Topic: UEFA Europa League 2024/25 Season - page 80. (Read 28858 times)

Ten Hag has gotten a lot of opportunities at Manchester United and even with huge money support he has not been able to take Manchester United to the highest level at the moment, on the one hand we can imagine what would have happened if Manchester United had qualified for the Champions League this season and I think they would only be a goal barn for other teams if they played in the Champions League, Even now red devils is not able to undergo the competition in the Europa League  with good although the team that plays in the Europa League is actually of lower quality or weaker than the team that plays in the Champions League, the poor performance obtained by Ten Hag in the Europa League and EPL is a strong reason for his dismissal, previously I thought Ten Hag would coach Manchester until the end of the season but fortunately the management began to open its mind if retaining Ten Hag would only May it make them more fall later, Ten Hag was previously a successful coach at Ajax but indeed the quality and competition comparison between the Eredivisie League and the EPL is very different, besides that I think the transition from the Eredivisie to the Premier League can be very challenging because of the difference in intensity and quality of competition, so Ten Hag may difficulties in adapting the tactics and strategies that have worked in the eredivisie to the demands of the Premier League so far.

There is a big difference between the league Ajax plays in and the Premier League. Things may be going the way he expected in Holland, but things didn't go as easily as he expected in the Premier League. Also, I think the Manchester United management gave him too many opportunities. The manager Ten Hag, who didn't take advantage of any of these opportunities, in my opinion, shouldn't have started this year with Manchester United. Fortunately, the management had to accept his change before it was too late.

the question is, what if after changing the coach it becomes obvious that the problem of united is not just a coaching problem? The entire team looked tired and uninterested in football and can comfortably give out point even after the sack of Eric Teng hang. Thier performance against Leicester under Ruud Van Nistelrooy who is now thier interim coach should show if what's the problem of United is a coaching problem or more than that. The worse thing to happen is that they lose against Leicester in this match, it will be a very bad start for the new coach and might get fans really worried. They just have to win this knowing that on Sunday is an important fixture against Chelsea who is more of an arch rival that's currently in a better form than united.

Already Manchester United is not doing well in any competition then again they sacked their manager which means overall bad effect on Manchester United this season. Ever since it was confirmed last season that Manchester United will play in the Europa League next season but Manchester United fans started to have some expectations that their team would do well in the Europa League. However, Manchester United's performances in the Europa League have disappointed fans throughout. Now if a new manager comes to Manchester United and if he can manage the team well then I would say Manchester United still has a chance to do well in Europa League. They need to perform in the Europa League to finish the season in a respectable position and in the Premier League they need to perform to qualify for the Europa League next season.

That is a big hope for Manchester United fans and I am sure they are in a more enthusiastic condition now. Ruud van Nistelrooy has been entrusted to handle Manchester United for the time being before they officially announce a new manager. Hope is still open as long as he can make some changes in the upcoming matches and as you said who knows under him Manchester United will be much better than Erik Ten Hak for a while.

Understanding the players is very important so that they can work well together and such an approach needs to be taken by Ruud van Nistelrooy so that the players can be much more consistent in better form.

Xab Alonso has remained unchanged about his decision to remain in Bayern Leverkusen so until his contract expires with the club can we know if it will be renewed or he consider moving to other clubs but i also have the feeling that Xabi Alonso may not accept to coach Manchester united reason being that the club needs a lot of works which will be so stressful and exhausting for Xabi Alonso and for the fact that he managed to make Bayern Leverkusen become a better club will also mean that he will prefer to move to a club that is more consistent than Manchester united. Maybe Xavi Hernández can take up the job since he is not coaching any team currently after he was sacked by Barcelona so he is most likely the favourite to be signed by Manchester united.

In the Europa league, the Red Devils have not fought for a prominent spot other than adjusting to major defeats and dissapointing results. Manchester United have failed in all essential phase this season and you think it's good news for the club? It rather consider a little bit late for the club, and drastic measured been taken into action, which one sees Erik Ten Hag relieved from his managerial role and that's one step closer to redeveloping the club. Erik Ten Hag was given enough time to make things right for the club but things got screwed along the way, ofcourse this is not Ajax where he can do those magic and make things happen, this is EPL and making things happen, he has to take things step by step because it's a process.

If you look at Man United's performance in the European arena, it's not just this season that they've been slumping, previous seasons since being coached by Ten Hag have also been like that, there has been no development at all in the European league. Even if you look at it in more detail, Man United since being coached by Ten Hag have only won once in their last 11 matches in Europe. Of course this is Man United's worst record, how out of 11 matches that have been played in the European league, they could only win when they played against Copenhagen which is a weak team, especially this season they played against Porto, Twente and Fenerbace.

This trend is of course very disappointing for a big club like Man United. Under a new coach, whoever the coach is, he must immediately find a solution to improve performance in Europe including in the domestic league. Although coaching does not immediately make big changes, at least a new coach can make the team have character in playing and of course every new coach must be patient with the process.

Basically Manchester United got easy opponents in the Europa League, but because of Manchester United's poor performance so far, Manchester United has also been unable to get a win. Although initially Manchester United was a team that was included in the trophy candidate, but in reality Manchester United experienced poor performance and results  in the Premier League and also in the Europa League. Thus, it is certainly very appropriate for Manchester United to fire Erik ten Hag. About who the next Manchester United coach will be, the hope is of course to be able to make Manchester United rise  with good quality and performance in a short time this season.

We have not seen better performance than Manchester United in Premier League, even in Europa League matches Manchester United failed to play well. Manchester United can't win a single match in Europe League. The overall performance of this team was very poor. And everyone thinks the decision to fire Ten Hag was the right one. With the help of Ten Hag, this group had no chance of improvement.

It cannot be said for sure whether the new coach of Manchester United will be able to change the overall condition of the team. But it is expected that we may see some stable performance from Manchester United.

I think it is time for the club management to sack Ten Hag after he got the chance but he still failed to meet the expectations of the board. The draw against a mediocre team is quite disappointing for the fans even though Manchester United is also considered a mediocre team at the moment. They are ranked 21st in the UEL standings and that is not a good result as they could fail to qualify for the next round. I hope the club management can find a replacement for Ten Hag. So far it seems that Nistelrooy will take over the coaching seat. United draw against teams like Twente or Fenerbahce then they will have a hard time if they meet stronger teams like Lazio, Tottenham or Lyon.

There are so many shortcomings of Manchester United this season that they cannot play optimally like other top clubs, against clubs like Fenerbahce, Porto and Twente Man United were completely unable to conquer them even though they each got 1 point but that was a bad result for a top club, but after the dismissal of Erik Ten Hag hopefully it will bring a better change and Man United can improve their performance again before being eliminated in the Europa League this season.

Now situation is very interesting because we have Manchester United coach post with many big names are trying to have, rumours are clearly indicating Xabi Alonso is also under radar of Manchester United management but most chances he will prefer to stay at the Bayer Leverkusen because he is doing good job while win title in last season and currently having second and third spot which is surely not bad as we have long season ahead which can bring more change as well.

But, if he leaves this surely it's going to be problem for his career and Bayer Leverkusen as well so it's time for him to take good decision wisely which will help him in future and also give him good confidence for fighting hard for big games as well my strong feeling is most chances he will be stayed here and complete his tenure which will be good for the all stakeholders.

Yep. Xabi Alonso even refused to move to Bayern Munich or Real Madrid. There is no way that he accepts to move to Man United now. Xabi Alonso also has a contract with Leverkusen, he must wait for the end of the contract if he wants to move. He is a typical of loyal person, he won't easily switch to Man United. Meanwhile Xavi Hernandez, he doesn't manage any team now, he is available to move to any team. I think he means Xavi Hernandez, he made an unintentional typo.

FYI, Man United has sacked Ten Hag. Now, Man United is managing by Van Nistelrooy as an interim coach. According to some news, Man United is negotiating with Xavi Hernandez but we don't know if Xavi will accept the offer. Xavi is surely quite good option for the next coach. He actually did well job in Barcelona in the season 2022/2023 (he won 2 trophies). Sadly, he failed to maintain it in the season 2023/2024.

News related to Ten Hag's dismissal:
1. Man Utd sack manager Ten Hag
2. Erik ten Hag sacked by Manchester United after two-and-a-half years
3. Man United sack Erik ten Hag; Ruud van Nistelrooy interim

Manchester United fans are very happy that the Ten Hag has been sacked. Because compared to the last two seasons, the performance of Manchester United in this season is more weak. We don't see Manchester United players playing well against smaller teams either. Manchester United is not in the top 10 of the points table. The performance of this team in the Premier League is very weak, at the same time the Manchester United team cannot perform well even in a match of the Europa League.

Manchester United have changed coaches. Ruud van Nistelrooy is the new coach of Manchester United. Not very experienced Ruud van Nistelrooy. Earlier, Ruud van Nistelrooy was the coach of PSV. I thought Manchester United would hire a more experienced coach. However, Ruud van Nistelrooy needs to give the players enough time to adapt. At the same time, United need to develop a stable match strategy. I don't think it can be done very quickly. So it is not right to expect too much from the new coach Ruud van Nistelrooy at the moment.

Who knows if things will begin to turn around for Manchester United now that Ten Hag have been sacked and Ruud van Nistelrooy is now in charge of the team as the intrim coach. Ten Hag has brought down the club performance to a very low level, which is why they are finding it difficult to have two straight consecutive wins. I don't think that there's any hope for United of qualifying to the round of 16, because Ruud van Nistelrooy will need to understand the players capabilities, and blend them into his own game pattern, which might be a big challenge for him.

My Top 8 prediction would be, with no particular order:
Tottenham Hotspur
Ajax
Porto
Lazio
Anderlecht
Eintracht Frankfurt
Athletic Bilbao
Real Sociedad

Only 3 matches were played. 2 more matches and the standing will be more or less clear.

There is nothing special for Manchester United this season and they are still having difficulty showing major changes even though they got several players in the previous transfer market. After experiencing a draw in the Europa League, Manchester United lost again in the Premier League and this made things worse. Fenerbahce is much better because if you look at the quality of the players, the average is below Manchester United players and Manchester United should be much easier to beat them.

Xabi's focus is now on Leverkusen, I don't think he has started to think about his future where he will go, because if he wanted last season to be a very big opportunity for him, but he made the decision to stay with Leverkusen. Well, I don't think he should be confused about looking for a big club if he wants to leave Leverkusen, as long as he has to show the best of his performance. He doesn't have to be a champion again, by being able to stay at the top of the Bundesliga he will still get a lot of interest. However, when his performance is destroyed this season, then maybe interest in him will decrease and some people think his success last season was just luck.

Xabi success with Leverkusen made his name and career stand out as one of the best young coach, there are indeed many rumors related to the interest of several big team to be able to bring in Xabi but there will be lot of competition if Manchester United also has the interest, they must provide an attractive offer and must be able to convince Xabi and this is not easy.
We just see how it goes after this season is over and if Ten Hag is really fired who will replace him, whether they succeed in bringing in Xabi or not, what is clear is that I not sure about this.