Erik ten Hag was tested on his future at Manchester United following his team’s 3-2 win over Newcastle in the Premier League.
Goals from Kobbie Mainoo, Amad Diallo and Rasmus Hojlund secured the three points on the night as United remain eighth in the league table.
The result should help give the team a boost ahead of the FA Cup final and it means we’re no longer on a losing run.
However, like vultures, these reporters won’t give up once they smell blood. They know that recent results don’t reflect well on the current manager and since there’s talk of being replaced – in the media at least – they’re going to make sure they stick the knife in.
The Sky Sports reporter in question asked Ten Hag what he could potentially do with his squad if he remains manager over the summer.
Ten Hag told Sky Sports: “That is… I can’t answer this question, because it’s a very long answer. I don’t think this is the right moment to talk about this. I have to talk about [the] next game, and after that, a huge game is coming, a huge achievement.”
The manager was then asked how tough he has found his second season in charge.
“It’s tough, but I see the positives,” Ten Hag added. “I see that this team is developing. I know the reasons why this team is not performing, no one would be able to perform. We have had our problems, you see players performing and you see players progressing. There is high potential in this club.”
"I can't answer tonight, this question" 😳
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Ten Hag is still peddling the same old hackneyed line as he has been for the whole season. It’s the injuries, It’s the injuries’ he cries.
So how is it then that in the last two games where the system has been altered, the formation changed and two players who had been ignored almost all of the season but started both games that suddenly United look like a team again yet the injury situation is little if any better than it has been?
Ten Hag hasn’t got a leg left to stand on. The performances against Arsenal and Newcastle clearly demonstrate that he and his inflexibility and stubborness over his flawed system has been the biggest part of the problem. One can only speculate whether it is Jason Wilcox on behalf of the the Ratcliffe regime who has prompted what has been a significant change in the way United have played in the last two games? But a significant change it has been.
Presumably if Ten Hag had resisted the ‘guidance’ he likely has received via WIlcox’s ‘audit’ he might not have made it to Wembley?