ETH can't ignore his dossier of disasters after Man Utd's humiliation at Palace

As Manchester United headed down the tunnel at Selhurst Park, humbled and humiliated, the home fans were waiting for them. ‘You’re f****** s***’ they sang as the United players disappeared from view one by one. Visible among the hate mob, one young girl held up a placard requesting a shirt.

That’s United. Still a big draw wherever they go and, yes it’s hard to argue right now, also rather s***.

And that’s what makes nights like these so uncomfortable. A great club and a proud name being ground into the dirt by a team like Crystal Palace, who played superbly but are well ensconced in the bottom half of the Premier League.

‘The players had a lot of fun playing football,’ said their manager Oliver Glasner, rubbing salt into the wounds.

Palace became the latest opponent to pepper United with shots this season and hit the target a few times. Like a heavyweight champion who can no longer defend himself, stumbling around the ring, trying to regain scrambled senses, they cut a sorry sight these days.

Once great players like Casemiro and Christian Eriksen being run ragged by younger, fitter men. They should be the first out of the door this summer and hold it open for some of their teammates who, frankly, aren’t fit to wear the shirt.

Then there are players like Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho, youngsters who represent the future of this club but are being damaged playing in a sub-standard team. They look around for leadership and find none.

Not one single player came out of a 4-0 hammering, United’s biggest defeat of the season, with a shred of credit. They let down their club and they let down their manager, not to mention the thousands of United fans who stayed until the end to somehow applaud the team for their efforts.

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