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Post by viking22 on Apr 26, 2022 11:52:35 GMT
LVG already called it.....we aren't run like a football club we are (badly) run as a commercial club.
Retaining Ole and surrounding him with former players and talking up United DNA was mostly a branding exercise. We love a marquee signing and love to buy fading stars for the same reason. And we give way too much power and influence to accountants who know very little about football.
Rangnick has been a breath of fresh air and hopefully he has had something to do with the push for Mitchell as they worked together at Leipzig and between the pair of them they could come up with some good ideas for Erik who is used to having a good structure around him at Ajax to help him identify good signings.
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Post by hogshead on Apr 26, 2022 15:04:05 GMT
This is such a huge rebuilding job...you are looking at replacing pretty much the whole squad... I believe it will take years and we all need to give Erik time... I have dropped my expectations so low to save my sanity... For now I just want to see a proper plan and direction of travel... Oh, and to avoid relegation because I am not sure how long it would take to get back up... I agree with you, what is poor from ex players and other pundits was the insistence that Ole was on the right track and the club was just 1 or 2 signings at most from challenging for the EPL title and challenging in the CL. Most of us realised that this was rubbish and could clearly see that the club and many players were going backwards but the pundits and hangers on are all too happy to sit back and coin in small fortunes from various tv outlets, just for lying and patting their mates on the back and misleading fans. Now these same ex players and pundits are saying that a total re-build is required. I find it all very distasteful.
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Post by johnboy14 on Apr 26, 2022 17:12:39 GMT
"Other deciders" . Interesting. I mean.. I might be very naive, but it doesn’t seem like rocket science to build a properly run football club. Hiring top, proven, people such as Mitchell is a no brainer to me, why the club struggles so much with this concept is mind boggling. Because it clashes with their true intentions
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Post by johnboy14 on Apr 26, 2022 17:25:54 GMT
This is such a huge rebuilding job...you are looking at replacing pretty much the whole squad... I believe it will take years and we all need to give Erik time... I have dropped my expectations so low to save my sanity... For now I just want to see a proper plan and direction of travel... Oh, and to avoid relegation because I am not sure how long it would take to get back up... I agree with you, what is poor from ex players and other pundits was the insistence that Ole was on the right track and the club was just 1 or 2 signings at most from challenging for the EPL title and challenging in the CL. Most of us realised that this was rubbish and could clearly see that the club and many players were going backwards but the pundits and hangers on are all too happy to sit back and coin in small fortunes from various tv outlets, just for lying and patting their mates on the back and misleading fans. Now these same ex players and pundits are saying that a total re-build is required. I find it all very distasteful. And bastardly
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Post by Chris on Apr 28, 2022 13:34:27 GMT
Klopp has signed a new deal at Liverpool.
To repeat the opening post of this thread. Save us Erik!
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Post by Deez on May 6, 2022 17:57:30 GMT
Oh no. He's heard it.
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Post by kstandhand on May 9, 2022 5:50:18 GMT
So RVN's assistant has turned us down,so what's happening with ETH's current assistant at Ajax?
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Post by mightyez on May 9, 2022 9:29:49 GMT
So RVN's assistant has turned us down,so what's happening with ETH's current assistant at Ajax? Not sure about that, I really hope it's not a case of Ajax turning his head with the proposal of managing. Reality is ETH needs to be given every backroom member he requests as his success will depend on that as much as the players on the pitch. I don't know anything about the current coaches but other than the goalkeeping coach and set piece coach, I would not have an issue with the rest being replaced by who ETH wants. We need to be nailing this down this week.
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Post by kstandhand on May 9, 2022 18:57:53 GMT
This sums the state of the club up,they want us all to think things will change & are changing,we all know they are not. In over two weeks since ETH was announced,these transfer geniuses have not been able secure the services of his assistant from Ajax,stuff like this should be food & drink to a club of our stature. By the time ETH arrives,gets his staff sorted,speaks with a very marginalised RR & ‘monitors’ the market for potential signings,the Glazers will want everyone to believe that a summer of such transition & unrest meant they could not secure the players they really wanted. Nothing is ever going to change with these Wankers. ETH should never have taken the job.
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Post by mightyez on May 9, 2022 19:57:26 GMT
Talk now that we are wrapping up deal for his number 2
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Post by Kamilo on May 9, 2022 20:36:33 GMT
Talk now that we are wrapping up deal for his number 2 Apologies, couldn’t help myself.
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Post by keanosdog16 on May 11, 2022 11:06:54 GMT
Apparently Erik has pulled the start of pre-season forward, good! hope this is true, whip em in to shape, get em doing piggy back runs up and down hills.....old school! 😂
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Post by keanosdog16 on May 12, 2022 9:51:58 GMT
I like this from Erik.......especially the "only about one thing" line
Ajax were crowned champions again on Wednesday with one game to spare, setting off extensive overnight celebrations in the city after they beat Heerenveen 5-0.
“I have enjoyed this great journey, it was a beautiful era. I look back with great satisfaction,” he said during the celebrations.
Ten Hag leaves for Manchester United after the season, where he wants to turn things around in the same way he turned around Ajax’s fortunes.
It had not been easy at Ajax. “Social media makes it very easy to express an opinion. Ajax is an A-brand, the banner of Dutch football. Everyone has an opinion about the club. And those opinions can take on a life of their own, even if you win a lot,” Ten Hag said.
“When I started here four and a half years ago, I had to prepare Ajax for Europe again,” he added.
“That worked out and how. This season, I enjoyed our home game against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League the most. It was of such a high level, comparable to those matches in Turin and Madrid," he said in reference to Ajax’s run to the Champions League semi-final in 2019 when they won away at both Juventus and Real Madrid, knocking both giants out of the competition.
Last October’s 4-0 home win over Dortmund was one of the six games that Ajax won in the Champions League group phase but they were then surprise losers in the round of 16 to Benfica.
“We have had a lot of setbacks this season," Ten Hag said.
“I had to use more players than I actually wanted, especially in the last few weeks. But I've said before that we have more than 11 starters. And we have seen that young players are breaking through again.
“The foundation of Ajax is good. We have also created a culture of winning. We have been hard to beat in the past few weeks.”
Ten Hag also revealed something of the philosophy he will take to Old Trafford next season.
"It's only about one thing: winning. We prefer to do that with good football. That has not always been successful in recent weeks, but we have always been there as a team. But if you add everything together, and add statistics and data together, we are the deserved champion."
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Post by kstandhand on May 12, 2022 15:26:20 GMT
Being reported that at todays recruitment meeting in Amsterdam that Mitchell Van Der Gaag was also present,assume he coming,if that is true.
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Post by Stew on May 12, 2022 16:10:14 GMT
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