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Post by viking22 on Jan 1, 2023 10:50:16 GMT
The problem is there is little quality outside our first XI let alone our reserves. So while I appreciate the commitment I think Erik's time would be better served getting more involved in the scouting effort so that when we do get new owners he knows exactly who to buy to strengthen our first team squad. Seems a bit of a waste of time coaching the reserves when at best 1 or 2 of them will break through into the first team.
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Post by ouroboros on Jan 1, 2023 13:43:44 GMT
The problem is there is little quality outside our first XI let alone our reserves. So while I appreciate the commitment I think Erik's time would be better served getting more involved in the scouting effort so that when we do get new owners he knows exactly who to buy to strengthen our first team squad. Seems a bit of a waste of time coaching the reserves when at best 1 or 2 of them will break through into the first team. Bringing young players through is one of the core principles of this club. Even if you only get 1 squad player per year (and a few to sell) it is worth it. The problem is that the gap in level between the first team and reserves is very big, so it's not easy to break through and you need to have a system in place to support it. If he's going to be around for more than a couple of years (and I believe he will) it will bring much more benefit over the long term than getting a couple of first teamers in. In any case, he's not taking over coaching, just selecting who plays in what position and how much and stuff like that. Says here www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/man-utd-ten-hag-reserves-28849566 also that he's leaving the training exercises to van der Gaag & co, so he can get a better overview himself. Can't say he's not been involved in scouting either as most of our signings have been selected by him, not the scouts. Instead we need to improve how scouting and recruitment works from the same principles as him so that he doesn't have to focus on that so much.
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Post by bushy1987 on Jan 1, 2023 13:54:23 GMT
Just doing things like this to me shows he wants to be here long term, and that he has a vision, unfortunately with our current owners it's a long slog, but with new owners on the horizon I believe with ETH and a big summer window of ins and Outs we really won't be to far off.
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Post by viking22 on Jan 1, 2023 14:28:39 GMT
I don't think he really focused that hard on scouting as in his first summer he mostly brought in players he knew well from having coached them or watched them first hand in the Dutch League. Casemiro was the only exception but that move was a total no brainer. Obviously he isn't being given a penny to spend in January but assuming a takeover does happen before the summer he needs to be lining up targets because we cannot count on having someone like Boehly coming in and spending £500m. More likely we will get a more modest budget of perhaps £150-£200m and we will need to get every signing right if we want to win trophies next season.
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Post by Paul on Jan 7, 2023 11:55:53 GMT
This guy is bringing us titles.
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Post by Diablo Rouge on Jan 14, 2023 8:11:36 GMT
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Post by Karma on Jan 14, 2023 14:49:33 GMT
Please let this be our corner turned along with new ownership.
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Post by Stew on Jan 14, 2023 14:59:35 GMT
Please let this be our corner turned along with new ownership. I think this guy is certainly our best hope.
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Post by oscared on Jan 14, 2023 15:55:49 GMT
We are seeing small positive changes each week now as Eth fine tunes the players.
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Post by gdmm on Jan 15, 2023 9:58:17 GMT
There is only one bald genius in Manchester, and it isn't the one who needs a sports-washing oil state to fund him.
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Post by ouroboros on Jan 16, 2023 16:51:11 GMT
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Post by oscared on Feb 8, 2023 15:50:12 GMT
Ajax really struggling at the moment it shows what big influence ETH had on the club.
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Post by ouroboros on Feb 11, 2023 11:07:13 GMT
Ajax really struggling at the moment it shows what big influence ETH had on the club. To be fair, they sold most of their best players in the summer as well.
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Post by Chris on Feb 21, 2023 22:24:04 GMT
The content we all want to see
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Post by Deez on Feb 22, 2023 12:46:14 GMT
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