Its a ray hope for anyone fool enough to listen to gumflappers like Goldbridge with his unthinking superficial analysis. Scrape away the veneer of victory though and what was United's performance but a highly disciplined parking of the bus by players who already, like their manager, mostly have the axe hanging over them. What happens should the axe disappear and normal service is resumed? We already know that squad cannot physically handle his training regime. We already know they cannot play his system. So what says their replacements (the ones United can afford) will be any better? What says Ten Hag will not have the same lukewarm relationship he clearly has with a good few of his players with those to be bought in by Ineos? The inference being he is hardly the world's greatest man manager Further to that there are signs in things he has said in recent days that he may not quite be on the same page as the owners and if not, to extend his stay would be to court even greater problems. He was all very first person singular yesterday and it sounded like he intended to go on with his project rather than fit in with Ineos. It was notable that unlike the players who sent very encouraging open message to the fans after the win yesterday thanking them and recognising how poor the season was and apologising for it in a conciliatory manner, that Ten Hag was the very opposite oozing vindication, reeling out all the same old (discredited) excuses (just ask Newcastle, Brentford, Chelsea and Liverpool about injuries this season), throwing his weight around, and taking on all comers being both hostile to pundits and defiant of Ineos as if he just done the quadruple. In reality he had merely carried out a very well executed smash and grab on just 26.5% of the possession against an out of sorts City who clearly were not up for it. Is Ratcliffe going to look positively on such defiance ("I'll go and win trophies somewhere else then")? Ten Hag sounded like Martial when Mourinho dropped him and having seemed to get rid of player power the last thing United needs is a break-out of 'manager power' when clearly Ineos do not want a manager but a head coach who will dance to their tune. Whilst I can see why it will have buoyed his acolytes to win and pleased everybody who follows the club as well, I doubt winning the FA Cup will have done enough to save him especially after his behaviour afterwards. It was not the behaviour of someone who realises they are the face and voice of one of the biggest sports brands on the planet. He should have celebrated the win and just left his vanity and hubris at home because ultimately it doesn't matter what a certain faction of fan thinks but what Ratcliffe and his team think, what the sponsors think and what Wall Street thinks. That Ten Hag has been making his pitch for the job in public instead of behind closed doors suggests he's now slipping out of the Old Trafford loop.