Manchester United shockingly suffered an utterly inexplicable and completely unjustifiable 2-1 to Istanbul Basaksehir in the Champions League group stage today. The home side, who had started the day without a point or a goal in the UCL, handed United their fourth loss in just 11 games this season.
Across all competitions, United have only one win at home in five tries, and the bad run of results is rapidly raising the temperature of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s seat as manager.
Can’t believe we’re sticking with Ole when this guy is still available #OleOut pic.twitter.com/2PjZEdIRY9
— UtdSam (@UtdSam5) November 4, 2020
United club legend Roy Keane, now a television pundit, has said the United players “will get Solskjaer sacked” and the former team captain’s comments were raised at the Solskjaer post match news conference today.
“I decline to comment on such a thing,” OGS responded to the query.
“Of course it’s early on. Opinions are out there all the time. You’ve got to stay strong. I’m employed by the club to do a job and I do that to the best of my ability with our staff.”
Opinions are definitely out there, as #OleOut was a top trending term on Twitter today. You also have plenty of stories circulating that claim the Norwegian will be dismissed should they lose at Everton this weekend.
https://twitter.com/AliUTDStrategy/status/1324077399919730688
Sitting 15th in the Premier League table, if United keep not getting results, they’ll fall into the drop zone and that means it would be curtains for Solskjaer. Opinions within the supporter base are mixed about whether or not they should pull the plug, but those who do want him relieved of duty are getting louder by the game.
Mauricio Pochettino seems to be the favored replacement at this point, as he is available.
Paul M. Banks runs The Sports Bank, partnered with News Now. Banks, the author of “No, I Can’t Get You Free Tickets: Lessons Learned From a Life in the Sports Media Industry,” has regularly appeared in WGN, Sports Illustrated, Chicago Tribune and SB Nation. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram.