MANCHESTER UNITED must remove emotion and end Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s time as manager.
As United fans, we’ve been here many times before… and that’s just this season.
The time has come for Solskjaer to be given the bootCredit: PA:Press Association
The hammering at the hands of Man City must be the final nail in the coffinCredit: Reuters
Earlier in the campaign, before the game against Norwich at Carrow Road, Solskjaer was battling through another run of poor form.
The loss that Sunday afternoon in late October could – and perhaps should – have ended his time in charge of the club.
Remarkably, Solskjaer survived, but the home defeat to Manchester City in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday, and the manner of the performance, set alarm bells ringing not just on the terraces but in the boardroom too.
The word “legend” is used very freely, but Solskjaer is a genuine United legend, and always will be.
It means the club and supporters are stuck between what they know should happen, and what they hope could happen.
Unfortunately, results paint a very bleak picture and that’s taking into consideration the fine victory away at the Etihad before Christmas and at home to Tottenham a few days earlier.
You only have to see how United are behaving in the transfer window to see the extent of the problems elsewhere at the club.
Ander Herrera and Marouane Fellaini left last season and with Scott McTominay and Paul Pogba absent through injury, it defies belief and logic that not one single player has been brought in to replace them.
I’m also reading a fair bit of “he’ll do a job” from supporters when it comes to possible United signings.
I don’t know if it’s desperation and a desire just to get any old player through the door, but this is Manchester United…
One or two John O’Shea’s are acceptable in a squad, but not the 14 or 15 we’re currently seeing.
Under Jose Mourinho, the atmosphere at the club was compared to a dark, toxic cloud hovering over Old Trafford.
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At the moment it’s more of a persistent fog where the fog lights are on but the driver doesn’t know where to go.
Solskjaer will at some point leave the club. But that doesn’t mean the situation and uncertainty above him will improve under the current ownership.
Yes, the manager should be sacked, the results aren’t good enough.
But Solskjaer’s departure wouldn’t solve the persistent problems that have haunted the club for six years.
The constant murmurings about whether or not the Norwegian is good enough for United tell its own story.
The weekly debate is all the evidence you need to see that results and performances haven’t been good enough.
But there’s more emotion attached to Solskjaer’s position than almost every other managerial appointment in the Premier League.
The Norwegian has had a fair stint in charge, but the identity we see at other clubs, such as Leeds, suggest that after a year, if one hasn’t been defined yet, it is unlikely to be anytime soon.
A difficult decision will eventually need to be made.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
