I remember what Erik ten Hag said about Manchester United - he's still right and it needs sorting

Including the Community Shield, Manchester United are now eight games into the 2024/25 campaign.

Following Wednesday night's 1-1 draw with FC Twente in their Europa League opener at Old Trafford, they have now won three, drawn three and lost two. The Community Shield clash with Manchester City at Wembley last month counts as a draw, as IFAB state penalties are separate from a result after 90 minutes.

Despite a flurry of good performances against Southampton, Barnsley and Crystal Palace, recording two wins and collecting three clean sheets, United took a regressive step against Twente in their European opener.

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Their performance, in comparison to what they had produced at Palace four days earlier, was uninspiring and disjointed. They failed to assert themselves after getting their noses in front, only chucking everything at the Twente defence as time started to run out.

The theme with United, despite the season still being young, is once again feeling familiar, with Erik ten Hag's side taking one step forward and two steps back. Their inconsistency, both in terms of results and performances, is already a concern this term.

However, it is a problem Ten Hag has long since been aware of, raising concerns about inconsistency levels after being beaten 3-0 at home by Bournemouth last December, just three days after beating Chelsea 2-1.

Ten Hag, at the time, said: "As a squad we are not good enough to be consistent and we have to work as a squad to improve that. So we are really inconsistent. We have the abilities to do it every game and every third day.

"As a