Remember when posters were complaining about Hag's bland pressers and the reply was "what do you expect everyone replies like that it's a press conference, nobody cares"
Nah mate, this is a press conference.
Ruben Amorim - Manchester United Head Coach
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Remember when posters were complaining about Hag's bland pressers and the reply was "what do you expect everyone replies like that it's a press conference, nobody cares"
Nah mate, this is a press conference.
Is this throwing under the bus? If it is, must be world smallest toy bus. On the other hand we know how fragile our lot's feelings are.
I meant players.
ETH lacked balls I reckon. One game in under Amorim and he has pointed out players that caused us not being able to control the match. I dont think he will put up with it for 2 months let alone 2 years. For me the obvious solution is to give players chances but once they run out of it, they need to be sold or demoted to the bench while we get better profiles in. Ten Hag was brave enough to let go of players that were obviously problematic to his dressing room. But not ones who were problematic to his system. Then he adjusted his system to fit in the players instead which meant back to Ole ball and without the motivation.... Ole was a great motivator and had proper connection with the players at least.
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I like how direct & forthright he is when answering the questions from the press... for now until he gets jaded and robotic/incipid about the answers. Always very listenable interviews, unlike Mr Heh.
He really is a miracle worker. Shaw and Mount on the pitch at the same time
Everything he says just makes complete sense. The performance wasn’t great today and I didn’t expect it to be, but I have full confidence in him right now because he already sees the issues, he understands all the pitfalls of introducing a new system mid season etc. If he recognises it then we know he’s working on fixing it. So by that logic, he will either get these players doing what he needs or he will get players that can do that.
This was one of my issues with Ten Hag and his reluctance to see issues or try to incorporate his style. It never felt like we were building towards something. I’m looking forward to seeing the end results of it, and hopefully we can pick up points whilst we slowly work through these teething issues.
This was one of my issues with Ten Hag and his reluctance to see issues or try to incorporate his style. It never felt like we were building towards something. I’m looking forward to seeing the end results of it, and hopefully we can pick up points whilst we slowly work through these teething issues.
He won't be sitting down with Gary Neville or doing announcement interviews with MUTV every week.
The issue will be, if the team continue to be poor and results don't come, will he compromise some of his beliefs in the hope that results improve?
I think Ten Hag did the same at times. I bet Ten Hag has a lot of regrets about not sticking to his principles.
I'd have just walked off as soon as thry started entertaining that gowl. I'm sure Roy would have respected that move.
Knew we would get some comments on social media saying that Ruud should have stayed on until summer
There are a lot of morons on social media.
The team he started was abysmal and slow. I am all behind the manager and I hope he continues down this road, get some intense and technical players we will be cooking again. Amad needs to be a forward, Shaw if fit or Garnacho can take left wing back for now.
Yoro - De ligt - Martinez/Shaw
Maz - Ugarte - Bruno - Garnacho
Amad - Hoijlund - Mount
This will be my ideal team for this formation and could be 2/3 weeks away
Yoro - De ligt - Martinez/Shaw
Maz - Ugarte - Bruno - Garnacho
Amad - Hoijlund - Mount
This will be my ideal team for this formation and could be 2/3 weeks away
I think this result and how the team played will be more beneficial in the long run to RA, rather than scraping 1-0 and papering over the cracks. We are a million miles from being a team that can challenge top 4 at the moment and need to concentrate on getting a settled good side, without trying to appease the £300k a week players.
If we had have won, RA might have been tempted to play the same 10/11 players next game. This result and performance will give him plenty food for thought.
If we had have won, RA might have been tempted to play the same 10/11 players next game. This result and performance will give him plenty food for thought.
I like the fact that he's already stated he wants to implement something for a longer term gain vs results in the short term.
If he builds toward something and shows progress, we might finally contend for the league.
Tough game today, but I am hopeful we look better 3 months down the road.
He's got a tough job on his hands though. I am sure he knew beforehand, but it likely dawned on him even more during the game. We need someone to raise the standards at this club and from his post match pressers, he might be the man. Too many prior managers were lowering it constantly.
If he builds toward something and shows progress, we might finally contend for the league.
Tough game today, but I am hopeful we look better 3 months down the road.
He's got a tough job on his hands though. I am sure he knew beforehand, but it likely dawned on him even more during the game. We need someone to raise the standards at this club and from his post match pressers, he might be the man. Too many prior managers were lowering it constantly.
A couple of things that were really positive IMO were even that sort of play for our goal where the 10 pulled out wide and the wing back inverted for a little give and go with a fake half step one way, we saw that action multiple times and it looked very clearly a pattern they worked on (and it worked successfully quite a few times to get us moving), and then the 2nd half once Shaw and Ugarte came on that we really dominated possession and territory. Casemiro and Evans struggled off the ball today, and Casemiro kept being wasteful on it by going long rather than focusing on keeping the ball, while I felt a lot of the others were very consciously trying to not launch it carelessly and be keep the ball more when previously they would launch a hit and hope. Positive things that I think will go a long way once it becomes second nature to them.
My team, except I would start Mainoo for Mount maybe.
The 3 upfront positions need at least 2 serious signings. And the midlefield needs at least 1 serious signing as well.
When those signings come, I would push Amad for RWB again. He’s a better wing back than Garnacho, he’s pretty much perfect for that role. I understand him playing on the right and a more traditional full-back playing on the opposite flank. But it surely can’t be Dalot neither Shaw. Malacia maybe? Carreras? Another signing?
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He said pretty much exactly that. See in the last 20 seconds of the interview: https://www.skysports.com/football/...h-interview-in-full-our-system-isnt-a-concern.
Biggest issue I see right now is just the lack of quality in the final third. It's basically Bruno and Amad and that's about it currently. Garnacho is still probably best used as a main supersub, Rashford is washed, Hojlund looks to have regressed this year, and Zirkzee has about negative confidence at the moment. Couple that with not much creativity coming from wingbacks and it's going to be tough to consistently score right now and we'll be in a bunch of tight games.
Shaw being able to play LWB would help tremendously. Yoro coming back and moving Maz to RWB will help. But I think we'll be needing Bruno and Amad to lead the main attacking thrust, others can't be trusted to do so on a consistent basis. And hopefully one of the strikers gets a few goals to start firing again.
They’re both here for a shorter amount of time though with Zirkzee only just arrived. We do need a number 9. Most of the attack needs bolstering tbh.
On the system, it’s clear that the buildup relies heavily on creating triangles / quadruples in the wide areas to progress the play and hence relies on each side on the CB, wingback, CM and AM to work well together and have the necessary qualities.
Taking yesterday and our right an example, Mazraoui and Amad performed their roles perfectly but Casemiro was late to every party and Bruno got lost in the crowd. For a split second, replace those two with Mainoo and let’s say, Odegaard (just as example) and then those patterns work much more seemlessly.
On the left we had nothing. Evans, Eriksen, Dalot and Garnacho are all not up to scratch and it hurt us.
Taking yesterday and our right an example, Mazraoui and Amad performed their roles perfectly but Casemiro was late to every party and Bruno got lost in the crowd. For a split second, replace those two with Mainoo and let’s say, Odegaard (just as example) and then those patterns work much more seemlessly.
On the left we had nothing. Evans, Eriksen, Dalot and Garnacho are all not up to scratch and it hurt us.
What I want to see
1) does he drop rashford & Bruno
What I think. Our team will be much much better with Martinez, De Ligt , Yoro as the back 3 and Ugarte & Mainoo as two cm. What will make our break our season is the wingbacks and two number 10 positions because I think they are the positions maybe even Anorim doesn’t know the best combination for what we have.
1) does he drop rashford & Bruno
What I think. Our team will be much much better with Martinez, De Ligt , Yoro as the back 3 and Ugarte & Mainoo as two cm. What will make our break our season is the wingbacks and two number 10 positions because I think they are the positions maybe even Anorim doesn’t know the best combination for what we have.
What was he supposed to do? We have an abysmal and slow squad. I think Yoro will add something extra when he's fully fit but he's working with limited options.
Don't post dogshit tweets, from dogshit fan accounts, stating made up dogshit.
Can a draw be a win? if we won due to flukey goals or whatever, then it would have masked the fundamental flaws this team has. It has no pattern nor identity. Every player seems to play alone doing what they do best. A stark contrast to Amorim's teams so far. I'm sure he took a long, hot shower at home. The cluelessness of these players are baffling even the basics are lacking.
Completely reasonable statement. The way the media likes to pick at our carcass and try and get any possible scoop they can is ridiculous and has to be a distraction for everyone working at the club.
As long as management team is honest and take the right lessons it shouldn't make any difference , Amorim focus should primarily be on the performance irrespective of the results .
For all the shit talks about Sporting being below Championship level, after the match last night I'm convinced if we face them in CL in the current state, we'd lose. They would run rings around players like Casemiro and Eriksen.
I saw it. And he didn’t say it at all. Not once did he mention anything about “limiting interviews and that he was going to speak to the head of communications”. It’s just hyperbolic bull shit and embellishment made up to encourage clicks and engagement.
The tweet linked is opinionated and presented as fact, and has no business being linked, in my opinion. This forum would do very well to stop permitting these posts; it just drives up a frenzy as the impressionable (that are unable to formulate their own opinion), lap up the bullshit that is regularly posted here and take it as gospel.
I genuinely think just adding Martinez, Yoro, Ugarte and Mount to the starting lineup would improve our team significantly.
Getting Yoros physical ability and Martinez passing from the back would make us better in attack and defence. And that would allow Mazroaui to take one of the wingback spots to provide better play out wide.
Ugarte would give us some much needed intensity in the middle which we sorely lacked today. And Mount would be really good at helping recycle the ball during build up, and he is very familiar with this system.
Getting Yoros physical ability and Martinez passing from the back would make us better in attack and defence. And that would allow Mazroaui to take one of the wingback spots to provide better play out wide.
Ugarte would give us some much needed intensity in the middle which we sorely lacked today. And Mount would be really good at helping recycle the ball during build up, and he is very familiar with this system.
Ed Sheeran was the straw that broke the camel's back. This was worse than when he appeared in Game of Thrones.
2 crucial points dropped but I’m sure he’ll get it right. What gives me hope is the fact he knows where the problems are. He’s identifying them so hopefully he can solve them
Unfortunately here in England you do speak a lot and get interviewed a lot. Especially at the biggest club in the world. It’s not like sporting where you have 1 interview a week maybe.
Amad was on the right side. No different to him playing RW. He created our goal with his right foot but he also looked dangerous when cutting in onto his left. Dalot is just poor and hopefully Malacia takes his spot.
It's not like you are required to do so by law.
The club obviously likes the media attention. He would have known that before he joined us. I’m sure at every team in the world you have a pre match interview and one after the game
Ed Sheeran said all this? On what channel?