Yes, the FA Cup trophy was the reason why Erik Ten Hag was given another opportunity to remain as Manchester United's head coach because Manchester United's management believes Erik Ten Hag would turn things around in Manchester United this season. But from what Erik Ten Hag has shown in the Premier League so far, it seems like Erik Ten Hag would not live up to the expectations of Manchester United management. If Erik Ten Hag fails to deliver a convincing win against Southampton this weekend, his job will be at risk.
The club will definitely be very disappointed with their choice to keep Ten Hag just because they succeeded in making Man United win the FA Cup after Man United lost their good position in the Premier League. But winning against Southampton won't be difficult for this team. Because so far Man United has only lost to teams that are considered quite strong in the Premier League, such as Brighton and Liverpool. But they managed to win against an ordinary team like Fullham. And I don't think Southampton will be an opponent that will make things difficult for Man United. Even though Man United is not in good condition, it feels like they can beat Southampton. So I might even bet on them. 
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It is reported that Rasmus Hojlund, Luke Shaw and Lindelof have been able to return to the field after their injuries, so with the addition of these 3 players, the away match against Southampton could give Erik Ten Hag additional ammunition. But once again the big question is can Erik Ten Hag concoct a strategy? Then on the home side, Southampton does not want to lose easily, especially playing at home, making it a demand for Southampton to show their best performance for the fans. In terms of opportunities, the home team has a plus point and can make it difficult for the opponent.
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This is a tragic news. two midfielders and one defender all of them are quality players. Their absence will affect the team and that is very bad if they can't win their next game after drawing to Brighton. Don't forget that Decaknd Rice a defensive midfielder had a red card in the last match and won't be playing also in the upcoming one. This is a lot of loss for Arsenal at this early stage in the league.
Arsenal against Tottenham is a very strong game. They have to win that game. However, there will be a reshuffle in the players. Jurrnie Timber will substitute for Odegard's position. Thomas Partey will hold the defensive midfield alongside Jorginho. This will work well for the team and if they can keep the play on till the game is over.
Havertz and Trossard might likely rotate to midfielder positions, but this will make them have no player to back up on striker positions. Arsenal need to use all of their players, unfortunately they can't sign more players since the transfer window was closed.Arsenal against Tottenham is a very strong game. They have to win that game. However, there will be a reshuffle in the players. Jurrnie Timber will substitute for Odegard's position. Thomas Partey will hold the defensive midfield alongside Jorginho. This will work well for the team and if they can keep the play on till the game is over.
The match will held in Tottenham stadium, this gives more disadvantage to Arsenal.
Considering Tottenham isn't in shape, I guess the match will end in draw.
It is difficult for Manchester United to be able to talk much this season, we can judge from several results of the matches that have been passed that they will stumble again. Yes, Erik Ten Hag should be able to bring in players who are truly mature and according to the team's needs. I think Ten Hag has wasted quite a lot of money and it can be said to be quite wasteful. I do not understand the current situation at United, with such a large investment value, the Red Devils should have been able to compete closely at the top. The thing that is most glorified by them at this time is only because they were able to get the FA Cup trophy even though that was not the main target they wanted to hunt. I think Erik Ten Hag should be dismissed immediately if they lose again.
By looking at this we actually know that there is an inability that Ten Hag has in realizing the plans he wants to build in his squad.
Now 3 matches with 2 defeats and 1 win actually although there was a good situation for the victory in last week's match but Ten Hag still has to try more to make his squad better because when the situation remains the same then I think there will again be criticism that he will receive later.
Btw I see the current top score where when the match is only 3 times but seeing Haaland's productivity seems unstoppable where he has scored 7 goals out of a total of 9 goals recorded by Manchester City in their 3 matches.
This is really crazy for a player who is 24 years old.
I also think Manchester United fans must be sad to see their support team still not playing well and at the beginning of this season only won 1 time, namely against Fulham with a score of 0-1 and the last 2 matches of course against Brighton and Liverpool Manchester United lost and of course this will definitely make Manchester United fans sad.
Their fans will have more disappointment in this season as I believe their players won't have much better performances and their head coach will struggle to deploy his tactical idea on his players. This season starts to be very tough for Ten Hag and he is facing with big risk of being sacked.I have no ideas why Manchester United decided to continue with Ten Hag after the end of last season while many people and media predicted that he will lose his job. He luckily got good support and belief from Manchester United but his luckiness might end anytime in this season. Performances at least need to be convincing and results must be acceptable. If Ten Hag gets both of these things bad or one of them is bad, his risk to be sacked is not small.
Even if manchester united can win their upcomming matches then i would say manchester united should look for new coach. Ten Hag has been afforded plenty of time and opportunities by Manchester United. But he was not able to make any visible improvement in this team. Just as we saw erratic performances from this team last season, we are witnessing a similar performance from United this season.
I think the coach has to be more responsible than the players to win the match in football. Game planning is very important to win matches, which is done by a coach. Here the players are only part of the plan. But I am not saying that even if the players have no contribution to win the match. Players also have to fulfill a big responsibility to win the match. But the biggest game is played by a coach off the field. If a coach fails then it is almost impossible for the team to be consistent. One thing I always say, a good coach can do great things with a bad player. Because a good coach can tailor his players and play according to his needs. But an incompetent coach cannot do much with a skilled player. Because the coach is the biggest player and the player is the puppet of the coach. In this case there should be good relationship and good understanding between a coach and players.
From this point of view, I think Manchester United's coach Ten Haag is showing inefficiency. He's got a lot of time to prove himself but he's down on his game. I think there is a flaw in his match planning and understanding between the players. That's why despite having skilled players in the Manchester United team, there is failure in them. I think for Manchester United to improve they should ask their coach to innovate the match plan and work harder with the team for better match results. Although there is no shortage of skilled players in their team, I feel that there is a lack of adequate planning.
Exactly, the result gotten by a football team in a particular match is been determined by how prepared the team is to tackle their opponents and this preparedness is been masterminded by the manager, the manager is the head of a football team, everyone believes that the performance of a team is as a result of the imstruction of their manager.
It is the utmost responsibility of the manager to instruct his boys on what to do in the pitch and if they fail to act according they should be questioned for that, although we have also seen where players disrespect managers but it is rare for such to have, in the case of Manchester United the coach has been pointed out and I think he should retraced his steps and it his team together, I won't say player don't have their own task to perform, am only saying that for players to do their job adequately, the coaching pattern of the manager should be smart in a way that won't affect the team performance.
Talking about Ten Haag having a lot of time it true but the owner may run out patience if this lapses persist, no one will want to see his football team going into jeopardy, let's not forget that, Manchester United is an establishment that momey was invested on as such profit is needed too, how will the club make money if the fans decide not watch their and partake in other things that will fetch the club money, I think Ten Haag should rethink work to salvage the situation at hand.
Manchester United's start to the new season has certainly been poor. The way they are losing every match in the beginning, they will surely stumble again towards the end. If United's coach Erik ten Haag could have brought in good players and stars in his team and formed a strong team, they would have had a chance to win the trophy in the EPL this season. But their performance at the beginning of the season cannot speak for them at all, rather it will not be possible for them to move forward with this bad performance. But I think Manchester United players have to be more diligent, as there is still time. Moreover, since the current strategy of the coach is not working, he has to adopt a new and strong strategy, and he has to change the team wisely, but they can stay in the top position.
Manchester United is having bad start to season. If they keep losing they will probably struggle at the end too. Coach Erik Ten Haag had chance to make team better with new players but it has not worked yet. They do not look good right now but I think players can improve if they try harder. Coach needs to think of a new plan and make some changes to the team. If they do this they can still finish high in the league. It's not too late to fix their season.There is still full time left of the season and if they do not plan properly from now on, their position will be at the bottom of the points table at the end of the season.
The international break has been Arsenal's nightmare as several of their players are confirmed to be absent for the North London derby. Some of those names include Merino, Calafiori, and Odegaard and honestly this is not good news for Mikel Arteta's squad. For Calafiori, maybe he was just unlucky because when Italy played against France, he accidentally fell on Dembele's body and it immediately hit his leg so he had to be pulled out. On the other hand, Norway's victory against Austria had to be paid dearly with Odegaard's ankle injury and clearly this is also detrimental to Arsenal considering that this week they will play a tough match.
Arsenal must try hard to win after failing to get three points in the previous match and this time they have to go away to face Spurs. The result will certainly not be beneficial for Arsenal and on the contrary this is an opportunity for Ange's squad to get 3 points. Even a few days later, Arsenal must face another tough match against Atalanta in the Champions League and honestly they will not be completely safe.
Source: https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/news/odegaard-calafiori-merino-arsenal-injury-29901374
This is a tragic news. two midfielders and one defender all of them are quality players. Their absence will affect the team and that is very bad if they can't win their next game after drawing to Brighton. Don't forget that Decaknd Rice a defensive midfielder had a red card in the last match and won't be playing also in the upcoming one. This is a lot of loss for Arsenal at this early stage in the league. Arsenal must try hard to win after failing to get three points in the previous match and this time they have to go away to face Spurs. The result will certainly not be beneficial for Arsenal and on the contrary this is an opportunity for Ange's squad to get 3 points. Even a few days later, Arsenal must face another tough match against Atalanta in the Champions League and honestly they will not be completely safe.
Source: https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/news/odegaard-calafiori-merino-arsenal-injury-29901374
Arsenal against Tottenham is a very strong game. They have to win that game. However, there will be a reshuffle in the players. Jurrnie Timber will substitute for Odegard's position. Thomas Partey will hold the defensive midfield alongside Jorginho. This will work well for the team and if they can keep the play on till the game is over.
Manchester United's start to the new season has certainly been poor. The way they are losing every match in the beginning, they will surely stumble again towards the end. If United's coach Erik ten Haag could have brought in good players and stars in his team and formed a strong team, they would have had a chance to win the trophy in the EPL this season. But their performance at the beginning of the season cannot speak for them at all, rather it will not be possible for them to move forward with this bad performance. But I think Manchester United players have to be more diligent, as there is still time. Moreover, since the current strategy of the coach is not working, he has to adopt a new and strong strategy, and he has to change the team wisely, but they can stay in the top position.
Manchester United is having bad start to season. If they keep losing they will probably struggle at the end too. Coach Erik Ten Haag had chance to make team better with new players but it has not worked yet. They do not look good right now but I think players can improve if they try harder. Coach needs to think of a new plan and make some changes to the team. If they do this they can still finish high in the league. It's not too late to fix their season.
Manchester United is having bad start to season. If they keep losing they will probably struggle at the end too. Coach Erik Ten Haag had chance to make team better with new players but it has not worked yet. They do not look good right now but I think players can improve if they try harder. Coach needs to think of a new plan and make some changes to the team. If they do this they can still finish high in the league. It's not too late to fix their season.
I still doubt Manchester United can finish in 3rd place this season. I know they brought in some players in the transfer market yesterday to improve the team's performance, but I think the problem is the Red Devils coach. Ten Hag has no strategy to compete with the top teams in the EPL, in the match against Liverpool yesterday it was real proof. we see last season they brought in great players but in reality they could only win the FA Cup and finish in 8th place in the final standings. This season MU has only played 3 matches but there has been no significant change so this season MU will be the same as before.Try to think so far who is the spearhead of Man United that can be relied on? none
I also agree with you, The main backbone of a team is a responsible coach of that team. A coach is the most important behind the success of a team. A team can maintain a good consistency on the playing field due to the good practice of a responsible coach. And currently everyone dislikes the coach of Manchester United team, because currently no player of Manchester United team is performing well in Erik ten Hag's practice. They are losing most of the games, even against some weak teams, they are not able to survive. Manchester United team needs another responsible coach to replace Erik ten Hag at the moment, but Manchester United will be back again in great form.
I don't call Ten Hag is irresponsible head coach but to say him as a great coach, I don't think so.
Yes, it seems that this season is again difficult for Manchester United to break into the top three, in my opinion they will also find it difficult to break into the top four or reach the Champions League zone. Erik Ten Hag clearly has not made any impact since he entered Old Trafford, even though if you look at the amount of investment, the Red Devils are already able to compete at the top of the standings.
Erik Ten Hag has been given enough time with more than two seasons and enough budget to buy many players to improve their squad in his favorite plans but he has failed seriously with his plan. This season can be a last chance for him to rescue his job in Manchester United but it seems early matches are more likely strong warnings that he is counting down very last matches in the club. 
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I think the coach has to be more responsible than the players to win the match in football. Game planning is very important to win matches, which is done by a coach. Here the players are only part of the plan. But I am not saying that even if the players have no contribution to win the match. Players also have to fulfill a big responsibility to win the match. But the biggest game is played by a coach off the field. If a coach fails then it is almost impossible for the team to be consistent. One thing I always say, a good coach can do great things with a bad player. Because a good coach can tailor his players and play according to his needs. But an incompetent coach cannot do much with a skilled player. Because the coach is the biggest player and the player is the puppet of the coach. In this case there should be good relationship and good understanding between a coach and players.
From this point of view, I think Manchester United's coach Ten Haag is showing inefficiency. He's got a lot of time to prove himself but he's down on his game. I think there is a flaw in his match planning and understanding between the players. That's why despite having skilled players in the Manchester United team, there is failure in them. I think for Manchester United to improve they should ask their coach to innovate the match plan and work harder with the team for better match results. Although there is no shortage of skilled players in their team, I feel that there is a lack of adequate planning.
I totally agree with you. I also personally think that if a team wants good results, the role of the coach is more important than the players. If the coach is not experienced, it is not possible for any team to achieve good results in the long run. As an example we can look at the PSG team. In the last few years we have seen that PSG's squad has been very strong. But they did not have an experienced coach. So despite having a very strong squad, PSG can't do well.
On the other hand, last season we saw the performance of the Leverkusen team. Leverkusen did not have any star players in their squad. The squad was also not very strong. But they had an experienced and hardworking coach like Xabi Alonso. So this team was able to perform well in the entire season.
I wouldn't call Manchester United's squad weak. It is possible to perform well with this squad only if the coach is experienced. I think Manchester United's overall situation will change if they appoint an experienced coach.
I also agree with you, The main backbone of a team is a responsible coach of that team. A coach is the most important behind the success of a team. A team can maintain a good consistency on the playing field due to the good practice of a responsible coach. And currently everyone dislikes the coach of Manchester United team, because currently no player of Manchester United team is performing well in Erik ten Hag's practice. They are losing most of the games, even against some weak teams, they are not able to survive. Manchester United team needs another responsible coach to replace Erik ten Hag at the moment, but Manchester United will be back again in great form.
Manchester United's start to the new season has certainly been poor. The way they are losing every match in the beginning, they will surely stumble again towards the end. If United's coach Erik ten Haag could have brought in good players and stars in his team and formed a strong team, they would have had a chance to win the trophy in the EPL this season. But their performance at the beginning of the season cannot speak for them at all, rather it will not be possible for them to move forward with this bad performance. But I think Manchester United players have to be more diligent, as there is still time. Moreover, since the current strategy of the coach is not working, he has to adopt a new and strong strategy, and he has to change the team wisely, but they can stay in the top position.
Manchester United is having bad start to season. If they keep losing they will probably struggle at the end too. Coach Erik Ten Haag had chance to make team better with new players but it has not worked yet. They do not look good right now but I think players can improve if they try harder. Coach needs to think of a new plan and make some changes to the team. If they do this they can still finish high in the league. It's not too late to fix their season.
Manchester United needs to make an overhaul, many players in the Manchester United first team are underperforming and sitting comfortably on huge wages. I don’t know if it is the managers fault for having faith in them or the top management who are reluctant to do away with these set of players. If Manchester United continues like this, there is no way Ten Hag is escaping getting sacked this season.
If Manchester United management is planning to sack Ten Hag, I don't think he will make it to this season at the club, this team has performed very poorly over the last two seasons, and the management decides not to sack him to hire another manager, even this season, I don't think the management will sack him when their performance does not improve from last season because the team management believes Ten Hag is capable of improving the team's performance, I believe we will only see another name as Manchester United manager after Ten Hag's contract with the club expires since the team does not see a better manager than him at present.
However, Ten Hag has some of the blame because they gave him the resources he needed to build the team, but this season Manchester United played like a team that was promoted to the Premier League. Before the season started, I read the news that Manchester United had extended Jonny Evans's contract, so I started to doubt that they were going to perform the way they did the previous year because which team would sign Evans unless they didn't want their performance to be great.
Manchester United's start to the new season has certainly been poor. The way they are losing every match in the beginning, they will surely stumble again towards the end. If United's coach Erik ten Haag could have brought in good players and stars in his team and formed a strong team, they would have had a chance to win the trophy in the EPL this season.
Manchester United is having bad start to season. If they keep losing they will probably struggle at the end too. Coach Erik Ten Haag had chance to make team better with new players but it has not worked yet. They do not look good right now but I think players can improve if they try harder. Coach needs to think of a new plan and make some changes to the team. If they do this they can still finish high in the league. It's not too late to fix their season.Manchester United teams usually have a number of weaknesses, usually abuse of power by the top management. Because so many expensive players have passed the time, Ten Haag is usually involved in this problem.
Therefore, if these weaknesses of the Manchester United team are not solved, the Manchester United team will not be able to perform well, because this season they are slowly going to the bottom of the points table. So many gamblers are not willing to bet on Manchester United team, and Manchester United team is going out of favor of gamblers.
Manchester United's start to the new season has certainly been poor. The way they are losing every match in the beginning, they will surely stumble again towards the end. If United's coach Erik ten Haag could have brought in good players and stars in his team and formed a strong team, they would have had a chance to win the trophy in the EPL this season. But their performance at the beginning of the season cannot speak for them at all, rather it will not be possible for them to move forward with this bad performance. But I think Manchester United players have to be more diligent, as there is still time. Moreover, since the current strategy of the coach is not working, he has to adopt a new and strong strategy, and he has to change the team wisely, but they can stay in the top position.
Manchester United is having bad start to season. If they keep losing they will probably struggle at the end too. Coach Erik Ten Haag had chance to make team better with new players but it has not worked yet. They do not look good right now but I think players can improve if they try harder. Coach needs to think of a new plan and make some changes to the team. If they do this they can still finish high in the league. It's not too late to fix their season.Manchester United's start to the new season has certainly been poor. The way they are losing every match in the beginning, they will surely stumble again towards the end. If United's coach Erik ten Haag could have brought in good players and stars in his team and formed a strong team, they would have had a chance to win the trophy in the EPL this season. But their performance at the beginning of the season cannot speak for them at all, rather it will not be possible for them to move forward with this bad performance. But I think Manchester United players have to be more diligent, as there is still time. Moreover, since the current strategy of the coach is not working, he has to adopt a new and strong strategy, and he has to change the team wisely, but they can stay in the top position.
Manchester United is having bad start to season. If they keep losing they will probably struggle at the end too. Coach Erik Ten Haag had chance to make team better with new players but it has not worked yet. They do not look good right now but I think players can improve if they try harder. Coach needs to think of a new plan and make some changes to the team. If they do this they can still finish high in the league. It's not too late to fix their season.
Haaland is very close to signing new contract with Manchester City although his previous contract will be expired on 2027 but Manchester City has decide to extended his contract and since arrived to Manchester City Haaland has scores a lot of goals with this team and he always became an top scorer and this season Haaland can scores 7 goals from 3 matches which he is on fire
Haaland deserve to be the highest player in the Manchester City team because he's theirs best goal scorer and doesn't disappoint the team because he shows up for almost all their games and score goals. Another reason this contract extension is being negotiated this time could be because of the news of Pep Guardiola leaving soon and without him at the club, it could be difficult to get Haaland to stay. Real Madrid will want to come for him or other top clubs. Haaland has been delivering since he came to Manchester city and he's among the reason they're so dominant and no club seems to be able to stop their title dominance, he deserved this new wages.
Maybe you need to understand that scoring goal is not the only thing that matters in a team. There are other people who stops goal for entering the Manchester city's own goal post. There are also people that supply the ball to strikers to be able to score. I am tired of this football that lay much praises on only the strikers and abandon other players. Haaland indeed is a fantastic player but as long as Manchester City is concerned, he is not the most important.
Manchester United is having bad start to season. If they keep losing they will probably struggle at the end too. Coach Erik Ten Haag had chance to make team better with new players but it has not worked yet. They do not look good right now but I think players can improve if they try harder. Coach needs to think of a new plan and make some changes to the team. If they do this they can still finish high in the league. It's not too late to fix their season.
Even if the season is just starting for them, they still need to show some level of confidence and strength in themselves in order to deliver the task ahead of them appropriately. Manchester United’s overall performance this season is not good and impressive to talk about. Eric Ten Hag needs to put in some extra efforts to make things work for the team, this will help keep his job by the end of the season. The better he starts now, the good for him. The league waits for no one and once you’re left behind, it may be hard to catch up at the top with others.
Arsenal must try hard to win after failing to get three points in the previous match and this time they have to go away to face Spurs. The result will certainly not be beneficial for Arsenal and on the contrary this is an opportunity for Ange's squad to get 3 points. Even a few days later, Arsenal must face another tough match against Atalanta in the Champions League and honestly they will not be completely safe.
This season was a good start for Arsenal even if they had not been able to keep a clean sheet throughout or have drawn their last match which was suppose to be a win for them. They have a lot of talents that can produce good results for them and be on a good stance on both competitions. I feel they can try and be more consistent in their winnings and if they achieve that, this season will be greater for them. Looking forward to them to triumph in the premier league and at least go a bit tougher and higher in the champions league this season too. I don’t have much to say on their next match, but it’s going to be a tough one for them.
Haaland is very close to signing new contract with Manchester City although his previous contract will be expired on 2027 but Manchester City has decide to extended his contract and since arrived to Manchester City Haaland has scores a lot of goals with this team and he always became an top scorer and this season Haaland can scores 7 goals from 3 matches which he is on fire
Manchester City has just make good decision because Haaland is important player for them and according to the news at his new contract Haaland will have release clause 175 million and Manchester City also will make his as the highest paid player in this team
Source : https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-13823961/amp/Erling-Haaland-Man-City-contract-Real-Madrid-release-clause.html
This will be a good development for Manchester City as a club if the extension deal is closed but will be a bad one for other English Premier League clubs who'll be forced to continue facing the deadly striker for a longer period.
Then as for his presence release clause, I don't actually think it's impossible for a team to trigger it and acquire his services with such an amount, remember that Neymar Jr's release clause that is way much bigger than this was triggered by psg in the past, so I believe that if the player in question want to move, and a team willing to trigger his release is available, I don't really think 175 million is out of reach for the big boys like real madrid, Bayern or even psg, so nothing is impossible in football, but at least the player is willing to stay at the club for now, that's why he extend his contract at the club, so I don't think his release clause can stop a player like him from leaving if he really wants to.
In my opinion Erling Halaand will leave when he has the opportunity, it is difficult for him to remain a flagship of the club simply because the offers from the big clubs will arrive when the contract ends and there is no such strong striker around, however compared to the others he is truly a totally alien from another planet and I think that big clubs like Real Madrid are willing to spend a lot of money to bring him home and nowadays paying 175 million for a player doesn't seem that much to me given the Arabs' money
yes, I also think that Arab money can buy everything at the moment, let's face it, that's how the world of football now goes, pure entertainment for the masses who sometimes don't understand anything about football but that's how the world goes and we have to adapt, the great champions choose Arab clubs more quickly than big clubs and I wouldn't be surprised if Erling Halaand went to some club if the offer was good, I mean who wouldn't?
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