Speaking as a Manchester United fan, I never expected the team to get better this season because of the current squad, the management of United saw all the struggle in the team last season they still allowed some players that has little or nothing to offer for the club to remain in the club this shows that they are not ready for improvement.
Source: Ten Hag: “I’m not thinking about being sackedI can't believe that Man United's management continues to maintain Ten Hag as Man United's coach even though under Ten Hag's coaching, Man United's quality has not improved and can even be said to be the worst compared to previous coaches. I hope that in the middle of this season Man United's management will fire Ten Hag and recruit another good coach so that Man United can return to competing in the Champions League next season.
Either Ten Hag is very beautifully telling them fairy tales that everything is about to work out, or the management has lost its mind, because it can't be otherwise, I don't understand how they keep him in office for such a long time. Winning the FA cup is only a small part of what they could have achieved and it was probably premature to be proud of it. I don't even believe in sacking him anymore
When Erik Ten Hang has decided to be emphasizing on this very agreement he has with the management, he forgot that decision could be changed at any time. That same management who made the decisions to allow him remain no matter what results he get can change their mind and dismiss him. No matter the clause in his contract, Manchester United is big enough to pay anyone off. If he likes he shouldn't be concerned on how to make the team improve, he should be relaxed that he won't be sacked. Someone who is in the 12th position and not doing great should be targeting 15th position and when that happens, he knows what follows.
Manchester United management has actually spent some money this transfer window and made some additions to the squad, this should rather act as a booster and not otherwise to ETH