If Manchester United players truly cared they’d use this damning fallout from Brighton loss as motivation – The Warm-Up

TUESDAY’S BIG STORIES What are Man Utd Ad The damning opinions on Manchester United’s season began moments after their opening-weekend defeat to Brighton on Sunday, and after occupying plenty of newspaper space and online articles on Monday, the debrief is sure to continue today as well – make no mistake of that. Transfers'Priceless for us' — Bologna say Man Utd target Arnautovic is not for sale12 HOURS AGO The takes have included, and this barely touches the surface: United have failed Erik ten Hag in terms of recruitment Ten Hag should walk away if United continue to fail on transfers United’s players are a world away from the Premier League’s best It’s the same old United so long as the Glazers are owners Protests and fighting in the stands show where the club are at Ed Woodward thought ‘being Man Utd’ was enough to preserve status There ain’t no defeat like a Manchester United defeat for the media, and while the points above are all pretty valid, you would imagine that the club’s players would/could/should use this as fuel for their season, as motivation to turn things around.

After just one game, the die has seemingly been cast, and already there is a sense that Ten Hag is doomed to fail at United. Except, that isn’t the case, because it can’t be the case.

It is just one game, no season is defined by the first 90 minutes, and so if this United side truly cared, then they would grasp this opportunity, fight to turn things around, and create an us-against-them mentality while they’re at it – that is, if there isn’t division in the camp, which it appears there may well be. But.