I agree. I'm not sure what budget he had available for transfers at Man United, so not going to comment on that, but it was clear that he had no plan B for where his strategy for the team proved ineffective. He got a lot of trust from the club owners and he was sacked much later than everyone expected. So he had time + credit of trust, but he wasn't really attempting to make any adjustments. It seemed like he was just waiting till things just magically click and everything will be fine. At least that's the impression I got from that time, I could be wrong though.
I really wish him and Leverkusen all the best, but I just don't have my hopes set too high for them this season.
You’re actually wrong, in as much as there was many signing that he got at Manchester United I don’t think he got the right players all the time he asked for. This is one of the major reasons then with managers like Mourinho and Ole complaining of not getting their preferred player then. As for the playing pattern, it was clear then that it was Ten Hag playing pattern because it was actually different from what we saw at Ajax and this philosophy of playing the football they wanted at Manchester United was what made him to not been successful at the club, if he had his players and he was giving time I think we might be saying a different thing by now.
Alonso gave Leverkusen a chance to feel more confident then they have ever felt as a team, he also Instilled a strong winning mentality that reshaped their minds into not settling for a defeat even at times when it felt like they were already defeated, he will be missed by the team and even the players. Ten Hag has got a challenge with his relationship with players and that has affected how he relates with his players and to a great extent it may be the reason for the kind of results he gets, I am hoping he does better with Leverkusen as time goes on.
Seriously Alonso had set a standard that I think will seriously be hard be to break but not impossible. Alonso took the club all the way from the bottom place to where it is today winning the Bundesliga title too and capping it up by going unbeaten. I think aside himself the other part to the team was the players then which are currently all sold out and reason why I will say fans needs to actually give Ten Hag some time due to this massive changes in the squad