During the week the baiting of Manchester United supporters reached indecent levels following the 5-0 spanking by their deadly rivals, Liverpool. Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was a pitiful sight during that Sunday debacle in the ‘theatre of dreams’. In his playing days the Old Trafford supporters grew to love Ole, the striker, as their baby-faced assassin. But as the goals flew past and the stadium went silent last weekend, Sokskjaer the coach watched on helplessly. The defeat fuelled suspicions that he may not have the management skills to compete with those leading Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City. “United can’t play the…

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