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It’s been a bizarre season for Manchester United as a result of they seemingly exist in two extremes on the identical time.
Andre Onana was concurrently a humiliation and a contender for Golden Glove, for instance, and now, one other nomination hammers residence that time.
Erik ten Hag has been nominated for Premier League’s Supervisor of the Month for February alongside Mikel Arteta and Pep Guardiola.
It’s, once more, surreal to see a supervisor whose job is in reported hazard, sitting alongside two of the three most bulletproof managers within the league.
🔴👔 Mikel Arteta
🔵👔 Pep Guardiola
👹👔 Erik ten HagJust one can win February’s @BarclaysFooty Supervisor of the Month award! #PLAwards | Vote 👉 https://t.co/ynFTphsa0X pic.twitter.com/W3cnwW7Jzx
— Premier League (@premierleague) February 29, 2024
But additionally, Ten Hag gained all 4 of his video games in February earlier than the defeat to Fulham prevented him from making it 5/5 so it’s additionally utterly deserved by that metric.
The efficiency in these victories, and the way sustainable his philosophy is on the membership, stays up for debate however outcomes can’t be argued in opposition to.
Nonetheless, it’s unlikely that Ten Hag beats out Arteta or Guardiola for the award, not due to the defeat to Fulham, however as a result of each Arsenal and Manchester Metropolis have been irresistible this month.
Arsenal’s February makes for scary studying for his or her rivals- 4 video games, 4 wins, 18 targets scored, one conceded. This included a 3-1 win over Liverpool, a 6-0 battering away to West Ham, and a 4-1 residence win in opposition to Newcastle.
Metropolis’s case is comparable, though to not such an excessive. Their February numbers read- 5 video games, 4 wins, one draw.
They haven’t been scoring freely however their performances have been on the up and targets flowed for them lately within the 6-2 win over Luton City within the FA Cup.
This makes Mikel Arteta the favorite for the award and deservedly so however once more, the truth that Ten Hag is positioned there, utterly deservedly on the stability of outcomes, sums up United’s weirdness this season.
They are going to be put to a real check after they journey to the Etihad Stadium on March 3. If Ten Hag makes the shortlist for March’s Supervisor of the Month, then there shall be no asterisk connected, such is the upcoming fixture listing.
