Jesse Lingard’s brother rips into ex-Man Utd players turned Sky Sports pundits Roy Keane and Gary Neville for ‘double standards’.
Keane was his usual furious self after watching the Red Devils beaten comfortably by rivals Manchester City, who won 2-0 at Old Trafford at the weekend.
One of his most quotable lines was when he said, “I’ve often had it when I’ve not been at the races in a game and I go, ‘You know what, what I might do is go and smash into somebody’.”
Keane was referring to United picking up a single yellow card and Lingard’s brother, Louie Scott referenced Paul Pogba’s red card in the 5-0 thrashing at the hands of Liverpool.
“Didn’t know Sky show live training sessions now,” Scott posted on Instagram.
“Keane just said go smash someone. Pogba did it last week and got killed for it by Scholes. Double standards.”
Gary Neville was passionate in his post-match thoughts after being on co-commentary for the defeat to City, but directed his blame at the players as opposed to manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Scott took issue with that stance, adding: “Stop reading into these pundits!!! Still waiting for G.Nev to talk about body language…Oh I forgot he will only say that about the players.”
Jesse Lingard’s brother Louie on Instagram #MUFC pic.twitter.com/OF60KQ6QuQ
— United Zone (@ManUnitedZone_) November 6, 2021
The lack of criticism for Solskjaer from former United players in the media has been well-documented. However, on Saturday, Michael Owen produced a stinging rant on the Norwegian’s managerial abilities and received a lot of praise for his piece of punditry.
Rio Ferdinand has regularly backed Solskjaer but the former England and United defender has now changed his view, urging him to leave with “his head held high” before he is sacked.
United have now lost six of their last 12 games but Solskjaer is still slated to be in charge for the trip to Watford after the international.
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Gary Neville says Manchester United are “a train off the track” at the moment, but does not believe the club will sack Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
“I think these players care. I want to make that point; there were times a few years ago where I left Old Trafford thinking: ‘Are these players really with us?’ But with these players, I don’t think it’s a lack of effort or willingness or want. I think those players want to do well, and want to be at Manchester United, every single one of them. But they look like they are suffering badly at this moment in time.
“I think the club will put Saturday down to Pep Guardiola, Manchester City, and believe that this could happen to any team in any season.
“They’ve got Watford away, Villarreal away and then Chelsea away. That’s a horrid, horrid week. This is not going to get any easier in the short term.
“The social media noise is different to the noise in the stadium. They were shouting against Nuno in the Spurs stadium last week; that won’t happen here with Ole at Old Trafford. We didn’t hear that with Jose, with Van Gaal, with Moyes, or even with Ron Atkinson 35 years ago. The fans here don’t do that, they are respectful of the situation, but this is a train off the track at the moment.
“Last season, people said second in the league is progression, it’s now not progression. That has to change very quickly. Against big teams, they look desperately short, and they shouldn’t. That’s where the manager comes under enormous pressure, and questions are asked, and on social media the pressure will be hot, but the contingent on social media are very different to the fans in the stadium itself.
“The contingent on social media don’t have the sympathy, the empathy, the compassion that the fans in the stadium have. But the fans walked out towards the end of Saturday’s game, because they knew it wasn’t right.
“The club have not prepared for this, not prepared for a new manager, they didn’t expect it, they thought everything was sort of plain sailing along.
“They’ve planned around a structure of way of working in the last two or three years that they’re not going to veer away from, but in this moment in time they’re going to have to put their helmets on if they’re going to defend it.
“Because the reality of it is it’s nowhere near good enough and you can’t defend it. They’ve only played a couple decent sides in Tottenham, Liverpool and City. They should have already had plenty of points in the bank to deal with that. It’s unacceptable with this squad.”
Man Utd’s next six fixtures
November 20: Watford (A)
November 23: Villarreal (A) – Champions League
November 28: Chelsea (A)
December 2: Arsenal (H)
December 5: Crystal Palace (H)
December 8: Young Boys (H) – Champions League
Neville described the Manchester City defeat as demoralising, and said United’s neighbours were toying with them in the second half.
“At the end of the game there was a consensus as to where Man City are and where Man Utd are, and it’s not where anyone expected Man Utd to be at the start of this season.
“They came second last year, third the year before. This was the year, especially adding Raphael Varane and Jadon Sancho, where Man Utd were going to get closer.
“It’s difficult to summarise the game other than to say that against Liverpool it was smash, bang, wallop. But this was like a general anesthetic – City put United to sleep. For the last half an hour, City toyed with United and made them look really ordinary. It was demoralising.
“I’m a Man Utd fan, and you marvel at the exceptional quality and discipline of City. The discipline of Phil Foden and Gabriel Jesus to stay in their position; there’s a method to it which is clinical and ruthless. That was a brutal second half, even though they didn’t score.
“That was like 12 rounds of real pain, like when Tyson Fury says he wants the other boxer to feel the pain for 12 rounds of three minutes, not to knock them out but to toy with them. That’s how it felt. It’s a brilliant team, and it’s a sobering day for United.
“We saw what this City time were like at Anfield, and at Stamford Bridge. They’re not going to come here to Old Trafford and panic, especially on a big pitch that’s like a carpet. They’re going to come here and rub their stomachs, imagining what they’re about to eat, it’s delicious!
“City did what they do, and United had no answers for it, and those lack of answers are the most disturbing thing. What City delivered is what we expected.
“It was demoralising to the point that it gives you a headache watching it. You can lose football matches, but I always feel Manchester United have to lose football matches in a certain way. They’ve lost against Liverpool and City in poor ways. They’ve not left a glove on City. On Saturday, it felt like Manchester United just got into their shape and that was enough.”
Neville still believes the club won’t act by sacking Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, and said new Spurs manager Antonio Conte was never an option, but admits the fans will be confused as to where the club are going.
“The club aren’t going to do anything here. Getting Antonio Conte was never, ever going to happen. The hierarchy were never going to appoint him, as great a manager as he is.
“The plan all season has been to stick with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer until the end of the season, and that’s where I’m at, even after Saturday.
“But it’s tough going. Being that far behind the top with 11 games gone, that can’t happen. He’s progressed from sixth to third to second, and should have won the Europa League final against Villarreal. I hark back to that because when you lose finals, it has a real impact on players.
“If you win it, the medal around your neck, you get used to winning. Going out of the Carabao Cup to West Ham – it’s a big problem. That can’t happen, it’s a trophy you can win. The league has almost gone, the Champions League is a long shot because of the quality of teams. The FA Cup and Carabao Cup cannot be dismissed, and going out to West Ham was a really bad situation for the club to be in.
“I think the fans left this stadium on Saturday tired and drained from what they’ve seen. Thinking: ‘Where are we on our journey as a club?'”
Fans reacted as Jesse Lingard’s brother rips into Roy Keane and Gary Neville for ‘double standards’…
@JoshW_G2: Hes spot on
@amir_nazir1: Spitting fax to be fair
@anas_488: Legend
@TihadRed: Lool this club is falling apart mad!
@AbuleleNx: This man speaks facts
@ChrixSaviour: Bang on as well.
@wilkushintweets: I didn’t know lingard had a brother but I like him already lol.
@OleOutNow3: Ole needs to leave now on his own if he loves man utd
@josefran_2108: So Many languages in the World, and he decided to speak the truth
@jlingzbase: Speaking nothing but facts
@Chrisbaybe: The hypocrisy of our #MUFC legends.
— Ole The 🤡 Out (@TRYANG06) November 6, 2021
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