Whatever you think of Solskjaer the manager, surely you have to feel a bit for the guy as a person? He's working his arse off in a high pressure job and has been turned on from all quarters - the press, ex-players, seemingly some of his own players, our own fans, rival fans taking the piss, the club hierachy don't seem interested in publicly backing him and are clearly speaking to other candidates, while at the same time having no interest seemingly putting him out his misery and letting him to continue to take the abuse.
He's got to then turn up to work in front of the world's eyes and motivate a group of players who seemingly don't believe him in any more, in a job he's probably going to get sacked from at some point in the not too distant future.
Yes he's rewarded handsomely for it, but he must feel like shit regardless at the moment. It's pretty painful seeing one of your club idols go through that, especially as he seems like a decent guy.
I believe his time is up now, but at least I hope in the interim he comes out swinging rather than going out with a whimper. The City line up/performance suggested that won't be the case, but maybe a bit of time off this week will have allowed him to reflect on what he needs to do.
If the first team have really given up on him, and the fringe players truly thing they deserve to be starting - throw them in for the Watford game. Don't stick to some game plan which clearly isn't working and roll the dice.