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Murphy criticises Amorim's constant 'negativity' published at 11:34 12 May
11:34 12 May
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Murphy criticises Amorim 'negativity'
Former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy was critical of Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim's comments after the loss to West Ham on Sunday.
Murphy stated that players would be helped if the manager displayed a positive front rather than being negative.
"I am not a big fan of a manager continuously and consistently talking negatively about how bad things are," Murphy said on Match of the Day 2. "I'd like to hear a bit more solution-based answers, a bit more positivity, and thinking forward.
"I am not talking unrealistically, but they've got a final to look forward to and they've potentially got a place in next season's Champions League. He's hopefully got a summer of a lot of activity in the window to bring in some of his own players and start moulding his own team.
"I always felt that if the leader of a club is putting on a nice positive front and trying to be forthright and look forward, then it helped the players, rather than constant negativity."
'Worst Man Utd side that I can remember' - Edwardspublished at 10:51 12 May
10:51 12 May
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You would not be blamed for double-checking the league table when learning Manchester United are fifth bottom of the Premier League.
But it is the reality.
Sunday's defeat by West Ham was perhaps not a huge surprise given United will have one eye on the Europa League final.
However, Ruben Amorim's side have been historically bad in the league this season, a fact that has not got unnoticed by the Telegraph's Luke Edwards.
"This is probably the worst Manchester United side that I can remember," he told BBC Radio 5 Live Football Daily podcast. "Yet they still have the chance of winning a major trophy.
"That would then be three trophies in three years, so even when they are rubbish they still have an uncanny knack of being able to win silverware.
"The Europa League final is absolutely fascinating because it will rescue one club and it buries the loser."
Monday's papers focus on Amorim's threat to walk awaypublished at 07:41 12 May
07:41 12 May
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The league table does not lie and with just two Premier League games left to play this season, Manchester United are 16th, having endured a record-breaking season for all the wrong reasons.
Enduring their joint-most home losses in a single league campaign for more than 60 years, 17 league defeats - their most in since 1973-74 - and winless in seven matches are just a few recent examples that sum up this campaign.
But would winning the Europa League be enough to keep Ruben Amorim as manager?
He has conceded he should step aside if they take their poor league form from the end of this season into the next campaign, but what do you want?
Would a trophy make up for this dismal league campaign?
Man Utd 0-2 West Ham - the fans' verdictpublished at 07:30 12 May
07:30 12 May
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We asked for your thoughts after Sunday's Premier League game between Man Utd and West Ham.
Here are some of your comments:
Man Utd fans
Danyal: I completely understand that we won two European games with an aggregate score of six plus, and beat teams with aggression. But seriously, how can these players have such a drop from the Europa League? Regardless of being in the Europa League final, to play like that in the league is embarrassing - especially at home. If we win the Europa League, I could forget some part of the season we have had in the league. But for a club of United's stature, it is very poor. However, Ruben Amorim knows this and in his post-match interview he was clear. So there's still good signs!
Debbie: I would rather be 16th in the league and be in a final of a major competition than just fighting for pointless points in the league. We have nothing to play for and they were all worried about getting injured today. Roll on the end of the Premier League and let's win the Europa League!
Keith: This Manchester United side is so poor, but why do they seem to lack the intensity in Premier League games. They get out-fought and out-run. Pass completion is abysmal, as is their decision-making. Forgetting the obvious lack of quality in the squad, they are so weak mentally. How can you not get gee yourself up for a home game? I cannot wait for this season to be over, so the clear-out and rebuild can start properly.
West Ham fans
Tom: A good performance and hopefully will mean we can end this season on a bit of a high. Aaron Wan-Bissaka has been the signing of the season in my eyes, another emphatic performance today - definitely my Hammer of the Year!
Richard: Excellent game of football, both teams playing some good stuff but West Ham were superior in both attack and defence. It was the best game West Ham have played this season!
William: A better performance, although, not much opposition. A bit late in the season, but it was nice to see some fight within the team. Time will tell if Graham Potter is right for the club.
Saad: With our best players available, we beat the second XI of a team that absent-mindedly interrupted its focused preparations for a European final to have a bit of a light warm-up kickabout with us in a meaningless fixture. How does this mean we have turned a corner? I mean, well done lads and it is better than losing from two-nil up in the final 60 seconds of a match. But breaking out the champagne?
'We are not scared of losing a game as Manchester United'published at 17:19 11 May
17:19 11 May
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Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim to BBC Match of the Day after the 2-0 defeat against West Ham: "I think it's quite similar to some games that we've had, especially at the end of this season. We have more chances than the opponent and then we suffer two goals that we can avoid. There's a lack of urgency when we're defending our box. There's a lack of urgency when we are near the box.
"We need to be more aggressive and we need to feel that it is the end of the world when we are not winning a game. Especially when we are not winning.
"So it's a big problem that we have here at the club. It's a decisive moment in the history of the club. We need to address that.
"It's a big problem because it's mentally. We are not scared of losing a game as Manchester United. We don't have that fear anymore and that is the most dangerous thing that a big club can have.
"I think it's a concern. It's not the players fault. It's my fault, I'm responsible. If we cannot change that really fast we should give our place to different people.
"We need to perform in a better way. Of course it's not the best thing we are changing all the time. A lot of players are tired, we have to manage that. That is also a concern. We should be prepared to play in the middle of the week.
"We need to change things. Only we can change things. We are missing that feeling of urgency and it's something which is hard to explain.
"Everybody is focused on the final. The final is not the biggest thing in our football club. We need to change a lot of things. If we don't change the way we play and perform and feel this urgency of winning every game, we should not play in the Champions League. We should just stay in the Premier League and learn how to be competitive one week at a time.
"The biggest focus on our football club is to change a lot of things. It's not just the final."
On Leny Yoro's injury: "We hope it's nothing serious. We will assess the player but I think it is a small thing.
Manchester United are winless in seven Premier League games (D2 L5), their joint-longest ever run in the competition, also going seven without victory from September to November 1992.
Sutton's predictions: Man Utd v West Hampublished at 10:40 11 May
10:40 11 May
I am not sure who would want to watch this game? Manchester United's second string versus such a poor West Ham side with nothing to play for is not exactly essential viewing, is it?
The Europa League final is going to be Ruben Amorim's focus for the rest of the season and Brentford made the most of that when they beat a weakened United team last weekend.
I am not sure the Hammers are as dynamic as Brentford in attack, however, so they may not be capable of doing the same thing.
A lot depends on the United team selection, though. It is hard enough making predictions anyway, but its even harder when there could be mass changes, and you don't know whether it is the United first team who are going to play, or be more like the youth team.
That makes this more of a guess, when I am used to applying science to my predictions, but I wish I had gone for West Ham to draw with Tottenham last week, and I am not going to make the same mistake this time.
Should Hojlund start in final?published at 18:10 9 May
18:10 9 May
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Speaking on The Football News Show, former Premier League midfielder Michael Brown says he would not start Manchester United striker Rasmus Hojlund in the Europa League final.
Amorim on protecting players for final and Keane's commentspublished at 13:35 9 May
13:35 9 May
Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim has been speaking to the media before Sunday's Premier League game against West Ham (kick-off 14:15 BST).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
He said his key players "will play" between now and the Europa League final but will "protect the players that can get an injury" by rotating his squad.
He added: "It's better to play than to stay out."
On being more careful in training to prevent injuries: "I don't have that in me. I will always push forward, but of course I will try to manage everything. They don't need a lot of load now, so the training [sessions] are going to be soft in that department. They will push each other."
In response to the criticism of his approach in Premier League matches: "We are trying to do our best but I agree we can do better. I don't have anything to say about the criticism, because we deserve it. If we cannot accept everything in this kind of season, I think we are in the wrong business. I fully acknowledge that and I agree with all the critics."
More on comments by former United captain Roy Keane on his side's record: "We have to take the risk to get a lot of criticism from everybody, because the standards of Roy Keane and all these guys are really high. But I have to make a choice. What is best for the club, not what is best for me. I make a choice. In this moment I'm going to save and try to save all the players, because it's really important for us to win the final."
Going into Sunday's game he said they "have to use every game to improve and prepare for the final, but especially to prepare for the future" as "we cannot save nothing from the Premier League".
The senior players will be on the post-season tour to Malaysia and Hong Kong, with Amorim adding it "is a good thing" for the club as they "are trying to build something as a family" and the more time they get together the better.
Europa League final win a 'get out of jail free' cardpublished at 12:45 9 May
12:45 9 May
Simon Stone Chief football news reporter
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Manchester United do perform better in Europe.
In the Premier League, both United and Tottenham have massively lacked consistency but have been able to do it in Europe. If you look at the tournament, United knocked out two Spanish sides and one French side.
It is a 'get out of jail free' card for both teams. It allows whoever wins the Europa League to say "it was a terrible season but we escaped, we have a place in the Champions League and it gives us some money".
I think the trophy is big for Ruben Amorim because it will offer a little bit of belief in his methods. The financial side of being in the Champions League would also open doors for Manchester United.
How are Man Utd fans getting to Bilbao?published at 12:05 9 May
12:05 9 May
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We asked you to tell us how you are getting to Bilbao for Manchester United's Europa League final against Tottenham.
Here are some of your comments:
Daniel: We're driving! Manchester - Lincoln - Dover - Calais- La Rochelle - Mundaka - Bilbao. We have hotels booked but taking a tent in the back of the car just in case.
Andrew: Man Utd fan living near Blackpool. Flying to Malaga, nine-hour train up to Bilbao on Tuesday 20th, reverse journey early Thursday am, home late Thursday 22nd.
Allan: My sons booked flights and accommodation before we played Bilbao and they are taking their 76-year-old dad with them. We have a stopover in Milan for two hours on the flight there.
Bryan: Bilbao was amazing for the semi with the Athletic fans - one of the most passionate and friendly we've met on our Euro away travels. Will be hard to replicate that atmosphere for the final but we'll try. I've booked up a trip for 25 of us to Bordeaux that'll be our base and we'll be heading in by road from there!
Rick: If I did get a ticket for the Europa League final, I wouldn't go because of the rip-off prices on all the options. A day trip by plane £800 from Manchester, if you wanted to stay a night, hotels are charging over £2,000. If you went by ferry from Plymouth, that's nearly £800 plus a hotel for a couple of nights. I will stay at home and watch the game on TV, with a bottle of wine, way cheaper....
Returning faces bring 'confidence' for finalpublished at 11:38 9 May
11:38 9 May
Speaking to The Football News Show, Stretford Paddock's Jay Motty says the returns of Amad Diallo and Mason Mount from injury will build Manchester United's confidence for the Europa League final against Tottenham Hotspur later this month.
