Gary Neville blasts Man Utd ‘whinge bags’ and urges Ralf Rangnick to ditch his current tactics
GARY NEVILLE blasted Manchester United’s players for being ‘whinge bags’ against Newcastle.
Neville’s former side found themselves 1-0 down at St James Park after just seven minutes following Allan Saint-Maximin’s opener.
It was a magnificent solo effort that ended in Saint-Maximin cutting in from the left and curling past David de Gea.
But it left United all pointing the finger at each other as they cut a distressed look.
They went into half-time one goal behind and Sky Sports pundit Neville hit out at Ralf Rangnick’s players.
He said: “They’ve not done one single thing right as a team and not one player can go in at half-time and say they’ve done their job or even done themselves justice.
“They’ve not had a game in 16 days but I’m not really looking at that to be honest because there’s still a lot of basics they can do properly – which is win your battles, go in for tackles properly, show a bit of urgency and look like it matters.
“They’re whinging at each other, they’re a bunch of whinge bags. Their arms are up in the air, they’re complaining about everything.
“They got the last manager the sack Ralf Rangnick is not going to get the sack, but they’ll get a lot of managers the sack if they perform like that.”
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Rangnick – who replaced sacked Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in November – has been known to prefer a 4-2-2-2 formation.
But Neville – having seen the dated 4-4-2 setup become a thing of the past – questioned whether the tactics will work in England.
He explained: “The problem with this system is twofold. One is that ultimately you don’t have the balance at times.
“When you’re defending, you actually become a 4-4-2. The issue you’ve got is you’ve got to have a partner for Ronaldo.
“It will be interesting to see him ditch the system he’s played – I don’t know any team in Europe that plays this system really well.
“It’s a massive ask on the full-backs.”
