Paul Scholes backs Erik ten Hag as the man to lead Manchester United to success, but he has begun questioning the manager’s tactics and methods as of late.
The Red Devils are on the back of a dismal 3-0 Premier League defeat to Bournemouth on Saturday – the first-ever time that the Cherries have reigned victorious at Old Trafford.
Tomorrow could see United exit the Champions League at the group stage; they take on Bayern Munich, who boast a 39-game unbeaten streak heading into the clash, at home for their final game. Even if they overturned the German giants, their fate for the last-16 is out of their hands and they’ll be relying on Galatasaray and Copenhagen’s game ending in a draw.
Across the opening 23 matches of the campaign, the Reds have already sustained 11 defeats in all competitions, conceding 38 goals in the process. In the league, they are the only team in the top eight of the table to hold a negative goal difference (minus three).
Scholes’ stance on Ten Hag
Speaking to TNT Sports ahead of tomorrow’s European showdown, Scholes explained his opinion on the Dutchman’s tenure: “The manager is trying to do the right thing but he’s struggling to do it with the evidence we’re seeing on the football pitch.
“I don’t see anybody else out there who could do any better. I like him, he needs time to do what he has planned, but he’s got to get a move on with it.
“I wouldn’t have questioned him until possibly the Newcastle game [a 1-0 defeat on December 2] where the attitude and application just wasn’t right, it felt wrong. That’s when you start questioning the manager.”
He added: “He has to take some kind of responsibility – the reflection of the team comes from the manager. The culture of the club comes from the training ground and the manager needs to get that right. It just seems all over the place.
“I don’t think the manager should be changed, he should be given time, we’ve seen some top-class managers come and go at this club and nothing has changed. It’s right to stick with him.”
Things won’t change until we get rid of dead wood no good naming names there’s to many we need to get out asap but then again we can’t give them away stop signing players over 26 no return on them