The Manchester United Thread XXIII

Time for more excuses from Ten Hag? Another poor result.
Can anyone point to progress under ETH?

And another poor performance at Old Trafford! Spurs had been struggling but wiped the floor with Man Utd. Theatre of Screams very much.
I thought ETH would have until December but if he doesn't win either of the next two games.. maybe Ineos will feel forced to fire this October international break.

It's a question of when, not if, ten Hag stays tbh. He may somehow survive this next period, onto Christmas, or even eek out until the end of the season but I don't see this succeeding. He has to take ownership (I see injuries got a mention yesterday) for the way the team is playing. He's taking the contract extension as a sign that the ownership really wanted to keep when it was an FA Cup win (brilliant as it was) that kept him and the shoddy nature in which they looked for replacements. The league form was ignored but it's unavoidable this term. It's back to results keeling him in the job when it needed to be results and performances to solidify his position

I still want him to stay to be completely honest. There aren't many other managers out there and ETH could be the only option. I think once, and if (a big if) ETH can somehow implement a style of play, things might change. But so far, it doesn't look like it. There were no positives from that game to be completely honest. It was a dreadful game and one of our worst post Fergie

At this point I feel like literally anyone will be better
ETH is into his 3rd season and spent over 600mil and no one can tell me what his style of play is. I think he's just out of his depth and the malise that is Man Utd does not help. He may be a good manager underneath but good doesn't fix all the problems at Man Utd. I think he's just one of those that need the right environment to succeed.

Yh, but then the cycle of rinsing and repeating big name managers will just continue. We need to build something with what we have right now, and we can't just repeat what we have been doing for the past 10 years

If United played with the same urgency and drive as they did at the start of the second half then ten Hag may have more points on the board. Garnacho and Rashford excellent and Hojlund is a slightly more threat than Zirkzee. It's a much needed result but the end seems inevitable barring a miraculous turnaround.
On the Fergie "sacking", the old man has made his money from Manchester United whilst he was manager and in post-retirement so he's not going to be scraping pennies together, however the timing of it - when on pitch results aren't great - could have been better, at the end of the season perhaps. Or cutting his salary to rehire the staff let go may have been a more heartening decision. Also, Fergie did well out of the deal which I assume was a thank you gift from the Glazers for not resigning when they took over which could have affected their ability to takeover and generally protecting them in the public.

Get Jim Ratcliffe out of man utd. He is a disrespectful thief. Sir Alex should be able to do whatever the hell he wants at united till the day he dies. But SJR got rid of him

Pretty sure he still has to freedom to go about the stadium as he pleases but you think the club should keep paying him millions every year..?

I think reducing wages is more acceptable, but they even banned him from the dressing room after games. That is ultimate disrespect if you ask me. Im sure you Liverpool fans would love for Klopp to visit the dressing room after games, and if he was banned from doing so, you would be annoyed - an rightfully so. Without Sir Alex, we would not be where we are.