We saw the worst of Manchester United before, during and after Bournemouth debacle

Rubbish was floating around the Old Trafford pitch amid Baltic winds on Sunday and more rubbish was served up by the Manchester United players.

For the second season running, Bournemouth left the stadium with three points after a 3-0 win. Since the start of last season, United have been battered 3-0 at home on six occasions.

Such events, previously an aberration, are now frequent. Newcastle, responsible for one of the 0-3 reverses last season, are the next team to enter the visitors' dressing room at Old Trafford.

The eight-day gap between home matches gives time for United to attend to some stadium maintenance. The ceiling started leaking midway through Ruben Amorim's press conference, an open-goal of a metaphor.

The redundancy bloodbath has harmed United's already unflattering image. The usual accreditation officer at the media desk was off for the Bournemouth match, so the affable security attendant on the door was tasked with sifting through lanyards.

In the press room, teamsheets were distributed by the kindly Mancunian who runs the room, ensuring that cutlery is available, food is replenished and the coffee machines are working. That has never been his responsibility.

All of a sudden, hospitality guests from one of the adjacent suites have started to be chaperoned into the press lounge to use the toilet facilities. United once complained about "unsavoury leaks" and there are a few in the Sir Bobby Charlton Stand.

These are the consequences of the callous cuts by Ineos. Departments are down to the bare bones and good, time-served employees are being run off their feet.

All the while, a junior employee whose father is the chief executive of one of Ineos's sister companies swans around Carrington, purportedly as Sir