Summary: Yes, strange and unfamiliar times surround Manchester United as the losses continue to lead to more questions about a team that had plenty of emerging concerns in recent years, but also new questions are beginning to be raised about whether these struggles run a bit deeper than the word explanation - transition - and if a number of untended areas have come home to roost. How deep does this crisis appear to be and what should David Moyes do next knowing that winter arrivals are being tempered down at the moment and knowing that the potential of adding real quality to this United team in January was always going to be a large request. We walk through some of these issues, dig into some financials in the area of player investment over the longer term, where the real answers do appear when compared to percentage of revenue over consecutive eight year cycles. After a short break former Norway and Middlesborough striker Jan Aage Fjortoft joins to give us his take on the arrival of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Cardiff City on the heels of the fallout between Malky Mackay and owner Vincent Tan, discuss the signings of Magnus Wolff Eikrem and Mats Moller Daehli, with the former Norway midfielder following Solskjaer yet again, back to British football. We examine what Cardiff supporters can expect in terms of the kind of football that Solskjaer likes to employ, a deeper look into the Eikrem signing and also take a moment to reflect on the appointment of former US National Team manager Bob Bradley at Stabaek IF in the Tippeligaen, or Norwegian first division, itself a landmark signing for American coaches overseas. In the final segment we review the harsh realities before Cardiff City, Solskjaer and Vincent Tan and then turn our full attention to the crippling blow to Arsenal at a key moment in the season, having lost Theo Walcott at precisely the wrong moment, leaving Arsene Wenger with a big key question knowing that Manchester City has turned the corner, and what market class of striker he attempts to sign in the January window. Winter football and an upcoming set of fixtures appear to have dampened the outlook, but there is an opportunity for Arsenal to reinforce and remain in the chase should one of the favorites find themselves at the wrong end of an untimely fall.
