Six Manchester United players should fear message from fans vs Brighton

A lengthy VAR check after Brighton's fourth goal against Manchester United at the Amex Stadium provided the perfect backdrop for the away end to send a message out loud and clear.

Some of those supporters had left when the third goal went in and when Leandro Trossard made it four the rest of the away support could hold it in no longer.

'You're not fit to wear the shirt' came raining down from the away end, which sees fans packed in right behind the goal at Brighton. United's bedraggled players will have heard the invective loud and clear.

On such a sorrowful day the message belonged to every one of those players. Nemanja Matic and Juan Mata are leaving anyway. Cristiano Ronaldo is pretty much untouchable and Raphael Varane needs a full pre-season, but the jury is out on the rest.

Of those that started David de Gea, Diogo Dalot, Victor Lindelof, Alex Telles and Scott McTominay are playing for their futures. Anthony Elanga is a rough diamond who has probably been promoted ahead of his time.

Erik ten Hag will have to make a judgement call on these players this summer and the next. Bruno Fernandes hasn't been mentioned and is clearly a talented player, but in attitude, he is a worse captain than Harry Maguire and has been poor since signing his new contract. His positional discipline can be ragged and he needs to tame that to fit into a Ten Hag team.

This is now United's worst league season defensively since 1978/79 and nobody would bet against it getting worse at Crystal Palace in two weeks' time.

United have shipped 56 goals in 37 games. They've conceded four or more six times in their last 30 league games and the system and personnel have contributed to what can only be termed a disaster in defence. Rangnick improved it