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Erik's mistakes.

I'll begin by saying I believe him to be a super manager and the right man for us. But even the best make mistakes.
Two that have cost are:
DDG. His confidence has gone, so he's making mistakes he didn't before. We should have had ,I dunno, Hendo or Butland there since Christmas.

Weggy. I would have put McT up front. He used to be a striker, and every part of his game is better. Of cause he's far from ideal, but he's closer to it than Weggy.

I do like Casemiro, Varane, Martinez and Sabbitzer. ETH has been more good than bad, by quite a distance. But I believe those two decisions have cost us.

posted on 8/5/23

Fair play to Weghorst, he’s playing for United and earning over £100k a week, there’s hope for crap footballers everywhere

posted on 8/5/23

comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 1 hour, 41 minutes ago
comment by Wahl Icht Roma (U22997)
posted 6 minutes ago
Weggy. I would have put McT up front.
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WTF
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It actually isn’t that much of a WTF if you have had to suffer Weghorst week in week out.

I said two weeks ago that Wrexhams striker is better than Weghorst.
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You think Candace is better?

posted on 8/5/23

comment by Bobby Dazzler (U1449)
posted 53 seconds ago
Fair play to Weghorst, he’s playing for United and earning over £100k a week, there’s hope for crap footballers everywhere
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Actually embarrassing that Westham had a better striker on their bench yesterday and Scamacca wasn't even involved either and he's comfortably better too.

Westham having 3 better forwards than somebody we signed in January to replace Ronaldo. It's an absolute joke and largely down to the money we wasted in the summer and previous ones too of course.

posted on 8/5/23

Lot of ETH bashing here... Wow (don't disagree with much though)!

Another mistake IMO, is his handling of Fred. He was arguably our joint best player in the period leading up to the international break including the Barca games. Then all of a sudden he's out of the team for no obvious reason.

We all know Fred is a rhythm player. Takes some time for him to get going, but when he does you've got to ride him till he goes to crap again. Missed opportunity there IMO.

posted on 8/5/23

comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 1 hour, 37 minutes ago
comment by Bobby Dazzler (U1449)
posted 53 seconds ago
Fair play to Weghorst, he’s playing for United and earning over £100k a week, there’s hope for crap footballers everywhere
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Actually embarrassing that Westham had a better striker on their bench yesterday and Scamacca wasn't even involved either and he's comfortably better too.

Westham having 3 better forwards than somebody we signed in January to replace Ronaldo. It's an absolute joke and largely down to the money we wasted in the summer and previous ones too of course.
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A blind man could see that ten Hag would need proper backing in the January window and like last season it never happened with

posted on 8/5/23

Two that have cost are:
DDG. His confidence has gone, so he's making mistakes he didn't before. We should have had ,I dunno, Hendo or Butland there since Christmas.
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Henderson is injured and Butland is there now....yet he is still making mistakes, the mistakes are Dave's, not Eri'k's.
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Weghorst is a recognised striker, scored in the world cup, good stats previously, I agree that, as it turned out Scotty would not have been any worse, but given the pressure on our players from some of our fanbase..... it would have been doomed from the start.

posted on 8/5/23

Hendo is crap, might aswell keep DDG if that’s the alternative. Agree on McT if nothing else worth’s go upfront, I don’t blame Erik for garbage he inherited like Sancho, Fred maguire etc or the injuries that’s forced him to plays some of them. Weggy however is on ETH as is the time he wasted on De jong and his baffling subs. He hasn’t made too many mistakes otherwise.

posted on 8/5/23

comment by Baz tard (U19119)
posted 22 minutes ago
Hendo is crap, might aswell keep DDG if that’s the alternative. Agree on McT if nothing else worth’s go upfront, I don’t blame Erik for garbage he inherited like Sancho, Fred maguire etc or the injuries that’s forced him to plays some of them. Weggy however is on ETH as is the time he wasted on De jong and his baffling subs. He hasn’t made too many mistakes otherwise.
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Agree with all that Baz, except possibly the subs, they've generally made some sense.

posted on 8/5/23

comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 49 minutes ago
comment by Baz tard (U19119)
posted 22 minutes ago
Hendo is crap, might aswell keep DDG if that’s the alternative. Agree on McT if nothing else worth’s go upfront, I don’t blame Erik for garbage he inherited like Sancho, Fred maguire etc or the injuries that’s forced him to plays some of them. Weggy however is on ETH as is the time he wasted on De jong and his baffling subs. He hasn’t made too many mistakes otherwise.
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Agree with all that Baz, except possibly the subs, they've generally made some sense.
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True, some of them questionable, more concerned about how long it takes him to make them at times rather than personnel.

posted on 8/5/23

ETH has made a few mistakes for sure but I’ll give it till end of next season before deciding if he’s good enough or not. If we’re still getting hammered by top teams and struggle to get away wins next season, questions will need to be asked.

Also, this summer the scouts and Murtough need to pull their thumbs out of their a$$ and identify targets that fit the style of play ETH wants, and not wait till end of August. If they’re still relying on the manager to find players and most targets are from the Dutch league that ETH personally knows, then these buffoons still haven’t learnt their lesson from the past 10 years and going to be same old sack manager and repeat the cycle.

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