Erik ten Hag’s “broken” Manchester United team is one that “no manager in the world is going to get a tune out of,” according to The Mailbox. Along with neutrality, the political football of the government, Liverpool vs. Chelsea youth, squad numbers, and much more…
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Ten Hag/Arteta
I’m reading the morning email, and I’m wondering if Joe really believes that because Arteta was a rookie manager, Arsenal knew he would do poorly during his first two years as he learned on the job.
One of the biggest teams in the world of football, Arsenal, took a two-year break to allow Arteta to gain experience? When they recruited him, they told him, “Don’t worry, buddy, you’re learning. If this season doesn’t work out, take
a mulligan, two if necessary
Absent that… The anticipation for Arteta was presumably the same as it would have been had they been successful in obtaining Pep Guardiola. Arteta’s expectations were reasonable given the circumstances; Arsenal was a large team in disarray, therefore it was not reasonable to think that Arteta would contend for the title in any of the first three years. They improved the squad, made organizational improvements, and advanced to this point gradually.
It makes sense to draw parallels between Arteta and Ten Hag. The United States is and has been a shambles for years. In his debut season, Ten Hag performed admirably and went above and above. Less so this season,
