Then I guess we have a whole squad of sht players. Because lately, all of them have been to do fk all with the ball.Put a decent player on the pitch, give him the ball and he will do good things with it, regardless of the shirt he's wearing. No player goes onto the pitch having been told by the manager to play badly, its an innate thing with footballers to try and play well. Whatever the system, players want to win, strikers want to score, keepers want to keep clean sheets, they don't need a fkn manager to tell them what to do. Sancho downed tools having been asked in training to mimic the style of a certain Arsenal player who we were facing in our next fixture, he refused and in doing so fkd up the managers game preparation - and his team member's chances of success. There is no place in ANY team for a player who turns it on and off in games of their choosing - same applies to the current problem child - Rashford who will hopefully follow his bro out the door..
Seriously though, you can’t really believe that players manage themselves without a plan and accountability.
Maybe that idea works for Sunday league, but it sure as hell never works at the highest level. You need a manager with a solid plan for the professionals to execute against.
