Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has impressed as Manchester United interim manager, but the true tests of his capabilities are still to come, according to the Sunday Supplement panel.
United's 2-0 win at Newcastle on Wednesday meant Solskjaer became the second manager in the club's history to win his first four league games in charge, emulating Sir Matt Busby in 1946, before United made it five from five in all competitions with victory over Reading in the FA Cup on Saturday.
Those victories have come against Cardiff, Huddersfield, Bournemouth and Newcastle before their win over Championship side Reading, and with Tottenham to come next Sunday, live on Sky Sports, speaking on the Sunday Supplement, the Mail on Sunday's chief football writer Rob Draper believes we will know more about Solskjaer's abilities after a sterner test.
"Solskjaer has been hitting all the right buttons," Draper said. "It has been the perfect start, but you can't keep talking about playing like Alex Ferguson did, we need to play on the front foot. That is fine for the first five, six weeks, but when you are up against Jurgen Klopp, Mauricio Pochettino, Pep Guardiola, it is going to take a plan.
"We will find out next week against Tottenham, we will find out if he has got a plan. With the defence they have got, quite frankly, they could get torn apart if they play that far up the pitch.
"You have to believe that he has a plan, but in the few months that he was at Cardiff, it did not suggest that he did have. I did not follow Molde, but the few months at Cardiff did little to suggest he is one of the great coaches to come.
"There is a mood, a movement, and that is important, too. That is part of management, like Gareth Southgate did with England - making people feel happy again, but we will see more soon enough."
There is no doubt that progress is being made, according to the Daily Telegraph's northern football correspondent James Ducker, who believes that even if United lose to Spurs, there is no need to panic.
"There is a feelgood factor, the mood is unrecognisable," Ducker said. "There are people smiling again. Even if they lose to Spurs, there is enough good will their to continue to move forward.
"I don't think people should overlook the starting base, and what United have been for the past six seasons. However, in terms of his abilities, we will obviously also get a more accurate gauge next Sunday against Tottenham."