If we face facts with the international break coming up and with us in real danger of falling way behind the top 4 this was an absolute must win game anything less would have been a disaster .
So it was time for the players to stand up and be counted and show that they were determined to put themselves on the line , fight for the shirt and get some momentum back.
It looks to me like the individualswere suffering from niggles or not 100% fit and decided to take the safe option and rule themselves out .
I for 1 understand mourinho's frustration , these pampered millionaires need to show that they care for the club not just the wages you remember players like Neville , Keane , Hughes , Robson , scholes , Bruce these players would run through a brick wall for the club even the likes of cantona would put his body ( and anyone's who got in his way ) on the line for the club ,these days the playersin general don't have any real affection for the club or it's fans they certainly won't put there body on the line .
How many truly look bothered when we lose ? Yet a couple of days later they are tweeting away about how we must fight the fight and turn things around before performing miserably again the following week or pulling out of the team because of a chipped nail or a bad haircut .
The squad is full of dead wood I said at the start of the season we needed at least 8 signings nothing has changed my mind .
iI suppose the trick now is to find players with a natural aggression and a mentality that will just not accept defeat out of our current lot who would you want alongside you in the trenches maybe Zlatan ( maybe Fellaini if only he could play football ) Bailly , Rooney ( he may not be playing well but no one can say he doesn't put a shift in )
Regarding Mourinho the knives are out for him with the press not the only ones out for blood , the board need to stay strong and back him and show the squad that player power will not win the day at United , the players need to understand that if they leave United the only way is down because I can't see Barca or Madrid or Bayern being interested in any of our players other than Degea or Pogba