A drip, drip of low-grade antagonistic mediocrity under José Mourinho is slowly eroding everything United have beenDrip, drip, drip.Watching Manchester United these days has taken on a strangely repetitive quality. Usually when giants flounder there is a grim fascination in seeing them fail, in watching players raised on success having to deal with defeat and misfortune. But not now, not any more. United grind on. They pick up some points, they drop some points. Nothing much changes. The narrative seems to have stalled. They have good players who can get them goals but they have a propensity for chaos that means 15 games into the season they have a negative goal difference. The slow erosion of everything Manchester United have...
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Youngsters today are not as ready for first-team action as they used to be. However José Mourinho should treat those who do break through, such as Marcus Rashford, with more respectThere’s been a lot of debate this week about the difference between young players today compared to 10 years ago after José Mourinho referred to them as “spoiled kids”. It’s interesting because I do think things have changed significantly in terms of their level of readiness.Young players have always found it hard to break into the first team but those who did in the past such as Frank Lampard, Rio Ferdinand and Michael Owen were much more ready to make that step than those who are coming through now. You...
The Manchester United manager’s latest antics have again seen him dominate the fallout from Tuesday night’s game and it feels like we have all been here beforeJosé Mourinho is in trouble again, as you might have heard. What has he done this time? Well, just from Manchester United’s game against Young Boys on Tuesday night the charges are as follows:1: Suggesting some of his players might prefer to watch on television if they are unable to handle the Old Trafford pressure. 2: Selecting the most expensive bench in United history, with big-money buys Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku among the substitutes and top earner Alexis Sánchez not even in the squad. 3: Turning his back and shaking his head at...
From Loris Karius to Patrick Roberts we check how the players are doing to see if they have a future at their parent clubsPart one: every loan player from Arsenal to HuddersfieldIslam Slimani, 30, Fenerbahce The striker has made 13 appearances for Fenerbahce in both the Turkish league and the Europa League this season. He has scored six goals for the club, including two in a Europa League match against Spartak Trnava.We've picked our favourite three goals from the @EFL this month and we want to know which one you think's best...Starting with the @skybetchamp, we've picked Harvey Barnes absolute screamer of a debut goal for @wba #WBA #EFLonQuest pic.twitter.com/0YLIiNRDs3Harry Wilson has an ADDICTION to scoring screamers this season. That...