Video: “A massive positive”: Gary Neville gives shock verdict on Bournemouth bludgeoning

Former Manchester United player Gary Neville has hammered the current state of his old club and the players who represent it.

Speaking to Sky Sports after another horror show of a performance as they were dismantled 3-0 by AFC Bournemouth at Old Trafford for a second season in a row, he lambasted what had become of the club.

United will now spend Christmas in the bottom half of the Premier League for the first time ever.

Neville was bullish when asked about the game and surprisingly commented, “I think it’s a massive positive that Ruben Amorim is seeing what he’s got.”

“In the past, there have been times where you can be kidded into thinking you have got a better group of players, because of decent results and moving up the league. But they are a mile away in every single way.”

Neville then claimed that he believes that Amorim will have to make some tactical adjustments to his favoured 3-4-3 formation.

“He’s given everyone a try by rotating the team and I do not think there will be many he’s watched and thought, ‘yes, I want you on the bus’.”

“They are all very mediocre, and I don’t know how it’s happened – they are better than what they are showing, let’s be clear. But it’s a pattern.”

The former United man did praise the Cherries for their fantastic work but really focused on the fact that Amorim “can look at these players in the cold light of day.”

He spoke of the need for a “cultural overhaul” at the club and they are experiencing a really “torrid time”.

Neville laid into the current group of players claiming that there is not a great deal to like about how they perform or play the game.

“They are not good enough to play for Manchester United, because this club aims to be at the top. It’s quite clear.”

With things so clearly going wrong at the club, all eyes will be on what they try and do in the January window to salvage what they can of a horrendous season to date.

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