Erik ten Hag has got Manchester United back on the right trajectory, but when things have gone wrong this season he’s handed out some brilliantly creative punishments.
Every great manager has to have that switch in their personality. Ten Hag comes across as a charming and likeable manager, but rest assured that he has the switch in him when he needs it.
From physical to psychological punishments, the United boss has a catalogue of creative disciplinary measures and we’ve compiled the top seven from this season.
Pre-season press-ups
Ten Hag set the tone from the off with his United players and he clearly left an impression after their pre-season tour. Jadon Sancho revealed: “Let’s say we do attack vs defence and the defence score, the attackers have to do five press-ups.
“He is assuring us that some things are not allowed – especially in transition play. We are all taking that in and we are taking it in well.”
Dealing with Alejandro Garnacho
The Argentine winger has been a star for United this season, but things could have unfolded very differently had Ten Hag not pulled him up for his attitude in pre-season.
Bruno Fernandes told BT Sport: “On the [pre-season] tour he didn’t have the best attitude that he should have had, and that’s why he didn’t get his chances until now.”
Garnacho was handed his first start by Ten Hag at the end of October against FC Sheriff in the Europa League. Holding him back has clearly had the desired impact as any attitude problems have promptly been stamped out.
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The post-Brentford run
United sank to the bottom of the Premier League after their humiliating 4-0 defeat against Brentford and Ten Hag formulated the perfect plan to get a reaction from his players.
“It’s quite clear,” he told beIN Sports after the match. “It’s rubbish. It’s poor and we need higher standards than that.”
The Dutch manager cancelled their planned day off and had them back in training to run 13.8km – the distance that Brentford players ran during their 4-0 triumph. Best of all is that Ten Hag himself even joined in.
There’s no doubt that this had a positive impact on the group as United then went on to beat Liverpool just nine days later. The crisis talks were swiftly put on the backburner as they then won seven of their next nine league matches. All…
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