Manchester United: Is it finally time to sack Ole Gunnar Solskjaer?

With the team sitting 11th in the table and incapable of winning away from home, is it finally time for Manchester United to sack Ole Gunnar Solskjaer?

The most shocking thing about Manchester United’s loss to Newcastle United on Sunday wasn’t the screamer from Matty Longstaff on his debut, or the fact that United looked lacklustre again – it was that nobody was surprised at the loss.

After abysmal away performances against the likes of AZ Alkmaar and West Ham, St. James’ Park seemed a daunting task for United before the match, and that proved to be right. Newcastle competed with Manchester United throughout the 90 minutes, before Matty Longstaff scored the winner as I mentioned earlier. Now, things are looking bleak at Old Trafford, and amongst the United fanbase as well, which ironically, has never been less united with the club as they are now, even with a club legend at the helm.

Now we have to ask the tough question, of whether Ole Gunnar Solskjaer should be sacked or not. He is a likeable manager, sure. He’s soft-spoken, kind, and has the right attitude to be a good manager, but the tactical level simply isn’t there, and it wasn’t at Molde or Cardiff either – why was it expected to randomly pop up at Manchester United?

The rumours are currently swirling around, with the Sun claiming that the players have lost faith in Solskjaer, while the Daily Mail are reporting that a heavily loss to Liverpool after the international break could prove to be the fatal blow for Solskjaer.

Hiring the Norwegian on a permanent basis has proved to be a disaster, but a club as big as Manchester United will likely be very put-off by sacking 2 managers in the span of 1 season, making it a total of 4 who have come in and failed since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013. However, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Solskjaer doesn’t have the talent to compete with the likes of Klopp, Guardiola, and Pochettino from a tactical standpoint, even if you spend hundreds of millions on new players, which they always do anyways.

At this point, it almost seems as if anyone who steps into the helm at Old Trafford is destined for failure. The apple is rotten at the core, at the hierarchical level, and there’s only so much a manager can do in these sorts of situations.

You have to sympathize with Solskjaer a bit. His team has struggled with injury problems and he has taken majority of the blame for their ridiculously poor form, but at the moment it might be too big of a risk to sack him.