Would you sack Ten Hag?

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BBC Sport's chief football writer Phil McNulty has been answering your questions.

Joe asked: Hi Phil - simple question. Would you sack Ten Hag? And a less simple one - who would you bring in as his replacement?

Phil replied: Hello, Joe. No I wouldn’t. Not after three league games when he was given a new contract extension in the summer.

I would wait to see what happens when he has all his new signings available and the likes of Luke Shaw, Mason Mount and Rasmus Hojlund in the team – although who knows when that will be?

What I do think is that if there is no sign of significant improvement or progress around October or November then Ten Hag will be under real pressure, because there was no doubt his removal was considered last summer.

Replacement? I can see managers like Gareth Southgate and Graham Potter being linked should this happen but maybe Thomas Tuchel can be persuaded this time.

Not a lot of options, which perhaps explains why Ten Hag is still there.

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