Disagree completely mate.
The problem starts with the owners and the way they set the expectations. In our club players are treated as assets instead of employees. They are offered over inflated contracts to "protect their value" and an insane job security.
Why? Is it because we don't have the DoF? Or is it maybe that the culture of the club is rotten?
You at a team like Brighton and see that they lost their DoF and manager within their last 12 months. And guess what? Nothing changed. You want to know why? A Brighton fan explained how everything started with their owner and their CEO who built the culture of the club.
The Glazers need to realize this very simple truth: that it's not Rashford, Garnacho, Shaw or Bruno who are the assets. It's Manchester United. Every single employee contributes to the appreciation of the said asset or deprecitation. But not by their value, but by the work they put in. If players are downing tools, then they intentionally lower the value of the club. And every employee that lowers the value of the club deserves the boot, be it 1 or all 20 of them.
Now when it comes to the manager he isn't a class clown to make everyone happy. His job is to get results.
Now the problem comes when the manager is trying to get results, but players deem his methods "too intensive". Should the manager be sacked because the players are intentionally lowering the standards of the club they represent by not putting in the effort? Should the manager be sacked because the players intentionally down tools so they can get the man that is not going to be as intense or as demanding on them?
I"ll leave that for you to ponder, but the point is that any title challenge requires excellent planning, execution and superhuman effort. And if any player or group lowers the standard by even 1% because they don't like it, then they deserve the boot.
Ans this s what ETH is trying to do. While the players he signed are exactly world beaters, they all have a heart and have a fight in them, and they keep going no matter what. Lisandro, Onana, Antony, Malacia and even Eriksen with Casemiro(though I suspect their legs are gone) all keep running and giving 100% even when they're not having the best game.
On the other hand players like Rashford, McTomminay, Sancho and even, AWB and Shaw at times, like to "jog" and ball watch. It's as if putting in the effort is a foreign concept for them. They clearly lack urgency and intensity which compromises the team time and time again be it during pressing sequences or even build up play.
I can keep on going, but the point is that we need a cultural reset. I believe And if we fail to back the manager, we will have another conversation like this around the year mark into the next manager's appointment.