[Chris Wheeler] How isolated Erik ten Hag hurtled to the brink again at Man Utd: Inside the dressing room who believe he’s on borrowed time, with a ready-made replacement looming after two crucial problems were not fixed this summer
by nearly_headless_nic
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Here we go with the usual end of manegerial cycle stories from the dressing room:
**Players feel he’s on ‘borrowed time’**
> Although Ten Hag was spared the axe in June after Ineos carried out an end-of-season review, by speaking to potential replacements before and after United’s victory in the FA Cup final a month earlier they were always at risk of undermining the manager.
> The majority of players back Ten Hag but **the feeling in the dressing room is that he is on borrowed time, and that is said to have contributed to a dip in performance levels this season.** In the Premier League, even the slightest drop-off can be crucial.
Also:
> United would have been unlikely to turn to Ten Hag’s old assistants Mitchell van der Gaag or Steve McClaren to step in as caretaker manager had they sacked him last season.
> Van Nistelrooy, on the other hand, is an up-and-coming coach who turned down a number of managerial opportunities to rejoin his old club and would be a potential replacement, at least in the short term.
Beginning of the end. Regardless of how the next 2 games go, INEOS won’t be happy with how he’s got the team playing, no way
Dressing room sources, yep it’s over
What style of play did Ruud have PSV play?
Would be happy for him to be caretaker until the right manager is found but unsure how he set his team up
Replace ETH with any post Fergie manager and I would believe this article is from their period
Who’s the ready made replacement?
Here we go… when this type of article comes out, you know it’s the beginning of the end…
I always thought he was signed as an interim in waiting, but throwing Ruud into this mess might be bad for him.
If the players feel hes on borrowed time basically means they fucking threw the game vs Spurs then. Look at that first half display. Dalot couldnt string a simple single pass, positioning was useless about 10 times same could be said about numerous players. Dont get me started on Rashford during the build up to the 0-1 goal. No effort whatsoever, no application to his game. Awful mentality
Bro idk what to expect anymore. Like this isn’t okay. Every manager, every summer, every season we go through this. I converse with my father every other day and during every game and it’s been the same convo for 12 years.
If Ancelotti is staying Ineos should do everything to get Xabi Alonso here.
It’s becoming more and more inevitable with every game at the moment.
I know a lot of us, journo’s alike are dismissing the ‘who else is there’ narrative. But it’s completely valid. Who could step in and finally help us get our shit together? Fucking Klopp?!
I honestly don’t even know what’s gonna happen at this point. Ruud makes sense, if he’s willing. But is Ruud a long term plan? He didn’t feel ready to take the main job at Burnley, do you think he’d be on board?
I’m laughing at myself for suggesting this, but there’s one man who could get us to a place where we’re getting the basics right again. Mourinho hahahahah. But surely fucking not.
It’s all over.
Journos, pundits, media et al singing the same music for 10+ years now. 4 managers and counting.
Keep falling for it and it will be another 10 years and 4 more managers
Dressing room source? I don’t care who it is, fire the player or staff member. See you in court, that’s a breach of company rules
[Richard Martin] Sacking Ten Hag in June would have cost United around £10m. Doing it now, after the one-year extension, will cost around £17.5m. That’s around half the amount the club saved from making 250 employees redundant.
https://x.com/RichMartinMcr/status/1840437004284187103
Pretty nothing article tbh
I’d rather we take a chance on Frank than Ruud
Remember when he first took over Chelsea and took them to a UCL win with a squad full of kids and Timo fucking Werner in his first half-season while beating Atleti, Real Madrid, and City. Before pushing the eventual winners Real Madrid to the very edge and only losing because of Ramadan Benzema.
BRING
If they let him go now, they’ve just wasted a window. £200 million and three month.
Might as well give him to Xmas and just fucking prey ETH can magic something out of his arse.
Shit situation 🤷♂️
Give it to Ruben Amorim or Nagelsmann or even Pochettino. Don’t waste time with Tuchel.
The worst decision Ineos has made so far is that they let the fans convince them to keep eth after a fluke win in the FA Cup
I still think man city just showed up hungover and weren’t at their best.
Also one win should not cover up an entire season of horrific performances and honestly even that FA Cup run wasn’t good until the final.
It’s the luckiest FA Cup run I can remember.
This club unnecessarily wasted another season when they should have gone out gotten in a new manager and restarted the process.
The FA Cup should have been seen as a way for ten hag to leave on a high note and something for him to be proud of and for the fans to look back fondly on.
I really fucking hate these players. Why do they always start leaking shit 😭 We’re never winning anything with this crop.
https://i.redd.it/6dt1jcmftzrd1.gif
The dressing room going was fairly evident when Kobbie of all people needed to be calmed down by Case (injury or not, Kobbie was clearly pissed) after being subbed this weekend.
I don’t hold this situation against Ineos, but who they choose to replace Ten Hag is going to be big in terms of the public’s opinion of them. Ineos holding on to Ten Hag as long as they have is troubling, but they’ve done more than enough to have garnered some good will and a little patience from us. Unfortunately, they’re burning through that good will already. A managerial swap and a decent run of form is what’s needed at this point.
Rashford, Bruno, Shaw, Maguire. Cant see it being Heaton although that would a shitty twist !
I wish that these “dressing room sources” could understand that it’s ok to not back your manager, but at the same time not embarrass the club through your performances. It’s not hard to see when they literally just stop running.
Might put £50 on EtH being the next PL manager to be sacked
Ah yes, the dressing room grasses are back. Get rid of them too, while we’re at it.
For the most part fergies squad was academy players. With added star power or players with intense hussle. That was his recipe. Build within. Then support them with what was missing. The core was defintely for the badge.
“Inside the dressing room” hmmm it’s not exactly rocket science to assume that most of the players believe he’s on borrowed time given most people outside of the club think that too given the shit show we’ve produced on the pitch.