Manchester United

2022 - 8 - 14

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Manchester United, ten Hag's Embarrassing Start Should Come As ... (Sports Illustrated)

Saturday's 4–0 loss to Brentford exposed the Red Devils for what they are: a club without a plan run by a manager with misplaced tactics.

He was presumably brought in to try to impose an Ajax-style system at United. But Ajax presses and he has a forward line that doesn’t press. Is ten Hag the man to enact that? But ten Hag is two games into his reign, and he’s the first United manager to lose his first two games since John Chapman in 1921. Brentford registered three times as many pressures in the final third as United in Saturday. That is true in terms of infrastructure and backroom staff. Docherty’s first full season ended in relegation, but he was kept on and allowed to continue his rebuild, finishing third in 1976 and then lifting the FA Cup in 1977 before being sacked over his affair with the physio’s wife.

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A clearout is needed at Manchester United. None of the parts fit ... (The Guardian)

To say that Ten Hag isn't a match for this squad is both true and pointless: nobody is, nobody could be. Can you play Lisandro Martínez, a 5ft 9in centre-back, ...

Half a century ago, United responded to the defeat at Selhurst Park by sacking Frank O’Farrell and George Best. Moving on Ronaldo might be a start, but Ten Hag is even less an author of the chaos than O’Farrell was. This is a major problem for United: De Gea is one of the few United players who has performed consistently in recent years and yet those struggles with the ball at his feet make it very hard for them to switch to a modern style. Perhaps Ten Hag has raised the issue, but the mind boggles at who this United board might come up with as a replacement after thumbing through their ageing directory of high-maintenance bad boys. By comparison, Ederson completed 88.1% and Alisson 87.1%; while it’s true that’s partly because De Gea was encouraged to play more longer balls, it’s also true that one of the reasons United played more longer balls is De Gea. Can you play out from the back with De Gea? De Gea remains, despite Saturday’s howler, an excellent shot-stopper, which is why last season he was named United’s player of the year for the fourth time. Ole Gunnar Solskjær, though, was good at setting up his team to sit deep and play on the break – at least until Cristiano Ronaldo was signed, depriving the forward line of pace and mobility and so destroying the one viable approach United had, and undermining dressing-room morale while he was at it.

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Erik ten Hag has risked INJURING Man United players by making ... (Daily Mail)

EXCLUSIVE: Sportsmail reported how a furious Ten Hag made his team cover the exact distance which Brentford outran United by when the Bees defeated United ...

The team has to take the responsibility. How are we allowing ourselves to be put in a position like that? 'Playing in a high level football match adds significantly to that bucket and adding another day of running on the day after - there’s a reason it was a scheduled rest day - can lead to that overflow and potential injury risk. How are we putting ourselves in that position? And he's looking around and saying "not for me." They wouldn't be doing that!' United faces fierce rival Liverpool next on Monday, August 22 at Old Trafford and Jurgen Klopp's side beat United 5-0 there last season. 'He's probably sitting there thinking "I've been sold a dummy here. I feel really sorry for the fans. 'Activity adds water to the bucket whereas rest & recovery removes it. The 'red zone' is essentially that state of high fatigue & raised injury risk. He's coming expected new signings.

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Furious boss cancels Man Utd's day off as players forced into ... (Fox Sports)

Furious boss cancels Man Utd's day off as players forced into humiliating training exercise.

The shocking margin was another element of ten Hag’s brutal punishment, as Burt claims the Dutchman forced his players to cover 13.8km throughout the training session conducted in 30-degree heat, “exactly the distance they collectively ran less than the Brentford players during the game.” And according to The Telegraph’s Jason Burt, ten Hag was furious with what his team served up against the Bees and ordered his team to come to the club’s training ground for a punishing extra session. Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag reportedly cancelled a planned day off for his players and forced them into a humiliating running exercise as the fallout from the shock Brentford defeat continues.

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Manchester United handed brutal punishment by Erik ten Hag after ... (Sporting News)

Erik ten Hag cancelled a scheduled day off for his Manchester United squad and held an extra training session after their humiliation at the hands of ...

That is what we didn't do." The team has to take responsibility. We need higher standards than that, that's clear," the 52-year-old told beIN Sports after the game.

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Manchester United lose 4-0 away to Brentford to go bottom of the ... (ABC News)

The nightmare continues for fans and staff of famous Premier League side Manchester United, who are hammered away from home to sit bottom of the ladder for ...

It was the first time since 1960 that United have conceded at least six goals in their first two matches of a top-flight season and the first time they have lost their opening two matches since 1992 — when they went on to win the title. The Dutchman is the first Manchester United manager to lose his first two games in charge since John Chapman in 1921. A shambolic Manchester United side conceded four goals in the opening 35 minutes in a 4-0 drubbing at Brentford on Saturday as their woeful start to the Premier League season continued.

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'Hapless, hopeless, haunted': Man Utd taunted about relegation after ... (Fox Sports)

'Hapless, hopeless, haunted': Man Utd taunted about relegation after 'worst ever' showing.

If that was Paul Pogba they would be slaughtering Pogba in the media. “Fernandes gets away with murder. “I’ve played with players like him, you’d be fuming at him. But there’s a family over there in America who are just literally letting their employees take all the hits for them – and that is unforgivable.” Did you see Fernandes do anything? “He is simply not comfortable on the ball. This was 4-0 and deservedly so,” Crafton wrote. And this was more than a lead. “Every time a player gives it away, every time he gives it away, he throws his arms up at his teammates, he throws his arms up at the bench. By comparison, Ederson completed 88.1% and Alisson 87.1%. “This is a major problem for United: De Gea is one of the few United players who has performed consistently in recent years and yet those struggles with the ball at his feet make it very hard for them to switch to a modern style. “They’re in a mess and it’s going to take time, an unbelievable amount of money to get things right inside the football club and in terms of the right recruitment and it’s going to take a lot of patience from the Manchester United fans because of where they are now to where they want to be – miles away.”

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Coach's brutal punishment for Man U players (Wide World of Sports)

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag put his players through a rigorous extra training session today, as que...

It is not what we expected ... It seems like what happened in the past, last season, we bring into the new season. He started against Brentford after coming on as a substitute in the club's opening round loss to Brighton and as of right now, remains at a frustrated and confused Manchester United, who sit anchored to the bottom of the table after two rounds. We have to change that really quickly.

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Manchester United sink to new lows: The numbers behind ... (Sporting News AU)

The 2022-23 season is off to the worst possible start for Manchester United. Despite the arrival of new manager Erik ten Hag, the Red Devils have failed to ...

The answer is 1974 when they finished the 1973-74 season in second-last with 20 league losses to their name. John Chapman was the last to start with such a run of defeats with the Red Devils subsequently relegated from the top-flight in his first season. For the club with the most Premier League titles in history, last is not a place the club will want to stay for long.

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Erik ten Hag Orders Manchester United Players to Training on Their ... (Sports Brief)

SportsBrief.com News ☆ It has now emerged that Erik ten Hag ordered Manchester United players to train on a day they were meant to rest after the ...

The football world is still reeling from shock after Manchester United were humbled by Brentford 4-0 on Saturday evening. - Manchester United head coach Erik ten hag reportedly ordered his players to train yesterday in the aftermath of their embarrassing defeat to Brentford Erik ten Hag Orders Manchester United Players to Train on Their Off Day After Brentford Humiliation

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Erik ten Hag makes United players train on day off after heavy defeat (The Guardian)

The manager punished his team following the 4-0 defeat to Brentford, and said: 'We conceded goals from individual mistakes'

I asked them to play with belief and take responsibility for their performance, and that’s what they didn’t do.” We conceded goals from individual mistakes,” Ten Hag said after the game. He also felt his tactics were not implemented during the game.

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Manchester United handed brutal punishment by Erik ten Hag after ... (Sporting News AU)

Erik ten Hag cancelled a scheduled day off for his Manchester United squad and held an extra training session after their humiliation at the hands of ...

That is what we didn't do." The team has to take responsibility. We need higher standards than that, that's clear," the 52-year-old told beIN Sports after the game.

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