It has been a disastrous start to the season for Man Utd, and we shall see if Michael Carrick remains in charge with his side sitting in the relegation places after 10 games.

Just 1 win and 8 points leaves the Red Devils in all sorts of trouble. They could have easily lost more ground if they hadn’t salvaged a last-gasp draw against Aston Villa on Sunday.

While Carrick is the one facing the axe, the squad must take their fair share of the blame, so we have decided to assess their performances.

Press the next page as we grade all 25 first-team players from A to F…

No Grade

Darlow and Amass have played just 90 minutes or less this season, while de Ligt has returned from a long-term injury.

It would, therefore, be unfair to judge any of them based on their limited game time.

F

As you can guess by the fact that all five of these players are defenders, the backline has had a terrible start to the season.

No other team in Europe’s top five leagues has conceded more in all competitions.

Dalot and Mazraoui have failed to offer much defensively or when going forward, while Leny Yoro and Lisandro Martinez have struggled terribly.

Some of the problems have to be blamed on Michael Carrick and his coaching staff for the lack of defensive organisation, but there have been so many individual errors too, which puts the blame squarely at the feet of the players.

E

Lammens has regressed badly in his second season as No.1, as demonstrated by his two mistakes during the 4-4 draw against Aston Villa.

Baleba has struggled to stay on the pitch due to injuries, and he has looked off the pace even when available. Fellow summer signing Andrey Santos has looked just as poor, despite having no fitness issues.

Mount, Amad and Rashford have 1 goal and 1 assist between them this season, which is abysmal.

D

Shaw’s injury means he has only played 5 games this season, so we can’t grade him as low as some of the other defenders, who have made A LOT more mistakes than he has.

After a pretty poor start to life at Old Trafford, things have finally picked up for Youri Tielemans, but Mbeumo is on the opposite trajectory, having begun the campaign in decent form before nosediving.

Like with Shaw, we can’t grade Sesko too low or too high due to injury. He had scored twice in 6 appearances prior to being sidelined, so he didn’t do that badly. Equally, Joshua Zirkzee’s recent goals against Como and Villa after coming off the bench have upped his grade ever so slightly.

C

There has been a massive drop-off in the captain’s form compared to last season, but he is still the club’s top scorer (with 6 goals), and he has 3 assists – the joint 2nd highest number in the squad.

Fernandes seems to be battling his frustration in every game, and that boiled over after the defeat to Como, where he criticised the tactics of Carrick and his coaching staff.

Maguire has been the most consistent defender in United’s squad, but that isn’t saying much considering how bad everyone else has been.

B

There have definitely been games where Mainoo has not played well, but he has tried his utmost in every match to get his team on the front foot. The main issue is the players he has been partnered with. All three summer signings (Tielemans, Santos and Baleba) have struggled to perform alongside him for one reason or another.

Lacey has only shown flashes of his potential, but he always looks a threat, and many believe he should be starting ahead of Amad. Cunha, meanwhile, has the same number of goal contributions as Fernandes – nine – 4 goals and 5 assists, so the Brazilian deserves some credit.

Dorgu’s return of 1 goal and 3 assists in just 267 minutes of football this season means he is averaging a goal contribution every 66 minutes at the moment, and that’s pretty impressive.

A

Nobody deserves to be given this grade so far this season, so we have left this section blank.