Dion Dublin has accused Manchester United players of not taking responsibility.
The former Manchester United striker explained how dressing rooms he was part of wouldn’t stand for the mediocrity we often see on the pitch from Erik ten Hag’s team.
Stood in the Sky Sports studio with Jamie Redknapp, Dublin stresses that he doesn’t think the manager or his coaching staff are to blame for United’s inconsistent results this season.
“It’s down to the players,” Dublin said after United’s 1-1 draw with Brentford on Saturday night.
"Players have to take responsibility and they're not doing it"
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United came away from Brentford away with a point, despite taking the lead in the 96th minute, so Dublin reveals some home truths about how what we are seeing would be deemed unaccepted by the likes of Bryan Robson.
Meanwhile, Redknapp tore into United after the dire performance. He suggested several of our biggest names could cost Ten Hag his job.
“I’ve watched Manchester United under Erik ten Hag,” Redknapp said, as quoted by Sky Sports. “I don’t know what their way of playing is.
“I don’t know whether they play out from the back. They tried to do at times and they pass the ball to the keeper and he lumps it up the pitch. Do they do that for effect?
“I know they haven’t necessarily had all the back four that they would like and if you’ve got [Lisandro] Martinez and [Raphael] Varane, it helps you build.
“But I don’t know what the Man United way of playing is. They had so many opportunities today, Brentford, they were just better in every single department.
“And there’s lots of talk about the manager. Will he still be here next year?
“I think the way that the players are playing right now and that kind of performance, they’re going to decide because they’re the sort of performances that get the manager the sack, because there was a lack of effort.
“And if they really liked this manager, if they want to play for him, they will do that. I saw so many players just walking around, strolling around and not looking like they care. And they play for one of the biggest clubs in the world.
“And that for me, it shouldn’t really ever happen. There’s too many of them.”
The former Liverpool and Tottenham midfielder went on to claim United made Brentford look like Real Madrid.
“They gave up so much possession,” he added. “There was a lack of energy with the ball, without the ball. They just made Brentford look like Real Madrid.
“That’s what I felt like I was watching. That shouldn’t have been the case. The way that Manchester United were just so off it. The lack of desire to go win individual battles. It was too easy for them. It was almost as if Man United had nine men.”
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