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At his pre-match press convention earlier than yesterday’s defeat to Arsenal, Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag was requested his opinion on folks asking for him to be sacked, and replied:
“Both they don’t have any information of soccer or they don’t have any information about managing a soccer workforce.”
Ten Hag additionally mentioned “perhaps we over-performed” final season and has constantly blamed United’s poor exhibiting within the league and Champions League on all of the accidents sustained this season.
What appears odd about latest press conferences is the questions which can be not being requested, though the membership’s choice to ban three main shops from asking something might be a sign that stiff challenges aren’t allowed.
So we are going to ask the questions that no-one is asking Ten Hag. Maybe whoever is studying this who is aware of Erik might go them on. In spite of everything, we need to perceive soccer like he does.
Query 1. Is it simply unhealthy luck that United have sustained so many accidents this season? Are you taking no duty in any respect for:
– coaching strategies
– restoration schedules
– workforce rotation?
We’re dealing right here with a person who’s reportedly so meticulous, you demand the grass on coaching pitches is minimize to inside a millimetre of your specs. You’re a man who fully controls the gamers’ diets, a person who, not like Sir Alex Ferguson, oversees each element of coaching.
A number of weeks in the past when requested in case you knew why there had been so many accidents, you replied “We’ve an thought and we are going to work on it.” And but since then, issues have gotten even worse. So will you settle for duty, Erik, for the failure of that “work” you had been doing?
You both take no duty for the damage disaster, during which case you might have didn’t take management of one thing vitally necessary, otherwise you do take duty, during which case you might have failed to repair it. Both method, what are we who “don’t have any information of soccer” not understanding after we name so that you can be sacked?
Query 2. On squad building. Ignoring the accidents:
– did you not spend £10 million on loaning Sofyan Amrabat from Fiorentina and do you are taking duty for his being an absolute flop at United?
– did you not sanction the sale of Teden Mengi to Luton City for underneath £2 million on August thirty first, who has turned out to be one of many Premier League’s finest younger defenders this season, figuring out that your centre backs are all damage susceptible?
– did you not sanction the sale of Dean Henderson to Crystal Palace, figuring out that Andre Onana would possibly take a while to acclimatise to the Premier League, and placing the workforce ready the place it needed to get used to not one, however two new keepers?
– did you not agree for Alvaro Fernandez Carreras to go on mortgage to Granada in August when Luke Shaw’s understudy, Tyrell Malacia, was clearly going to be out for a while, after which once more to Benfica in January, when Shaw himself was additionally injured?
– did you additionally not return loanee left again Sergio Reguilon to Spurs in January leaving no cowl at left again in any respect with Shaw combating persistent accidents?
– did you not fail to carry one of the best out of Jadon Sancho after which mishandle a disciplinary scenario, leaving him to excel at Borussia Dortmund and assist them to the Champions League closing when you plodded on with a far inferior participant in Antony?
– did you not forfeit the choice to make Marcel Sabitzer’s transfer from Dortmund everlasting final summer season and dwell to remorse it when seeing him, additionally, look a much better midfielder than any you retained or purchased?
– would you not admit {that a} participant you offered for £15 million, Anthony Elanga, has outperformed all of your wingers this season regardless of taking part in for a relegation-threatened facet?
Query 3. Do you settle for any duty for United crashing out of the Champions League from one of many best teams within the event?
Query 4. Do you not settle for that even an injury-ravaged Manchester United facet shouldn’t:
– Concede 4 objectives to FC Copenhagen and Crystal Palace?
– Concede three objectives to Bournemouth, Coventry Metropolis, Galatasaray (twice), Brighton, Newcastle and Wolves?
– Concede two objectives to Newport County?
Query 5. Do you are taking any duty for workforce self-discipline when along with Sancho, there have been off-field points or public spats with Antony, Marcus Rashford, Raphael Varane, Alejandro Garnacho and Amad Diallo?
Query 6. Would you not admit to being cussed in not admitting that the “transitional fashion” of play you selected to implement this season has been an abject failure? Ought to it not have been deserted way back?
Query 7. Is that gaping area between the midfield line and line of defense that has left us susceptible to a whole lot of counter-attacks this season factor? We’re asking since you proceed to depart it unaddressed so you have to have purpose that we, those that don’t perceive soccer, want to study.
Query 8. May you clarify please the logic of leaving one defender again for a nook when there are two minutes of additional time remaining and United are a aim up? It’s clearly one thing very intelligent of you that’s past our comprehension.
Query 9. Most objectives conceded since 1971 (when there have been 4 extra video games within the season) and on track to be essentially the most ever. Joint most house defeats in historical past (a loss on Wednesday will take us to outright worst) – once more, even evaluating to years when there have been 42 video games per season. Many different damaging information damaged. That is regardless of £175 million having been spent on transfers. Since you might have all the time been capable of discipline 11 senior gamers in each recreation this season, would you not agree that this alone will not be grounds for dismissal?
Erik, we look ahead to understanding these items so we will change into higher followers, pundits and journalists and give you the right help you so richly deserve.
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