sport news GRAEME SOUNESS: These United players need to take a good look in the mirror, ... trends now
I don't get the pass the buck culture at Manchester United, it's an old cliche but look in the bloody mirror.
It's a trend of the modern game to hear players disconnecting with the coach because they are unsure whether he will be manager come the summer, they blame his tactics, the coaching, the selection. As a player, when my team played badly it was OUR fault. It wasn't the manager's, it wasn't the tactics, it wasn't down to the coaches' messages, it was down to us.
This United squad is getting away Scot free. They've been s***! You are representing Manchester United, don't blame anyone else but yourself. It is immaterial who the manager is, you are the one that pulls on the United shirt come Saturday.
Who out of this lot truly deserves to be wearing a United shirt?
We see Bruno Fernandes hinting he may go. That shows player power these days. It used to be once you signed a contract, the club decided when you left, now the player's tell the clubs when they are leaving. I'm on slightly dodgy ground as I pushed to leave Middlesbrough in 1978 but at least I was pushing to join the European champions.
Manchester United's bottom-of-the-barrel defeat to Crystal Palace means the players need to take responsibility
Fingers have been pointed at manager Erik ten Hag and the club's culture, but the squad must look in the mirror
Bruno Fernandes hinting at a possible departure is a sign of the player power inbalance
But I don't know where these guys think they should be. They must be waking up every day thinking 'Am I dreaming? Or am I really a Manchester United player?' And many of us are asking the same question about them.
They shouldn't be concerned with uncertainty about the manager, take pride in yourself.
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They are playing in front of a crowd that has known a lot of success and still they are not being booed off every week. That fantastic support must be shaking their head at what they are witnessing this season. If nothing else, as a player, do your best for them. Don't start whingeing about training or the manager and his tactics.
If you play for Manchester United, you will never have an easy game. It's the same today if you play for Manchester City or Liverpool or Arsenal. You are every other team's cup final so they raise their game. You have to grow a pair and take responsibility.
This lot don't seem to understand they have to do the hard yards first. It's no use pointing fingers, shrugging shoulders and whispering to each other as they walk off the pitch at Selhurst Park like schoolkids covering their mouths in case someone lip reads what great information they have. Who cares? Maybe if they were proper players we would be more interested in what they had to say.
Antony could be seen whispering to Mason Mount and Andre Onana after the final whistle
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After the way they went through the motions against Crystal Palace, United owe their supporters a performance.
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