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Manchester United have a compass, but they don't have a map.
Its been one bad footballing decision after another.
I still can't understand why INEOS didn't sack Ten Hag immediately after the FA Cup. Juve sacked Allegri in the exact same situation after winning the Coppa Italia. Why the fark did INEOS extend his contract? Even during the last international break INEOS should have pulled the trigger.
You know who else would have benefited from exiting during last summer? Ten Hag - he had the opportunity to walk out of the club after winning the FA Cup. Now he's exiting via the backdoor.
There has been no sign of progression or identity this season, or throughout his entire tenure.
Progression - how about regression? There was never a sign of progress. They only appeared to be going backwards. Just when you thought they couldn't go any further backwards, they did. Every single day he spent at the club, the distance between Manchester United and the rest of the big clubs in England grew.
I feel for any manager walking into this mess. If you're building a team that can go for the title, how many of these players are you keeping? There's Van Gaal and Mourinho players in the squad - they haven't moved players on at the right time. The recruitment has been extremely poor since Ferguson retired.
I don't think Ten Hag ever quite got a grasp on tactics in the Premier League. What works at Ajax doesn't work in England.
Why did no one in a leadership position tell him the players he signed aren't good enough for English football? He was allowed to sign players that aren't good enough.
De Ligt isn't any better than Harry Maguire. He's not quick, not good with the ball at his feet, he's on big wages, and it's back to square one - just another player who isn't good enough.
The struggles of De Ligt were well documented at Juventus and Bayern Munich. Weren't INEOS supposed to change the recruitment strategy? Absolutely stupid by INEOS to give the keys of the Ferrari to the man who was about to drive it off the cliff.
From today onwards this is all on INEOS. Manager out, changes in the sporting hierarchy implemented - they have to own every decision from now. No more excuses for INEOS.
On Amorim - he is absolutely committed to playing a 3-4-3. That's what he does, that's his system. Aside from Conte this rarely works in England.
Its been one bad footballing decision after another.
I still can't understand why INEOS didn't sack Ten Hag immediately after the FA Cup. Juve sacked Allegri in the exact same situation after winning the Coppa Italia. Why the fark did INEOS extend his contract? Even during the last international break INEOS should have pulled the trigger.
You know who else would have benefited from exiting during last summer? Ten Hag - he had the opportunity to walk out of the club after winning the FA Cup. Now he's exiting via the backdoor.
There has been no sign of progression or identity this season, or throughout his entire tenure.
Progression - how about regression? There was never a sign of progress. They only appeared to be going backwards. Just when you thought they couldn't go any further backwards, they did. Every single day he spent at the club, the distance between Manchester United and the rest of the big clubs in England grew.
I feel for any manager walking into this mess. If you're building a team that can go for the title, how many of these players are you keeping? There's Van Gaal and Mourinho players in the squad - they haven't moved players on at the right time. The recruitment has been extremely poor since Ferguson retired.
I don't think Ten Hag ever quite got a grasp on tactics in the Premier League. What works at Ajax doesn't work in England.
Why did no one in a leadership position tell him the players he signed aren't good enough for English football? He was allowed to sign players that aren't good enough.
De Ligt isn't any better than Harry Maguire. He's not quick, not good with the ball at his feet, he's on big wages, and it's back to square one - just another player who isn't good enough.
The struggles of De Ligt were well documented at Juventus and Bayern Munich. Weren't INEOS supposed to change the recruitment strategy? Absolutely stupid by INEOS to give the keys of the Ferrari to the man who was about to drive it off the cliff.
From today onwards this is all on INEOS. Manager out, changes in the sporting hierarchy implemented - they have to own every decision from now. No more excuses for INEOS.
On Amorim - he is absolutely committed to playing a 3-4-3. That's what he does, that's his system. Aside from Conte this rarely works in England.
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Successful coach from big club in relatively small and uncompetitive league? Where have I heard that before?
Amorim could go either way, there's really no way of transplanting the difficulties of the United job to a coach and knowing how it'll work. They will spend another 500m or whatever supporting him, of course.
The difficulty at United is controlling the dressing room and winning over players. I never felt like ETH was fully accepted, when you see club men like Rashford become seemingly disinterested and many others play within themselves. I'm not sure how much of a motivator Amorim is but how he controls and lifts the squad is completely key, he basically has to cut out the cancer.
We've been saying it for 14 years or whatever but eventually they'll roll the dice and get it right, so here's to another decade of failure.
Amorim could go either way, there's really no way of transplanting the difficulties of the United job to a coach and knowing how it'll work. They will spend another 500m or whatever supporting him, of course.
The difficulty at United is controlling the dressing room and winning over players. I never felt like ETH was fully accepted, when you see club men like Rashford become seemingly disinterested and many others play within themselves. I'm not sure how much of a motivator Amorim is but how he controls and lifts the squad is completely key, he basically has to cut out the cancer.
We've been saying it for 14 years or whatever but eventually they'll roll the dice and get it right, so here's to another decade of failure.
Sadly, it looks like Ruben Amorim it is for Utd. Sporting Lisbon have confirmed the interest from Union and rumours have it they will promote João Pereira from their B team who has been doing well.
There may be comparisons to ETH, as the next talented coach in Europe but Amorim is no ETH far from that, he isn't autistic and is less likely to piss everyone off. If Union stick with him for more than 2 seasons, they'll be back to being a title contender.
There may be comparisons to ETH, as the next talented coach in Europe but Amorim is no ETH far from that, he isn't autistic and is less likely to piss everyone off. If Union stick with him for more than 2 seasons, they'll be back to being a title contender.
