Rio Ferdinand has slammed Manchester United‘s performance against Brentford and criticized the players for losing faith in Erik ten Hag’s playing style and reverting to long kicks.
The Red Devils gave a sad display in the first half in west London on Saturday, as Brentford gave a high-intensity, high-octane performance as they harassed and harassed their opponents.
After a David de Gea error gave the hosts an opener, Brentford pushed high and sent United into more errors, with Christian Eriksen taking possession twice – the second of which resulted in another goal.
Ferdinand was disappointed with the reaction of United’s players after that second goal, who stopped playing from the back, and believes the club can put Sam Allardyce or Tony Pulis in charge if the players can’t play the way Ten Hag wants in the second half. highest class. pressure situations.
Speaking of being FIVE YouTube show, Ferdinand said, ‘My phone popped, the WhatsApp groups, online, everything. We are now the butt of all jokes. We have become an absolute laughing stock.
‘You watch the match’ [against Brentford] and you look at it and you think, “Wow”. The players are not worth the money they spent on it. They are nowhere near worth what they are likely to pay them. There is zero confidence in building.
“You see after the first goal where De Gea plays, the next time he saw numbers on the back of shirts – they ran onto the pitch and just wanted it to be kicked long.
‘That way we might as well bring in other managers like Big Sam or Pulis if we’re going to be like that. [kicking it long].
“You look at it and you say, ‘This is not the Manchester United I once knew’. Even if it’s a bit of a fall from grace, [to fall] as far? It goes even further than digging out individual players. And we have Liverpool next.’
Ferdinand felt that the blame for United’s performance lay less with Ten Hag and more with the players, who seemed unprepared for the tenacity, pace of work and pressure they faced from Brentford’s unforgiving side.
He continued: ‘We were not at the races. You saw the way Brentford lined up, they came out like sprinters waiting to strike when we played from behind. They sat there like Usain Bolts, all in your place, ready, ready, ready.
“They said, ‘We dare you to play’. They were working on it. There are no surprises in this league, you know what you get. Ten Hag is new to this league, so he will get a few surprises here and there, but those players have been here.
“He hasn’t been lucky enough to bring in five or six new players, so all the players there have no excuses. You know you’re going to Brentford and it’s going to be a tough game and if you don’t roll up your sleeves from minute one, you’ll be turned around. We were absolutely battered.’
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