Add Amad and sign a striker - how Manchester United can improve their goalscoring under Erik ten Hag

There is an unwanted parallel with Manchester United's last Dutch manager: the current United has scored as many Premier League goals as the pitiful 49 they scraped in Louis van Gaal's second season.

It is easy to forget when researching United's impotence this term how soporific the 2015-16 season was for the Old Trafford denizens. Between Juan Mata's penalty against Wolfsburg on September 30 and Jesse Lingard's header against Stoke on February 2, the Scoreboard End - the goal United traditionally attack in the first half - did not witness a single goal.

In 11 successive home matches, the interval scoreline read: 0-0, 0-0, 0-0, 0-0, 0-0, 0-0, 0-1, 0-0, 0-0, 0-0, 0-0.

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Supporters voted with their feet to oppose Van Gaal's stultifying style. There were swathes of empty seats for the midweek visit of Crystal Palace in April and thousands of season-ticket holders informed the club they would not renew if Van Gaal stayed on. He was officially sacked two days after the FA Cup final that United won.

Time is a great healer and some United fans speak wistfully about Van Gaal now. So do some players. Wayne Rooney's revisionism in a foreword to Van Gaal's book and his appearance in the enlightening documentary about the Dutchman jars. Few United players were more (privately) scathing about Van Gaal than Rooney.

The incumbent Dutchman in charge of United has more favourable approval ratings among supporters. Yet, like with Van Gaal, the Erik ten Hag brochure is not what was promised. United have tallied a dismal 10 goals in their 11 games since the March internationals.

Ten Hag's choice of Wout Weghorst as a mid-season addition is cause alone for the football