There is concern that further imbalance will come under the current recruitment strategy of giving Ten Hag every player he identifies rather than working off a long-term scouting and analytics practice like Manchester City, Liverpool and the teams that have beaten them this season - Brentford and Brighton - do. Sam Allardyce believes that Erik ten Hag now understands how big the Manchester United job is, after losing 4-0 to Brentford on Saturday This has seen the club unable to shift players that should no longer be at Old Trafford and persist with ones that have proven incompatible for the pressure, expectation and style of football demanded. United are poor sellers on account of not maximising the best from expensively paid assets, greatly diminishing their value. None of this absolves players from not being able to do the basics properly and turning in shocking performances. When things are not right off the pitch, the signs will show on it. No versatile forward and focal point has been signed to strengthen the attack. The desperate dive for Marko Arnautovic and quick withdrawal of any deal was not well received in the dressing room, where there is sentiment that United have become the joke of the transfer window. United walked into yet another season without curing their need for stability, a progressive figure and a destroyer at the base of their midfield. Gary Neville and Jamie Redknapp give their views on what has gone wrong for Manchester United Man Utd fixtures: Liverpool up next on Sky Sports | Premier League table.Ten Hag's arduous task - Man Utd hit rock bottom but too early to judge?.That is beyond the embarrassment of how the Frenkie de Jong saga has been allowed to drag on and even a deal for Adrien Rabiot - who Juventus are desperate to be rid of - has not been closed yet due to personal terms. The dithering in the transfer market has meant Martinez and Christian Eriksen, two players that have been particularly targeted by the opposition, were not on the pre-season tour and have yet to properly integrate at United. The manager cannot escape the question of how his tactical plan was so easily undone by Brighton and Brentford in rinse-and-repeat fashion, but he is the solution to problems that United have yet to deal with. Ten Hag's decision to scrub a day off and put the team through a gruelling training session may have underlined the law of not shirking effort and needing to do the shirt proud, but it will not help restore confidence. Goalkeeper David de Gea even admitted the club's disastrous 2021/22 campaign is 'still in our minds' as 'when something goes wrong, people get panicky.' Gary Neville says that Manchester United have reached a new low and are drained of all confidence after a humiliating 4-0 defeat to BrentfordĬhanging the psychology will be fundamental to Ten Hag minimising individual errors and erasing uncertainty around United.

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