Chris Sutton
Ex-Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

It’s not like [Ten Hag] has just rocked up and taken over and is in his early days. I remember him sitting at Brentford and United getting smashed 4-0.

The money that he’s spent to assemble this team, you would expect them to have a style of play and to be in-sync defensively, and they are anything but.

The players do have to take responsibility as well but this is a group which Ten Hag has assembled.

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If you were up at the crack dawn and following along with us, you will have seen the back pages of today's papers were full of talk of Inter Milan boss Simone Inzaghi being considered as a potential candidate to take over from Erik ten Hag if the Dutchman is sacked as Manchester United boss.

The 48-year-old Italian is a serious contender for the job at Old Trafford, according to the Daily Star,, external along with former England manager Gareth Southgate.

According to the Telegraph, external, Ruud van Nistelrooy will also be considered after returning to United as an assistant coach over the summer.

Have a read of the rest of Tuesday's gossip here

Chris Sutton
Ex-Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

I think the owners are going to get egg on their face, so they might as well get on with it. They had faith in Ten Hag and in a short space of time it's unravelled. It’s not going to happen under Ten Hag, I think that’s pretty evident. It’s who is out there at this moment in time, who is better?

Gareth Southgate’s name has popped up, Graham Potter, Thomas Tuchel. I think he’s had his time in fairness. You cant spend 600 million and still play utter dross which is what Manchester United are doing

This is just going to rumble on, Manchester United are not a top quality team and until they get a top quality coach in they are not going to improve.

Rory Smith
Chief Soccer Correspondent for The New York Times, on BBC Radio 5 Live

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There is nothing new to say on Man United and Erik ten Hag.

They have got themselves into, maybe not an unprecedented situation, but maybe a remarkable one. They interviewed him for his own job in the summer, gave him a new three-year contract and are now exactly where they were last season.

They got a point a Crystal Palace and that was probably a creditable result. But what we saw against Tottenham, that’s not the first time that’s happened. It’s not the last time it will happen if Ten Hag is in charge because there’s no sign of progress, no sign of a plan.

I feel quite sorry for him, he seems like a nice guy and its hard to take any pleasure in watching him slowly dwindle away. I just don’t understand how Manchester United have got themselves in this position.

Conor Coady
Former England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

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Other clubs around Manchester United seem to be improving and getting better by bringing in new coaches who are real tacticians and very detailed.

The level of coaching is through the roof now. I was lucky enough to work under Enzo [Marsesca] last year and I experienced a coach with a level of detail that I’ve never seen before and now he’s gone on to Chelsea.

Chelsea are starting to play certain styles now and when we think of the top teams; Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool, these are the teams who are winning games and we look at the level of coaches there.

We are seeing something different on the pitch when we watch Manchester United but I will always put United in that bracket with those top teams and you’d be silly not to because of the size of that football club and what they have done over the years.

I just think other clubs have overtaken Manchester United now but when you talk about coaches, the level of detail those coaches produce, it’s through the roof. I don’t know if Man Utd are doing that.

Chris Sutton
Ex-Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

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This is his [Ten Hag's] third season. Six hundred million odd pounds later. I actually don’t think it was the 3-0 score line, it was how the whole game panned out.

At the start of this season you could put Tottenham and United into a similar category. But Ange Postecoglou has been there a season less and you can see what they are trying to do.

Whether you agree with everything Postecoglou does, in terms of the way he sets his team up, but they so have an identity .

I don’t think this is on Ten Hag though, I think this is on Ineos. They all must be talking to each other at the top of the club. In the summer, they were actively looking for someone else. It’s not that they rated Ten Hag, but he won the FA Cup.

At this moment in time, if we look forward three months, can we honestly say that this Manchester United team are going to improve under Ten Hag, based on what he has spent and what he has achieved?

On the Monday Night Club, which you can listen to in full here, Mark Chapman was joined by Chris Sutton, Rory Smith and Conor Coady to discuss the weekend's action.

First order of business: who is responsible for the unrest at Manchester United? ...

Fans of all three clubs may be looking at that fixture list, wondering where those three points will come from. The clash between Southampton and Leicester on October 19 already feels huge.

Here's what's to come in the league:

Leicester

• 05/10 - Bournemouth (h)
• 19/10 - Southampton (a)
• 25/10 - Nottingham Forest (h)

Southampton

• 05/10 - Arsenal (a)
• 19/10 - Leicester (h)
• 26/10 - Man City (a)

Ipswich

• 05/10 - West Ham (a)
• 19/10 - Everton (h)
• 26/10 - Brentford (a)

Six games in, no wins, things may be looking quite bleak.

But if anyone can channel their inner West Brom from 2004-05, good times may be on the horizon.

The Baggies took eight games to get their first win of the campaign and survived, in possibly the most spectacular great escape in top-flight history, beating Portsmouth on the last day.

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The stats for Southampton after Monday's game make for grim reading.

With just one point from six games, this is Saints' joint worst start to a league campaign (also one point in 1998-99 in the top flight).

When it comes to striker Ben Brereton Diaz, his record of 15 losses and five draws in the top flight is the most of any player in the history of the competition.

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As Southampton fell to defeat last night, it prolonged their winless start to the Premier League campaign.

But they're not alone. Far from it. All three promoted clubs are still without a league win after six games this season - 18 games in total - along with Wolves and Crystal Palace.

The longest three promoted clubs have gone without a win was 20 years ago, in the 2004-05 season.

That season, West Brom and Crystal Palace didn't get a win until gameweek 8. By that time, the three clubs had played 22 games in total. That was in early October, while Norwich finally got their win in late November.

So, if Leicester, Ipswich or Southampton don't win in either of the next two gameweeks, they will set a new, unwelcome record.

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Archie having chicken nuggets for his dinner has lit up the text console; this elite lunchtime meal bringing up several key questions.

By all means, send us your thoughts, but to go with the nuggets, Wojciech Szczesny coming out of retirement - after only waving goodbye to football in August - has also caught the eye.

According to reports, the former Poland and Arsenal goalkeeper is undergoing a medical at Barcelona, external as the La Liga leaders look for a replacement for injured first-choice keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

Now, Szczesny has been gone from the game for all five minutes, so it wasn't exactly a long stint away. But which player would you want to come out of retirement? One last rodeo.

And we'll just pretend age isn't a factor and they've still got it.

All the usual channels are open: #bbcfootball, via WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply).

Graham Potter
Ex-Chelsea manager on Sky Sports

Former Chelsea and Brighton manager Graham Potter speaks about his name being mentioned with the England job: "As an Englishmen, it is a fantastic job but I'm supportive for whatever the FA decide to do and whoever the coach is.

"I think Gareth [Southgate] did a fantastic job and I'm sure Lee [Carsley] will in his time in the role for as long as that is. He'll do really well.

"I think I'm open to everything at this stage. I think I've had 12 years and a fantastic journey from the fourth tier of Swedish football to the last eight of the Champions League.

"And I really would like to spend the next 12 years in the same sort of position, developing players, developing teams and really trying to make a difference."

Graham Potter
Ex-Chelsea manager on Sky Sports

Former Chelsea and Brighton manager Graham Potter says Brighton recruitment was a "collaboration" between himself and his staff: "Obviously the data guides the process and it is a fantastic tool but at the same time you need an environment and pathway for the players to come into.

"You need to understand sometimes if you're at the bottom half of the Premier League, as a coach, you might need a bit more of a ready now solution, more than a £6m or £7m on a player you don't know of that's coming from South America.

"But you need to be aligned with the club, and understand this is the project. This is what we're trying to do. Trust the process, and you just have to make sure that the environment is good enough for when the players come in. They can adapt to being in the Premier League with Brighton and reach their potential."

Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter

Deciding on Erik ten Hag's future is one of the first key decisions Manchester United's sporting director Dan Ashworth will have to make following his appointment in July.

Ashworth brought Graham Potter into Brighton as manager after he left the FA to take over as technical director in 2019.

Potter feels United have got the right man to steer them through some choppy waters.

"Dan is part of the team there and he will want to support and help," Potter told Sky Sports' Monday Night Football.

"That is my experience of Dan."

Graham Potter
Ex-Chelsea manager on Sky Sports

Former Chelsea and Brighton manager Graham Potter says "expectation went up" after Chelsea spent £300m on players: "The owners made the decision to invest in the team, and I tried to explain the pros and cons of it," he said.

"January can be an expensive month because you tend to overpay and it's not a guarantee that you'll actually improve during that time because the players you see; there are no Harry Kane or Declan Rice.

"The players (signed) are not proven Premier League players. They're young players coming from different leagues, so to get up to speed, and help Chelsea win from the off, because that is what happens when you spend £300m; the expectation goes up on the team and that's what we had to deal with.

"The other part of it is if you make those additions then you probably have to move some out as well, which didn't happen.

"So, you're left with a big squad, 30 players isn't ideal. So there was some challenges there.

"We had a bit of a tough period for a couple of months there but the last few games we won three, drew one and beat Borussia Dortmund to go into the last eight [of the Champions League], but it wasn't enough."

Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter

Graham Potter found himself in a tricky position, booked to appear on Sky Sports' Monday Night Football as part of his 'return' to football following his sacking by Chelsea at a time when he is being mentioned for both the England and Manchester United jobs.

He swerved specific talk but was asked whether he had spoken to United in the summer when the club were touting around looking for alternatives to Ten Hag before eventually deciding he was the right man for the job.

"I take what the media say with a pinch of salt," he said.

"A lot of it is untrue and false. I have a lot of conversations with a lot of people. It’s best I keep them private."

He could have just said 'no' if he wished.

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He's kept a low-profile since leaving Chelsea last year, but Graham Potter popped up on television screens again last night, appearing on Sky Sports' Monday Night Football.

He's been linked with plenty of jobs since being sacked after a short stay at Stamford Bridge, and is constantly mentioned as a potential successor to Gareth Southgate as England boss.

He recently said he had "frustration, anger and maybe bitterness" over losing his job and that club football was more "rewarding" than international management.

Let's bring you some of the best of what he has to say last night.