One of any managers most important tasks is getting buy in to their ideas. Its the managers job to get the players excited about his tactics and find the players motivations be it intrinsic or extrinsic and use them to help the players excel. Thats a basic.
Heres the problem with the lazy players argument.
There are so many of them being listed in here that means we have signed lazy players.
This argument has been appearing every year since Fergie left so we seem to keep signing lazy players or players who become lazy.
Our lazy players on international duty under other managers are putting in big shifts. Why do they do it for another manager but not ours?
Other teams are seeing their teams perform without the lazy tag being thrown at them and we see them improving.
Other teams are seeing their players buy in to their managers tactics and put in the work.
Our team isnt.
Again saying its because the players are lazy is in itself a really lazy argument, its just so simplistic.
Something is wrong with ETH
Bolded answers all, but if the team isn't buying into Ten Hag, which the recent "leaks" does point to, means either they don't agree with the tactics and aren't putting in the shift or the tactics aren't working .
From what I've seen from a majority of these players I'm going with the former.
Why? Because there does seem to be a mentality of "oh I don't like playing this way or conforming to these tactics, oh so does some of the other lads. Let's make noise to the media, get him out and get a fresh start. Maybe we won't need to work as hard."
There have been players here that have outlasted 4-5 managers, that's ridiculous to trust them when I've seen nothing to suggest that they care for the club, the badge or anything other way than their paycheck.
Every year there is criticism of players not putting in the work or not working hard for the badge and the team.
So what's been the counter argument?
Leaks about the players falling out or not agreeing with the manager, if you don't agree with 4-5 different managers then maybe just maybe you are the problem.