Y & Z United Perspectives
by Kevin, Justyn & Wayne Tabone
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hat a nightmare season our beloved club and the Tabone boys endured. But then again, these are the times where we remain behind the team and continue showing our Utd colours to the world! Because Man Utd forever, for better and for worse! Now it is time for a new season, new manager and hopefully a completely new page! Whilst we have to keep our expectations realistic, one has to hope that the worst is over and that we will start with Erik ten Hag steadying the ship, at least on the field.
Mention 2 positive takeaways which you think Man Utd got from Ralf Rangnick as interim Manager. Wayne: It was a difficult journey for Ralf and I don’t believe he could have proved himself in such a short period of time. This considering the team he had and also the state the team was left in. But I think Ralf gave the team more structure than Ole ever gave us. He tried to play in a style whereas Ole didn’t have a specific style. I think Ralf also gave the team more discipline and also showed them that no one’s
place in the starting eleven is safe. If one wants to play then he must work hard and show that he deserves to play and not play because of his name or because of the money spent on the certain player. Justyn: I believe that Rangnick was quite helpless with the situation the club was in. We are made to believe that he wanted to bring in players in January and the board didn’t want to allow this. There was only so much he could have done. If I had to pick out one thing that he did well was being honest with the situation of the club. He even went on to say the club needed a whole reshuffle of players with 10 new players coming in. It would have certainly caught the eye of the board, as they do not want this criticism circling around the club. Secondly, I think he wasn’t afraid to drop players who were not in the best of form. Examples are Rashford or Maguire who were seen as untouchable however, Rangnick made it clear that no one has a guaranteed place in the squad. Kevin: What a difficult question! I’m usually quite an optimistic Red but this really is a tough one. I can’t understand how a person was engaged for short-term managerial role with an option to be given a 2-year consultancy role (his preferred role) and then be sacked! A positive could be that, maybe and hopefully, Rangnick’s term made the club realize that our on-field matters are all over the place. But sorry I cannot think of any other. That’s how much I think this interim-manager decision was not a good one!
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