You could argue that he should be getting them promoted perhaps automatically in the last 2 seasons. Hes spent money and has good resources at that level. You look at the firepower they have, buying the League 1 player of last season in Jan, they bought Charles from Stanley, Adeboyejo from Burton, Bodvarsson from Reading, theyve got Cameron Jerome, Carlos Mendes Gomes from Luton and they signed Nlundulu too. Hopefully someone as bad as possible. I dont know all the potential managers across Europe so I dont know. I suspect that a manager who with vast resources has failed to get Bolton promoted from League 1 is probably not the man theyll go for.

Evatt? I think Bolton fans want him out after failing to get promoted twice with big resources available to him.

I dont think that was a serious suggestion but ask the oracle anyway.

Probably that he is making something up very vague and cryptic that he can claim credit for whatever happens.

I think weve seen how good of a coach he is.

Suit him how?

We are at the time of year where agents are desperate to get their players names out so I wouldnt read much into these rumours. Especially as our owners are notoriously particularly slow to tell anyone whats going on regarding budgets even before they lost interest totally and got embroiled in a legal case. And factor in that our director of football has just left. Mind you, I wouldnt expect a higher calibre of players.

They dont tell anyone anything. But weve seen in the past them turn down requests to spend on things out of scope of FFP. Plus they havent continiously spent to the brink of FFP.

It isnt down to P&S/FFP why they havent spent more.

He was well down the pecking order here and probably played more in half a season at Plymouth than he would all season here, after half a season training with Tottenham. And on much more money.

Hopefully will mean one less relegation spot for us to avoid next season.

Im not convinced we are anywhere near signing anyone considering our DOF has just left and with the uncertainty and silence from the owners. Docherty has never stood out whenever I have seen him for Hull and fell down the pecking order there last season hence why they havent renewed his contract. He has sometimes been shunted wider during his time. Central midfielder is bottom of the priority list and he potentially could be a reasonable cheap pickup as a squad player if its not at the expense of Tronstad/Travis/JRC and/or if it allows JRC to go back to RB. But as I say, its probably just a busy agent generating interest.

City won the FA cup.

Venkys will get some money and keep it.

ITK silly season is sadly warming up. Venkys are unfortunately going nowhere.

Kompany seems a very strange appointment for a club the size of Bayern Munich. I suspect had he not had the playing career he had, maybe throw in the fact he presumably can speak German after playing for Hamburg as a bonus, that he would get anywhere near the job. They would be better off keeping Tuchel for another season. I wonder how it will affect Burnley. This season they have had a poor season even allowing for the chasm between the Premier League and Championship that the money inequalities have caused. Kompany did ease to the title in the Championship so they would have preferred to keep him. They still have (some coming back from loan) the majority of that title winning squad added to by some players who could be real assets in the Champipnship even if not all of them could handle the Premier League. The likes of Berge, O'Shea, Ramsey and Massengo were all very good at this level previously, add in Odobert, Koleosho and Amdouni and if they get their appointment right, the Kompany compensation might help them to be able to afford to keep more than they might have done prior. Unfortunately its hard not to see them as the favourites.

Obviously there are other and bigger issues that need fixing but you dont keep Ten Hag simply because he isnt the biggest problem. He is still a problem for them because hes not shown any evidence that sticking with him would be wise. They did overpay for Antony in particular, hes shit, remind me again who wanted him having managed him at Ajax.

Ive no idea but a club like that cant be keeping a manager out of fear of a lack of alternative. They are Man United, they would be able to attract a high calibre. The only names I could offer up are the usual suspects like Pochettino and Tuchel but im sure there are better managers for those with a better knowledge of managers around Europe.

Ive never seen anyone say that Ten Hag would warrant staying because theyve seen x improving or they think hes done y well. Its always that there are bigger issues at the club with the occasional line of you need to stick with a manager thrown in. You stick with a manager who is showing signs of improvement. Our club has issues a million times bigger than at United, our manager has to put up with disinterested owners wrangled in a legal case, players either sold by the owners with no reinvestment or players kept until their contract ends by the owners, we cant even always finalise registering new signings, a far cry from being allowed to blow probably 300m on 3 players you personally know from a previous club, a big money striker and 2 England internationals. Yet if the manager was underperforming, say when Coyle was shit, we wouldnt say lets keep him anyway as there are bigger issues.

He is giving his opinion, which just because he used to play for them doesnt make it automatically 100% factual. Same with Keane, just because they work for Sky and played for the club, I am capable of forming my own opinions. I havent denied that the problems go beyond the manager. But surely whatever they do with the manager, those problems are seperate and will remain. They dont absolve the manager of total blame, and whilst they might want a manager to stay in the job for a while, its a line often trotted out to justify keeping someone. But surely you have to have signs that the specific manager to be given time is the one that will progress them on the pitch. Still without any obvious style of play, and finishing as low as 8th, I would suggest he isnt the man to do that. Take Pochettino. He has had problems with injuries and also was underachieving but towards the end of the season, a style was developing and results were improving, there was clear signs of going in the right direction and warranting more time. Yet he is sacked before Ten Hag.

Chaddy has posted the link above, but basically that every manager has struggled in the last 10 years and that they need to stop the cycle. Its a very commonly trotted out suggestion and a nice idea but surely any manager trusted with time has to display signs that things are moving in the right direction. And even acknowledging all the other stuff that is wrong at club, I think there is enough evidence that Ten Hag armed with considerable resources and the autocracy to bring in players he has worked with before amongst others has failed to display that any semblence of identity is forming and results show considerable regression. Neville is probably not the best person to listen to, certainly not echo his every word. He is obviously a huge United fan so is desperate to cause publicity in order to put pressure on the owners and also as a Sky presenter has said numerous times that he wont actively suggest that a manager should lose his job, so not a balanced opinion.

The problems are of course beyond the manager but unlike here he has had loads of money to spend on players, some of whom he has worked with previously, and has not in 2 years shown any progress in how they play both in style and results. Just because Gary Neville says something doesnt make it right. He has said in the past that he wont call for a manager to be changed regardless.

Its not like at Rovers where the club is a proper shambles with owners that make progress on the pitch almost an impossible job. Ten Hag has signed a number of big money signings that he clearly has endorsed having worked with them before. In spite of that, there is absolutely no sign of any pattern to what they try to do on the pitch, and he does warrant criticism for that. They clearly have other issues but I dont see how people can look at Ten Hag and say that he deserves more time and has shown enough to suggest he is the best man for the job. Hopefully they keep him and they keep struggling though.

I acknowledge the difficulties injury wise in the last month or two in particular. And I take on board the ownership issues and it might be hypocritical considering my views on Venkys, but of course its not the same. Ten Hag has spent huge money on players he clearly played a huge part in signing, players like Antony, Martinez and Onana for example who he has worked with before. All them seasons post Ferguson havent led them to 8th and their worst Premier League finish, so winning the title doesnt have to be the benchmark. Both Mourinho and Van Gaal (and to a lesser extent Solskjaer who is not a good manager) have had success since Ferguson left. With a team with a number of his own signings, there is no sign of progression and no one is any wiser as to how he wants to play, 2 years in.

I hope he doesnt get sacked unless he is replaced by Southgate. But I cant understand why anyone thinks Ten Hag shouldnt be sacked. Spent shed loads on players he wanted and 2 years in all theyve had is regression and still no discernable style of play