Man Utd have endured a difficult start to the season and need to quickly start picking up results.
Anyone can have a bad start, it's all about how you recover from early adversity that makes the difference.
Ten Hag would have had his eyes set on a genuine Premier League title challenge before the campaign began and with good reason given the progress he made last season and the new recruits he got in the summer. But those hopes are all but completely extinguished. While not much can be done about the injury plague that has decimated the United defence, the players who remain fit and available can take control. Rasmus Hojlund and Bruno Fernandes aside, not one of United's star players have come out of the first section of the season with credit in the bank.
Ten Hag wanted Onana to help bring the side closer to his ideal style of play but it isn't yet working. If he doesn't begin stepping up his game then United will continue to concede preventable goals and they will not function properly as a team. Finally, the player who has dropped off the most this year from last has to be Casemiro. The Brazilian was the catalyst for United's improvement last season when his introduction helped drive the team to a string of good results but he seems to have lost a yard of pace.
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