How David Moyes will react to crisis

It has been an unlucky and unhappy new year for Manchester United with three games played and three losses. Today United at home face Swansea, the team which dumped them out of the FA Cup six days ago on the virtue of Wilfried Bony 90th minute goal. With many commenting about the David Moyes capability to handle pressure and doubts are growing over the 50 year old Scott who has started the year with three defeats out of three, whether he was the right man to replace Alex Ferguson in the Old Trafford hot seat.

My mind goes back to Ferguson's farewell speech and his final request to the fans was to stand by the new manager and he reminded  when he was going through bad times here at the club, everybody stood by him. "All my staff stood by me, the players stood by me, you stood by me, and your job now is to stand by our new manager. That is important." Ferguson, said that day.

'BELIEVE is the Need for the Moment'

The last time United lost three in a row was in the 2000-01 season and it hardly mattered then because they had already won the Premier League title however this time it’s a different story altogether and with United have just done for the first time since 1992, four defeats in five home matches and trailing the league leaders by 11 points at the start of a new year.

But it would be wrong to believe it was always plain sailing for Ferguson during his long reign at United. One of the biggest crisis moments was midway through the 2005-06 season when United finished bottom of their Champions League group and had string of poor results in domestic games. In the January transfer window of 2006, he made two key signings; defenders Nemanja Vidic and Patrice Evra and the team finished winning the League Cup during that season.

With host of player suffering from injury and dip in form the January transfer window is a good opportunity to strengthen the team. Red’s have Leighton Baines and Luke Shaw as main targets during this transfer window. Reports are also suggesting Ross Barkley is a stunning £50million target for the Reds, according to the Manchester Evening News.

Today’s game and the following weekend’s trip to Chelsea would be a test of character for the United team, Manager specially and whether United were right to let Ferguson handpick his own successor.