THE DILEMMA AROUND #MANUTDFC
Erik Ten Hag came from
Ajax Amsterdam FC with so much promise and expectations. It looked like he had
made an immediate impact when on his first season; Manchester United FC took the 2nd position in
the ever dynamic English Premier League. Despite slaying the great Cristiano Ronaldo
from his team, citing disciplinary issues, the team went ahead to make a
considerable achievement at the end of the season. They qualified for the UEFA
Champions League and it looked as if Manchester United FC had found a new
messiah after the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson. The expectations grew and he
made more efforts to assert his absolute grip on the team and by this summer,
he wielded his axe on several players.
First was David de Gea, whose contract was not renewed because he
couldn't start-off the attack from the goal post, then the disciplinary issues
with Marcus Rashford and then the bust up with Jordan Sancho. The last before
the season started, was when the issue of Henry Maguire's place in the team became
a huge subject. He was stripped as team Captain and dropped from the first team
and put up for transfer. He escaped the sale when the interests from West Ham
FC didn't go through. Then goalkeeper Andre Onana became a major issue as he
made more mistakes than saves and became difficult to understand his edge over
David De Gea. In good faith, ETH trusted him but his performance has remained
undulating!
WHAT DOES
ETH NEED TO CHANGE@#MANUTDFC?
Erik
Ten Hag has always wanted it his way but results on the field has been
inconsistent! Like every other team, Manchester United FC has battled with
injuries to several players; loss of form and other issues of the game but
their level of consistency is inversely proportional to their total investments
since ETH came.
Manchester
United FC had appeared to have recently gained some steam in the EPL with a few
results going their way but their UEFA Champions League results have put them in
a delicate position from qualifying for the last 16 and this calls for great
concerns. With the impending investments from Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the
expectations that he’d have some oversight over sporting issues, the need to
put them on the right course is pertinent and ETH remains a critical driver for
achieving these ambitions.
WOULD #MANUTD BOARD REMAIN LOYAL TO ETH
FOREVER?
ETH has
been given absolute trust by the board and the next six weeks would remain a
critical period for him and unless good results and consistency comes immediately,
he could be sacked before the January 2024 transfer window! Despite the huge
investments on an assorted list of players, it would be no surprise if Erik Ten
Hag asks for more but the downside would remain how badly the current set of
new players have gelled into the team.
His
style of play has been severally questioned but no improvements have come,
rather the individual resilience of some players have saved the blushes of the
team and its obvious that such situation cannot be tolerated forever!
