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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