'United are moving from game to game and deciding whether it is good enough'

We don’t know what Sir Jim Ratcliffe thought of Manchester United's draw at Aston Villa.

There was no outward sign of emotion - good or bad - from the United co-owner. He just spun round and headed for the sanctuary of the directors area at Villa Park.

But Ratcliffe will have an opinion. Just as he will over United currently being 14th in the Premier League.

If Ten Hag remains in post, he moves onto matches against Brentford, West Ham, Chelsea and Leicester. Then he will be assessed again.

That is where United are right now, moving from game to game and deciding whether it is good enough.

It feels very unsatisfactory and after the series of results United have had, they are only one defeat from a major crisis.

Draws at Porto and Aston Villa on their own are decent but there is no real confidence United have the players to turn minor improvement into something more meaningful.