LVG's United could learn a thing or two from the Passion of Patrice!

Yesterday (10th January) marked the 10 year anniversary of the signing of Patrice Evra, one of Ferguson's, if not United's, greatest ever foreign imports. The club's social media team decided to commemorate the former United man (and eternal United fan) with a blog post highlighting his top 10 quotes, including this one:

A decade after he signed for #mufc, read Patrice Evra's top 10 quotes: https://t.co/p11dmZNNDB pic.twitter.com/QXzIkiF8GB

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) January 10, 2016

As much as this was simply a nice quote that best summarised the individual's passion and love for his former club, I couldn't help thinking it something more - a timely message to the current manager and players clearly struggling to understand the "weight of United's history" by continually playing a dull brand of negative football! The fact this image was posted just over 24 hours after the end our embarrassing display against League One's Sheffield United in the FA Cup - a lacklustre 1-0 win in a line of poor performances that relied on a 90th minute Wayne Rooney penalty - was incredible poignant, as though @ManUtd was being managed by Patrice himself as a not-so-subtle reminder to the club's current representatives of their duty.

As well as being a highly skilled full-back who won it all in his eight year's at United, Evra was a passionate red, brought in by the great Sir Alex, who knew what it meant to were the shirt with pride and the importance of representing a club of such magnitude at the Theatre of Dreams. Something that can't be said for our latest crop, who are seemingly sleep-walking through every game without a modicum of passion. Paul Scholes, another United legend and former teammate of Evra, actually spoke out after the game, noticing how "bored" the players looked on Saturday. Would a team full of passionate United player's, playing under a manager who was equally proud to be leading Manchester United, ever be accused of such a thing, as well as playing "negative football" with an "acceptance" of simply  getting through games unscathed rather than playing with honour and dignity? Never.

It's currently a very sad state of affairs at United - one that calls for a proper red like Patrice Evra to slap some sense into our over-paid 'stars' and remind them what it means to be a "red devil".