The Mailbox features a defence of Man Utd’s under-performers. Also: plenty on Erik Ten Hag’s appointment; and Liverpool’s new tactical innovation.
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Of course these United players care
Just like every other United fan, I’ve been watching this season with an air of resignation. No belief in us improving or making progress.
However I think a lot of those fans who slam the players as not caring are a little wrong. The players do care. But when you don’t believe in what your team can do, and the methods employed, it massively affects you.
Have you ever worked for a boss who you thought was doing all the wrong things, with a company whose management you didn’t believe in? And it was being proven out by the results?
How does that affect your morale? Your belief? And ultimately your effort? Massively.
It might look like lack of effort, but it’s partly caused by lack of belief.
Personally I think Rangnick had flopped. The team was much better under Ole last season. See the effort in the same set of players last season to keep coming back after half time? Why was that? Because they believed they could do it.
Now that belief is gone. They haven’t bought into Rangnick and frankly I don’t think he improved them apart from tightening things up at the back. Our attacking output has been mega poor. Maybe he needed more time and different players, but the fact he was on a 6 month contract also affected things. The players knew he was gone in 6 months.
Let’s see what Ten Hag can do with the players. I don’t buy that they don’t care.
Of course United has huge issues top to bottom that need fixing, and whilst the Glazers are in charge we may never be at the top again simply because they have shown they care more about money. So who knows whether Ten Hag can actually succeed.
However one way in which this appointment is a departure is we have brought in an up and coming manager who has won things, and has…
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