“It’s a journey we’ve started on and the culture is getting there. I can’t give you any time, but we’re getting there” (Ole Gunnar Solskjaer)



“Things will change for us” (Marco Silva)



“The owners ask me every Thursday, ‘What do you need?’ and I say, ‘Just give me time.’ That’s all I ask for – and we will change it.” (Nathan Jones)



They can’t all be right, can they? In fact, judging by the evidence of recent months, you would have to say their confidence is wholly misplaced.



Since that exhilarating Champions League victory away to Paris Saint-Germain in early March, which as good as convinced the board to make his appointment permanent, Solskjaer has led Manchester United to just four wins in 17 Premier League matches. Silva’s Everton lie in the Premier League’s relegation zone after four consecutive defeats. Stoke’s 2-1 win away to...