Ruben Amorim - Manchester United Head Coach

There will be a lot of pain this season. We need to back the manager and trust his vision. I like we have a plan this time around. I just pray he is a strong personality who can bench or axe the likes of Rashford / Bruno when not performing
 
Marwood said:
I do like the big switches of play that seem to have returned under him so far. Takes me back to United at our best. Old Trafford is a big pitch, use it. I like Bruno in a regular midfield slot for that reason.

Under ETH the only pass over distance allowed was the ball over the top.
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There were tons of big switches of play under Ten Hag. Like the lead up to Mainoo’s goal in the FA cup final.

There is a lot more sideways passing and emphasis on keeping the ball under Amorim, that much is clear.
 
I don't expect to see a great deal of improvement over the next couple of weeks looking at our schedule, no time to train at all. It's why we have to be patient.
 
The big test will be Wednesday agaisnt arsenal at the emirates. He can’t play eriksen and case or even Bruno and ugarte in the midfield. He surely going to change it up. Not going to lie a dream scenario is 0-0 and 90 min winner from their academy boy we signed
 
NLunited said:
There were tons of big switches of play under Ten Hag. Like the lead up to Mainoo’s goal in the FA cup final.

There is a lot more sideways passing and emphasis on keeping the ball under Amorim, that much is clear.
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Nah disagree. A lot of long balls played over the top under ETH but that's different. That's a hopeful punt.

Obviously there's an exception here and there like the FA Cup final goal. That goal surprised everyone, nobody thought we had that in our locker.
 
ManRed said:
There will be a lot of pain this season. We need to back the manager and trust his vision. I like we have a plan this time around. I just pray he is a strong personality who can bench or axe the likes of Rashford / Bruno when not performing
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God knows why Bruno always gets lumped alongside Rashford.
Bruno is one of the few who do perform.
 
NLunited said:
There were tons of big switches of play under Ten Hag. Like the lead up to Mainoo’s goal in the FA cup final.

There is a lot more sideways passing and emphasis on keeping the ball under Amorim, that much is clear.
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The big difference I see already is that under ETH once every so often, maybe not even once a match you would see a move that looked like it was worked and planned, not just individuals occasionally doing something which resulted in a goal. Under Amorim it looks a lot more planned and structured than it ever did under ETH, there are patterns of play I had forgotten what they looked like.
 
Marwood said:
Nah disagree. A lot of long balls played over the top under ETH but that's different. That's a hopeful punt.

Obviously there's an exception here and there like the FA Cup final goal. That goal surprised everyone, nobody thought we had that in our locker.
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Switch passes were an integral part of ETH attacking tactics. Keep on digging your hole though.
 
ManRed said:
There will be a lot of pain this season. We need to back the manager and trust his vision. I like we have a plan this time around. I just pray he is a strong personality who can bench or axe the likes of Rashford / Bruno when not performing
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Problem is there is a lot of scrutiny on united. He played 343 against Ipswich and you've got dippy pundits like Danny Murphy saying its not possible to play this way.

They brought him in to play his game. Let him do it and if in a couple of years if not working time to pull the plug. If the players aren't capable of doing what he wants as you say drop them. No matter who.

Fans have to suck it up as well, unfortunately some of the twitter brigade will be on his back if he doesn't produce straight away.

Personally I just want to see some exciting football and his style of play not just dumping it and trying to win at all costs after a few games.
 
I feel quite relaxed during this game - can't recall when I felt this way exactly. Possibly under LvG but that was so relaxing that it literally put me to sleep.

Watching LvG snoozefest at 4AM in America took some dedication.
 
Really is incredible what a quality coach can do in short time. Obviously there are issues, some players lacking the right profile, but for the first time in ages we are seeing actual patterns on the ball, a structure that makes sense and isn't just idiotic to anyone with half a brain cell other than our previous manager, we aren't abandoning the whole midfield but also we are balanced both in getting numbers in attack and behind the ball.

The shit moments seem to stem from sloppy touches and passes rather than any systemic issue, and that's a good sign. Oh and most of all... his system is getting goals for our strikers. 4 in 3 games for the player playing as the 9. Great to see and should get them all feeling more confident.
 
He said we would see an identity and he wasn’t wrong. So refreshing to see we don’t revert back just cause it took a little while to get going today.
 
bosnian_red said:
Really is incredible what a quality coach can do in short time. Obviously there are issues, some players lacking the right profile, but for the first time in ages we are seeing actual patterns on the ball, a structure that makes sense and isn't just idiotic to anyone with half a brain cell other than our previous manager, we aren't abandoning the whole midfield but also we are balanced both in getting numbers in attack and behind the ball.

The shit moments seem to stem from sloppy touches and passes rather than any systemic issue, and that's a good sign. Oh and most of all... his system is getting goals for our strikers. 4 in 3 games for the player playing as the 9. Great to see and should get them all feeling more confident.
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That last part is the biggest positive for me early on, finally getting goals consistently from the no.9 position again.
 
Very odd to have a manager that understands how players play and how different profiles fit together.

Clear to see he's put Rashford there so he can be fed by Amad and also take the space Zirkzee will inevitably vacate. He's also alternated the runners and the passers to pick them out one each side : Dalot- Bruno, Rashford-Amad. So encouraging.
 
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So many quick subs, tactical set ups, player selection tweaks and adjustments in just 2 and half games. Nice. Very nice. We still have a soft midfield underbelly but that's for the long term.
 
It's so refreshing to see a pro active manager.

Making changes and tweaks mid game when it's needed.
 
It almost seems that he’s got to know our players strength and weaknesses better than the previous coach ever did, and he’s been here less than two weeks.
 
So suddenly both Højlund and Zirkzee can score goals? I mean that certaintly must be a sign of something great to come or?
 
Mad having a guy who can rotate players and still play the same way successfully.
 
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