MANCHESTER UNITED are going through what amounts to something of an identity crisis. The astonishingly high standards set during the Ferguson era meant that whatever followed him would be an anti-climax, but the club has made a series of poor judgement calls, partly in desperation to return to winning ways – and that means league titles – and partly because of the need to maintain “alpha club” status. The wealth of Manchester United means that sooner or later, they will once more find a bottle of the magic elixir they need, but for the time being, the phrase “work in progress” has become the new mantra at Old Trafford. Ole Gunnar Solskjær is now being compared to Wilf McGuinness, and that’s not being unkind as…