It wasn’t long ago when I thought Manchester United had a realistic chance of putting pressure on Aston Villa for a Champions League spot but that dream diminished in our faces rather abruptly.
Since then Erik ten Hag has been on the ropes. The Dutchman doesn’t look like a man who thinks his days are numbered, but the results this season paint a different picture.
Losing 4-0 to Crystal Palace doesn’t help.
Fans are losing patience with a man we believed ‘Bald knows best’ less than twelve months ago. This proves a lot can change in a year.
Just look at Casemiro’s fall from grace. He has went from being one of our best performers last season to our worst. The Brazilian doesn’t resemble a shadow of his former self.
INEOS are planning lots of change at United this summer and that may bode well for Ten Hag. Do they really want to change the manager now when there’s plenty of reason to believe he deserves a shot at a third campaign with a proper football structure behind him?
Ten Hag’s side have now won just once in their last seven matches and that was against relegated Sheffield United. Sadly, I don’t think reading any of this will make any Red feel better this morning, but we persist…
Having fallen down the Premier League table, where we currently sit in eight-place, United are at risk of completely missing out on a place in Europe. Ignore whatever Jamie Carragher has to say on the matter because he believes that would benefit the club in the long-term when the truth of the matter is, the former Liverpool defender only wants to drown in United’s failure.
It irks me that Carragher can get so emotional about Ten Hag’s job, yet he goes quiet whenever there is talk of Jurgen Klopp’s departure at Liverpool at the end of the season. Nine years at Anfield and just one Premier League title to show for it!
A seventh placed finish is required to at least secure Conference League action or victory over Man City in the FA Cup final would cement a Europa League spot. Is that what we’re leaving it to? *gulp*
Somehow Chelsea now sit level on points with United. It gets worse when you consider our next opponents are title-chasing Arsenal, who travel to Old Trafford on Sunday.
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I said earlier I couldn’t see where we’d get points in May; we look fated to end this horrendous Season with 4 straight defeats. The League has Arsenal, Newcastle & Brighton, three Clubs with Managers having the ability to organise their players into a coherent unit. And then there’s the Cup Final. Yes, Erik, we are entertaining, if by that you mean giving a belly laugh to every other Club. I wanted Ten Hag as Manager, now I fiercely want him gone.I want to have hope and optimism during the Summer break, not spend it dreading the start of the new.
Dale -maybe carragher isn’t biased though and is just speaking plainly and frankly rather obviously. i’m also sure JC would love ETH to stay but he is doing his job as a pundit – ETh is garbage anyone with half a brain and glaucoma can see this, JC is just pointing out ETH’s many faults.
It is you bloggers who are the ones who are biased. ETH is clearly doing an awful job, every single player plays badly under him, yet its the players not him – newsflash, a managers job is to use tactics, coaching and just as important motivation to get his team to perform. basically every other manager can do this but ETH clearly cannot.
also Klopp will go down as a PL legend, he is one of the best managers in the game in the past decade, surpassed only by a man city squad that is unparalleled in football with the best coach (possibly of all time).
as for ETH, the guy is so so bad its untrue. the fact that you’re disparaging Klopp whilst saying ETH deserves time, shows that you clearly can’t think straight when it comes to ETH.
Dave, I think it’s clear you can’t think straight full stop.
dale, you know very little about football that’s all i can say if you truly believe that Klopp is overrated and ETH is decent. you can’t hold those views seriously nor simultaneously. and as for united in general- you frequently get it wrong – ole and ETH are good examples, but instead of learning you seem to double down!
appreciate the work you guys do but your editorial line seems to be very very pro ETH. the guy is a clown. accept it and move on.
remember murtagh and arnold chose ETH, these guys get everything wrong, yet with ETH they got it correct? I don’t think thats likely and my own two eyes tell me they indeed got it wrong again.
I may as well let you argue to yourself since you enjoy putting words in my mouth.
how so? you criticised klopp in the article saying he had won only one championship, implying he isn’t very good or were you just randomly listing his achievements?
as for ETH – you clearly can’t come back at me with any sensible comments as obviously you back ETH like you backed ole and it is a position solely based on faith not anything real. ETH is terrible and anyone and i mean anyone who understands football can see this.
You should let other people put words in your mouth more often, they’re better at it than you.
“That dream ended diminished in our faces rather abruptly”
“United are at risk of completely missing out on a place in Europe completely”
You form sentences about as well as you form opinions 🤣
Perfect storm. Feels like something is coming to an end at OT – which hopefully means a new beginning on the horizon. Next season is going to be very competitive in the PL – there are a lot of decent teams out there, and Utd are going to be in the midst of a period of huge transition. A season without the distraction of European football might be the best thing that could happen to the club right now.
Whatever Dave, Jurgen is a dudu head and ETH has a plan, he’s just been unlucky.
Whatever Dave, Jurgen is a dudu head and ETH has a plan, he’s just been unlucky.