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Manchester United's current squad has been slammed by ex-Crystal Palace boss Ian Holloway, who labelled the team as 'wrong'uns'.
The Red Devils were made to work hard for their victory against League Two outfit Newport as they booked their place in the FA Cup fifth round.
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Erik ten Hag started a near full strength line-up against the Welsh side but were given a fright as they blew a 2-0 lead before going on to win the tie 4-2.
Failing to impress has been a recurring theme this season, with the club eighth in the Premier League and already out of Europe altogether.
And Holloway believes their inconsistencies are down to recruiting the players who lack the right attitude to play for United.
Speaking on the Final Word, the former Blackpool, Crystal Palace and QPR manager insisted Sir Alex Ferguson wouldn't have stood for the current players' behaviour.
He said: "They might have some skill, but there's not the will. What I can't stand about them is there's no encouragement of each other.
"The most derogatory thing you can do is shrug your shoulders and lift your arms in the air.
"You're more or less telling the crowd, 'What's the matter with you?,' when you don't get what you want.
"And for me, Man United were driven by a man who was obsessed with, 'the club's bigger than you'. What Sir Alex thinks about these people now I really don't know.
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"They've got the wrong set of characters, someone has got to look at who is signing all these players, because they are not wearing that shirt with the pride that they should.
"It's a little bit of a mess at the minute, yes they did win today, but over-celebrating for goals against Newport, wow, what was that?"
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He continued: "It's an attitude problem, and Man United have never had that, when did Sir Alex ever sign a bad attitude player? A player with the wrong attitude?
"And if he didn't like their attitude, he would get rid of them. At the minute, the whole dressing room is full of them.
"I just don't understand what is going on, the recruitment...
"These are long-term problems, Sir Alex wanted David Moyes to take over [in 2013], and in my honest opinion he wasn't given long enough.
"He hardly ever signs a bad character player and he deals with them and he makes them a better person.
"The thing is, you've gone bigger and bigger and now you have a whole array of wrong'uns.
"Bruno Fernandes out on that pitch, he should be leading Manchester United when it's not going well, but he doesn't."
