Ten Hag: The Biography

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Geen enkele Eredivisie-trainer won ooit zo snel 100 keer met 1 club als Ten Hag met Ajax". sportnieuws.nl (in Dutch). DPG Media. 16 January 2022 . Retrieved 16 January 2022. When you talk about discipline, it's about that. He's very clear, so there's no way you can escape from that. Even if you don't understand English you can understand the way he wants to play, so I think that is really important for us.

Since Gravenberch and Berghuis moves into the channels on either side of Haller with Tadic and Antony stretching play, the shape of Ajax tends to look like a 3-2-5 in possession. Ten Hag was the unanimous choice of senior figures at Old Trafford after what is being said was a rigorous recruitment process, led by football director John Murtough and technical director Darren Fletcher, with new chief executive Richard Arnold engaged for the final stages.

Harsh but fair is a mantra that wins respect in the dressing room. "Every single player in that squad, even the ones on the bench, were really happy with him actually," adds Vriends. We don't care how or how much they sell for, we don't care what their salaries are, they don't deserve them. At the heart of the team’s playing identity you have a strong focus on keeping possession of the ball by moving the ball in intricate passing patterns.

Manchester United midfielder Donny van de Beek explains the philosophy that new manager Erik ten Hag is attempting to instil within the team The belief at United is that Ten Hag was the candidate most closely aligned to the club's identity and strategy. He wanted the drinks put out in straight lines. Everything had to be perfect in his eyes. People needed time to get used to that." The most daunting challenges still lie ahead for the manager. United's positive pre-season does not equate to guaranteed success in the campaign ahead, nor point to a reduction in the gap to City and Liverpool.Erik ten Hags Ajax Tactics is one I’ve wanted to recreate in Football Manager for a long time, but I’ve prioritized differently. Until now! If we combine the overall heat maps of Berghuis, Alvarez and Gravenberch, we see their positions are very asymmetrical. Everyone has different duties and roles within the system. For 1989–90 UEFA Cup: Ionescu, Romeo (2004). The Complete Results & Line-ups of the UEFA Cup 1971–1991. Cleethorpes: Soccer Books. p.385. ISBN 978-1-86223-109-2. After that, we even worked together when he was the head of education and I was a coach," Pahlplatz tells Sky Sports. They last spoke in the summer at a reunion to mark 20 years since Twente won the KNVB Cup for only the second time in their history. The key to counter-press effectively is compactness and great balance despite players will interchanging positions. By decreasing the space between the players, and playing much more narrow, it’s easier to regain possession in the next stage.

His success has not surprised me at all. He is still the best manager that I have seen in my career and he has taken every step since then. For me, that season together was huge. One to remember. For him, it was just the beginning of his coaching career." At the beginning there too, people needed to get used to him," says Vriends. "He was this serious man from the east of the country with this funny accent. It did not really seem to fit with Ajax at first. But within weeks it was all good. He changed the mentality.Positional play works to enable teams to progress the ball forwards through the creation of triangles or diamonds that give the ball-carrier space and several passing options at any given time. Then, by drawing an opponent towards the ball, a player will free up a teammate elsewhere to receive the next pass. The Coaches Voice One seemingly trivial example is cited by both of his former players, clearly leaving an impression. "He put a window in his office door," remembers Overgoor. "We were all saying to each other that he was doing that so he could see what we were doing." For 1993–94 UEFA Cup: Ionescu, Romeo (2004). The Complete Results & Line-ups of the UEFA Cup 1991–2004. Cleethorpes: Soccer Books. p.54. ISBN 978-1-86223-115-3. Ten Hag has proved no Ronaldo is no problem among his early big wins in the job. Ten Hag era ushers in a wide-scale restructure of club The mandatory focus for Erik ten Hag’s Ajax in possession is to exploit overloads, often down the wide channels and through the half spaces.