Is there a single Manchester United player the fans would be sad to lose? | Jonathan Wilson
(The Guardian Sports News)

Manchester United were woeful at Everton on Sunday and would Ed Woodward actually appoint Ole Gunnar Solskjær as a permanent manager now?So that´s the team Liverpool are banking on to win them the title? There could have been little pleasure for Liverpool fans in watching Manchester United being gubbed by their Everton on Sunday, just a desperate hope that there will be a reaction, that the shame of such a limp performance will somehow inspire them against Manchester City on Wednesday. Perhaps it will, but you wouldn´t bank on it: almost the moment Ole Gunnar Solskjær got the job permanently, his players began acting like he was a supply teacher.The 4-0 defeat to Everton was United´s fifth away defeat in a row - their worst run since 1981 - and their sixth in their last eight games. They didn´t play especially well in the other two either. The Norwegian papers may still proudly show United third in the Solskjærtabellen - the league table as it would be had the season begun when their man replaced José Mourinho - but the sunshine doesn´t seem anywhere near as bright as it did. Continue reading...