Will David Moyes survive the Manchester United axe?

Though in recent weeks Man United’s home support had rallied around Moyes the atmosphere at Old Trafford during, and indeed after, the club’s 3-0 defeat to Man City last night was positively poisonous. Stewards were even put in place to prevent the angered removal of the ‘Chosen One’ banner that refers to the current boss.

Moyes has already secured an unwanted record for the club, racking up a Premier League club record breaking total of 10 defeats in a season and consequently all but ending any slight hope of securing a top four finish.

David Moyes has looked like a man on the brink for some weeks and the sight of the Man United manager, head in hands, during the shambolic encounter with Man City has led many observers to conclude he is simply not the man to drag the club out of the mess he has himself presided over.

Moyes bought himself some time with Man United’s 3-0 victory over Olympiakos but the result has been seen by many as merely papering over the cracks and the club’s senior players are said to have given up on the Scot and there is a sense within Old Trafford that it’s only a matter of time before the former Everton manager’s time in charge comes to an imminent end.

Recent thrashings at the hands of arch rivals Liverpool and Man City may well act as the final nail in David Moyes’s managerial and it might be helpful for him to call time on his brief reign as Man United manager.