Roberto De Zerbi has worked wonders at Brighton in less time than Ten Hag has had and to greater effect with fewer resources
I don’t buy into the theory that Manchester United’s players don’t care – that’s almost always nonsense. Instead, it looks like a lack of effort when one team is systematically undone by another. This was one side entirely outplayed by another that was well-drilled and each player knew both what he was doing and what the person next to, behind and in front of him was doing at any given time. De Zerbi has done this in less time than Ten Hag and to greater effect with fewer resources.
Watch Manchester United and it is hard to know what the system even is. They seem to excel occasionally on the counter but then opponents just let them have the ball. Captain Bruno Fernandes has licence to roam everywhere but then gets deeply frustrated and his body language becomes appalling. Marcus Rashford looked deeply uncomfortable with whatever he was being asked to do – that tends to manifest itself in him taking too many touches. Lisandro Martinez looks lost with Raphael Varane.
Some of this goes back to what we have repeatedly said about the Glazers: nothing will work perfectly here while they remain in position, overseeing a grubby civil war, the fumes from which seep into every crack. We don’t really trust them to spend money well, create an environment in which new signings will thrive or, if they did get sick of Ten Hag, attract a good replacement.
But, as we’ve also said about previous head coaches, that isn’t a defence of poor management. Manchester United are too open at the back and too wasteful in attack. The midfield doesn’t protect the defence and the defence doesn’t protect the goalkeeper. Nobody seems to look out for one another. Nobody seems to know the next move. United have lost three of their first five league games for the first time in the Premier League era and were highly fortunate to win the other two.
Ten Hag got a free ride last season and rightly so. He oversaw systemic, tactical changes and got a lift out of several players. He took Manchester United back into the top four. But that
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