“It is very difficult to talk now, of course. We started badly, passive, and when they got the first goal it was always going to be a difficult game. David kept us in the game, some good stops, then they score the goal they always score. We know that’s going to happen, and it shouldn’t happen...We still don’t trust ourselves with the ball...We have to get back to what we started to look like, a proper team, towards the end of last season and the start of this one, we have to get back to that. I’m sure when we come back, the demands on me and the players will be high. We’ve just got to get back to what we were for a while, and we have the players to do that. I have good communication all the time with the club. I want the best for Man United, and as long as I am here, I will do all I can to improve this.”-Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in post-derby remarks.

He knows. This was it, he knows. "...it was always going to be a difficult game" after the first, fluky, own goal. That's defeatism. "...then they score the goal they always score. We know that's going to happen..." That's doom and gloom defeatism. Old Trafford is now the Theater of Doom. Ole and the team were running scared from the kickoff to this one and when you do that scary things happen. "...as long as I am here..." He knows.

This is also Nebraska under Scott Frost. The players are playing scared of the inevitable doom and without belief. Brandon Vogel after the Purdue loss: "What are we waiting for?" Exactly. From the Guardian post-derby, the same question: "David Hytner's verdict has landed. “How much longer?" The United board should pull the plug on Ed Woodward and Solskjaer and Trev Alberts should pull the plug on Frost.