Ole Gunnar Solskjaer suggested that more Manchester United players will have to leave the club following a desperate 2-0 reverse at the hands of Burnley on Wednesday .
"We are looking to improve, we have got our targets. This is our second defeat at home and first since August. I thought we had turned that corner," he told BT Sport after the final whistle.
"We have started a clear-out and now I am going to be answering these questions until it [transfer window] closes. We are working on things.
"For me the most important thing is we have to perform on the pitch. Tonight wasn't good enough for a Manchester United team."
The Norwegian is under increasing pressure to deliver on the bench less than a year after being appointed as Jose Mourinho's permanent successor, with Mauricio Pochettino reportedly waiting in the wings to take over.
But he defended his charges from the most vehement critics, pointing out that many of the United side are still adapting to the club.
"We have got to hold our hands up and say it wasn't good enough," he added.
"In the first half we created some half openings but we were not sharp enough to take our chances. They were clinical and efficient and defended well. we couldn't open them up.
"The boys have given everything they have got but they are experiencing this period for the first time in their lives. When you are at Manchester United you are playing at the biggest and best club in the world. Some of them have played 10, 12, 15 games and it's not easy for them.
"I'm going to back them and help them get through this. We can't do anything but hold our hands up and say it's not good enough.
"You can talk about it all day long and we are disappointed with our points tally. We work every single day for these boys to improve and perform better than this."
benardeschi
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First mistake was letting Lukaku leave! Now you are left with Martial..... he's not even a player worth playing and will be benched if he were an Arsenal player! He's not even a good finisher yet u play him as a no 9. I totally agree with what Van Persie said about you.
Homekmnoty
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a sporting director should be appointed to deal with transfer issues whiles Woodward is moved to his professional area which is marketing so that he deals with our commercial issues, then you ole get fired because you have no command over job and then Mauricio is brought in to handle United bcos he has tried with a less budget team and succeeded. if not sacking u ole then you need to be taken back to evening coaching classes for you to come back well.
Profnick
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all I see and hear is Ole out. yet he is still 5th in the league, still in the FA Cup, still in the Europa League, still with a chance in the ELF cup. I hear many say he is not good enough for EPL, yet he is closer to the top 4 than to the bottom 3. yes the standards have dropped, wake up and smell the coffee, like it or not we are not title contenders for the next two years that's right, it will take 10 years since Sir Alex for us to win another EPL title. if Ole gets sacked today, it will take 15, if the succeeding manager gets sacked, it will take 20, if the next manager gets sacked it will take 25, and if his successor gets sacked it will take 30 years.. familiar story right, yes learn your lessons from Liverpool. 3 years after his appointment Klopp won his FIRST TITLE with Liverpool...he is still to win his first EPL... if they had sacked him like we sacked Jose, the wait would have gone on for longer. so shout scream Ole out as much as you want, don't regret it later
subacmpz
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Ole l am sorry we have to remind you that the first mistake you made of selling Lukaku will cost you your job where you like it or not . You didn't want to involve him in the pre season games for fear that he will prove you wrong. You stated that he was not in your game plan ,Sanchez same. You went on to state that you don't need a replacement for the two strikers, you had enough ammunition from the academy besides Martial and Rashford . Well and good what we want are the results. All the players in your game plan are there. Please always remember that a player is a person who can be injured and someone else should take over. A team should not suffer because of one player who is not in the team. Once things happen otherwise then something is seriously wrong somewhere as is the case with Man U. To Mr Ole , your days at Man U are numbered if no new strikers are bought during this transfer window.
wardsham
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big changes needed.the manager is not a problem its Woodward and Glazer's that need burning out.theres not a manager on the plannet that could turn this utd team around
Charlieputh
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what united needs are players that can work into the team and do the job enough of this nonsense talk of trying to improve players gosh
Sabacdlry
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it will be another nightmare with Pochettino he build good team devlope good player but never win trophy we need to invest in a good young up and coming coach like Espirito Santo or an experience proven winner like Massimillano Allegri I don't think Espirito has ever won anything but he as coaches his against the big boys and gotten results that make me think given all the resources and money United wasted on all these player over the pass five years looking at his wolves side if he had these resources we could be winner again but I question can any coach be winner under the present set up at old Trafford the Glazer's are only three to milk all the resources from the club and that is why Woodward his getting all the backing in the world from them
Shadrack1993
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I once said, it was a mistake to hand over Manchester United to Ole, and I still stand with that . The job is to big for him. Give a poor man gold worth 1 million dollars he will sell it have the price to get money to feed his family,but give an investor same gold worth 1 million dollars and he will sell have the gold more than a million dollar and invest the other half. Ole just talks nowadays, we loose, he will be like, we need to help the boys improve and we need more players to improve the squad. We win and the narrative changes, he will be like, the boys are good to go, we are doing better and at this time we will not look at the transfer unless we get the right people for the job. We are tired of you. This is not the United we know, you have turned it into pity little players and they will be wanting to leave the club very soon to avoid embarrassing themselves. OLE WE CAN'T TRUST YOU WITH MANCHESTER UNITED ANY MORE.
cecilmnuy
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Ole is not in any way the problem of Man United... let the stick go straight to the board. there's enough cash to splash on world class players but no they rather go out there to the market to disgrace themselves with bidding war.
Craze4Football
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First mistake was letting Lukaku leave! Now you are left with Martial..... he's not even a player worth playing and will be benched if he were an Arsenal player! He's not even a good finisher yet u play him as a no 9. I totally agree with what Van Persie said about you.
what improves players are other good players. the likes of Pereira, Lingard cannot help Martial open up his true potential, we all know Martial is special and can do special things. The same goes for Pogba, at Juve he was so good, why? because he had excellent players around him (Vidal,Pirlo) but at ManU he can't do the same because he doesn't have that kind of support. Even De Gea can do better of he has good support from his defenders. Look at Alison, he has VVD and Joe Gomez, look at Firmino, he has Salah, Mane, Robertson, TAA....My point- each player brings the better out of the other