Sky Sports’ Gary Neville reacted with dismay to Manchester United’s dismal performance in the 2-0 defeat to Newcastle. That’s what Neville said in a joint comment. . .
Sky Sports Neville who approached Old Trafford and witnessed some other abject demonstration of his former team.
Here is how the Man Utd legend reacted as the match unfolded in front of him…
“You can’t go from where they are currently to an amazing performance. I get that completely.
“But what I would say is that you still want to see the things that you like, and this concept that Ruben Amorim A. I know that they place it complicated in the field of education, but you would like to think of a game to that. They would start to establish themselves in a game model, and we don’t see that yet.
“One thing I would say is I think maybe Ruben Amorim just picks an 11 and goes through with him. “
“He has still selected a team. Is it time to create safe stability? Players have understood their idea, but is it even more complicated if players are used to playing in combination?”
“They have gone backwards but hopefully that is backwards to go forwards.
“There are very slim pickings in terms of positives in the first few weeks.
“Maybe the biggest positive is that he saw what those players are and we didn’t get the rebound, which possibly would have made him think they were bigger than them.
“I think he thought it was a big job but it’s a massive job and he is finding that out early when his a position of power and strength.”
“What I do know is that when, in the summer, Manchester United signed those 3 or 4 players, I didn’t hear anyone say ‘Manchester United had a terrible transfer market'”.
“I am surprised how deficient those players were in their first months.
“I have said it before that this club has been a graveyard for players who have come with decent reputations. And it is happening again.
“I didn’t hear it said this summer when Yoro, de Ligt, Ugarte, Zirkzee joined that United didn’t recruit decent players. The challenge is that when you see them here in a red shirt, Manchester United have the worst team.
“Casemiro and [Christian] Eriksen do not have the legs to move.
“Manchester United had 3 central defenders.
“Manchester United is shocked.
“Look Martinez. I have to be competitive with him. You’ll have to do better.
“Maguire looks behind him and cannot be challenged. Martinez has to get into the clinch. “
“What’s that?!
“Surely he has to fire it past [Andre] Onana into the far corner.
“But [Lisandro’s defense] Martínez Horrible. “
“It is almost a copy.
“Casemiro and Eriksen shouldn’t be playing together in the Premier League. It is just so easy.”
“Newcastle Hammers Manchester United. It is a mutilation. “
“When you saw Manchester United starting XI, you would have to have an idea that it would be very difficult for this team to play well.
“The two wing-backs aren’t very good in the attacking part of the pitch. The two central midfielders can’t run. The back three have no legs. [Joshua] Zirkzee has no balance off [Rasmus] Hojlund.
“You have Amad [Diallo] who, in your opinion, can do something.
“Newcastle are having the time of their lives. There will be 3 or four.
“They were probably horrible. You’re on the worst pound-for-pound team in the country.
“[Diogo] Dalot is very willing and he gets up there but his options with the ability he has as a full-back are limited.
“I look at [Ruben] Amorim and he will have to be thinking: ‘What am I seeing?’
“There are 3 who can say that they were really under Amorim: Dalot, [Noussair] Mazraoui and Amad. “
“I have to feel sorry for him.
“He has been encouraged through his own enthusiasts and that is brutal.
“I’ve not seen that too many times at Old Trafford.
“It’s a brutal scenario for him. I don’t suspect that he has ever looked for a Luzozade again. “
“They’ve all been horrible for sure. You’re on the worst pound-for-pound team in the country. “
“I am that there are no adjustments in part time. Idea that there would be.
“The amount of adjustments that Manchester United makes in its five defenses, from one adjustment to another, is incredible.
“It has been a struggle for Casemiro and it’s been a struggle for Martinez.
“Since the arrival of [Kobbie] Mainoo has been for Manchester United.
“The first part was embarrassing, as bad as it gets. “
“There is a graph that is shown before the game through Jamie Carragher that showed that when Manchester United played Mazraoui and Dalot, the maximum defensive extremes, they did not obtain a purpose of an open game.
“This is surprising and is again before our eyes. “
“I’m obvious though, Isak is one hell of a player.
“The game was won by this man in the first 20 minutes.”
“Worrying times for Manchester United and Amorim.
“He knew it was a big job but l think it is far bigger than he ever imagined.”
“It’s sinister, it actually is. You go ahead of a game at Old Trafford, but I woke up this morning and I felt United were going to lose. I didn’t think they would win because Newcastle will have a bigger team, with older and older players. When I saw the team, I was almost certain that Manchester United would not win.
“I don’t think like that because I’m not very good at making predictions, but when I saw the midfield of Casemiro and Eriksen, and the three of De Ligt, Martinez and Maguire, the defensive full-backs and Zirkzee in this left pocket, I thought there was no balance.
“We know that there is no risk of attack by the sides, and it is not their fault. They are lateral, that they play as side. I put them there once or twice, and it is a very difficult position to play. The needs of levels of levels of Power are different.
“You can’t play them with two. Ruben Amorim deserved to have known. He replaced him after 25 minutes. Mainoo is rarely at his most productive at the moment, but you can’t play with those two in front of his three. It was He has taken a step forward with the arrival of Mainoo, and it is not the fault of Casemiro and Eriksen. They would have looked at each other and looked for someone faster on their side.
“Do we have to go to Anfield on Sunday? Do you remember in the old days when Sunday League teams wouldn’t turn up because they said the traffic was bad or a few players were unwell? Obviously, joking aside, I’ve no idea how they approach this game on Sunday. Manchester United have found this fixture very tough in recent years. The 7-0, I was there watching it to the bitter end like many Manchester United fans were.
“You’re fearing not necessarily of that, but you’re wondering what Ruben Amorim can do? He can point to the Manchester City performance, but I genuinely don’t know. Some players may come back. Alejandro Garnacho and Marcus Rashford haven’t been showing the application in training but they are better than the players out on the pitch currently.
“They have legs and if Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold align against Zirkzee or Bruno [Fernandes] in wide areas, they would prefer it to Garnacho and Rashford.
“It will be complicated for Amorim because he needs to identify a new culture and a new popular in the right wardrobe. He hasn’t liked some of the things that are noticeable over the last month, but right now he is. a desire and it is a need.
“United there are only seven problems outside the descent zone. They play in Liverpool and then arsenal away from home, so it is a complicated time. He is a young manager who has arrived and wishes time to establish himself, but when the effects They are so bad, it adds.
“The form they’re in is out of this world. I have some fear for Sunday.”