Erik Ten Hag gave his gamers two days off after two defeats that makes him WORSE than Solskjaer as Frank Lampard earns a job…
To be Frank, the bar may be very low
Whoop-de-doo and hooray for Tremendous Frankie Lampard as Chelsea ended a run of six defeats with a victory at Bournemouth thanks to 2 late objectives.
Give the person a everlasting job at Chelsea.
Now you may suppose that Mediawatch is being unnecessarily facetious however Garth Crooks is advocating precisely that in his BBC workforce of the week column.
‘The Blues had been surprising within the first half in opposition to Arsenal however Frank Lampard’s post-match interview following the sport was as trustworthy and as lucid concerning the membership’s place as I’ve heard from him. His point-blank refusal to be drawn into publicly criticising Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who has had a torrid time at Stamford Bridge, was telling. Chelsea’s spectacular efficiency in opposition to Bournemouth gave the impression to be in direct response to that honesty. Lampard could have a future on the membership in any case.’
The entire thing is nothing in need of ludicrous. Lampard refused to be drawn on Aubameyang as a result of choosing the previous Arsenal striker on vibes alone was clearly the largest error. And that was his error.
And this ‘spectacular efficiency in opposition to Bournemouth’ was described thus by Crooks’ colleagues on the BBC: ‘Two late objectives in opposition to Bournemouth lastly gave Frank Lampard his first win since his return as Chelsea’s interim supervisor.’
It doesn’t sound that ‘spectacular’. And definitely not the type of ‘spectacular’ that earns a person a job at a large membership who’ve spent ridiculous quantities of cash on this squad.
It’s a significantly poor take whenever you then learn this on Tottenham from Crooks: ‘Spurs at the moment have Ryan Mason, a rookie caretaker supervisor in command of workforce affairs, which is like giving an accountant who has simply handed his accountancy exams the position of operating of a FTSE 100 firm for a couple of weeks to see how he will get on. Which credible enterprise would do this? It is not sensible but it surely does appear to be the suitable means by which skilled soccer is run nowadays.’
Pesky reality: Mason has picked up extra Premier League factors in three video games than Lampard in 5.
Foil rapping
Elsewhere, Garth Crooks contains Arsenal midfielder Jorginho in his workforce of the week and notes: ‘He’s the proper foil for Thomas Partey, who has had a wonderful season however is in determined want of a relaxation like a lot of the gamers who performed within the World Cup. Newcastle are an enormous facet and the second they realised they couldn’t outplay Arsenal they tried to intimidate them and, all credit score to the Gunners, they had been having none of it.’
Pesky reality: Thomas Partey didn’t begin v Newcastle (as a result of he wants a relaxation). Certainly, Partey and his ‘excellent foil’ Jorginho have by no means truly performed a recreation collectively.
QUIT taking part in video games with my coronary heart
Over at The Solar web site, they need you to suppose that every one will not be nicely at Arsenal with this bombastic headline:
‘Granit Xhaka able to QUIT Arsenal in summer time as Gunners eye swap switch involving Leverkusen winger’
He’s not able to QUIT something; he’s open to a return to Germany on the age of 30 if Arsenal – as appears probably – strengthen in midfield this summer time. Contracted footballers can’t QUIT; they will solely settle for proposed transfers already accepted by their membership. However admittedly, that doesn’t CAPITALISE nicely.
Can issues get any WORSE?
Additionally at The Solar, it seems {that a} supervisor’s success is solely calculated in what number of video games he loses. Mediawatch nonetheless thinks by way of factors and silverware however we’ve at all times been just a little behind the instances.
‘Surprising stat reveals Man Utd WORSE beneath Erik ten Hag than Solskjaer as followers joke they’re having ‘flashbacks’’
The ‘surprising stat’ is that Manchester United have misplaced 9 Premier League video games this season, which is greater than Solskjaer managed in both 2018/19 or 2019/20.
Sack him! Convey again Solskjaer! And take down the statue of that totally sh*t Manchester United supervisor who misplaced 9 video games in 2001/02 and 2003/04 with a squad that had received the title the yr earlier than!
C-c-c-called a U-Flip
It’s little surprise that Manchester United are unravelling with Erik ten Hag going delicate. Right here’s the Mirror with the story:
‘Erik ten Hag U-turns on Man Utd punishment with new strategy to West Ham humiliation’
Brushing apart the matter of whether or not there ought to actually be a ‘punishment’ for dropping two away video games 1-0 within the house of 4 days, let’s see this U-turn…
‘Erik ten Hag has given his battling Manchester United squad two days off after back-to-back defeats within the Premier League.
‘The Pink Devils suffered 1-0 losses to Brighton and West Ham of their final two outings to depart their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League hanging within the steadiness. They’re fourth within the desk, one level away from Liverpool in fitth with a recreation in hand.
‘Ten Hag’s determination will elevate eyebrows, because the Dutchman cancelled a deliberate time off and made his gamers run 13.8km after the final time they suffered back-to-back Premier League defeats in August.’
It would elevate eyebrows amongst lunatics. This Manchester United squad has not had a midweek off since September (barring the World Cup for some). Making them run and run now could be nothing in need of negligent.
Oh, and how much a U-turn takes 9 months?
Attain for the celebrities…
However the true Manchester United click on pleasure comes from outgoings, which is how we get right here…
‘Three of the Man Utd stars exiled by Erik ten Hag set to depart the membership completely’
…which raises the query of how Man Utd will probably cope with out ‘stars’ Phil Jones, Brandon Williams and Axel Tuanzebe.
