The Warm-Up: Manchester United are Manchester United again

Manchester United were a fractured, rabid mess before Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was appointed caretaker manager. Six games and six wins later, they appear a team transformed. Fluent in attack and resolute – if still a bit ropey - in defence.

The Norwegian becomes the second manager in the club's history to win his first five league games in charge. The other was Sir Matt Busby. He is the first manager to win his first six games in all competitions.

United, having played most of the season like a side who had received little coaching or direction, are now playing like a team receiving coaching and direction. That coaching led them to a 1-0 win over Tottenham at Wembley on Sunday.

However, while The Warm-Up loves indulging in a little hyperbole, it must be said that United rode their luck a little after Marcus Rashford's opener. They were battered at times and, were it not for the brilliance of David de Gea, may well have been on the end of a shoeing.

Yet, it was still impressive from United. Solskjaer appears to have reinstalled that intangible sense of superiority that drove Manchester United to such success under Sir Alex Ferguson. It is of course early days but there was an impression of inevitably about United getting over the line despite Tottenham's dominance.

They could regress to the Jose Mourinho mean, so let's not declare the Norwegian a managerial messiah just yet, but Solskjaer has done what seemed impossible a matter of 22 days ago. He has made Manchester United feel like Manchester United again.

Surely he is a shoo-in for the job full time now.

However, if United elect not to hire him, then just put him charge of Brexit as he has already sorted out one fractured, directionless rabid mess. In fact, The Warm-Up is putting its full weight behind Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as Brexit chief. Ole Gunnar Sort Brexit!

On the subject of Brexit, who had Neil Warnock down as a Brexiteer?

The Warm-Up certainly didn't. Nope. Not a forward-thinking, progressive coach such as Neil. Actually, The Warm-Up should really refer to Neil's role in the old, imperial measurement of manager - none of that coach guff for our Neil.

Anyway, Neil is all for Brexit.

The key line in here is as follows:

Some astounding stuff.

There has been some serious virtue signalling over Marcelo Bielsa's decision to send a member of staff to spy on Derby County's training session ahead of Leeds United's clash with Frank Lampard's men. However, that needs to be wound in.

The guy wants to win. Fair play. He'll do whatever he deems ethically sound. And he is unapologetic about that fact. His interview ahead of the match was glorious.

Here it is in all its glory:

The essence of said interview is as follows: ‘yea, I did it and what?’

Marcelo, The Warm-Up salutes you.

On a more a serious note, those condemning this are, to The Warm-Up's mind, pretty naive. Elite-level football is a game of the finest margins whereby the smallest insight or advantage can be the difference between winning and losing, relegation and promotion etc.

Wow. The English language has developed over the course of 1,400 years and The Warm-Up rates itself as a linguistic baller but there no words in existence to describe the below. Well, none that can be published on a fine, family publication such as Eurosport.

Anyway, Greenock Morton have had a rip roaring belter during their 2-1 defeat at the hands of Alloa Athletic.

Did you know that GOAT was an acronym of Erik Lamela? You didn't? Well you do now.

Erik Lamela is indeed the greatest human being to walk the earth and he proved it again when his team-mate Juan Foyth got engaged.

"Invite me or I kill you." Laugh out out out out out out out out out loud (looooooooool)

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What better way to start a Monday morning than every one of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Manchester United goals.

31 minutes of goals. Woof.

We are absolutely loaded with great Australian Open content - it is the first day of the tournament. It is live on Eurosport and Eurosport Player.

Fear not football fans, though, Manchester City host Wolves in the Monday Night Football.