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The club is making the same mistake over and over and you start to wonder are they doing this on purpose as no one can be this stupid.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer the manager of Manchester United seems to be running out of time. It is quite amazing as all of a sudden we hear the ex Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino's name being thrown around in the press. Pochettino has been on a sabbatical for a year and now all of a sudden he appears on the scene.
The pressure is starting to mount at the club and expect it to be red hot come this weekend as they go to Everton. I believe they have over achieved already especially in the Champions League and the cracks will become more obvious as the season progresses.
The squad has some quality players but also is littered with utter junk and a total rebuild should have happened under Jose Mourinho. We are talking 3 wasted seasons with inferior players. I am not complaining as I find it entertaining as it is a real story of how not to manage a football club.
The problem I see going forward right now for them is they have very little choices going forward. The squad needs to be rebuilt which will not be cheap, players will not want to go to the club as no one with a football brain takes them seriously anymore.
Solskjaer as a manager looks like a deer caught in the head lights and is just too soft and inexperienced to fix the problems he is faced with. When the club turned to David Moyes to replace Alex Fergusson he didn't last long and had a win ratio of 53%. Louis van Gaal followed with a 52% record followed by Mourinho with 58%. Solskjaer's record is on a par with David Moyes right now and has had lots of luck to even be at that win ratio.
The sad thing is any of those managers could have done what Solskjaer has achieved yet they weren't given the same length of time. Ed Woodward the man pulling the purse strings at United needs to shoulder as much blame for this mess as everyone else.
Manchester United as a club were part of an elite group in the Premier League and if they are honest with themselves that is no longer the case. The club has fallen way down the pecking order in recent times and will take a complete overhaul to fix. I don't know if the owners will have the stomach for that as this will not be a cheap band aid as that is what they have been doing for the last 10 years already.
I believe they have no choice and at some point Solskjaer has to go and Pochettino needs to take control. I don't know how long they have as a manager of that caliber won't hang around for ever so time is of the essence. Part of me is hoping United draw this weekend so this farcical soap opera can play on until the New Year. I quite enjoy seeing United sitting in the lower reaches of the table even though it is only after 6 matches.
I think what is worrying is the teams they struggle against are the so called weaker teams and somehow get a result against the bigger clubs. Not this season so far and the weaker teams actually fancy their chances against them. The bigger teams have to see United as a banker and a must win game making sure they don't drop points against them. Chelsea should have won, but United were saved by a poor refereeing decision.
Surely the decision can't be that far off as 7 points from 7 games would be disastrous enough. United have 9 League games until New Year and looking at them how bad can it get? Everton, Manchester City and Leicester are not looking good for a morale boosting win plus even West Ham, Southampton, Wolves and Leeds aren't going to be easy. Possibly West Brom and Sheffield United they should win, but saying that this team is so inconsistent no one knows.
Players shouldn't have to lift themselves to play the big teams only as truthfully every game is a big game for this team. They maybe think they are a United player so they are world beaters or something, but they are nowhere near what United had 20 years ago in quality. Whatever happens it will be interesting too watch and my money is on a manager being fired before the end of November.