I've been busy, so just watched last Sunday's MOTD2 for the first time. I'd heard about the pundits comments, and they were pretty damning -
Alan Shearer - This was a Swansea team supposedly trying to impress the new manager in his fourth game, playing against Man United, who had a poor game in mid-week, you'd think they'd actually go after them.
It was the most abject and embarrassing performance I've seen from any team in a long while.
It was like a training game for them, you have five players at times ( Llorente, Baston, Britton, Ki, Routledge), one player has to go and close down, then two and three will follow, look at them walking, in exactly the same position as five seconds ago.
There's a complete and utter lack of effort to put a shift in, and United were able to control the game with ease. They can pick a pass, they can pick their heads up and get into the Swansea back four.
Llorente and Baston, come on, break sweat and try and close down. Routledge and Ki, do the same, it's not too much to ask when your playing one of the biggest clubs in the land. Again a poor pass, it's far too easy.
Ibrahimovic, touch, turn, and in again. Try and tell me what Llorente is doing here,( as he passes) straight to Rooney.
Not one player was prepared to put a tackle in, to put a shift in. Not one yellow card to show the crowd they're at least trying.
They're 3-0 down, this was three minutes before half time, there's not one player prepared to put a tackle in. No wonder the Swans fans were booing their players.
You look at Bob Bradley and say good luck, you're going to need it with that lot of players if they're going to put that sort of effort in.
Danny Murphy - He's got them in training, he's got to get them at it somehow. If it was four games in, fair enough too early to judge, but there are huge problems there based on that performance.