The mess at Manchester United can be summed up by how the players reacted before Newcastle scored

One of Manchester United’s sponsors gave vinyl records to people who came to Old Trafford. The team still can’t break the mark.

boos during halftime. Boos all the time. The people in the away section yelled at Erik ten Hag for the second game in a row as United lost 3-0 at home.

After an hour, when Newcastle was ahead 3-0, a lot of United fans left the stadium. As the planes took off, the song “They’re here, they’re there, they’re everywhere, empty seats, empty seats” played in the background. The technical director, Darren Fletcher, went inside with three minutes left on the clock to make sure he wouldn’t be caught. The rows of seats he passed were very empty.

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A possibly unhappy winter is coming. United has a rough stretch coming up, with games at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Goodison Park in Istanbul, and St. James’ Park in the next month.

Recent performances at Newcastle, Everton, Liverpool, and Sevilla show that this team doesn’t know how to handle difficult or emotional grounds. Also, United is set to play at Anfield nine days before Christmas.

The last time Ten Hag said United were “on the way up” was on Sunday. Things are now going downhill. This season, they’ve lost eight of their 15 games, and five of those losses have been at Old Trafford. That’s more than twice as many losses as they had last year. Four of the winners have scored three goals. Not since 1930 have United lost five of their first ten home games of the season.

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Finally, United had an 11-player squad that could play at Craven Cottage on Saturday. Even though Newcastle was singing praises for Guimaraes, Bruno Fernandes was still made fun of with chants of “There’s only one Bruno.”

Few of United’s players who were called up will play this weekend. People could only tell Anthony Martial was there because of the groans from the crowd whenever he lost the ball. On 64 minutes, it was agreed that Martial should be taken off.

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Antony scolded Dalot for a pass that was too hard, and 20 minutes later, Harry Maguire did the same thing. Ten Hag told Maguire to move forward with the ball, but he didn’t. As halftime got closer, Casemiro and Reguilon got into a heated argument.

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For the first goal, Alejandro Garnacho was sloppy, Sergio Reguilon was reckless, Mason Mount was helpful, and Dalot was asleep. Again, Dalot was easily skipped over for the second goal, which was scored by the lively Lewis Hall with a shot.

During the half, Ten Hag made a change for the fifth straight home game. This time, he made two changes, replacing Dalot with the healthy Aaron Wan-Bissaka. Casemiro, who was in charge for the night, also moved out of the way. In his last two games, Casemiro has been treated that way.

Ten Hag has chosen to make a change at halftime in eight of United’s ten home games this season. It’s way past the point where something needs to be done. No matter the game, he can’t settle on a reliable starting eleven.

Casemiro and Mount have been a bad centre matchup all season, and they were again. Ten Hag made a mistake when he let Kobbie Mainoo start for the Under-21s at Salford on Tuesday night. The young Mainoo may be rough around the edges, but at least he is a true playmaker. Mount is not.

Casemiro had not played in three games in a row, and he was again behind the game. He was also booked for tackling Joe Willock. His replacement, Sofyan Amrabat, was pick-pocketed by Joelinton and Willock ended United’s resistance with an impeccable low drive. Amrabat is a loanee who does not look permanent material.

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A contingent of United’s vocal fans were relocated to the south-east corner. They turned to the black-and-white masses and treated them to a chorus of ‘2-0 in your cup final’. The Geordies got their own back with a rendition of ‘Are you Sunderland in disguise?’

That is not a record United fans ever thought they would hear.