Former Manchester United and Liverpool player Paul Ince believes that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer does not have enough exciting players in his squad.
Ince, who has often served as a vocal critic of Solskjaer and the club's management structure, believes the team does not have a squad good enough to challenge at the top end.
United are struggling at the start of the season, losing their most recent Premier League game to West Ham United.
"I said last year and got ridiculed for it that Ole shouldn't have got the Manchester United job at the stage he did. I stand totally by that comment," Ince told Paddy Power.
"Everyone got sucked into the start he'd made, without looking at the fixtures they had. It's a result-based business, and that's fine, but you can't ignore performances.
"Now, though, having decided he's the man, giving him a long-term project and buying into his vision, they have to stick with him.
"Irrespective of whether they win or lose at the weekend, he's their man. There are no two ways about it, they've made their bed, and right now they're lying in it.
"They can't be sacking their manager and abandoning the strategy, based on a few results. United will win games, people will get excited again, then they'll lose and it'll be back to crisis mode.
"They're the biggest team in the world, they'll be on the back pages no matter what. That's what comes with being a Manchester United player or manager.
"But they no longer have that presence in terms of intimidating opponents. Teams know they can get something from them now, even at Old Trafford. Right now, United are vulnerable.
"Chelsea already have a clearer vision. I think of Ole in the same way as I do Frank Lampard. Two young managers lacking experience, who have been thrown into two massive clubs.
"But, if you gave me the choice of who I'd rather be watching this season, it'd be Chelsea all day long and that hurts me as a former United captain.
"Can anybody tell me what United are trying to do? Because I have no idea
"They're so reliant on the young lad Daniel James who is brilliant, but was in the Championship with Swansea last season it's crazy.
"There's nobody there that excites me."
