be2ye

1mo

I am!

But that’s not why i believe in ten Hag.

I’m in a strange position. Since i’ve become a coach couple years ago i’ve started following my fav football teams. Ajax, Barca, (Liverpool)

Since ten Hag went to Man United i’ve decided to follow him in hopes of finding out what this whole business of managing clubs is about. Ten Hag’s appointment came at the perfect time to commit to a full saga and sort of study decisions, structures and whatnot. So yeah i’ve been biased on wanting ten Hag to succeed i won’t deny that

But i’m not stupid. I can see where he lacks and where the team suffers because of it. But my weird take on it is that United is a unique case. There is so much wrong outside of the manager, it comes with so many downsides that are easy to forget when you go from week to week results. It’s hard to remain levelheaded and certainly for the most passionate United supporters i can get how emotions can get the better of you.

I just simply think you cannot judge a manager based on weekly performances alone in a vacuum. And i do agree he has dropped the ball, but is it smart to ditch him and start over or is there more to this story?

Dropping this bombshell i expect the regular animosity or scepsis, but i’m not your average football fan. While i have a favorite team i don’t really enjoy the tribalism. I also never was a big fan of Klopp. Just on a personal level and his playing style doesn’t do much for me. Not saying current ten Hag does btw, but his Ajax teams were magical.

trouttreghorst

1mo

dont forget the narrative was that Ole was naive for not playing Donny. he's never been up for it

KingOfPop

1mo

This is what happens when you stick by a man who failed the club by record scorelines in his first season.

Glitter Boy

1mo

Cole Palmer is different

Glitter Boy

1mo

I think you just need hair

Marble

1mo

Chelsea might actually finish above us. We really going 8th 😭

Marble

1mo

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You being an undercover Liverpool fan explains A LOT

KingOfPop

1mo

I thought you need more than 400m and your absolute best 11 to be able to put passes together

DwindlingSun

1mo

Still should have played him.
1) to have rotated Bruno so he's not the burnt out shell he is now.
2) sure donny hasn't performed, but how much of that is due to the fact that for such a significant period of time he got next to no meaningful gametime and lost sharpness and confidence as a result.

Also makes Ole's assertion that every player he bought he wanted and he had a veto all the more dumber. It's not like Donny came in and did horrendous and then got dropped. He literally just never got a chance right from the off.

Glitter Boy

1mo

Change thread title to Crystal Palace thread

Glitter Boy

1mo

Cole Palmer is different

MAMBA

1mo

how do you know bruno is burned out? hes a professional athlete, and is merely playing at what his level is. he has by far been who he is the last 1.5 years, than what he was those first 4 months.

underachiever

1mo

madman…. at this point he’s asking to be a starter at the euros

bellingham is kinda in his position right now but i feel like palmer playing from the right and foden from the left should work…. either him or bowen deserve that spot

Marble

1mo

You being an undercover Liverpool fan explains A LOT

Marble

1mo

Guys like Pedri who played like 70 games in a season 2 years ago was injured for the whole season after, it’s a miracle that Bruno hasn’t been injured at all. That doesn’t mean the physical and mental strain has not gone somewhere. I agree that he’s been playing quite s***ty over this and last season, but I’m not willing to give up on him yet cus the amount of games he’s been playing without getting any rest might be the most extreme any football player at the top level has ever gone through.

x World Peace O

1mo

Man City way better hahaha

Senior Intern

1mo

With that post you’ve now equalled the entire post count of the KTT Man City thread