“How long can the bosses endure Solskjær’s yo-yo football?”

ABOUT FOOTBALL: One thing can be said about Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s time at Manchester United: it has been stable and unstable.

Briefly about the case

• Ole Gunnar Solskjær led Manchester United in their 100th game against Arsenal on Sunday. It ended in a 0-1 loss.
• Solskjær’s score in 100 matches is 56 wins, 21 draws, 23 losses.
• On Wednesday night, Manchester United will face Turkey’s Istanbul Basaksehir in the Champions League.

Old Trafford, Wednesday of last week – Manchester United really shined in the second round against RB Leipzig.

Old Trafford Sunday night: Manchester United were terrible in the first round against Arsenal and deservedly lost 1-0 to Arsenal in Solskjær’s 100th game as the club’s manager.

The achievements of the four days summarize the scarce two years in the presidency of the Norwegian.

It has been up and down.

Up. Down. Up. Down. Up. Down. Stable unstable.

You never know what you will get, and then the question is how long can bosses handle Solskjær’s “yo-yo results”.

High peaks and deep valleys

On really good days, Manchester United lives up to the best teams in Europe, solidly documented by triumphs over Paris Saint-Germain and RB Leipzig in the Champions League.

In the worst case, Manchester United lose 1-3 to Crystal Palace and 1-6 to Tottenham at home, as they have in this season’s opener. Three of the four Premier League games at Old Trafford have been lost this fall, with the fourth ending in a draw.

It’s been 47 years since Manchester United had a low point in the first four home games.

Manchester United fail to deliver at the highest level over time, and it goes without saying that the Norwegian cannot go on like this forever.

At some point, American club management and owners must also realize that they need progress and stability over time, not the high peaks and deep valleys that have marked Solskjær’s first 100 games as Manchester United manager. .

At Old Trafford, they like to call themselves “the biggest football club in the world.” And then it hurts them to be 15th in the Premier League table, even though they’ve only played six games this season and it’s awfully early to draw any solid conclusions.

Rescued from crises

Solskjær escaped crisis at the beginning of Advent last year by beating José Mourinho (Tottenham) and Pep Guardiola (Manchester City) in four days.

The two victories were said to have saved Solskjær’s job.

But the team collapsed again like a house of cards. When the crowd left Old Trafford a quarter of an hour before the end of the 2-0 loss to Burnley on January 22 this year, the alarm sounded again. At least among those who watch Manchester United from the outside, and there are many of them in England.

Then he was saved again by playing 19 games in a row from January 26 to July 16 without losing.

– When we’ve played well, we may have taken our foot off the pedal, Solskjær explained when Sky Sports asked on Sunday night about the huge fluctuations in performance.

But the job of a coach in life is to make sure the players have their feet on the gas. Absolutely all the time, not when players find it too good to do so.

Pochettino is still unemployed

Now Manchester United fans around the world are wondering which version of the team they will see in the Champions League against Turkish Istanbul Basaksehir.

A new 5-0 victory? Or a 0-2 loss? None of the results will surprise you.

Saturday’s away game against weak Everton looks like a nightmare for bookmakers.

Meanwhile, the name of Argentine Mauricio Pochettino is often whispered. He is still out of work after being fired from Tottenham a year ago.

Apparently, it was he who the Manchester United leadership was waiting for when Solskjær was hired as a substitute in December 2018.

But Solskjær’s 1-0 win over Pochettino’s Tottenham at a rich Wembley in January became a “game changer” for the Norwegian.

“Poch” still does not have a job, there are still many who identify him as the perfect United manager.

But Solskjær cannot think of that. For the Norwegian United manager, this is now a higher level over time. And what patients are the bosses.