This is why this is the worst Manchester United team in 50 years

This is such an execrable Manchester United side that relegation was alluded to at Ruben Amorim's post-match press conference at Wolves.

United is the club where anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Within a week, they have lost three matches, sieved nine goals, exited a cup competition, plummeted to 14th, a ceiling in their stadium started leaking mid-press conference and Old Trafford's hygiene rating was downgraded. They are so bad they are now making Marcus Rashford look good.

Wolves, at one stage in the bottom three during the Boxing Day fixtures, have already enjoyed a new manager bounce of consecutive Premier League wins. United have not won back-to-back league games since May.

Every fixture for United is treacherous but they are about to come up against two demonstrably better teams in Newcastle United and Liverpool. Lose those and United may well be teetering above the relegation zone more than halfway through the season.

No wonder Amorim, whose command of English is so impeccable he understood the relegation reference without mention of the 'r' word, said United have to "survive".

Amorim arrived for the debrief sooner than expected. Club staff say he is punctual post-match. During the match at Molineux, Amorim patrolled the technical area like a wrestler itching to be tagged in so he could pick a fight.

The United players enjoyed all the festive perks they could have hoped for. No overnight stay in Wolverhampton on Christmas evening, a Boxing Day breakfast at Carrington before a stop off at a hotel en route to the stadium. Draconian measures are perhaps warranted.

After Anfield next Sunday, it is Arsenal away in the FA Cup. United may come full circle that day. Thirty-nine days after their emaciated