'Players do not have the right mentality to be a success'

The team at The Devils' Advocate believe Sunday's shootout win over Coventry City was indicative of the players and manager Erik Ten Hag's mentality after they let a 3-0 lead slip in the second half.

Presenter Gaz Drinkwater said: "Yesterday proved the players do not have the right mentality to be a success at Manchester United. They were arrogant and got to 3-0 at 60 minutes and thought this was easy. It is embarrassing. The mentality of those footballers, comes from the top, comes from the manager, the fact they gave up is because they thought it was done. Yesterday was a perfect example of what's wrong with Erik Ten Hag at Manchester United. He will do a lot with an intelligent footballing team but he has a team that does not have the correct mentality and needs it instilled in them and Ten Hag is not the man to instil it."

Joe McGrath added: "If I could see Manchester United were not going to hold up and Coventry were going to come back, I do wonder what the communication was like 70 mins onwards to players on the pitch from the coaches on the side. Was there any? I can say the players let the coaching staff down but I do tend to see it 50/50 with some responsibility going on Ten hag for the collapse. There was something we should have done beforehand and implemented that whenever we get a lead we protect it, but this just did not happen."

You can listen to Gaz and Joe on The Devils' Advocate podcast here