Jose Mourinho's "tough love" approach is probably becoming a difficult sell to Luke Shaw right now.
There has been plenty of "tough" for the Manchester United left-back but precious little "love" since Mourinho took charge at Old Trafford last summer.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan has endured the same treatment from Mourinho this season and come through the other side, while Anthony Martial is also beginning to show signs of making the same positive transition as the Armenia midfielder.
But Shaw seems to be stuck on some kind of misery carousel at United, unable to jump off and take the same strides towards redemption that have seen Mkhitaryan and Martial emerge as key figures in Mourinho's team.