Why Manchester United still aren't an elite team

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Despite an extra-time comeback to beat Liverpool to reach the 2023-24 FA Cup semi-finals, Manchester United are sitting sixth in the Premier League, competing for a Europa Conference League spot with West Ham and Brighton.

Why hasn't it been working for Erik ten Hag and what should Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the new ownership do?

Reuben Pinder, JJ Bull and Jon Mackenzie discuss if Manchester United should stick with Erik ten Hag.

This is The Athletic's Week in Football.

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:20 By The Numbers
02:03 Is the squad worth it?
03:18 Current Man Utd Tactics
09:03 Why isn't Man Utd's counterpress working?
11:56 Manchester City (Elite Team Example 1)
15:22 Brighton (Elite Team Example 2)
19:08 Bayer Leverkusen (Elite Team Example 3)
22:01 Ten Hag's Ajax
27:11 Mitigating Circumstances
29:11 Where's The Control?
31:09 What should Sir Jim Ratcliffe do?


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