Manchester United legends Paul Skoll and Roy Keane blameScott McTominay Fred suffered a disastrous defeat against Brighton on day one.
There may have been a new addition to the dugout, but so did the Red Devils, who won the Seagulls' first win at Old Trafford. Erik Tennhis Hug arrived at United with the promise of a ruthless overhaul and exciting football, but after failing to score his target at the top of, his first XI saw a familiar start. There was an appearance.
Ten Hag, who has already lost Paul Pogba, Juan Mata and Nemanja Matic, has identified the center of the midfield as an area United must upgrade. However,Frenkied his Jong in their pursuit, the infamous duo of McTominay and Fred was chosen.
The partnership known as "Macfred", affectionately or not, is that of Ten Hag's predecessorsOle Gunnar Solskjaerand Ralph Lang. Often seen under Nick. And after failing to convince under these coaches, it was a case of repeated history against Seagulls, with
Bruno Fernandesalong with United's Three midfielders in the first half he lost the ball 25 times. McTominay was lucky to see no deficit in his opening 45, so Fred quickly withdrew after the break.
"It was a shocking start for United and a really shambolic first half," Scholes told the Premier League production. "From the first few minutes we saw signs of this getting worse."
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@btsportfootball / Twitter)and , when asked where he saw the main problem, Scholes used no punches and sarcastically suggested choosing between them, pointing to the midfield duo.
He added: The quality in the middle of the pitch was really bad. I'm glad he didn't get sent off, but I think he was a little lucky. Again, he's running with the ball. Totally ridiculous.
"It could easily have been a red card. The quality of the midfield wasn't good enough, but we've seen that with these two players over the last few years.
}"In the case of Fred and McTominay, he [ten hag] should only use one of them, but even one might be too many.
"Fred always Throwing the ball and McTominay was constantly trying to run with the ball but he let it go.Give it to your best player!It's not that hard.It's a crime on a day like today
Scholes' former midfield partner and general Roy Keane was similarly scathing in his post-match assessment of the pair, arguing that United would not be able to compete with them.
"Fred's decision-making and football intelligence in particular, I've been saying for a long time, Fred and McTominay just aren't good enough," Keane said in Sky Sports' coverage of the match.
``They won't be able to keep Manchester United at the top. Had to, and Eriksen is probably in his position as he retreats and picks up people, but it's too late.
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