DON'T get me wrong, I am by no means a football expert.

In fact, my even claiming to know the basic details of the beautiful game would lead to guffaws of disbelief here at Bolton News Towers.

But, havIng watched the soap opera that has been Manchester United over recent weeks, one thing I do know is if the rest of the nation’s work places behaved as the players there, the whole country would grind to a halt almost instantly.

Fine, the form of the reigning league champions could not have been described as great this season, and some of that blame has to be placed at the door of David Moyes.

But reports that he'd "lost the dressing room" and that he was unliked by the players have really made my mind boggle.

Now, please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but from what is can gather this means they weren't playing very well because they didn't like their boss.

Frankly, this is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard.

Can you imagine doing a rubbish job at work just because you weren't best mates with your boss?

Or worse than that, doing a deliberately bad job because you wouldn't feel like you wanted to invite the gaffer to the pub on a Friday night?

I think the answer in whatever field you work in is — no.

The behaviour if some Premier League footballers has always baffled me.

Several of them — not all I would like to stress — seem to behave like spoilt children. Worse in some cases because at least you can tell toddlers off and they’ll do what their told. This is often not the case with footballers. Just look at former Man City player Tevez. He stropped off to sunny climes when he didn’t get what he wanted.

These are men who have have tonnes of money, live in luxury houses, holiday in some of the world's most beautiful and exotic locations and seem to work for about three hours a day.

And yet they still moan about how hard their lot is, or fail to stay fit, or get caught falling out of a club or with their pants down.

But what really angers me the most is when they fail to play to the best of their ability—- even when they are lucky enough to play for one of the world's biggest clubs (no matter what you think of Man Utd is can't be denied) — because they "don't like" the manager is beyond a joke.

Yes, Moyes has paid the price for not being up to the job but I can't help but think the players should also hold their hands up and admit what they did just wasn't good enough.

After all, they are supposed to be role models and what message does that send out?

I just hope whoever replaces Moyes makes sure those spoilt players stop behaving like four-year-olds — and simply do their job.

They really do need to get a grip — and grow up.