Horror stats show Man United in trouble and footage caught fans visibly turn on Erik ten Hag
Will Erik ten Hag survive? The Manchester United manager's future is far from certain.
From dancing with his players to celebrate winning the Carabao Cup to a distinct lack of movement from his bench during a resounding defeat - life has come fast at the boss.
Manchester United's grip on the trophy they've won six times was loosened by the team they beat in last season's final, Newcastle, who served them a 3-0 humiliation at Old Trafford.
The scenes at Wembley just over eight months ago will feel like eight years for the under-pressure Ten Hag.
This was supposed to kick-start a new glory-filled age that's deserted the club since the great Sir Alex Ferguson left a decade ago.
Instead, it looks like Ten Hag is experiencing the same woes David Moyes, Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer all succumbed to.
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And while there are a plethora of problems at Old Trafford, talkSPORT's Dean Ashton believes there should've been more from Ten Hag as his players toiled on a wet Wednesday night.
Asked if Ten Hag can survive this latest setback, Ashton said on commentary for talkSPORT: "I'm not too sure.
"What was startling was when that second goal went in for Newcastle in that first half the one thing I thought I'd see was the manager step forward into his dugout and into his technical area and to be honest, at the very least, give his players some support.
"You could just see the confidence was on the floor and they needed some guidance, some energy, a shouting voice from the side, something.
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Man United's woeful season so far
Lost eight of first 15 games this season - most defeats at this stage since 1962/63 season
Lost five of ten Premier League matches this season - two more than any previous Premier League season
15 points from ten Premier League matches this season - only had fewer in two previous Premier League seasons
Conceded at least three goals in six of their last 12 games
"You just didn't see him, he did not come out at all to the technical area. I thought that was such a bad look for the manager here.
"All the good feeling that he'd seemed to have built from last season is a bit like the stadium, it's crumbling away from Erik ten Hag.
"I don't really know where he does go from here in terms of his own confidence."
There's a sense that there's more faith among Man United fans for Ten Hag to turn it around unlike his predecessors, although an uncomfortable moment showed two supporters in attendance try to ask Ten Hag what on earth they were seeing as the Red Devils got ripped to shreds.
They wanted answers understandably considering the club have lost eight of their opening 15 fixtures in all competitions this term, their worst start since the 1962/63 campaign.
The arguments against the Glazers will go on while they continue to hold the keys at Old Trafford, but no one can say Ten Hag hasn't been backed financially.
Since Ten Hag took control in the summer of 2022, Man United have spent £411million on transfers - only free-spending Chelsea have spent more during the period.
The manager, though, is backing himself to turn it around and is sympathetic to unhappy fans.
"I understand it when the results are not there," he said afterwards.
"It is also a logical process that they are questioning that. But I am confident I can do it. At all my clubs I have done it and also last year here I did it as well, but at this moment we are in a bad place.
"I take responsibility for it. I see it as a challenge. I am a fighter and I am in that fight and I have to make sure that I share the responsibility with my players and that we stick together and fight together, and get better results."