There's nothing about mind game, rather than lazing around, why not go and see the actual video for yourself. I'm sure you'll not but you're quick to take post twisted and made up by these engagement, clicks and impression hungry sport journalist. I have just gone to see the video and all this came up when he was asked a question about team bonding.
Most of you also read to tackle, or complete your post, all he is saying is that, Manchester United are not preparing for another shambolic season but rather, the togetherness amongst them will help them thrive & fight for themselves when they also like other top sides at the top level suffer and go through a challenging phase during the season.
Personally I think many of the fans or rather haters, usually just don’t read more or simply just go with the news headline without actually getting to read the main article it self, and this is exactly what the media actually wants most especially the English media outlets to help push their agenda and with this Lazy fans not looking to read they have their way.
Seriously speaking I don’t see any wrong about what Ruben Amorim said about the club, Erik Ten Hag said same thing they criticized him and it came to past, before them both Ragnick had said the club might need an open heart surgery which is similar to what his successors say. So this isn’t about mind games or the manage evading or generating excuses but stating the reality. I could remember Enzo Maresca saying that this Chelsea team weren’t capable then of winning the league but will be actually fighting for the champions league spot. And it was the reality it is with some signings now that the club is looking to be a contender but many actually bashed him then without looking at the reality