A mess on the pitch, anger in the stands and no real identity - Swansea City are in dire straitsSwansea have lost to United in the past, but it's doubtful they have been beaten with the kind of meek and mild surrender offered up by those in white as they were hereA few seasons back, Swansea City proudly boasted how they were not just another football club.
Not any more.
A mess on the pitch, anger and blame thrown anywhere it can off it, and no identity to fall back on now the going is tougher than ever before, for Swansea City read any number of clubs that have fallen and fallen hard.
No players to be proud of, little hope to cling to and no real sense of clue of how to get out of this without the sense of throwing money at the problem come January, it's amazing how things have changed.
When Manchester United have come to the Liberty and been sent back to Old Trafford with Red Devil tails between their legs, there was always the idea of the club doing it differently, overcoming the odds and over-spending to achieve their dreams.
What United found on this trip to South Wales was a club like so many others they have beaten in the past, just another opponent overcome as Paul Pogba and a Zlatan Ibrahimovic brace inside 45 minutes made it this the simplest of Special One victories.
Swansea have lost to United in the past, but it's doubtful they have been beaten with the kind of meek and mild surrender offered up by those in white as they were here.
And certainly not with the vitriol in the stands that vented frustration and audibly illustrated that this is a club divided. Dare you say it, there seemed to be some only too eager for this moment.
Frustrations from many at what they see as shareholders putting bucks before best interest spilled out – but its impact was to create an environment that you fear Swansea have any chance of emerging from with their Premier League status intact.
Not that players on the pitch deserved much else. In fact, it could be argued that it is they who have gotten off lightly in all this. Board members past, current owners and current manager have all faced their criticism for one reason or another, and yet there are players that have hidden away and not been pulled up for some of the pathetic nature of their performances.
Bradley claimed after this defeat – the eighth of the season and one that leaves them off the foot of the table by only goal difference – was less down to tactics and more to do with the commitment and quality in situations from those selected.
The former US boss may consider reassessing such thoughts about the set-up of his side when he reviews this 3-1 defeat caused mainly by a horrific first-half, but there was a point in his protestations. Any manner of tactics won't make up for players not showing the kind of fight and heart that Swansea so clearly and desperately need right now.
Players strolling, players arguing with others, players pointing fingers elsewhere – it seems the blame game is as much at play off the pitch as it is on it.
So much so, with everything that happened here – the infighting, the insipid display, the soft goals, the killer lack of confidence – it ticked every checkbox of what a relegation team looks like.
Bradley admitted anger with some of the play and players when he spoke after the game, but you wonder if such anger would have any effect. The notion of Swansea sides of the past that the nature of the club's fight against the world meant they would have to work harder seems to have fallen away in a mix of lack of fitness levels and lack of care.
If Bradley's move to a 4-4-2 to accommodate two strikers saw the side operate a low block to be difficult to play through, it didn't just fail because of the lack of width and forward movement it offered.
It failed because Swansea's players didn't make it difficult, red shirts offered space up to the halfway line and then still allowed to breeze when they got to the areas they were meant to be closed down.
It was Michael Carrick's dream scenario, the playmaker walking the show from the centre of midfield. Possession and passing, once so natural for Swansea, looked like the hardest thing in the world to get right.
Granted, it took a brilliant hit from Pogba after 15 minutes (even if the initial clearing header and his lack of marker helped) to get the ball rolling for Mourinho's men, and Swansea looked beaten there and then.
A simple ball, powderpuff midfield cover and a poor attempt at a save saw Ibrahimovic make it two six minutes later. By the time the fans began to chant about greed and wanting their club back, Ibrahimovic had made a mockery of Swansea being tough to break down and sealed the game. It was sadly notable that only Leon Britton ran to get the ball back as if there was still something to play for.
Bradley did at least make attempts to try and force that at the break, Modou Barrow and Jefferson Montero offering width, pace and a bit of belief, though the hosts couldn't add to Mike van der Hoorn's set-piece header to try and whip up a late rally.
Swansea did play better, though United had hardly needed to offer much in way of resistance by that point. Even then, it was not in the cohesive way as you could see it as a step forward to post-international fixtures with Everton, Palace and Tottenham.