I’ve seen many fans and pundits make this claim. Do you think Manchester United players aren’t playing as well as they can in hope to get Ten Hag sacked. I’ve seen this argument used against Rashford as people since he’s got his new contract he’s just content to get his money and play as well.
Though Hoijund has claimed the players all back Ten Hag still https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/nov/09/erik-ten-hag-manchester-united-squad-backing-rasmus-hojlund
1/3 of the first team has been injured all season. Had the most intervention by VAR. Had the most wrong calls by VAR (as proven by ESPN). It’s a lot of bad luck coupled with a bad run of form.
We can’t keep sacking the manager and expecting the next one to sort it.