'The only question is' – Erik ten Hag sack verdict given after Manchester United FA Cup collapse

It is somewhat unusual that a Manchester United manager is under so much pressure after leading his team into the FA Cup final.

But such was the manner of United's win over Coventry – and it's a stretch to even call it a victory – that Erik ten Hag had to answer questions regarding his job, with speculation now rife that he could be replaced in the summer.

The Dutchman called such talk "crazy" but the reality is Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS are considering Ten Hag's position. United's performances this season have been underwhelming and often very chaotic, so what should Ratcliffe do regarding the manager's future?

Here, MEN Sport's United writers give their verdict on Ten Hag's future:

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Samuel Luckhurst

Ten Hag passed the point of no return to transform United into a credible force months ago and now he is too far gone. He does not sound or act like a United manager and hasn't for several months.

United's regression this season is so striking after a progressive first season under Ten Hag. But since the atrocious and abandoned reintegration of Mason Greenwood back into the squad in early August, United have lurched from one crisis to another and it has been an omnishambles.

Ten Hag has to take responsibility for Greenwood. He could have washed his hands of him. He was on shaky moral ground the moment it emerged he was keen to have Greenwood in the United squad. That call made the departures of Richard Arnold and John Murtough inevitable.

United have wasted hundreds of millions on Ten Hag's watch (Antony, Mason Mount, Sofyan Amrabat), the injury toll is partly a