As we have written too many times before, Manchester United is a declining club in a deep mess. The Red Devils lost its seventh straight league away game against Brentford yesterday— which left them rock bottom at the table for the first time since 1992. But that’s not the biggest problem, no matter how much it sounds strange. The biggest problem is that the club has no proper vision, doesn’t back up its coach, who they begged to join in and doesn’t have new players, even thou it’s half of August already. And the new players don’t want to come to Old Trafford, which has never happened before.1992 – Manchester United are set to finish a day bottom of the Premier League table for the first time since August 21st 1992. Anniversary. #PL30 pic.twitter.com/Z2GBJOLbnV— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) August 13, 2022 With all these problems, two defeats are not such a big deal, because the problems are much bigger than that. And coach Erik Ten Hag certainly doesn’t like the fact that he is the first United coach in more than a decade who lost his first two games. The Dutchman changed three players at halftime, but he was honest about eight others.“It’s rubbish, it’s poor, we need higher standards than that. The good players we had should have been better. I could have changed another eight players. You can have a plan but the plan went into the bin. I can bring up several reasons why but that looks like excuses, and excuses are not there. At the top we have to deliver and we didn’t do that. It’s difficult for me, it’s surprising when you start a game like this. The team has to take responsibility, switch on from the first whistle and be ready for a battle. You have to take responsibility on the pitch as a team and as individuals and that’s what we didn’t do. But the manager is responsible as well” said furious Ten Hag.Sadly, sadly Man Utd!Spanish keeper David De Gea was one of the terrible ones. He acknowledged that himself, by asking a Sky Sports reporter to interview him so he could apologize publicly.“I cost three points for my team. I should save the first shot. All we can do is continue to work hard” said the Spaniard. 🗣️ “I think I cost three points to my team today to be honest” David de Gea asked to do the post-match interview after a horrible day for Manchester United 🔴 pic.twitter.com/uYD65ErbQP— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) August 13, 2022 It’s easy to predict the fan’s reactions on social media after the defeat, but also of many pundits who used to play for United, and Gary Neville was the most brutal of them all.“They’ve been mauled. It’s like a men’s team against under-nines. If you thought it couldn’t get any lower, it just has. Manchester United players have proved under three different managers have shown they don’t run hard enough. They are drained of all confidence. They need help. Today is a new low. It seems like United can continually surpass their lows. The reality is this is really really bad. I’ve been watching United for 42 years and I can’t think of a moment when it’s been as bad as it was in that first half” said Neville. And it won’t bet any better for the Red Devils – they meet Liverpool next week.PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 2SaturdayAston Villa – Everton 2-1 (1-0)/Ings 31, Buendia 85 – Digne 87 og/Arsenal – Leicester 4-2 (2-0)/Jesus 22, 35, Xhaka 55, Martinelli 75 – Saliba 53 og, Maddison 74/Brighton – Newcastle 0-0Manchester City – Bournemouth 4-0 (3-0)/Gundogan 19, De Bruyne 31, Foden 37. Lerma 79 og/Southampton – Leeds 2-2 (0-0)/Aribo 72, Walker-Peters 81 – Rodrigo 46, 60/Wolverhampton – Fulham 0-0Brentford – Manchester United 4-0 (4-0)/Dasilva 10, Jensen 18, Mee 30, Mbeumo 35/Sunday16.00: (4.40) Nott.Forest (3.50) West Ham (1.95)17:30: (2.40) Chelsea (3.35) Tottenham (3.20)Monday22.00: (1.20) Liverpool (7.75) Crystal Palace (16.0)***odds are subject to change
