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@Danimal5981 Two Annas then, and almost two Milas as well, haha. My daughter is Mille, 11 years old, so that's pretty similar names there. She's not into football though - AT ALL - but likes horses in stead. So I'm stuck driving her to a "horseriding school", if that's the English word for it. Hate it. All that mud, *, dust. That's not really my thing.
My son, on the other hand, 6 year old Storm, has played football for two years now and simply just loves it. I also took over the coaching role for his team this summer, when their old coach stopped, so we also get to share a lot of these moments now. Unfortunately he's also a Man United fan now. I suppose I would have been wise to influence him a little less in that regard, perhaps saving him from a lifetime of disappointments and misery...
My son, on the other hand, 6 year old Storm, has played football for two years now and simply just loves it. I also took over the coaching role for his team this summer, when their old coach stopped, so we also get to share a lot of these moments now. Unfortunately he's also a Man United fan now. I suppose I would have been wise to influence him a little less in that regard, perhaps saving him from a lifetime of disappointments and misery...
@JustinCase0110 wrote:
@Danimal5981Two Annas then, and almost two Milas as well, haha. My daughter is Mille, 11 years old, so that's pretty similar names there. She's not into football though - AT ALL - but likes horses in stead. So I'm stuck driving her to a "horseriding school", if that's the English word for it. Hate it. All that mud, *, dust. That's not really my thing.
Funny that you mention it @JustinCase0110 - Just now, I heard that Mila won't come home directly after school, but first goes horseback riding with grandmother...
- @Danimal5981 My daughter has a 6 month old horse and my wife just bought a 4 month old for our farm. I do not know much about horses but they are starting to get into it so I better learn. I agree with @JustinCase0110 though, all r dirt and dust is annoying if you're not used to it.
I live in the country though so it's everywhere. There she is... No mud... @JustinCase0110 @Stlducks4
Okay okay, guys. Enough about horses now. I came here to discuss football 😬
- @JustinCase0110 We are just giving you knowledge so you can pass it along to your daughter!
@Stlducks4Haha, thanks... I guess...
We can talk about Man United? Lol or did you want happy conversations?
Do you think ETH is under pressure or will the club do the smart thing and stick with him?
@Stlducks4 wrote:We can talk about Man United? Lol or did you want happy conversations?
Do you think ETH is under pressure or will the club do the smart thing and stick with him?
He's obviously under pressure, but I can't see the club pulling the plug. Previous managers have had plenty of time to try and turn a poor run of form, so why shouldn't he? Especially with all the injuries hitten them just now, for instance playing with a 5th choice left back in the recent pair of games. Any gameplan will also fall apart, if the players make the personal mistakes that we've seen lately, from Onana especially and from Amrabat, playing out of position. So I wouldn't point my finger at the manager just yet, and I believe the club won't either.
- @JustinCase0110 Onana is a strange case. He did not make mistakes that often previously. I wonder if the pressure of being at United is getting to him or if he's just low on confidence now.
I'm a fan of Rashford but it looks way off this season. I see people saying he was only playing well last year for his contract but I hope that was not the case.
@JustinCase0110 wrote:Okay okay, guys. Enough about horses now. I came here to discuss football 😬
Does that include Andy Carroll 🤣
Sorry @Stlducks4 but Onana has always been a bit of a clown. Relatively weak with high balls, always has been. It costed Ajax a win against Benfica in 2018, it again costed Ajax a point in the 2020/21 group stage against Liverpool.
But in general, he hasn't been at his initial level since his doping suspension. At Inter a fairly proper defence covered up for his shortcomings, but overall Onana has been out of it since early 2022. I think he thought could get back that good feeling when rejoining Ten Hag, Licha Martinez, Antony and Donny - his buddies from Ajax.
@Stlducks4 wrote:
@JustinCase0110Onana is a strange case. He did not make mistakes that often previously. I wonder if the pressure of being at United is getting to him or if he's just low on confidence now.
I'm a fan of Rashford but it looks way off this season. I see people saying he was only playing well last year for his contract but I hope that was not the case.Rashford, yes... He's on the receiving end of a lot of online criticism these days, especially targeting him as a "selfish" player. I don't believe he is though, I just think that the decision making in the final third is his worst attribute. The other day he had a one-on-one with Muslera, and it almost looked like he was afraid to shoot, in stead trying to find Bruno Fernandes in the center. Last year he would have put it in, no doubt. This tells me that the online abuse it getting to him, and that he is indeed trying to be less selfish. Trying to improve. He did in fact play well in large parts of the game though, better than a long time, and he also made a great assist to Højlund. Too bad the team fell apart after a number of individual errors, cause then we seem to forget these things...
Onana, well, I like the way he seems to take responsibility of his mistakes. De Gea never spoke out like that, even though he made tons of costly errors too. Now it also seems Onana will skip the ACN to fully focus on improving at Old Trafford. So I do like his character, and I do like his footwork, apart from the terrible mistake against Galatasaray. But we must never forget that playing it out from the back always comes with an increased risk of making mistakes. His goalkeeping? I don't know about that. He makes the occational "TV save", where he looks solid, but then he also comes off too light sometimes, especially allowing the Galatasaray player to lob him too easily the other day. He hasn't been helped much by a leaky defence though, so I do hope he will improve in this regard.
@Danimal5981 You make a good point about a better defense probably covered Onana's mistakes. I was not aware of him struggling previously, I always heard how good he was and only watched on the CL.
United's defense is a mess with the injuries..
Frankly, it's all a bit media-hyped as to why Manchester United are supposedly so weak: the answer lies in there being no long term plan, no continuity. If you switch managers every other year and spend millions on yet another batch of players, you'll never get it right. Manchester United are a bit like their stadium, slowly becoming yesterday's news and in a slight state of decay. They don't deserve all the attention, especially if one puts it against the outstanding policy we see on display at Brighton and Villa: those are two very good examples on how to first build a vision, then build a team, then build results - in that particular order.
One shouldn't forget that the magic Erik ten Hag supposedly performed at Ajax, was because of groundwork done in the seven years prior to his arrival. Ajax was already a promising team (final Europa League) and the only thing he managed was for Ajax to do away with salary caps, making it possible to sign the likes of Dusan Tadic and Daley Blind and all of a sudden Ajax were on a roll. So, that whole first step is missing at Man United - no manager can make something decent out of that. An incidental good league or cup run maybe, but nothing structural.
- @Danimal5981
There are a lot of problems at Manchester United, built up since Ferguson retired.
It took Ferguson 5 years to fix the issues then, but that kind of patience doesn't seem to exist anymore.
I do have to say, however, that I don't think ETHs signings so far have been that good. Maybe Lisandro and that's it.
The whole club needs revamping and perhaps he needs to be given time to do that. Hi @CO88LER5 so glad you've made it 🙂
@CO88LER5 wrote:
@Danimal5981
There are a lot of problems at Manchester United, built up since Ferguson retired.
It took Ferguson 5 years to fix the issues then, but that kind of patience doesn't seem to exist anymore.
I do have to say, however, that I don't think ETHs signings so far have been that good. Maybe Lisandro and that's it.
The whole club needs revamping and perhaps he needs to be given time to do that.Well, frankly I don't think any Dutchman is suitable to revamp an entire club in England. In Holland the tradion is to split the role of manager, between a head coach and a technical director of football. Ten Hag is most definitely the first and most definitely isn't the latter. So, what Man United ought to have done (and Arsenal was considering it several years prior) was to appeal to coach Ten Hag AND manager Overmars, as a package deal; that might work. But ETH himself on his own is too ill equiped: he's great in whipping youngsters into shape, but to manage an elite football organization is just not for him. So, my advice would be to look for a manager that Ten Hag could work under as head coach, much like Rene Meulensteen did under Alex Ferguson.
- @Danimal5981 Doesn't ETH want all the decision making himself? I thought that was the story when United hired him, he wanted full control.
@Stlducks4 wrote:
@Danimal5981Doesn't ETH want all the decision making himself? I thought that was the story when United hired him, he wanted full control.Well, there was this early idea that Ralf Rangnick could have continued as a "consultant" or something like that. Pulling the strings behind the scenes. And apparently Ten Hag didn't want him to stay in such a role. This role was also quite unspecified, so there could be many truths to this. I don't know, but I do believe that someone with Rangnick's knowledge of how to build a football club properly would have been useful. First order of business should be to get the ownership situation sorted though. Can't believe we're still waiting for that to happen.
@Stlducks4 wrote:
@Danimal5981Doesn't ETH want all the decision making himself? I thought that was the story when United hired him, he wanted full control.I'm sure that he wants it, but that doesn't make one suitable for it. You need to be open to have an international mindset in order to be able to lead an international foottball organization (or club). I don't think Ten Hag has that: excellent head coach, but not an organizational manager. He's simply too Dutch for it.
Welcome @CO88LER5, good to see you here too. Forum isn't perfect, and it has its small dings and problems here and there, for instance the inability to even post the last two days. But I think that's been sorted now, and small improvements will probably happen along the way to make it better. We did call for a separate CMS section, and we got one, so one can only hope that they'll continue listening to us and provide what we want/need them to.
1. How do you change your name
2. How do you get this forum to jump to the last post you read and not the first post
@Ashy9292 wrote:1. How do you change your name
2. How do you get this forum to jump to the last post you read and not the first post
1. Log in at EA.com, log in, go to profile settings, click edit; edit your ID
2. In the segment screen where all subtopics are listed, click on the time of the last reply (example: xx min ago, x hours ago)
- @Danimal5981 fun fact, if message on this forum is written on your phone, you can't edit via PC, or vice versa. Messages can only be edited via original device.
Yeah, it speaks for itself, but still: Danimal5981 is no more, I've changed it to my initials DvH5981 (real name: Daniël van Hoven, hence)
Ajax playing AZ right now (0-0, 40')
Ajax bought 12 players, coach only uses three: instead fields seven players from the Academy. Immediately stable, no open house at the back.
@Danimal5981 wrote:
@Danimal5981fun fact, if message on this forum is written on your phone, you can't edit via PC, or vice versa. Messages can only be edited via original device.Are you certain about this, it works fine for me?
