Some Manchester United players are reportedly puzzled by manager Erik ten Hag rotating so much at the moment, with some of the team described as “nonplussed” by the Dutchman’s explanations for his decisions.
That’s according to an in-depth report from the Daily Mail, which cites some slightly surprising recent calls by Ten Hag to take Marcus Rashford off when he’d scored and impressed in the game against Porto, while the former Ajax boss has also made the surprise move to rotate his central defenders.
The Mail claim United players are puzzled and would rather get more chances to play and find some rhythm, while they’ve seemingly not responded well to Ten Hag and his coaching staff saying they look tired.
All in all, this is the kind of picture you’d expect from the United camp at the moment, with all not seeming well at Old Trafford after a poor start to the season.
Can Man United turn things around under Erik ten Hag?
It seems surely like Ten Hag has lost the dressing room, with the manager not helping himself with some strange decisions that seem to be making the mood around the club even worse.
Ten Hag did great work during his time as Ajax manager, but it’s just not happened for him at United, despite being given plenty of time to implement his style of play and make his own signings, with huge amounts invested in flops such as Antony, Matthijs de Ligt, Joshua Zirkzee and Rasmus Hojlund.
It’s hard to imagine Ten Hag lasting much longer unless United quickly manage to produce some much-improved results and performances, with the team currently suffering its worst start to a league campaign in 35 years.
Even if the United job was always going to be difficult for most managers, it’s hard to believe there isn’t someone out there who could be doing better than Ten Hag right now.
Why does ten hag keep buying players who he has managed before when they are not good enough take Antony the money they spent on him was unbelievable
I don’t think ETH personally goes out shopping to the local Lidl and picks up whatever players are on offer in the middle aisle with his Vantablack ManU debit card.
Like any manager, he’s just a front man for the band of idiots behind him. He might have some suggestions for players he’d like, but it’s the sycophantic suitboys with their chequebooks who cower behind him, the decision-makers with their shyte scouting network who can’t find anyone better, who don’t have a coherent plan so they can agree on what players they need, and can’t get any deal done at a fair price — it wasn’t just because SAF left that things went to shyte, David Gill left and Fergie took one look at Ed Deadwood’s spittlenose crew of halfwits and bailed.
Ratcliffe’s Minions will sack ETH when it puts them in the best possible light. Then Saviour Most Jesus Jim will do his best Lord Sugarballs pointy finger impression at Tommy Southpotter and say ‘You’re hired, bruh!’, and the whole turdnado will carry on spinning.
But yeah, by all means fire ETH, because all Rashford needs is that 7th manager who will finally spark him out of his petulant inconsistency; he’s almost 27 FFS, if he can’t get his shit together now and be consistently good then he’ll be looked back on as one of those talented but frustrating ‘wannabe couldabeen’ squad players – football is full of them.