Manchester United's recent struggles will only strengthen the resolve of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
That is according to his former teammate Gary Neville.
United have lost four in the past six games, putting a damper on Solskjaer's permanent appointment.
However, Neville believes such instances only make a manager stronger.
Speaking on Sky Sports, he said: "It's been a big struggle since the PSG game, and in some ways I'm happy, because I think if United had carried on as they were towards the end of the season, I think it would have conned and fooled everybody into thinking it was okay.
"I always thought end of March early April was the right time to announce it if it was going to be Ole because I think if you're going to do your work for next season you've got to make a decision.
"Ole now is finding out more about these players in the last month than he did in the first six to eight weeks when everything was golden.
"It was unbelievable, the run that they went on, the PSG game was one of the best nights I've ever had as a United fan.
"It was crazy but mad, but it felt so United, coming back, achieving the unthinkable.
"And all of a sudden in the last month or so the reality has kicked in and they've started to show vulnerabilities.
"They've started to perform at times like earlier in the season, games are harder to win.
"And what it does is it just sobers everyone up a little bit. A month ago it was 'the players were fantastic, they're better than they were, and Jose just couldn't get the best out of them.'
"Now what we're seeing is probably what the players are, the form under Ole in the first two or three months was Championship-winning form, Premier League title form, they were the best team in the league for that period, and all of a sudden now they look like what they are.
"There's still a lot to play for, but I think he recognises now that there's still a big job to do.
"Because what we've seen early on in the season we can't just forget about.
"We can't forget about that I can't forget about what I was watching. As much as I enjoyed it when Ole took over and it was brilliant for a couple of months.
"Now we're just starting to settle down a bit, if Ole wants to be in the job for the next two or three years he's going to have to get some different players around him and manipulate that squad."
