By Jack Gaughan for MailOnline
Published: 15:32 BST, 21 April 2019 | Updated: 15:32 BST, 21 April 2019
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer speaks eloquently about a need for a culture shift at Manchester United. The trouble is, these players already have one they are wedded to and that is showing no signs of changing.
United are rudderless, spineless. Gutless in defence, as Jose Mourinho warned during what quickly became a summer unravelled. For now, Solskjaer is pretty powerless to it all and the scale of this humiliation was scary, one of those days you bookmark for years.
In which direction they head rests on these players, as it did during that stirring spell when Solskjaer first pitched and barely tinkered anything tactically. The same group who saw off Mourinho, of course. At some point, they really ought to be shouldering the majority of blame.
The Manchester United players were spineless as they were thrashed 4-0 by Everton
United were left dejected as they produced a hugely disappointing performance
They simply cannot – or rather, will not – respond to adversity. The determination and desire is not there. That is their culture. Professional pride went out of the window a long, long time ago.
Yet the club, still without a director of football and at odds with too many of the squad over new contracts, are not preparing for a complete overhaul. There will not be a raft of new signings over the coming months, although that seems to be the only
