09 Feb 2022 22:48:53
Full on brief from the club about Pochettino today. Every outlet in England at the same time. Looks like he’s the man.

1.) 09 Feb 2022
09 Feb 2022 23:27:00
Apparently the players want poch but RR and others are fans of ten Haag! personally I’d go for ten Haag and have a clear out, the younger players will be good for him and vice versa. I clearly know that won’t happen but I can dream…. we need to strip it all back and start again with a clear structure and plan at all levels from the youth setup to first team.

2.) 10 Feb 2022
10 Feb 2022 00:56:45
I’m not sure Ten Hag is that guy tbh. He’s at Ajax where Overmars and VdS have done all the heavy lifting. I think he’s a pep type coach I’d plug into a finished article.

3.) 10 Feb 2022
10 Feb 2022 06:09:55
These Pep type coaches are so useless aren't they, who'd want to aspire to that type of success and calibre?

4.) 10 Feb 2022
10 Feb 2022 06:55:09
Not really my point. More of Pep requires a fairly perfect team and near unlimited investment, competence we don’t have. And not the situation our team is in.

5.) 10 Feb 2022
10 Feb 2022 07:45:11
If it was me, I'd give rangnick another season.
He's just started his coaching and there are things which have improved and players that have been moved on temporarily.
Give him one more year, and let him be the guy who let's players go and make us a more disciplined team before some new managers comes in and moves this forward.
If we miss out on champions league, I'd be happy to move on ronaldo if he wants to move, Cavani personally I wouldn't mind another season of him here if he's open to the idea.

6.) 10 Feb 2022
10 Feb 2022 08:38:25
I see you're point C894, Pep looks at the infrastructure at a club to see if it matches his ideology and vision. Something which is a bit of a mystery at United at the moment. He, or someone with that mindset, would definitely improve us though. But it's a team game off the pitch as well. One person alone won't fix United. It starts at the top.

I can see Ten Haag and Rangnick working well at United, though it's not without risk. But something needs to fundamentally change at United and I just don't see Poch being able to deliver that. I don't really understand his appeal in all honesty. He looks a forlorn, isolated figure at PSG. Just don't think he's the right guy for the job.

7.) 10 Feb 2022
10 Feb 2022 08:38:55
If the players want Poch, then it's Ten Hag for me ?.

8.) 10 Feb 2022
10 Feb 2022 08:54:44
I could'nt care lesss what the players want at this stage to be honest, they probably want whatever's going to be the softest touch for them .

I'd agree with Ronan, give Ralf another year to instill some discipline and make changes that are needed and leave things in a better place for a new manager.

9.) 10 Feb 2022
10 Feb 2022 10:12:00
Pochettino isn’t a soft touch - Google his methods!

{Ed001's Note - he is a soft touch. I don't care what his methods are, he does not enforce discipline.}

10.) 10 Feb 2022
10 Feb 2022 10:31:53
Rangnick for another season for me. Then Ten Hag and VDS the season after although I suspect Ten Hag will end up at Manchester City.

11.) 10 Feb 2022
10 Feb 2022 11:21:34
I'd rather RR on a permanent than Poch.

It's just my "gut feeling" but it is very strong.

12.) 10 Feb 2022
10 Feb 2022 12:13:42
Chrism, your views on Pep and Ten Hag are ridiculous. Pep came in and many on here ridiculed him. Yet, he bought very shrewdly, organised the team superbly and now, they are the best team in the land by a country mile. Your analysis that overmars and vds do all the work for Ten Hag is pure fantasy and pathetic. Ten Hag has built three Ajax teams so far, all capable of playing very competitive football and also in Europe.
I think Poch will be a huge mistake. He's achieved very little, struggling to control the stars at PSG. His teams do not defend well.
I'm with Noucamp, if our lazy and overrated players are pushing for poch, then I'll definitely go for Ten Hag ?. They are scared of hard work and discipline, and that's exactly what Ten Hag will be demanding.
Let's hope the club listen to RR, otherwise, we'll be posting the same things for the next 10 years.

{Ed001's Note - did Pep buy shrewdly? Or did he just keep buying and buying expensively until he eventually got the right players? I would say it was the latter judging by the amount of full-backs he has signed alone, and he has still yet to sign one decent left-back.}

13.) 10 Feb 2022
10 Feb 2022 12:53:35
Ten Hag is the more talented coach without a shadow of a doubt.

But can he manage a club like Manchester United.

There are so many additional responsibilities he would have to step up and prove he can handle, none of which he has any experience with due to the set up at Ajax. Which makes him a huge gamble UNLESS the club dramatically alters the club structure to suit EtH.

If we bring him in WITHOUT making those structural changes then he'll fail. It's as simple as that.

We have learned from Ole that this isn't the kind of role when you can learn on the job.

Ten Hag is a excellent head coach, he has never held the role of manager in the guise that it is at United.

Half the stuff he would be expected to do Overmars used to handle. Giving EtH the time and space to focus on coaching players.

Without that time and space, with all those distractions that he isn't used to, would make the step up from Ajax to Manchester United massive.

Which doesn't even take into account the massive job of turning this squad around. The sheer amount of coaching these players need.

14.) 10 Feb 2022
10 Feb 2022 14:06:55
One thing pep did not do was buy shrewdly.

I don't know enough about Ten Hag to say that he is a better coach than Poch.

But if players are briefing that they want Poch, then I would prefer Ten Hag on that alone ? Poch is a soft touch in fairness to him and we do not need that at United.

15.) 10 Feb 2022
10 Feb 2022 20:42:48
Shappy you should look at ten haags previous job where he took a smaller club and turned them round, that was without overmars.