{"id":278488,"date":"2024-04-05T11:51:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T10:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepeoplesperson.com\/?p=278488"},"modified":"2024-04-05T11:51:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T10:51:06","slug":"we-are-unstoppable-erik-ten-hags-stubbornness-is-manchester-uniteds-biggest-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepeoplesperson.com\/2024\/04\/05\/we-are-unstoppable-erik-ten-hags-stubbornness-is-manchester-uniteds-biggest-problem-278488\/","title":{"rendered":"“We are unstoppable”: Erik ten Hag’s stubbornness is Manchester United’s biggest problem"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nManchester United lost yet another game yesterday against a very poor Chelsea side, having had the lead nine minutes into injury time.<\/p>\n

Yesterday we covered post-match comments<\/a> made by manager Erik ten Hag to TNT Sports, in which he claimed United \u201cdominated the game\u201d and \u201cwere brilliant.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is certainly not what United fans saw.<\/p>\n

Whilst it is true that once again, injuries to two centre backs and two soft penalties meant luck was not on United\u2019s side<\/a>, nonetheless, the match was another example of a performance lacking in strategy, tactics, organisation and unity.<\/p>\n

One decision Ten Hag made was to drop Marcus Rashford for Antony, who himself has had a season dogged by poor form and off-pitch distractions.<\/p>\n

It is true that the Brazilian was by no means the worst player on the pitch, but it seemed curious that the manager spent a big chunk of his post-match press conference singing his praises, particularly since he was responsible for conceding an early penalty with a clumsy challenge in the area.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll our players were a danger, Garnacho, Antony, he was very good. I said it before, in the last weeks, he\u2019s progressing,\u201d Ten Hag said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou see it in training, you see it when he come on against Liverpool, also against Brentford, he\u2019s stepping up, he\u2019s understanding the message, he\u2019s progressing, so we\u2019re pleased with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

There seems to be a favouritism regarding Antony that Jadon Sancho alluded to<\/a> when he had his famous falling out with Ten Hag. Meanwhile, one of the real heroes against Liverpool, Amad Diallo, once again sat on the bench for the whole 100 minutes, while another, Mason Mount, was only introduced late in the game.<\/p>\n

Another obsession that the Dutchman has is that United are a \u201ctransition\u201d team, basing the play on swift counter-attacks. At the start of this season, he inexplicably abandoned the more possession-based formula that brought so much success last season to pursue this fantasy. <\/p>\n

Again on this, at the post-match presser (via Hayters TV), his comments seemed delusional.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s our strength how we score from counters,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can be such a massive threat, we have seen today again an example of how with tempo we can beat our opponents.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are unstoppable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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