I'd love if someone asked Rio or Sourness what it is exactly they're asking for?
Even if you accept their ridiculous invention as true, that Eric and Ronaldo had a conversation during the summer and he was promised to start and play every minute. Are they suggesting that this is what should be happening now, regardless of his performances?
Surely nobody can possibly believe that a coach gave a fella pushing 40, an explicit promise that he would play every single minute after not completing a preseason?
Even coming back half cooked, how can anybody say Ten Hag hasn't backed him and given him opportunities? He was given 37 minutes in the first game and did nothing - 90 minutes in the second game and did less. They dropped him to the bench for the next game and the team beat Liverpool without him. Gave him a quarter or more for the next 3 games, brining him on while the team were winning against Southampton, Leicester and Arsenal, and each time he contributed nothing again.
Then he gets dropped for refusing to come on as a sub, for one game - when any other player in the squad would've been dropped for months if not for good. Gets brought in for games against West Ham and Villa but contributes nothing again.
Souness I can understand I guess. He doesn't want United to do well so obviously it suits him for us to be playing someone up front who clearly and demonstrably results in us dropping points. But what the hell are guys like Ferdinand and Keane actually asking for?