Erik Ten Hag to United

[randomlegend]

https://theathletic.com/news/erik-ten-hag-manchester-united/0WSSGs76Nilr/

Seems to be all but done at this point.

Could barely summon the willpower to even make this thread with how United are at the moment, but more freds > I guess.

[Lewis]

Erik Tenhag. Erikt Enhag?

[randomlegend]

Erikt Enh Ag?

[Spikey M]

Van De Beek might actually get some minutes next season.

[Raoul Duke]

There's only one Erik Ten Hag

[Lewis]

I hope he spends eighty million on Daley Blind.

[niko_cee]

The BBC's bit about him makes him sound like he's going to be a bit of a disaster.

[Spikey M]

I don't know anything about him other than Ajax have been good under him, but Ajax is probably one of the easiest jobs in Football.

[Yevrah]

I suspect it will either prove to be brilliant or a complete disaster.

[Raoul Duke]

I don't know anything about him other than Ajax have been good under him, but Ajax is probably one of the easiest jobs in Football.

As I read the other day: Frank de Boer won the league 4x here, so it's hardly a barometer. He'll either be a lvg or a Schteve

[phonics]

There's only one Erik Ten Hag

You just said there's Ten of them.

[-james-]

I suspect it will either prove to be brilliant or a complete disaster.

What would a complete disaster look like?

[Lewis]

Like any of the post-2013 seasons, but with a bald bloke overseeing it.

[Spikey M]

You just said there's Ten of them.

One Erik, 10 Hags. It makes 2 girls 1 cup look softcore.

[Yevrah]

What would a complete disaster look like?

Lewis has beaten me to it, but more of the same and him out within a season or 18 months.

[Kikó]

It's going to be shit and I'm going to boo him until Ole returns.

[-james-]

Lewis has beaten me to it, but more of the same and him out within a season or 18 months.

Then it feels like you've outlined the only two possible outcomes. Anything other than that would be a huge success.

I'm definitely leaning complete disaster and continuing lolfest fwiw.

[Lewis]

It was only really David Moyes who was disastrous from start to finish. The others took a couple of seasons to get there.

[Yevrah]

Then it feels like you've outlined the only two possible outcomes. Anything other than that would be a huge success.

A huge success would be challenging for the title again.

[niko_cee]

Huge success would be staying in post for 3 seasons.

Potential for the full hinterland excursion if Newcastle, Spurs and Arsenal can get their acts together going forward. Probably a remote possibility.

[Lewis]

I think his Flavour of the Monthness is potentially a big asset dealing with all of the cunty players. They can't moan about outdated methods and what have you, or say that he's a speccy/nineties gimp with no trophies, so what can they blame being shit on?

[Pepe]

Society.

[Ben]

Pogba and Ronaldo need to go because they'll have no qualms undermining him from day one.

[randomlegend]

He "feels" like the best option of those available (based on basically nothing) and I'm cautiously optimistic the changes to the structure will make some difference, but who knows really.

Edit: Pogba is out of contract, he's gone. Finding a suitor for Ronaldo seems unlikely.

[Lewis]

Ronaldo, subbed off after seventy minutes of the opening day 5-0 win, gives him a subtle head rub and it all caves in.

[Manc]

Looking forward to the bald derby.

[John Arne]

Ronny will be off to the MLS next season.

[Boydy]

Ronny will be off to the MLS next season.
Playing for who? The San Quentin Sex Offenders?

[Boydy]

1514139821681295362

"Incredibly detailed, obsessive prep"
"gave a teamtalk with his trousers on backwards"

:D

[niko_cee]

"There's no amazement. Anyone who works in football will not be amazed in the slightest. It's par for the course."

[Ian]

"gave a teamtalk with his trousers on backwards"

Sold.

[Kikó]

Out before Christmas.

[Ian]

Of his trousers?

[niko_cee]

https://i.ibb.co/FWgdpKx/ETH.jpg

[Boydy]

:lol:

[Don]

That squad and no CL football :drool: If Tuchel and Conte stay, they ain't getting CL any time soon so I think it's done with now. Glorious.

[Ian]

https://i.ibb.co/FWgdpKx/ETH.jpg

:D

[Gray Fox]

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11667/12582098/erik-ten-hag-manchester-united-appoint-ajax-boss-as-new-manager

Officially official.

[Ian]

Poor bastard. Hope the money's eye-watering.

[niko_cee]

I know it is to be expected, but going off the bit on the BBC about this United fans seem to be getting a bit giddy about this business.


He will be the first boss since Sir Alex Ferguson that other clubs will be genuinely fearful of

:happycry:

On what basis? Is he going to sign Dusan Tadic and Sebastien Haller and start tearing up the Premier League? Apart from mugging off Real Madrid a few seasons ago in the Champions League exactly what have Ajax done under him? They were pretty shite against Liverpool in the Champions League whilst Liverpool were going through their No Virgil paroxysm.

Feels more of a Brendan Rodgers move than a Jurgen Klopp one, in terms of comparisons. Not saying it can't or won't work [after all, Bodgers did nearly reach the top of the mountain], but I don't think anyone is going to be fearing United now they have some bald lunatic from the low countries in charge.

[Spikey M]

Solskjaer


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Premier Reserve League North: 2009–10[267]
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Norwegian Football Cup: 2013[268]
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Erik Ten Slags

Bayern Munich II

Regionalliga Bayern: 2013–14[18]
Ajax

Eredivisie: 2018–19, 2020–21
KNVB Cup: 2018–19, 2020–21[13]
Johan Cruyff Shield: 2019

Bricking it tbh.

[Spikey M]

Ralf


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VfB Stuttgart[119]

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Under 19 Bundesliga: 1990–91
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Bundesliga runner-up: 2004–05
DFB-Pokal runner-up: 2004–05
RB Leipzig[119]

DFB-Pokal runner-up: 2018–19

Seriously struggling to see how Ten Hag is an improvement tbh.

[Ben]

The media have made him a fashionable name so he's got himself a bit of an unwarranted pedestal now. A couple of early defeats and there's only one way it's going.

[niko_cee]

What's Lucien Favre up to these days? He was flavour of the month at one point I seem to recall.

[phonics]

To be fair to Ten Hag they are absolutely rolling the eredivisie nowadays in a way they haven’t for a decade. Looking at the table and seeing Scored 85 Conceded 15 is good shit considering PSV have a way higher salary budget than they do.

[randomlegend]

His Champions League run with Ajax was impressive, both in terms of performances and results (despite how it ended). Unreasonable to expect the same the next season after De Ligt and De Jong were both sold. Obviously it's very difficult to judge a player or manager on their performance in the League in Holland but his team play good attacking football. PSV also spend as much as they do.

He was tipped for big things from his time at Utrecht by all accounts.

I'm much more positive about his appointment than anyone else since Ferguson retired. Regardless of who comes in though, there's a big rebuilding job needed and it's going to take a while before there's any hope of challenging again.

I disagree with the idea a couple of early losses will doom him. If there's one thing United do - sometimes to a fault - it's give managers time. The fans as well.

I'm not sure who would've been an objectively better appointment. Pochettino has equally big question marks over him. Enrique wouldn't come until after the World Cup which would write off another season from the get go. Conte would absolutely not work with the board. Who else?

[niko_cee]

How does that work? (https://www.capology.com/ne/eredivisie/salaries/)

That has them having roughly double the transfer budget.

[Ian]

I know it is to be expected, but going off the bit on the BBC about this United fans seem to be getting a bit giddy about this business.



:happycry:

On what basis? Is he going to sign Dusan Tadic and Sebastien Haller and start tearing up the Premier League? Apart from mugging off Real Madrid a few seasons ago in the Champions League exactly what have Ajax done under him? They were pretty shite against Liverpool in the Champions League whilst Liverpool were going through their No Virgil paroxysm.

Feels more of a Brendan Rodgers move than a Jurgen Klopp one, in terms of comparisons. Not saying it can't or won't work [after all, Bodgers did nearly reach the top of the mountain], but I don't think anyone is going to be fearing United now they have some bald lunatic from the low countries in charge.

Sounds like something from whatever the United equivalent of RAWK is. RedCafe? Is that full of mentals?

[niko_cee]

Probably worse, an outside the stadium comment [I don't know]. Think it was probably an online comment.

Who was that Brazilian forward Ajax had in recent times? Not Antony, I don't think. David Neres? What happened to him?

[Don]

Potter, as one of the best managerial prospects in the game shits on this bald nobody but I assume England will come calling for him as his next job.

[Kikó]

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[niko_cee]

I heard the Potter thing about England the other day [ie him being the future on that front] but then though, isn't he older than Southgate?

Potter, being back in favour again after that long [ish] winless/goalless run, would be an interesting appointment, but would very much herald the need for a multi-year overhaul of things, and wouldn't lend itself to dreams of 70s style total football being the order of the day next season.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ten Hag is winning the quadruple next season you slags.

[Shindig]

Aye, a quadruple bypass.

[Raoul Duke]

Who was that Brazilian forward Ajax had in recent times? Not Antony, I don't think. David Neres? What happened to him?


On 11 January 2022 it was reported that Neres was sold to Ukrainian Premier League side Shakhtar Donetsk for a reported fee of €15 million, which can potentially run up to €17 million with bonuses.[13][14] On 14 January, Ajax confirmed that the transfer had been completed.[15] On 24 February 2022 following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, a video was shared online of various Brazilian footballers pleading for help from the Brazilian government to help them flee the country.[16] On 1 March 2022 it was reported that the Brazilian players had successfully made it to Romania, from where they travelled home. UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin was personally involved in helping to facilitate the return to safety.[17]

:henn0rz:

[niko_cee]

I've no idea how accurate that salary/finances thing I posted earlier is, but out of curiosity I looked through some of the big leagues and lolled at the wages Bale, Hazard and Griezmann appear to be stealing in Spain, then I looked at PSG.:|

[Lewis]

He'll be as good or as shit as the recruitment. If Phil Jones and Juan Mata are still there next season then write it off.

[Don]

Bart Vriends was on FiveLive earlier saying Ten Hag was the greatest manager he's ever worked with which is a pretty big statement. Also offered some shite story about him reorganising the drinks or some shit to show he means business. Yeah but does he have the balls to ban the Colman's.

[Lewis]

Telegraph Sport revealed how United had initially pushed back on Ten Hag’s request to bring in the former England manager [Steve] McClaren in the days leading up to the official appointment of the 52-year-old Dutchman as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s long-term successor.

Instead, Ten Hag was asked by United to look at the existing staff first before making any major decisions.

However, it is now understood that McClaren - who was Sir Alex Ferguson’s No 2 when United won a historic treble of Premier League title, Champions League and FA Cup in 1999 - will be appointed as one of two new assistants along with Mitchell van der Gaag, Ten Hag’s current assistant at Ajax.

Knows the Club. :cool:

[Jimmy Floyd]

"...and that, boysch, isch how you play good football. Schteve?"

"Yes, boss, so, lads, to translate..."

He can stand next to him at interviews like Bielsa's boy.

[Shindig]

Nah, he should do all the press whilst Erik stands there all sullen.

"All the lads call him Erection Hag."

[Kikó]

Steve McClaren was kept around by the next United manager, Wayne Rooney so I think he's still a decent coach. Let's start talking about 99 again🤤

[Reg]

Potter, as one of the best managerial prospects in the game shits on this bald nobody but I assume England will come calling for him as his next job.
A mighty fine coach of four fifths of the game, unfortunately during his coaching badges missing the days where you work on the final 18 yards.

[niko_cee]

Is he going to sign Dusan Tadic and Sebastien Haller and start tearing up the Premier League?.


Manchester United could move for Ivory Coast international Sebastien Haller, 27. The striker currently plays for incoming United manager Erik ten Hag at Ajax. (Sun)

:drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That's Sebastian "11 goals in the Champions League this season" Haller to you.

[Shindig]

That's Sebastian "10 goals for West Ham" Haller to the rest of us.

[Ben]

At least they're accepting their true level.

[John Arne]

I heard an interview with Rangnick yesterday, where he basically admitted that he wasn't involved in the ten Hag decision, and that he had only spoken to him once.

Wasn't the whole point of Rangnick that he was going to coach for 6 months, then step "upstairs" and rebuild the structure, be the DoF and start thinking a little more long term.

[Kikó]

Are you saying United are dysfunctional?

[John Arne]

Bring back Fergie.

[randomlegend]

Posting rumours from The Sun :harold:

[Spikey M]

Is it that time of year again already? Fuck sake.

[Giggles]

Rangnick taking over Austria?

[Don]

There's no way Utd were this bad under Ole, this is brutal.

[Kikó]

Did you miss the Liverpool game? We had completely fallen apart under Ole. The difference now is they're just phoning it in.

[randomlegend]

Matt Judge has gone :drool:

[randomlegend]

Van der Gaag in as assistant and it looks like Schteve will be joining the party too.

[-james-]

https://www.telegraaf.nl/images/1200x630/filters:format(jpeg):quality(80)/cdn-kiosk-api.telegraaf.nl/8b33baac-c0df-11ec-8a3f-0218eaf05005.jpg

Well that's fucking weird.

[niko_cee]

Jurgen and his implants standing against the immediacy of modern managerial life.

[Shindig]

Meanwhile Steve waltzes in with the hair island.

[Kikó]

About time we hired a bald manager.

[Lewis]

I'd have 'LvG' back on his cancer treatment.

[randomlegend]

Ten Hag is starting at United from tomorrow, although seems Rangnick remains actual manager until the end of the season.

[Yevrah]

Ten Hag is starting at United from tomorrow, although seems Rangnick remains actual manager until the end of the season.

Great way to kick things off for TH.

[randomlegend]

What do you mean? He was never set to officially take over as manager until after the season ends and I doubt he'd want to do so for one game. He's just making an early start on the behind-the-scenes stuff.

[Yevrah]

I mean it's another odd way of doing things in a list of odd way of doing things that Man Utd seem hell bent on adding to.

[niko_cee]

He should make sure he gets in early and parks in the manager's space.

[Shindig]

Do they still have a space reserved for Sir Alex? That's the power move.

[Spoonsky]

They retired his parking spot.

[niko_cee]

Well, that's sort of what I was getting at.

[Shindig]

I want to know how they retire it. When he dies do they cement his car in the spot? Do they put up a statue? You can't retire a parking spot Sir Alex is welcome to use.

[Ian]

I'd forgotten Ole's "won't park in the boss' spot" thing. What a twerp.