Paul Scholes says Manchester United look like an “uncoached team” and that there is no discernible philosophy under Erik ten Hag.
Former United midfielder Scholes, who won 11 Premier League titles under Sir Alex Ferguson, lashed out after watching Tottenham’s comprehensive 3-0 win at Old Trafford yesterday which has ramped up the pressure on Ten Hag.
Although the Dutchman cited the 42nd-minute dismissal of captain Bruno Fernandes as a turning point, United were disorganised from the outset and Scholes blamed Ten Hag and his coaching team.
Speaking on SuperSport, he said: “You don’t know how they’re going to play.
“You don’t know how they’re going to approach games, whether they are going to play on the counter-attack or sit deep or whether they’re going to try to have all the possession in the game. We’ve no idea. They look like an uncoached football team.”
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Scholes added: “We’re two and a bit years in now…from the first week Ange Postecoglou went in, we probably knew what Tottenham were doing and they’re doing it to this day.
“We’re two and a bit years down the road [at United] and, as I said, it’s an uncoached team.
“The players looked dead, they looked flat, they looked, ‘I don’t know what to do’, there’s no enthusiasm for the game of football and that can only come from the training pitch.
“Some of the positions that people take up on the pitch, it’s just madness at times.”
Scholes also felt the players could be doing more. He said: “These are experienced players who United have paid a lot of money for.
“We need to stop hearing excuses and get on that training pitch and find a way of playing.
“Find something, give us something.”
