Erik ten Hag has overseen a season of chaos at Manchester United. One Wembley wonder cannot hide that, writes IAN LADYMAN Sir Jim Ratcliffe and and his gang must decide what they want for the future By Ian Ladyman Published: 17:00, 26 May 2024 | Updated: 17:27, 26 May 2024 e-mail View comments Erik ten Hag walked out of Wembley with a wave and a smile and the look of a man who had proved a point. If this was to be his last stand then it was one with courage and defiance and real sporting spirit written right through it.
Well played Ten Hag. Well played Manchester United . Over the course of 90 minutes of a super game, 7-1 at the bookies became 2-1 on the field.
However you wish to look at it, this was an FA Cup final upset to place with SOME that have passed before. Whether it should be enough to earn Ten Hag another crack at actually moving United forwards in to a sustainable and respectable future is a different matter entirely. And the truth of it is that if Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his INEOS group felt on Saturday morning that Ten Hag was not the man for them then that should remain the case right now.
If they change their mind and indeed their whole strategy on the back of one result, what would it say about them? They’ve been played a bit over these last few days, Ratcliffe and his gang. Talking to agents about their clients as possible future United managers and then refreshing their mobile phones at the start of the weekend to discover that there is absolutely no such .