As the Premier League pauses for the 2022 World Cup, the Manchester United Weekly Podcast review Erik ten Hag’s first seven months in charge of the club. Hosts Harry Robinson and Jack Tait are joined by Cain Smith, writer for Utd District. Reviewing a new manager is a big task, so we’ve enlisted some help from friends too. You’ll hear insight from Andy Mitten, editor of United We Stand, editor at large for FourFourTwo, and writer for The Athletic, GQ and The National; Jon Mackenzie, writer and presenter for Tifo Football, a man who makes complicated tactical stuff sound simple; and contributions from our Patrons, who sum up what they’ve made of Ten Hag’s work so far. The Reds go through a few different themes over the course of this one-hour special episode, starting with general mood and Ten Hag’s connection with the fans and moving on to: results, performances, handling of the media and big players, transfers and room for improvement. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro: Ten Hag at MUFC 03:40 What to expect from this episode 05:00 Sum up your mood about MUFC and ETH in two words 06:10 How has ETH changed the mood at United? 08:20 Results | How have they gone? Have they exceeded expectations or met them? 12:30 Performances | What has changed since Ten Hag arrived? 22:45 Tactical summary from Tifo Football’s tactics guru Jon Mackenzie 26:38 ‘Building a plane while it’s flying’ 27:30 Have we seen a lot less Ten Hag-ball than we expected? 34:30 The one stat that sums up the change under Erik Ten Hag (from Cain) 39:10 The one (other) stat that sums up the change under Erik Ten Hag (from Jack) 42:15 How has Ten Hag managed the media and the profile of MUFC? 42:50 Andy Mitten gives his insight on Ten Hag’s presence in the media 44:50 How has Ten Hag managed big personalities at United - focusing on Ronaldo and Maguire? 50:20 Opinions from two of our Patrons on Ten Hag’s man management 54:50 Transfers | Did Ten Hag spend his big bag of money well? 58:30 Jon Mackenzie on ‘who’s the most important player been in Ten Hag’s off-the-ball tactics?’ 1:00:00 Where do we want to see improvement over the next six months? Plus prediction for final league finish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices