It all comes back to recruitment. Since Ferguson retired nothing has been done to ensure we're properly equipped there, and just like every other problem that exists at the club, the Glazers have allowed it to fester.
If they know they can get away with being lazy and performing terribly, do you really think they will perform against Liverpool? The majority of these players have had a terrible attitude for a long time. They've been outrun and subsequently beaten by mediocre sides so many times it's unreal. Their attitude has to change. Frankly I'm done with us constantly changing the manager whilst leaving most of the squad intact and absolving the players from blame. The club is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. I believe a wise man once said that's insanity.
If he changes it now it'll seem reactionary. Should have changed it the second he walked through the door.
Varane is more of a natural leader. Have captained both in RM and France NT.
ok well I gave you some recovery info and also I think it's common sense that ETH couldn't make them run at their absolute max round a 13k 1. because how on earth would he do that and 2. because it clearly a symbolic punishment.
I enjoy the hyperbole but every player shouldn't be able to run a marathon without any problem. Even very well trained runners have lots of problems with the marathon.”In ruins”sounds very dramatic. They are professional athletes ffs. They should run 13k atleast 3 times a week. And every player should be able to run a marathon 42km without any problem.
I think he’ll have to make big changes after the Liverpool game. He should have done it in the summer, but this can look like giving them enough rope. Conte had a bit of a nightmare start at Chelsea and then changed the whole system and won the league. United’s problems are obviously a lot bigger, though.
Which is why I first said that the suggestion made in the tweet made no sense. The issue is that your statement is also wrong because it depends on the intensity of the 13k.
At least in Brightons case, are they? I would take Biissouma, Caicedo , Troussard, Cucurella, Dunk, Lampty over Mcfred, Rashford, Shaw, Dalot or Maguire any day of the week. Perhaps (some of) our players have a higher ceiling but for them to be successful they need to have very special conditions to operate in because they're very mentally weak or nowhere near good enough to play for United.
Two of those players don't even play for Brighton anymore...
If you are just ignoring my posts to suit your reply, I wish you the best.
state of our fan baseFeck me
been on holiday the last couple of weeks and disconnected completely from transfer news. Especially ours. Thanks for the heads upA marathon is hard obviously but every professional athlete should be able to run a marathon imo. My father who is soon 60 years old still runs marathon ffs. Its not a big deal.
I mean, anyone can jog one/ walk but with any athletic gusto, it's a difficult thing and requires lots of specific training - like the difference between a kickabout in the park and playing a proper game of football.
FFS. They will have a week to recover
Yeah it’s two different types of training.
I hope their knees were weak and arms were heavy
Exactly.
Nope. Hard disagree.
We beat them in the same fixture last season and finished comfortably ahead of them in our worst season in loving memory. They’ve since lost one of their best players so I would say we are. Anything can happen on a given day, but this idea our players are worse than mid table sides needs to end. The squad isn’t perfect but it’s more than good enough to expect them to compete with Brighton and Brentford.
I really hope this becomes a thing and he makes them run the distance covered by the opposition every time we’re outrun by an opponent. These lazy cnuts will soon get their act together.I wasn't initially a fan of the reports of ETH making the lads run 13.8KM in training yesterday because it seemed like arbitrary punishment...but if the rumours are true and it's because that's the distance by which Brentford out-ran us then I take it back and I love it
I'd seen similar, just a Twitter thread, noting that Maguire, Shaw, McT, Rashford & Bruno have clauses in their contracts stipulating penalties if they don't play X minutes & start a certain number of games.
Yeah that would be great - it will also mean that the players who are outran by their opposite numbers will likely be very unpopular with their teammates
But that's like 12 minutes a mile, which is not far off fast walk pace for most averagely fit people.
