Jason Cundy, talkSPORT host, has hit out at Solskjaer, branding the team \u2018Bruno FC\u2019 and claiming they wouldn\u2019t be in the Premier League\u2019s top six without their talismanic midfielder.<\/p>\n
Ole\u2019s side produced another humdrum, lifeless display on Wednesday night as they eked out a 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace. The Reds have now gone three games totally goal-less with each of those games against Real Sociedad, Chelsea and Palace ending 0-0.<\/p>\n
Unsurprisingly, Fernandes, looking visibly jaded, failed to make any impact as United fought out another goalless stalemate.<\/p>\n
Man United fan and Sports Bar host Andy Goldstein ruefully admitted he \u2018had no defense\u2019 for their woeful display, as the Red Devils managed to land only one shot on target in the 90 minutes.<\/p>\n
Cundy however believes he knows exactly what the problem is \u2013 that United have become a one-man team.<\/p>\n
Barking at United fan Goldstein on Wednesday\u2019s Sports Bar,\u00a0Cundy said: \u201cYou are Bruno FC!<\/p>\n
\u201cWithout Bruno, you wouldn\u2019t be in the top six. No Bruno, no party, and tonight shows it.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are SO RELIANT on Bruno and when he plays badly the whole team does. Did Bruno play well tonight? No, so Man United didn\u2019t play well.<\/p>\n
\u201cLook at the stats \u2013 when Bruno doesn\u2019t score, when Bruno doesn\u2019t assist, Man United are bang average!<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone else has got to put a shift in. You look at Bruno\u2019s body language\u2026 they are so over reliant on him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Talk has been ongoing about Fernandes\u2019 recent slump in performances, and it\u2019s seen as no coincidence that this has coincided with United\u2019s sudden dry spell.<\/p>\n
The Portuguese midfield dynamo has chalked up an incredible record of 22 goals and 13 assists in 40 appearances this season, but many pundits have noticed his poor body language in recent performances, claiming he is becoming increasingly frustrated with his teammates.<\/p>\n
Cundy is also equally emphatic that Solskjaer is yet another of the club\u2019s big problems sticking out like a sore thumb, and insisted United need to replace their former striker-turned-manager with a top-flight coach to have any hope of catching rivals Manchester City and Liverpool.<\/p>\n
And he insists they should do it as soon as this summer, with RB Leipzig\u2019s Julian Nagelsmann an ideal replacement<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a lack of urgency and intensity at Man United,\u201d added Cundy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were poor all over the pitch. Defensively they kept a clean sheet and [Dean] Henderson pulled off a good save. But there was no tempo, and that continued for 90 minutes.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the manager\u2019s job at half-time, and this is where they seriously earn their money, to change the course of the game. You can have a bad 45 minutes, but let\u2019s not have another one\u2026 but they didn\u2019t improve.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re Man United! I don\u2019t think you should be waiting for someone else to appear.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s say Nagelsmann, go and get him! If that\u2019s what it takes and Man United are going to be one of the biggest clubs in this country and going to get above City and Liverpool and want to get back to challenging in the Champions League \u2013 just go and get him!<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t bother me one way or the other, but if I was a Man United fan right now, the end of the season is coming and you\u2019re thinking, \u2018do we give Ole another three years or do we go and get Nagelsmann?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cFor me, you shouldn\u2019t need even three seconds to think about that.\u201d<\/p>\n
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