I am not going to get into every each of our players since there are thread for that. Just point out prime example of you see what you want. Not based on actual performance.
Shaw had a long period to be useless between after he got his new contract at the end of last season until he got some competition in Brandon. Shaw is in no way better than what he was when he could be arsed. Jury is still out for him.
Ruud Keane Beckham all turned into arseholles and got rid! How about Rooney 2010? Just another case of see what you want to see. Agree to disagree.
I think you must have written some twenty posts in this thread about arseholes without understanding what it obviously means in the context.
Solskjær used it very clearly the context of someone who undermines the team or the team spirit for selfish reasons.
Eric Cantona and Roy Keane, both of whom Solskjær obviously know intimately and see as ideals for the kind of personalities he’s looking for, were many kind of arseholes, but they were the diametrical opposites of this kind - that is, the moment Ferguson thought Keano’s ego turned against the best interest of the team, he was gone. Beckham was an arsehole in about no ways imaginable, and if he had ‘an agenda’ it was being a good father and husband. For Fergie, it was enough of an agenda, I’d be highly surprised if Solskjær would have gotten rid of a player like Becks anno 2003, even if he took his place in the team. Van Nistelrooy was an ok egomaniac when his ego gelled with Ferguson and the team goals, Keown (an arsehole) was certainly not off the mark in calling him an arsehole, but the moment he turned arsehole against his own, younger teammate Ronaldo, he was gone too. And not many were too confused about why when it came out what had transpired behind the scenes.
Rooney might have been an arsehole against the fans and the club budget in 2010, but nothing have come out to suggest that he wasn’t a good team mate and a positive squad member always backing the team goals.
Being at the outside, we can only guess at who Solskjær is referencing, as he unlike Mou doesn’t spell it out. Is it Sanchez? Lukaku? Could it be Smalling? Herrera even? Fellaini? I don’t imagine so, but as Solskjær even has said positive things about Sanchez and Lukaku in public, how are we to know? But do I doubt that it’s true that some players’ egoes have been detrimental to the squad spirit and mentality? No, I think it has been fairly obvious, and the fact that squad spirit according to all accounts have been great even under spells of bad results and scrutiny from hostile journalists and panicky fans, supports that hypothesis.
And, mods, please say it’s not prohibited to spell out a word that even our manager uses to the public press?