{"id":292870,"date":"2023-10-02T23:24:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T23:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=292870"},"modified":"2023-10-02T23:24:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T23:24:02","slug":"ferdinand-urges-man-united-not-to-knee-jerk-and-sack-ten-hag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/ferdinand-urges-man-united-not-to-knee-jerk-and-sack-ten-hag\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferdinand urges Man United not to &apos;knee-jerk&apos; and sack ten Hag"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Rio Ferdinand urges Manchester United not to &#8216;knee-jerk&#8217; and sack Erik ten Hag because &#8216;he&#8217;s shown that he can improve the team&#8217; despite dire run of form<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>United have lost four of their first seven league games and are 10th in the table<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Their weekend defeat means this is the club&#8217;s worst ever star to a Prem season<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Click HERE to listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rio Ferdinand has insisted that Manchester United need to hold fire in potentially sacking Erik ten Hag.<\/p>\n<p>United have endured their worst ever start to a Premier League season under the Dutchman, currently 10th in the table with just three wins from their opening seven matches of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The club have also been plagued by off-the-field issues, with Antony taking time away following domestic abuse allegations and Jadon Sancho engulfed in a war of words with his manager and not available for selection.<\/p>\n<p>Ferdinand made 45 appearances for the Red Devils between 2002 and 2014, winning six league titles. They club haven&#8217;t won one since, however, and look as far away as ever this term.<\/p>\n<p>Ferdinand, though, speaking on his FIVE YouTube channel, warned that United shouldn&#8217;t kneejerk and change their manager.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/02\/23\/76090491-0-image-m-88_1696285151379.jpg\" height=\"620\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rio Ferdinand has urged Manchester United to give manager Erik ten Hag time and not sack him despite the club&#8217;s poor run of form<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/02\/23\/76090381-0-image-a-76_1696284855500.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils have made their worst ever start to a Premier League season under Erik ten Hag<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;At the end of last season, everyone who had watched Man Utd was saying, &#8220;they&#8217;re not Man Utd and where everyone expects them to be, but you can see they&#8217;re improving.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We start the season, for whatever reason it&#8217;s like they&#8217;ve gone backwards. So, you&#8217;re waiting now for a response, for them to come again. Remember when he (Ten Hag) started last season &#8211; poor results early on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You&#8217;re hoping that trajectory continues again and at some point, it changes, but at the moment, I can understand where negativity comes from, I can understand why certain parts of the fanbase are booing at the stadium a little bit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You still need time, man. Knee-jerk reactions of, &#8220;ah, get rid of him, get rid of him&#8221;, you have got to give the guy some time. He showed that he can improve the team, improve the players, but they need to get going now.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/02\/23\/76090385-0-image-a-77_1696284886625.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>United have been preparing for their Champions League tie against Galatasary this Tuesday<\/p>\n<p>United lost 1-0 to Crystal Palace at the weekend as they picked up their fourth league defeat of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Boos rang round the ground at Old Trafford following full time, with the club also losing to Arsenal, Brighton and Tottenham in the league this season.<\/p>\n<p>They will take on Galatasaray next in the Champions League this week, in dire search of some points having lost their opening match of the group stage against Bayern Munich a fortnight ago.<\/p>\n<p>Ten Hag&#8217;s side will host Brentford in the Premier League next this coming weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12586483\/Rio-Ferdinand-urges-Manchester-United-not-sack-Erik-ten-Hag.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rio Ferdinand urges Manchester United not to &#8216;knee-jerk&#8217; 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