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Neville: Last season I thought Manchester United were very close to winning the league title, and now they are far away from the title

Neville: Last season I thought Manchester United were very close to winning the league title, and now they are far away from the title

After Manchester United's 1-1 draw with Southampton, Sky Sports commentator and Manchester United star Gary Neville commented on the podcast, arguing that Manchester United are now drifting away from the champions.

Neville said in the podcast: "United were terrible when they were looking for victory against the Saints and even scoring goals, they constantly fouled and interrupted the game and forced crosses from bad areas. When you look at Manchester United today, you can't focus on one center of gravity. Every day here feels like a soap opera, and from time to time you hear that the players want Pochettino to join the club, or Ronaldo wants to leave. ”

"These off-site events have made the last few weeks very bad. Back on the field, I read what Hasenhuttel said after the game, and I think that's the harshest criticism you can get as an athlete — saying you didn't work hard enough on the field. ”

"He said that not everyone did a good job when It came back to defence and if I were a Manchester United player and had such a respected opposition manager say that, I would be hurt. I don't think there's an element of disrespect in this statement, because it came from a man of prestige. ”

"De Gea had to make a lot of saves in the game and every team now feels like they can take advantage of Manchester United, which is a very bad response and is reflected in the whole season at the moment. It's now that you don't feel like it's all down to the manager anymore. Solskjaer suffered a lot of criticism and lost his job at the beginning of the season, and now there are people who feel that Lonnick is not good enough, on the grounds that he is more like a sporting director than a coach. ”

"There's the issue of self-confidence, there's the problem of 'excuse mentality', and there's the problem of them focusing on themselves rather than looking to the future and trying to build a team that can win the league again."

Neville: Last season I thought Manchester United were very close to winning the league title, and now they are far away from the title

'Tottenham Have suffered three straight defeats, but other teams have conceded points, so they may still be in the top four and they still have hope of reaching the Champions League, even if that obscures some of their internal problems.

"And United have a huge job to do and it's urgent. Last season, I really appreciated the spirit and the atmosphere of unity in the team. It wasn't a successful season for United, with a penalty loss in the Europa League final, but in second place in the Premier League table, the players were united. That team made me start to like them. ”

"Now I don't feel that way because on the pitch I can see that some of them lack confidence and some of them don't have their mentality adjusted and look like they're struggling. I'm not used to this kind of performance because as a Manchester United fan you always expect to ask them to give it their all. Today's United, looking sleepy and incapable of pursuing games, there are some things that have to change as soon as possible. ”

"There are so many ingredients in this smorgasbord that you don't know which one is causing it to taste bad, and you've lost the ability to tell the difference between good and bad."

"Last season I felt like they were close to winning the league title, but now I feel like they've moved away from this title like never before. Maybe a reasonable hiring of a manager at the end of the season and a planned targeted shuffle could change the tide. But now that I'm looking at a pot of broth made up of more than 100 ingredients, I can't tell which spice to remove to make the soup delicious. ”

'I used to think that the worst reaction a Manchester United fan could bring was silence, because it would be creepy to keep quiet with 75,000 people on the scene, but now we are watching those boos grow more and more because the fans are disappointed and these disappointments have to be taken care of and resolved quickly."

"If the final choice of the board is Pochettino, then the appointment should be made, but this appointment should not be based on the wishes of the players. I don't want to spend even a second imagining them listening to the players in the dressing room. ”

"They have a lot of public relations and social means, and the middlemen are also very active. They've been doing this job for months and I don't like it either. At this moment, they must be looking at one candidate after another, thinking about who they want next. ”

"All this chaos is behind the scenes of Manchester United clubs."

(key39)

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