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It's us against the world! Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is creating a siege mentality at Man United and showing stars he's in the trenches with them after fixture rant and defence of Mason Greenwood... it's no surprise he learned from one of the best in Fergie

Creating a siege mentality has become an important part of a manager's psychological armoury in the modern game - back in the 1980s smaller clubs like Millwall and Wimbledon's Crazy Gang used the mantra 'No-one likes us – we don't care' to bond together and beat richer and stronger rivals.

It worked so successfully that in the Premier League era, even the greatest bosses have adapted the theme to their own means.

Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho regularly complained of the world being against them – from media to referees to governing bodies – even though they held the advantage of having the best players and biggest budgets.