What is clear is that Erik Ten Hag could not learn from his mistakes last season where the coach had difficulty implementing suitable players to be included in their starting 11, the management has spent a lot of money to recruit the players the coach wanted but the coach could not utilize them well so Manchester United's performance is not much different from last season
He has freedom to change or not change but if he does not change and improve the team performances, something will change and does not depend on him. Decision from the club's boss must change and Ten Hag will lose his job there. Because belief and patience has limits that won't last forever and Ten Hag has limited time for showing his ability in Manchester United.
Fans expect Manchester United to fire Ten Hag and hire a new manager, but it seems like Ten Hag gets along well with management because they don't seem to worry about the team's current situation and continue to believe Ten Hag will succeed. Their Premier League performance has dropped since Ten Hags took over as manager, the only competitions in which they have performed well are the FA Cup and the Carabao Cup.
Manchester United actually hired and fired many coaches after era of Sir. Alex Ferguson and they don't want to do the same with Ten Hag but it seems they believe in a wrong coach who fails to bring the club to success. If they had gave such belief and support financially like this to Jose Mourinho, they would have gotten better results and the club position in Premier League and Europe would have been improved a lot.