Manchester United are as spineless now as they were three years ago

Progress? What progress?

Visiting Goodison Park around Easter is enough to bring the Manchester United away dayers out in cold sweats after what happened on Easter Sunday three years ago.

It's coming up the anniversary of that 4-0 defeat, one of the low points of United's recent history given the pathetic surrender from those players on the pitch that day.

It was in the bowels of this historic old stadium that day that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer promised he'd be successful at United and "some players won't be part of that success."

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Three years on have United made any progress? They've got better players but as a team they're just as spineless. Five of the starters that grim day were back this weekend, Diogo Dalot and Paul Pogba were on the bench and Anthony Martial is only away on loan. It's hardly been the cull that supporters were promised.

United were sixth that day in 2019, approaching the end of another dreadful season when Manchester City and Liverpool had all the fun at the top of the Premier League. The three years since have clearly not been put to good use.

Rashford and Sancho

United's £73million splurge on Jadon Sancho was supposed to solve their long-standing right-wing issues but here we are in April and there's nobody who fancies running that graveyard slot in the front three.

Sancho has looked far happier playing from the left under Ralf Rangnick and his best form has come in that position, so it was a surprise to see Marcus Rashford beginning from that flank against Everton.

Rashford has looked lost in the last couple of months but this was probably as bright as he has been. He twice tested Jordan Pickford in the early stages and for the hour he was on the pitch he