The current Manchester United are a poor team, as indicated by their current position in 13th place in the Premier League table with only 26 points after 22 games.
The struggles have been so great under new manager Rubén Amorim that he labeled this team the worst in the club's history after winning just one point per game (11 in 11 league games) since taking over at Old Trafford in November.
Sunday's 3-1 home defeat to Brighton ensured the team's worst start to a home season in 131 years, with just six wins from 12 in the league.
United and Amorim have had a rocky start to their relationship that was destined to suddenly blossom.
But is the Portuguese coach right when he says that Manchester United is the worst in its history?
MailSport takes a look at the underlying statistics posted by the Red Devils since Amorim took over to see if there is any credence to his claim.
Ruben Amorim rated this team as the worst in the club's history after winning just one point per game – 11 in 11 league games – since taking charge at Old Trafford in November.
One player who has struggled in particular has been goalkeeper Andre Onana, who made another glaring error by gifting Georginio Rutter a tap-in for Brighton's third goal at Old Trafford on Sunday.
By comparison, former United stalwart David De Gea made 17 in 12 years at Old Trafford.
The first and most obvious metric to judge any team is the number of points they have on the board.
In that sense, this is United's worst team in more than a generation.
Not since the 1986-87 season have they scored fewer points at this point in a league season, while their 10 defeats after 22 games makes it the first time they have lost 10 or more games at this point since 1989-90.
They have also won less than one of every three games (seven of 22), marking their fewest wins at this point in a campaign since that same 1989-90 season.
One player who has struggled in particular has been goalkeeper Andre Onana, who made another glaring error by gifting Georginio Rutter a tap-in for Brighton's third goal at Old Trafford on Sunday.
That was the Cameroonian goalkeeper's tenth mistake that ended in a goal in two years since he arrived at the club.
By comparison, former United stalwart David De Gea scored 17 in 12 years at Old Trafford.
Onana's mistakes could be interpreted as even more costly given that Amorim's team has done quite well in terms of stopping shots on goal, facing the sixth-fewest shots on goal in the division.
United have also struggled to win games due to their inefficiency in front of goal.
While United are unlikely to face a relegation battle despite concerns previously expressed by Amorim, they are mired in mid-table mediocrity.
Many fans expected more tangible progress from a team that has only moved up one position in the league since Amorim replaced Erik ten Hag.
They have also struggled to win games due to being inefficient in front of goal themselves.
A shot conversion rate of just 9.1% places him fourth-lowest in the Premier League, while he is also tied for the lowly position of 14th in number of goals scored (27).
Amorim has doubled down on the use of his favored 3-4-3 formation, which isn't a systemic problem in itself, it's just that this current group of players doesn't seem to be the right fit to make the setup work.
Playing in a system with full-backs requires players to run and sprint a lot, but United rank 15th in direct speed, a metric defined as the number of meters the ball travels (when measured directly on the field), divided by the total time of an attack sequence.
United are also making themselves vulnerable to counter-attacks because of the number of turnovers (a case where a team loses possession of the ball in open play within 40 meters of the opposition's goal) they have allowed.
They have committed 171 turnovers so far, the seventh-highest total in the Premier League.
While United are unlikely to face a relegation battle despite concerns previously expressed by Amorim, they are mired in mid-table mediocrity with a negative goal difference.
That may not make this Manchester United the worst of all time, but many fans will have hoped for more tangible progress from a team that has only moved up one place in the league since Amorim replaced Erik ten Hag.