Former Manchester United striker Robin van Perise has called the man-management skills of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer into question following yet another defeat.
United slumped to 12th in the Premier League table on Sunday evening after losing 1-0 to Newcastle United at St. James' Park thanks to a late goal from debutant Matty Longstaff.
The result means United have now lost more league games than they've won this season and adds to a month which has also seen a laboured win over Astana, a defeat to West Ham, a narrow penalty victory against League One's Rochdale and a goalless draw at AZ Alkmaar.
Pressure is starting to mount on Solskjaer, who apologised to the fans for the result, and claimed that his players 'needed to sort their heads out.'
However, the comment didn't sit right with former United striker Van Persie who believes it shows the Norwegian is struggling in the Old Trafford hot seat.
"You can see he’s struggling there, if I’m really honest, during that interview," the Dutchman told Optus Sport.
"And I get it if you’re manager of Manchester United during this period of time. So he’s searching for words, maybe he chose a few wrong ones there.
"Because as a player, what does that mean, ‘sorting the players’ heads out’, what does that mean?
"If you’re a player you’re a little bit like, ‘my head is fine’.
"Even though you can see the players are low in confidence, he needs to find a way to reconnect again and to get their confidence high.
"As a manager, when your team is low in confidence, get them up. When your team is too high in confidence, when they are becoming a little bit too much, you have to get them back to the middle again.
"At the moment, based on this interview, and based on what I’ve seen in the game, I’m not sure if he really knows how to find the buttons there."
Things won't be getting any easier for United either because when they return to action after the international break they will face table topping Liverpool before an arduous trip to Partizan Belgrade in the Europa League.
