Rushford, Lingard, McTominay, Wan Bissaka and to an extent Smalling and Jones. Players that aren't good enough but we hung on to for far too long for many factors other than the most important one; actual footballing ability.
The idea of 'the United Way' or boys that knew the club through and through. All that fugazi, fairy dust nonsense has been a large part of our current plight.
Rushford burst on the scene as an exciting talent but his hot and cold form was put down to youth. It was all right though he was a United Lad through and through, he'll come good, be patient it's the United Way. Same with Lingard, the odd purple patch here and there and we're to ignore the fact for the vast majority of time he's below average at best. He'll come good though. United way.
Many others like it where wishy washy, airy fairy, pie in the sky nonsense was believed over what was actually happening on the pitch. Ralf or someone of his ilk is exactly what we need to be ruthless and cut that out, base the team on what they give on the pitch, not what imagined and self created criteria that's been parrroted for far too long.