Manchester United is doing fine right now, they also showed how good they are with EFL as well, so surely we are seeing them do fine and we could do fine on the long run as well, it's clear that United is doing something "better", doesn't mean they are great but it looks clear to me that we are seeing them be fine and they should be considering this as improvement compared to last year.
The league hasn't started for too long yet, we still need to look at what's going to happen and with time we can see them finish either high up or not and I think it needs to be considered as something that will take a while. We need to consider that it is going to be fine and we can see this getting a greater result as well. If they finish top four which they can, then it will be fine for sure, it will definitely be worth something for them and maybe even help ETH keep his job as well if they do that, also they are at Europa, maybe they could even with that.
Yes you are right that we are still early and we have not seen the whole league that Manchester United will live in, they still have the opportunity to improve themselves and make many wins in the future, but on the condition that they improve their game, E. Ten Hag must change their style of play and be able to continue to adapt to opponents who have different strategies, of course, stronger than them in order to remain competitive and produce goals, I am very uncertain if they have a stagnant performance will pass this season easily if Ten hag is not creative.
Maybe some people are still very hopeful that Manchester United will return to improve their situation and return to compete in the top 5 of the standings, btw next match with Crystal Palace, with the current situation I am quite sure that man United has not been able to win over Crystal palace.