Erik ten Hag relies more on young players who are full of energy and motivated to achieve great results. He used to work like this in Ajax, and it seems that he hopes that the same scheme will work for him at Manchester United. Ronaldo is a professional and he will score goals, it’s more a question of what kind of relationship Ronaldo and the team will have, because if can believe the rumors, then Ronaldo’s agent was actively looking for a new club for him. And this is already a signal for ten Hag that he needs to look for a replacement and the sooner the better.
Ten Haag needs a bit of time to fix the squad. No one should judge him on the basis of one or two matches. His work at Ajax was exceptional and to fix a team like United is a heavy task for him. He is gonna check his options and will eventually come out the best squad to work out with for the time being. By the next window I predict he is gonna make some signings in areas he thinks need some fixing to do.
I am sure Ronaldo will find his playing minutes. Ten Haag is checking out his strategies and he also needs to have patience and believe in manager right now when team is facing some tough times.
Not only Ten Haag, but all coaches should be given more time to improve the team's performance.
Manchester United should learn from their repetitive mistake after Sir Alex decided to retire as a coach.
They used to hope too much from a new coach but they did not give longer time for the coach to prove.
However, I still doubt that Ten Haag will be able to make United back to what they were in the golden era with the current squad.
They need some more fresh great players to replace the existing players who are not really give contribution in the last few seasons.
But that change is going to take time to happen. To change a squad so drastically is likely to take a lot of time and money. Manchester United bought a lot of overhyped players with too much money and now they are suffering because of that. It has also made the players feel under pressure due to the amount of money spent. And obviously, they could not either fail or do anything well with those players.
So as a coach it is obvious that the results are not going to come fast because it will take time to fix the whole squad again. In conclusion, it seems the coach will not make much of a difference after the first match, but let's give him some more time and see what happens.