Ten Hag on pressure building on him and Utd ahead of Villa trip
03/10/2024
Estádio do Dragão, Portugal
03/10/2024
Estádio do Dragão, Portugal
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00:00Eric, firstly, just Meunier and Mount, will they be available?
00:05And secondly, I think you said on TNC that don't judge us in this moment,
00:09judge us at the end of the season.
00:11But that requires patience.
00:13Do you believe there is the patience within the fan base and the structure
00:16that you will be able to see through this period?
00:18And what will you need to do against Aston Villa?
00:22I'm not thinking about such issues
00:25because that is not the topic.
00:27And we are in there together.
00:31The ownership, the leadership team, the staff.
00:35I appointed the new staff.
00:37We bought again new young players
00:41and we have to integrate them.
00:43Like we just talked about Manuel Agatha.
00:46And so the sixth position was absolutely one of the topics.
00:50We want to sign for the season, but he needs time to integrate.
00:53And I know in top football you don't get time.
00:57They have to perform immediately, but that's not always realistic.
01:03And he has to get used to our game model.
01:05He has to get used to his teammates.
01:07He has to get used to the intensity of the Premier League.
01:11So it needs time.
01:12And so we have more positions where we need time.
01:16I was very pleased with the return of Rasmus Hoyland.
01:20I think he had a good return,
01:22but we couldn't play him in the first two months of the season.
01:28And hopefully he is now fit.
01:31He keeps improving in his fitness levels
01:34and that he also has a consistent fit season that will help us.
01:40And there are also more areas where we will improve definitely.
01:45And then this team can grow and improve.
01:48And then we will see where we will end in the end of the season.
01:53Mason Mount, so we had three players with issues going into this game.
01:58There was Harry McGuire, there was Alejandro Canaccio and there was Kobi Menno.
02:03And Harry McGuire and Alejandro, they made the squad
02:08and they were capable to play some minutes where it was Kobi Menno.
02:13He didn't make it. It was too big risk.
02:16We have to wait and we have to see if he can play on Sunday,
02:20if he's fit enough to start or be on the bench.
02:23Charlotte.
02:25Good evening, Eric.
02:27Your reputation and your assistant Arne Harker
02:31is built on organisation, structure, discipline.
02:35But we're not seeing those values in this united team.
02:39Why can your players not implement what you have built your reputation on?
02:46So what do you mean by discipline?
02:49I mean defending, not defenders, as errors.
02:52I mean yellow cards, I mean conceding within short spaces of time.
03:00First the yellow cards, you know, the yellow card is overturned from Bruno.
03:06So they acknowledge there was a mistake on Sunday.
03:10And this was, I would say, was very unlucky.
03:13He gave everything to make a goal.
03:16He was in the right moment, in the right spot.
03:18And it came from the blind side.
03:20So I wouldn't address this as undisciplined.
03:23And on the other part.
03:27Yeah, we have to improve.
03:29That's for sure.
03:30But also we can say we are very disciplined, for instance,
03:34in the first 25 minutes in our positioning and how we
03:40we created the chances in the right moment.
03:42We speed up the game.
03:43So I would not only address this as undisciplined.
03:47And definitely we can improve.
03:50And we have to improve if we want to make it a success.
03:53And we can only achieve, like last two seasons,
03:57win trophies when we improve.
03:59So, yeah, we will work on this. Definitely.
04:02Nathan.
04:04Hi, Eric.
04:06Harry Maguire said on TNT that he felt the reason behind the goals
04:09conceding quickly is a mental issue.
04:12Going to Villapar, that's another really tricky atmosphere.
04:14How do you give the players the belief?
04:16How do you solve what he thinks is this mental issue?
04:20And what is the mental issue?
04:23So that is a range.
04:27It's a spectrum of topics and you have to address it right.
04:32So this team has the belief that they they don't give up.
04:37So they are in that
04:40range of mentality and they have a strong mentality.
04:45But in some other parts, they have to step up.
04:49And if you want to win trophies, yeah, definitely.
04:51And in some areas we have to improve.
04:54Last question.
04:55Eric, Diogo Dalo has been playing at left back.
04:58He played a lot there last season.
04:59He's been playing quite a few games there this season,
05:02obviously due to the injuries.
05:03How impressed have you been with him in that role?
05:05What does he need to improve on?
05:06And why have you selected him rather than Mazraoui or Martinez to play there?
05:12Yeah, I think they can both play there.
05:17But for the patterns, I prefer this moment, Diogo.
05:21But both, of course, are right fullbacks.
05:24And that is not an area where we have a personal issue.
05:28And already for a long time, we have a personal issue there.
05:32So definitely we will improve as a team
05:35if we get there a consistent, left footed, left fullback.
05:40So we are waiting for Luuk School.
05:41We are waiting for Tyrone Malasia to return in the squad
05:44because that will definitely help consistent performance levels.