If this is 50% of the team according to the media, then 50% is all we need right now.
We won't be winning the League, but at least the players will work.

Hojlund played quite well despite not scoring, doing the small things right.
The physicality, forcing the CBs back to create the pockets of space for the midfield players and the small runs he makes. Antony too, this was one of his better performances. Amrabat may well be MotM.

A world of difference to the Newcastle game where you have the team implementing the gameplan as one. Not most of the team pressing and one fella can't be bothered and leave the easy pass to bypass the press.

Next week we will most likely lose to Liverpool so media will start the sack ETH agenda again. Fed no doubt by certain players in the dressing room who want their easy life to continue.

For now, we are 3 points behind City. Strange no? With all the media noise around sacking the manager, you'd think we'd be in tenth which is Chelsea's position. Yet we don't see sack Poch dominating the headlines. Another thing to note which made me quite happy was that there were boos around Old Trafford amongst the cheers when Marcus Rashford came on. Hope that will wake him up that he no longer commands universal good graces among the fans. ETH can bench him for the season and I wouldn't have a problem with it in his current guise.

A small good news, Evans is back, played few minutes.
Maguire + Evans is far from perfect, but performance based, it is slightly better than Maguire + Lindelof.
It is not about individual skill, it is about chemistry.

While Varane injured again, even not playing at all despite few minutes.
It only further proved what I mentioned previously is correct.

Ten Hag keep emphasize he is not playing Varane because he see him as RCB, which Maguire already occupied the place.
For me, there is another reason, he wanna keep the same defence line to build momentum.
Yet Varane is too injury prone, play 3 match, injured 1 month.
It is just impossible to build the momentum around a player who is injury prone.

Thus Ten Hag is right to drop Varane.