 Inside the last 25 minutes of the Sports Mag Zone for this Thursday, still to come at the track on the show. We're continuing to talk some football now though. The first time in the club's history we saw Newcastle managing to win at Old Trafford, eliminating holders Manchester United from the Carabao Cup in a repeat of last season's final. The repeat was Manu's second consecutive 3-0 result, having surrendered a Sunday 3-0 loss to City in the Derby. All fingers have been pointed at manager Eric Tenhag with fans and pundits questioning the Dutchman's tenacity in the role. Speaking at a post-match presser after the loss to Newcastle, Tenhag says he's not worried about being sacked. I'm a fighter and I know it's not always going corner up. We have a lot of setbacks this season so far, but also there you have to deal with it. There is never an excuse and I have said it before and I know when there are setbacks, the routines in the way of play are not similar, not the same, but even then you have to get the results in and obviously Sunday tonight wasn't far from that. Consistent narrative from former Man United captain Garen Nebel who does not believe Tenhag will be fired. I don't think they're going to sack him at all. Partly because he shouldn't be sacked, partly because they would believe in him, partly because he's done a very good job so far apart from the first few games this season. Last season he did a great job, brought success back to the club with the trophy. He got to the Champions League, got into the Champions League places and got to the FA Cup final as well. I think that was a really successful season and we're only ten games into this season. For me, absolutely it won't be on the table for discussion. I don't think by any series, any stable United fans won't be thinking about sacking Tenhag. To weigh in on this conversation, we have our former Trinidad and Tobago international footballer and regular former on the show, Brent Sancho, World Cup player in 2006 with Trinidad and Tobago. It has long spoken about Man United's woes that the problems in Man U stretch beyond the field of play and in the dressing room and I'm getting the feeling that we may continue on that narrative, Brent. Your thoughts? Yeah, it's a good narrative. We should continue, definitely so. Now look, at the end of the day, we've spoken a lot about Manchester United and their troubles. Of course, it's a lot bigger than Eric Tenhag. I've said that many times on this programme and it doesn't matter who you bring in at this moment, the problem will still persist. In fact, I think, I do think it will get worse, Lance, because of the situation, the fact that they're still modelling or muggling around with the ownership and the sale of the football club. They're talking about bringing in Ratcliffe for the 25% ownership and running the sport and the department. I don't know who comes up with these sorts of deals and ideas, but it's a narrative since the glazes have come in and it's continuous in terms of the way that they've run the football club. Yeah, but the issues surrounding the coaching positions though and the difficulties, because ever since Sir Alex Ferguson left the job, we've had, you know, sort of a just a turnout or a turnaround of coaching duties and it seems to be a very, very difficult job. And they're in a rut at the moment for sure, but the narrative has been with a lot of Man United fans that Tenhag's tenure hasn't been that bad overall if you take when he was appointed to now. Yeah, you have to put things in context. I think when you look at a football club that lacks structure, that lacks direction, he's come in and done a job as it pertains to what he has to work with. But that being said, I think the question marks now and you know, Lance, I'm a big proponent of not just firing coaches widely, but you don't have to start putting question marks around Terrik Enhag and his squad selection, his tactical approach, his lack of identity with the team of current. Yes, you could point to one or two injuries, but when you look at the team that left the pitch against Newcastle, six of the players are his signings. They look lost. They look like players that can't get into any team in the top five or six in the Premiership. And you start to wonder if he's lost the locker room, the battle with Jaden Sancho, of course, widely publicized, whether or not he handled that the right or wrong way. And if whether or not things are starting to go downward because of all these different things. And you know, you look at, you think of the fact, Lance, that this is a team Manchester United just got batted against their closest rival on Sunday. They have a chance to, of course, atone that against an understrength Newcastle team who basically handed them the game before the match and talked about injuries and all the competitions that they have to play in. And then you get that kind of performance against players who really should be trying to prove to the manager that they should be wearing that red jersey. When there's so many question marks around the club as to which player should be there and not there, then you get a performance like that. I start the question and whether or not the players are all in some with the manager. Yeah, well, we did have a press release coming out from the Man United, the club today that emphatically said that there is no discussion about sacking the coach, not that that holds a lot of weight because history tells us that when when clubs make those statements, it's not it's not always, you know, what what happens in the end. But we're just 10 games into the season, Brent. And there is a lot of football left to be played between now and May. And there is a chance for 10 hack to sort out some of the issues and get Man United running again. It'll be tough, Lance. You know, it's I just think that it's such a toxic football club right now. It started to impact the manager as well. Here was a guy that came in, you know, had his tail up was ready to make things happen. He took on the Christiana Ronaldo situation head on. And you felt that the club was going in the right direction. And then, of course, then there's this season and things that are silent and full. And you look at again, at some of his decision making that chase after Mason Montal, but it's summer to sign a player that they really didn't need to sign in the kind of money that they paid for him. And you look at all those sorts of decision culminating with this. Yes, as I said, they wanted two injuries, but they've been really, really poor. And at the end of the day, yes, I tend to sit on the side of not fight him and giving him more time to turn things around. But I can question that myself whether or not he could turn it around. I'm not sure he can because of what is happening at the football club, because of the things that are transpired. You just wonder where things go next for Manchester United. They do have a reasonable schedule coming up. And maybe he could turn things around. But if it doesn't happen for him, then then what what happens then? Yeah, okay, Brent, we'll be watching that as the months go by November and December, I think would be critical for Man United and their performances on the pitch. And we'll talk again soon, I'm sure. Certainly guys have a great one. Yeah, back with more on the zone after this at the track after the break.