injuries he's had to deal with and the back room issues with players he didnt bring in they cut him no slack.

[@sandeepkasavaraju3156]

Why doesnt anyone in the press question the tactics and formations? Not just United but other team managers are never asked something like " with so and so players you are leaving some space in midfield or with a low block and high press there are spaces.. is that the way you planned it? " etc.. I am genuinely curious.

[@user-ek9ym1sq7k]

Ten hag is good coach. I back him to continue, up united.

[@Guz989]

Luckhursrt publicly stated that ETH needs to get fired. Why would any person want to talk to someone that uses his platform to ask for your sack. It is one thing to critisise and another to ask for your head

[@MrAzlan85]

I full agree with wjat ETH by banning those journalists from asling questions.

[@WillemVanderkooi]

Some players are listed for selling. So if ten hag keeps being positieve about players he's keeping the price high

[@martinduggan9999]

Not a Ten hag or Man U fan but Keown's opinion here stinks of the media. Ten Hag isn't going to come out and agree that his side plays terrible football just so the media can be right and barrate him even more about it. Totally different is this was areta and Arsenal

[@3macnooz]

Good on him

[@DJCoates91]

This isn’t a one off. He should have done this ages ago and he should refuse to do post match interviews with Talksport as well

[@southwestendz1022]

Im with ten hag when it comes to picking and choosing.. it doesn't get reported much but alot of these journalists tweet pure lies about him and then a few days later smiling in his face talking in a press conferences. And dont act like other managers dont do this because they do.. sir alex did it to someone in the bbc and many others other the years

[@TheUnitedWayTV]

Imagine Man United not existing any longer. Many media outlets will go under for real 😊

[@user-xz4yu1rd1u]

Boycott Luckhurst

[@matthewgartell6380]

Samuel luckhurst is a joke. I think its admirable that Kleown has the concentration to carry on with his colouring book while simon is talking

[@alieugaye8811]

Keon is insane

[@andyreddy-xy2jn]

Saying it was an embarrassment is insulting to a good Coventry side.

[@76ginge]

Last season with a consistent 11 players and subs, ETH came in, and with the worst united team, he finished 3rd and 2 finals won of them this season with a different back 4 every week hrs still reach a final and still finished higher than klopp and arteta in their secounf season and yet he should be sacked make it sense

[@eamo106]

Man UTD is our team and TH is our manager. Sir Alex cut journalists and TH has the same right to cut anti-Man Utd journalists,