* Let's start with form. United have lost five of their opening 10 league matches this season - their worst start since 1986/87. One of the few understandable features about this United team is that they are currently devoid of confidence.
* There is no recognisable style of play when United attack or, before then, seek to build an attack.
* Even United's rollcall of league wins this season offer few comforts. Keep in mind that Forest were 2-0 up at Old Trafford and then lost with 10 players, that the victory over Wolves was dependent on a refereeing/VAR gaffe, that Sheffield United were only beaten by Diogo Dalot's late bolt from the blue and Brentford were ahead after 90 minutes, and you are left with a 1-0 win at Burnley as United's only claim for a convincing win this term.
* Marcus Rashford's form has nosedived. One goal in 13 club games this season tells its own sorry story.
* Keane's withering condemnation of Bruno Fernandes' captaincy credentials is not the first such put-down. But who else is there? Where are the leaders in the United squad?
* Removing Ten Hag would just be piling a crisis on top of a depression. But there is a difficult question beginning to be posed about the United boss: which players have actually improved during his tenure? He needs to find some positive answers, and quickly, to keep the critics at bay.
* As Gary Neville remarked in commentary during the derby defeat, the squad is misshapen. Take the centre of midfield: United's squad has three attacking central midfielders in Bruno Fernandes, Christian Eriksen and Mason Mount, all of whom want to play as a number 10, but very little in the way of defensive protection. What was the strategic thinking when United splashed £60m on Mount?
* Let's
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