Winning has two ancillary effects. On the one hand, it gives you sporting capital. Folks point to your record and are more likely to overlook a stumble or a bad decision. That, in turn, means you can be that little bit more daring and experimental, which is a good thing. On the other hand it raises expectations, sometimes unrealistically so, and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer experienced the former on Sunday in Manchester United's 2-0 loss away to Arsenal. Deploying Paul Pogba in a wide left position of a midfield four isn't what cost his team the game, nor did it help either. Shifting your best creative player into a peripheral role he's never played before is certainly counterintuitive, but maybe...
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