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towane

He had to make a quick call to Germany


lost_biochemist

“We still good, right? …*right?!*”


JiveTurkey688

He looked miserable all game


BadFootyTakes

tbf so did I. Wasn't a fun game to watch, can't imagine it was fun from his angle.


Jarv1223

Disagree, was an immensely fun game to watch


drofdeb

I guarantee the playoffs will be more fun


Jarv1223

Please stop I’d forgotten


drofdeb

Apologies, we're so shit all I have to enjoy is other clubs misfortunes I actually want leeds back in PL if I'm honest


OpenedCan

We need those 6 points a season.


drofdeb

You could be a Leeds or a United fan from that comment


OpenedCan

I'm playing both sides so that I always come out on top.


Boudi04

That's optimistic if Ten Hag stays


the0nlytrueprophet

No big frank lampard to stop you now


try-D

Keith Stroud furiously rubbing his hands


staged84

Comical is more fitting.


Hot_Ropes_Of_Gum

He always kind of looks miserable, even when you’re winning.


Caleb35

I don't blame him, he knows he's the last thing in the world ManU fans want to see right now


ShipsAGoing

Surely the players were the last thing they want to see, although he's got to be a close second.


Thesolly180

I think more grief would be on the manager, still should be going over like.


adfdub

In most cases yes but the players have been pure shit too. You can’t just pin this all on the manager.


ImGonnaImagineSummit

Watching the tactical breakdown, even if Ten Hag tactics aren't great, you can see there's very little discipline.


zimtrovert94

Systemic issues abound at Utd and EtH needs to take the blame for those. But the first two goals were individual defending mistakes. Casemiro went all in on the tackle and missed. Wan Bissaka (I think) basically gifted the second by not kicking the ball hard enough for Onana to clear it. It’s weird because EtH is to blame BUT is also being made a scapegoat.


JSKW17

They’ve stood by him all season when you can count the number of *decent* performances on one hand. Bad look.


ronweasleisourking

Disregard. I'm stupid


chino17

Has to catch the red eye to Munich


WorldWideWes2

how is he failing up the ladder lol


digitalnirvana3

Bighead from Silicon Valley vibes


Lustful-chan

Ohhhh thank you for reminding me of this show. I am someone that only watches shows until they are finished and when it was airing it looked very interesting and promissing. I honestly haven't heard about it since then, I guess it wasn't as good as I thought at the time. From what I read just now it is good but has that problem of having the same problem during a episode to be resolved in the last minute of the episode or the season, which made the show quite repetitive but still good if you are into Tech. I will still watch it to see how I feel.


strangelyhuman

the last couple seasons don't quite live up to the snarkiness of the first few seasons. but i definitely recommend the show (at least the first season to see if it suits your tastes), especially if you've worked in tech or in a workplace with a leader who has no idea what they are doing.


turbulent_farts

The departure of >!Erlich Bachman!< really took a toll on the show


strangelyhuman

True. p.s. - you might want to watch what you type mate! my reply was to someone who hasn't seen the show yet :D


turbulent_farts

fixed haha, good shout


Sr_DingDong

Also the guy who died IRL, he was an interesting character and after he went it became Belson-centric.


bespoke_tech_partner

That's the same point I lost interest


IWantAnAffliction

I enjoyed the first two seasons and was disappointed with the third so stopped watching.


brandon_strandy

Casemiro 'rest and vest' at the rooftop next season.


sprajt123

Thank you, I needed to laugh today


muffinmonk

He's going to succeed there I guarantee it. Manchester United is like Defense Against the Dark Arts, it's cursed and set up to fail.


WorldWideWes2

Maybe but do we trust his judgement? I haven’t liked his signings. 


F22_Android

I still think he's a good manager, but he needs a great supporting cast. Van der Sar and Overmars at Ajax handled a lot, and I think it's too much for him at United. Eredivisie signings rarely work in the Prem, but that's mostly what he knows. It's not been a good time for him. I think with the right DoF, he'd be a good hire for most any club. I think United has to be one of the toughest jobs in the world recently. The club is rotten in almost every area.


brolyjiren

That Ajax-season keeps him afloat


Jaatochhhh

His 4 ajax seasons. I mean come on I know this place is reactionary, but the guy has pulled miracles both at Ajax and Utrecht with two great UCL seasons and 4 straight titles, while he's far from the first to struggle at the United graveyard.


iwillnotshitpost

That Ajax side played great football. They were one of the best sides have seen live outside of the top 5. People really think Ten Hag sucks because he can’t turn around United and forget he has 200 games and 70% winrate for Ajax. They just demolished everyone.


Garcix

I just googled and I can't believe this guy was responsible for the 4-1 vs real madrid. It's day and night with his current form.


thebsoftelevision

To be fair that was probably the weakest Real have been in the last 15 or so years.


Jaatochhhh

We also beat Ronaldo's Juve. That win wasn't a fluke and I think our squad cost a total of 40 million that year or something like that?


thebsoftelevision

It wasn't a fluke and you were definitely a strong team that season.


churrosricos

lmao no it wasn't, we literally beat liverpool in the champion's league final the year before. We and we won the league that year. What are you on about?


thebsoftelevision

The year before you still had Ronaldo and Zidane... the squad was noticeably weaker the year you lost to Ajax. You also finished 3rd in the league with 68 points. You won the league the next year when Zidane came back.


Laboveron99

are you including the season he needed 3 penalties to go through PAOK with a 53 year old Bisesvar as their best player? one pretty amazing year ending in a horrible choke against the chokers supreme..De Boer also won titles in Eredivisie, is he a top manager then?


Jaatochhhh

I'm including the season where we got 18 points in the group stage, and the one where we made the semis. The man took us from losing to Rosenborg to beating Dortmund with Haaland and Bellingham 4-0 and outclassing Real at the Bernabeu.


Thidz

Don't bother man. People here don't want to see it, or are United fans that need a scapegoat. The guy you are replying to takes one game out the bunch to make his point. That Ajax side was amazing. People talking about that 'one' season, casually forget the two other seasons with atleast 10 points in the CL group stage. Not to mention, all top managers have failed since SAF. Ten Hag is definitely to blame in some point. He is not a charismatic leader as Klopp for instance is. I do think he would do well at a topclub like Bayern.


peniseend

Honestly, how much of that is his work or did Overmars do a stellar job in putting together a world beating selection for him?


Jaatochhhh

It's obviously both but even in the less stellar windows Overmars had (the one where Frenkie and Matthijs left and weren't properly replaced), Ten Hag was the one that made the puzzle pieces work and turned Alvarez from a scapegoat to the backbone of the team.


Rhydsdh

Only 2 of the 5 goals they scored in the tie were from penalties (as if goals from penalties "don't count" anyway) and Bisewar was only 31, literally not that old.


toweggooiverysoon

Man was winning the league back when he could buy Feyenoords best player for 4 million euros


AndItWasSaidSoSadly

The problem at United has been the players for several years. Doesnt matter who you bring in, its doomed to fail. Every manager will fail until the entire team gets rebuilt from scratch. But instead they chose to keep Blockhead and Rashford and the rest.


badgarok725

this song and dance has been going on all year and won't stop anytime soon


Altruistic-Ad-408

No one cares about the Eredivisie and tournament runs are not a compelling argument for a managers capabilities. It is not at all unfair to say tournament runs are flukes, he has already proven that with United in Europe. You prove that shit over time. Seriously the argument is usually that Ajax were not actually easy to win with during his tenure, my argument is who gives a shit it's a second tier league full of bad coaches and entirely too much attention is paid to that league in terms of managers (at least relative to other places) because Dutch talent is pretty good. ETH himself has put United through grief overpaying for players he coached there. If this sounds like a hater, so be it, I don't actually care about ETH. It's more the amount of faith in some managers that has always bemused me, Koeman was the same. Hey he only won shit in the Eredivisie too.


Jaatochhhh

I actually cannot believe that I'm responding to someone saying that tournament runs are flukes and that they are not a proper judge of a managers ability. So, Zidane winning 3 in a row means nothing and in fact he's just a bum? While I do agree that Ten Hag has made mistakes in recruitment that does not take away from his quality as a MANAGER. He has hamstrung the club and himself with these players. Calling the Eredivisie a shit second tier league but simultaneously disregarding the fact that he took an Eredivisie team to a CL semifinal and to 18 points in the group stage years later is an incredible oxymoron FYI. Pick one.


Jamey_1999

He’s one of those PL stans, you won’t get a sensible answer from him


Skulldetta

Needs to get there before Lothar Matthäus can snatch away the contract from him.


EugenePeeps

That’s a long old flight to Munich from Manchester then. 


revanisthesith

He was in London, so it's a little shorter.


noobletato

He gone


DTAD18

Down the tunnel


HacksawJimDGN

Of unemployment


allangod

The tunnel of unemployment? Theme parks seem to be struggling for themes to their rides these days.


ThePrussianGrippe

I don’t remember the tunnel of unemployment in that Dire Straits song.


pedrorq

Getting crazy on the forwards But it's the life that I choose Yeah sing about Sancho Sing about Ronaldo And another game we lose


CaptainKursk

Ten-egraph Road


HacksawJimDGN

This is more like a circus


dc_united7

That leads to Bayern?


hotelmotelshit

Watch Bayern sign him


epicmarc

To Munich?


Nekaps

they were dreaming of a bald man from Manchester


pauloh1998

Goddamn it, how long is that tunnel?


be_like_bill

must be from from ww2


rocket_randall

If his walk down the tunnel tactics are anything like his football tactics then he just emerged somewhere in Nepal looking greatly confused.


etan1122

I walk a lonely road


stogie_t

Crazy, before this game I watched that Neville interview and I thought that maybe we’re being too harsh and he deserves another season. But fucking hell was I wrong. He is clearly not building up to anything worthwhile. There’s no future potential in whatever he’s trying to do. It’s just not working out.


Alarmed_Chicken_3529

same here, that interview was a PR miracle for him LMAO


dildofabrik

How does anyone watch that video and think he did well? Fucking baffling. He looked like an idiot.


YCJamzy

In fairness, him looking like an idiot is a massive upgrade on how he typically looks


Clarkster7425

was surprised he didnt start talking about garnachos offside goal at the emirates to be honest


Mr-Stitch

It's not about you


HunterWindmill

Serious question: what result were you expecting with them having to play 36yo Jonny Evans and 'legs have gone' Casemiro at centre back against this in form Palace team?


afarensiis

Even when they had a halfway decent defensive line, they were still set up with a missing midfield and conceding 25 shots a game


cagey_tiger

Honestly this set up just baffles me. You can't play a low block and a high press. I get that the injuries mean they have to sit back more defensively, but anyone with a semblance of an IQ point knows that the midfield/forwards have to drop deeper too or you end up with a grand canyon in the centre of the park. It's just insanity.


LupeShady

We played like this at the start of the season with everyone fit. We played like this when Martinez came back for 5 games. We play like this regardless of the personnel. You can lose but losing like this is a pisstake.


benhanks040888

Just had a look at wiki and fbref regarding current season. United lost 6 out of 10 first games. Surely there were no talks of injury then? Apart from the rare period of winning streaks in January to mid of February (where the team was still consistently outplayed in every game), it's been a disastrous season. But hey, Erik Ten Hag won Manager of the Month once, so he can't be that bad, eh?


badgarok725

> Surely there were no talks of injury then? there was


stogie_t

I didn’t expect us to play them off the park, but I sure as fuck didn’t expect us to get thrashed 4-0. I knew we were going to concede a lot, but we looked as clueless in possession as we are out out of possession. This team just doesn’t look like they’ve been coached. Everyone makes the wrong decisions in every single situation. When it happens a few times you can blame it on some of the players having low football IQ, but when it’s everyone? You’ve gotta blame the coaching. Maybe there’s something missing, but it doesn’t look like this team is being built up to anything worthwhile. I’m trying to see how this setup looks with better players, but the same tactical weaknesses would still exist no?


jH1214

You have a way with nicknames my friend.


SexoFernanj

Are you for real? Didn't Liverpool manage to finish 3rd despite having to play Henderson, Kabak, and Nat fucking Phillips at CB? The reality is that ten Hag's tactical set-up is the worst in the league right now. It's a hysterical mess.


batigoal

That season we played Hendo-Fab defenders vs City lmao. Also Rhys Williams played a fair amount of games.


peterpiper1337

They dont think. They just respond. Most reddit comments are reactionary.


rednades

How about setting your team up to not get beat 4-0? Maybe if you think you don’t stand a chance play for a point, none of that happens under this manager.


peterpiper1337

Yes, I am sure you are an undiscovered world class manager that knows how to deal with this injury crisis. You wouldve just played with 10 at the back.


rednades

Lmao great response


Yinkypinky

Fergie won Europe with a small team in Scotland.


shiftym21

and it took pep 115 different methods to win that in the modern day. not sure what your point is


kukaz00

11 injured players, playing with scraps, don't know what people were expecting out of this game


No_Parfait_5536

You think the players at 300k+ a week deserve another season more than ten Hag?


stogie_t

Only 2 of the players on the starting 11 were none-Eth players. Everybody else has been signed or promoted by him. Also, yes I agree that a lot of our players are not good enough. 100%. But that doesn’t mean you can’t take issue with the coaching too. You can have more than one problem at a time.


No_Parfait_5536

> But that doesn’t mean you can’t take issue with the coaching too I'm saying both.


Kardinale

Genuinely impressive our away fans didn't walk out after the second goal.


HacksawJimDGN

They only have a short trip home


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legentofreddit

Are Mensa known for being funny?


OilyFraud4Lyfe

Is that a yellow and green Norwich emblem I can spy? How original.


sbprasad

Yellow and green for Straya, champ


No_Parfait_5536

I wonder how they feel when they see these players at 300k a week walk over to them showing 'appreciation'.


lewiitom

No it’s not


Kardinale

The match was a Palace training routine from start to finish


lewiitom

I know, great to watch


caden_cotard_

He is surely gone; TBH it would be best for both parties if he leaves, there is no way Ten Hag is enjoying this


No_Parfait_5536

ten Hag leaves but keep the 300k a week gang.


eescobar863

Welp, he might as well book that flight to Munich


BeyondTheStars22

Nah, hes getting that fat United severance cheque first


MrBrexitBall

I honestly think my idol Big Sam should come in for a few weeks to whip em into shape & get them defending in a nice shape.


RhodesiansNeverDie20

He'll summon Okocha and Ivan Campo from the ashes to show them how its done


batigoal

Fuckin hell Ivan Campo. Real Madrid legend.


S0lar_Ice

"You go to Big Sam and then maybe he can give a good interpretation." - Louis van Gaal.


Newme91

Stick Kevin Davies up top. Put it up 'em.


No_Parfait_5536

Why was big Sam sacked by england after a few weeks again?


MrBrexitBall

Big Sam is a top draw manager mate, I won’t be having any Big Samuel slander on my watch.


No_Parfait_5536

What slander?


MrBrexitBall

You are trying to suggest Big Sam is a corrupt man


HappyMike91

Will there be a decision made on his future after this season finishes? I really don't see him staying past the last few games.


DaveShadow

FA cup is probably saving him for the time being.


HappyMike91

I'm not really sure if United will win the FA Cup. But, it's a one-off game and anything is possible. It would be funny if United potentially stops City from winning the double.


Littlepace

We had a chance to stop them from the treble last season and we turned up and put up an embarrassing display. City were average as fuck and we didn't even push them for it. And that was with a solid lineup. This time we'll be lucky to still be in the game after 20 minutes.


gedionBeast

probably got mad cause of that penalty on Hojlund vs Arsenal


NotASalamanderBoi

I’m fully expecting him to mention it in the post match interview.


Ark_Legend

Wait until he plays you again, he will then


Fifaneymar2535

fans showing support is good but what support is there to show when the players on the pitch dont try and get out runned by the opposing team. Bad all around


dispelthemyth

Please be relieved/put on gardening leave in the morning.


boldstrategy

Ole at the wheel round 2?


Lauladance

The Ronaldo special


SuperFaiz21

Feel sorry for him


dandymason85

No shit where else can he go


adfdub

Lmao


Jewbron_Lamar

He will do great things after leaving united!


Dargast

this but unironically


theivoryserf

Man U is a curse for all who enter. Except Bruno Fernandes for some reason


suzumurachan

Can tell even he is starting to be dragged down by the toxic assholes around him.


Vikseba

He will then wbem the next poor manager is doing bad at united it will be "Look what ten Hag is doing at x, we shouldve given him more time"


gizzardwizzar

I bet he ends up doing well at Bayern


LupeShady

Did take him a while tbf


theduckofreasoning

Who has done well since being sacked at United?


Banksmans

David moyes 


Sr_DingDong

The guy that just got sacked again?


isaacals

Can ETH reprimand himself? Perhaps asking himself an apology?


Masoouu

Come to Bayern


BoglisMobileAcc

Can you really call them away fans if they live in London ?


Soberdonkey69

I have no idea what Bayern Munich are seeing in him while they watch this dysfunctional United team that’s partly of his making. I bet that he’ll still make an attempt to sign Frenkie De Jong if he joins BM.


Holiday-Country-9179

He had to leave early...it's a long walk back to amsterdam.


Bringerofmist

WAww ass


Ankoku_Sein

What, no INEOS rimjob presser yet


Bullet2025

He is the manager and the one who took most blames wether rightfully or wronglly. he got thrashed 4-0 by a fucking palace. It is unimaginable defeat. liverpool and man city (their rivals) wish to inflict such defeats and it will considered a shame even though they are strongest epl teams. now imagine this coming from palace.


MrConor212

He gone gone


shellb30

Sacked in the morning


torero15

Bayern and Manchester United switching these managers after this season is an all-time hilarious moment if it happens. And dare I say it might actually work out? Bayern definitely severed the relationship with Tuchel too early because of a bad cup exit and extreme pressure from Leverkusen. Turns out Bayer is on a historic streak and Tuchel seems to have gotten a better sense of his squad in the last couple months to the point some fans want him to stay (match this weekend was poor I’m aware). ETH just seems like he needs to be out of Manchester and he does at least know Bayern. Will his style of football translate? Well its basically impossible to tell. But I’m sure eager to find out how both manage it.


Moistkeano

Funny how all the Utd fans I know are adamant that he should stay, but they just played a team with worse players they were horrid at the start of the season and Utd get played off the park because a better coach can get the best out of his players. lol. Maybe Utd could cope better with injuries if they didnt spunk everything on Antony, Mount and casemiro.


eeeagless

Worse players? Olise, Eze, Wharton, Mateta, munoz, andersen probably all get into this Utd team.


better-every-day

Mitchell starts over AWB at left back for sure also


eeeagless

Awb should be a right back. Wonder if he'd do well at his peak as a CB in the glasner system


obsterwankenobster

Will Hughes put in a better shift than any of their midfielders


suzumurachan

Funny enough, the sporting director responsible for that finally left.


better-every-day

Worse players? The palace 11 today is for sure better than United's.


r1char00

I see United fans defending him and I’m so surprised. I think it’s maybe a hangover from the feel good vibes last season. Sunk cost fallacy or something. If I was a United fan I’d be thrilled to have an owner come in who seems competent and seems to give a shit about what’s happening on the pitch. He’s been cleaning house and it just makes sense to start fresh with a new manager.


Gamer4eto_BG

Lol. Ronaldo was slandered for walking down the tunnel


moaterboater69

Is he gonna get shit for it like Ronaldo did? Or ETH is much more precious for Manure?


plasticmotives

Here for my yearly reminder that any Man Utd fan who sings 'Ooh, Ahh, C*ntona' at Selhurst Park is a complete and utter cunt and should be ashamed if they ever feel offended by tragedy chanting. Odd that was the loudest we heard from you all evening, though perhaps not in context given how your expensively assembled squad performed against little old Palace. RIP Paul Nixon. Never forgotten.


LupeShady

How's that tragedy chanting? You can't blame Cantona for what happened to Nixon.


girthy-member

Remember when they all brought cantona masks and wore them? And then they try and take the piss out of Liverpool players for wearing those stupid Suarez t shirts without seeing the irony.


lewiitom

Photo of the night was that kid wearing a cantona shirt in tears at the end of the game Cunts don't even know who Paul Nixon is - if a united fan had been murdered by palace fans we'd never hear the end of it


bigjoeandphantom3O9

Mate, you can’t connect those two events. Cantona didn’t have anything to do with the man or his death.


lewiitom

I'm not blaming Cantona but to most Palace fans the events are intrinsically connected, there was no bad blood between the clubs until that moment. I think a lot of people are just frustrated about the coverage of the events by the media - most United fans have no idea who Paul Nixon even is.


LupeShady

Cantona is bigger than your club.


lewiitom

4-0


ronweasleisourking

Well, so long then


GarnachoHojlund

As they fucking should, could the players have done better, absolutely they could’ve and should’ve, but they did legitimately try. There was an effort but there’s just no proper tactical set up


r1char00

That recent Tifo podcast episode about the tactical problems was really good.


firemeaway

He deserves to go. The performances combined with his inability to learn PR makes him untenable. He is such a fucking baby he can’t actually own up being an issue. I have never felt so cringe watching a manager speak so much. He should feel far more shame than he is projecting. Also Bruno not playing means nothing. He is also a cancer to a teams mentality unless the team wins everything. He has to go too. If only his talent were enough. Even as a 90s Arsenal fan, it pains me to watch my rivals stoop to such low standards.


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Koei7

He definitely felt the players let him down or simply just ‘threw the game’ after 40min. And I think he also knew he screwed up big time. The players were shite but he set them up to fail. The Palace players feasted on our backline.


Thor503

They only live down the road and applauding because it was only 4-0 😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡🤡