GRAEME SOUNESS: Man United is a vipers' nest of disrespect - they have always had trouble keeping their players grounded and need some real men back in the dressing room
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Firstly, I can only apologise for talking about Manchester United's plight once again. I feel sorry for the manager Ruben Amorim because I firmly believe he has walked into a vipers' nest. And it will need everyone from the very, very top of the club and every supporter that walks through the gates at Old Trafford to believe in him for him to succeed.
![[His side are on a rotten run of form and take on a Liverpool side seemingly destined for the title]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/03/20/93721769-14247227-image-m-38_1735934744872.jpg)
He has talked this week of relegation and the club needing a shock, all against a backdrop of certain players going through the motions in training and disrespecting the manager. From timekeeping to attitude to every part of your training regime, like when you play in small-sided practice games, you try to replicate match days and play with intensity. It's not like a switch you can flick on when it suits.
![[Alejandro Garnacho may have to change his ways on the field if he is to reach his obvious potential]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/03/20/93721777-14247227-image-a-37_1735934741062.jpg)
I spoke last week about the example Bruno Fernandes sets and I hear about Alejandro Garnacho being unhappy with the manager. Can someone remind me of just who he is? The last time I looked he was only a 20-year-old boy. One who is only one step up, on a ten-rung ladder. Who are you? He acts like a 'wrong 'un' on the football pitch and, unless he changes, he's got no chance of fulfilling what obvious potential he has.
![[United's squad has had a drought of real men for over a decade - who are the current senior professionals?]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/03/19/93717001-14247227-image-a-23_1735930849016.jpg)
Going back to my generation and before, Manchester United have always had a problem in keeping players grounded. Then it was always about 'who's the next George Best, the next Denis Law or the next Bobby Charlton...' There have been good players but whether it is the weight of the jersey, or the adulation they receive too early, it didn't happen for them.
![[Sir Alex Ferguson brought players like Paul Scholes out of retirement for the example they showed to youngsters]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/03/18/93719913-14247227-image-a-22_1735930669757.jpg)
