Man United were ‘absolutely useless’ against Brentford and fans have every right to question new signings

Manchester United may have salvaged a last-gasp win over Brentford, but talkSPORT’s finest are still not convinced.

Scott McTominay scored twice in four minutes at the end of the game to earn a 2-1 win to stop the Red Devils matching a 44-year-old record of losing three home league games in a row.

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Victory over the Bees has certainly eased the pressure on head coach Erik ten Hag who will be desperate to regroup going into the international break, but according to Gabby Agbonlahor, the result merely papers over the cracks of the real issues at play.

Speaking on talkSPORT, Agbonlahor said: “We were watching the game and we watched it with all of the staff in the talkSPORT studios and Manchester United looked absolutely useless.

“They were booed off at half time, Casemiro was dragged off for another poor performance, [Mason] Mount off at 62 minutes, [Marcus] Rashford off at 62 minutes, not good enough.

“[Bruno] Fernandes, Rashford, Mount, Casemiro, Amrabat and Onana all should have been walking off that pitch with their heads down in shame, not doing a lap of honour.

“They did a lap of honour like they’d won the Champions League at Old Trafford, a lap of honour!

“They should be apologising to the fans because the fans aren’t stupid.

“They know that the result is papering over the cracks because they were awful today and they got away with one thanks to horrendous goalkeeping.”

Mark Goldbridge was also critical, suggesting that Ten Hag’s summer signings are responsible for their recent poor performances.

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He told talkSPORT: “The players that Ten Hag’s brought in – Onana, he’s our goalkeeper and I hope he turns it around, but that’s a terrible mistake today if you’ve not seen it. David De Gea doesn’t make those mistakes.

“Mason Mount, he’s taken him off. Where does Mason Mount fit into the team if Bruno plays?

“There are question marks about his transfer spend at the moment.

“Hojlund looks good and the result today is fantastic but if you look at how they got the result, the players who got the result aren’t anywhere near the first team.”

He added: “I thought that Maguire and Evans did really well today and considering the lack of defensive options, it’s the story of the game.

“McTominay’s not had a look-in, Maguire’s only played 20 Premier League minutes, Jonny Evans had only played against Burnley, Garnacho has not had the starts that he should have had.

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“I was thinking, into stoppage time, if we lose it then he’s losing the players but he didn’t lose the players who stepped in and haven’t had any game time so it’ll be interesting to see what he does in his next starting line up because his signings aren’t delivering.”

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