– It is absolute chaos – VG

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– It is absolute chaos after several years of poor recruitment and a lack of leadership. It will take a long time and crazy sums of money to get it right, both in terms of transfers and internally at the club. The fans have to be patient, because they are miles away, says Alan Shearer, England’s all-time goalscorer, about United on the BBC.

Also Jamie Redknapp, former Liverpool player and expert on Sky Sports, resorts to the word «chaos».

– They show no character, which is what you want to see, especially when you play for such a big club. It’s chaos, says Redknapp.

Manchester United lost 0-4 away to Brentford on Saturday, while the series opener ended with a 1-2 loss at home to Brighton.

– It was pathetic, and it was the simple things it was about, says Micah Richards, former City player, on the BBC about Saturday’s blunder. He pointed out the passing game and effort.

Erik ten Hag says at the press conference after the match that Manchester United were naive in the way they tried to play from behind, according to the local newspaper Manchester Evening News.

– I don’t want to play from the back when it’s not possible. It was naive how we played today. You have to play more directly, he says, and continues:

– You can have a good plan, but we had to throw it straight in the bin, says Ten Hag.

During the break, he made moves and changed three players, but Ten Hag admits that there could have been more.

– I changed three. But I could have changed them all, he says.

Shearer believes that it looks like the United players lack hunger.

– Is the really the best they can perform, both this weekend and last, Shearer asks in astonishment.

Erik ten Hag is the first United manager to lose his first two games since John Chapman in November 1921.

Since legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013 after a string of major trophies, the era of David Moyes, Louis van Gaal, José Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjær and Ralf Rangnick has produced an FA Cup title (2016) and a Europa League title (2017).

Former club captain Gary Neville, an expert on Sky Sports, is fed up with the management of the owners of Manchester United, the Glazer family. The fans have protested against the owners for a number of years.

– I can’t believe it’s been eight or nine months since Ralf Rangnick came into the club and said they needed open heart surgery, says Neville and calls for money to be spent on good transfers.

Expert colleague Jamie Redknapp believes it is too easy to point at Glazer.

– You can’t blame the owners when the players play like this, he says.

– Today was a new low point. And it looks like Manchester United can always pass the previous bottom. When will the next bottom come, Neville asks about the club, which at the time of writing is also last in the Premier League table.

United finished sixth in the Premier League last season. The last seven away games in the league have all ended in defeat.

Robbie Savage, who was at United as a youngster, also questions what the club is doing in the transfer market.

– Recruitment has not been good enough over the past ten years. Look at the strikers they have signed. Cavani, Ibrahimovic, Falcao and Igahlo. Now they are linked to Arnautovic. Where is the recruitment process, asks Savage – without mentioning the purchase of Romelu Lukaku (now on loan at Inter from Chelsea).

The transfer window is open until 1 September. Ten Hag said on Saturday that he hoped to get more players in, especially offensively.

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