Former Manchester United gamers Paul Scholes and Gary Neville expressed their disappointment at their previous membership’s efficiency after Erik Ten Hag’s aspect fell to a 2-0 Premier League defeat to West Ham United on Saturday.
West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen and Mohammed Kudus scored second-half objectives on the London Stadium to sentence United to their thirteenth defeat in all competitions – their most losses at Christmas since 1930, once they had been relegated from the top-flight.
United, eighth within the standings and eight factors off the highest 4, have struggled in entrance of objective, failing to attain in 4 straight video games in all competitions for the primary time for the reason that 1992-93 season.
They’ve simply 18 league objectives in as many matches, with solely bottom-club Sheffield United having scored fewer. Of their 18 league video games, United have failed to attain in seven.
“There isn’t a menace to the workforce. This can be a very patched up workforce it’s important to say,” former midfielder Scholes informed TNT Sports activities.
“You spend some huge cash on gamers, anticipating much more from them. Not occurring for (Marcus) Rashford both. Best factor to educate in soccer is defending, hardest factor is to show them to easy methods to rating objectives.
“That has to come back from the gamers. It’s significantly missing. It’s getting embarrassing, creativity is the large downside.”
Ex-defender Neville slammed United’s inconsistency, telling Sky Sports activities: “It doesn’t shock me in any respect. What we’re seeing from this workforce, underneath any supervisor within the final seven or eight years, is just about the identical.
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“You’ll be able to’t belief them, they may allow you to down. They offer you a glimmer of hope after which they go and lose a recreation they shouldn’t lose.
“We’re watching an inconsistent bunch. Inconsistency is a extremely unhealthy trait, in all walks of life.”
United subsequent host third-placed Aston Villa in a league conflict on Tuesday.
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