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Ruben Amorim - Manchester United Head Coach
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Probably because pep and klopp was well known to be fair. And from popular leagues. They already made a name for themselves. Amorim will hopefully make a name for himself in the premier league as being the one since fergie to bring us back challenging.
Ask me anything. A question and answer session.
Wasn’t this down to Ashworth? I read up that Ratcliffe was furious at the decision to keep him which as then cost us a lot more money.
Another 20 Rashford questions then.
I’m looking forward to that Anfield game. We’re use to going there and being dominated and battered but Amorim as brought a different way of playing even away to the bigger teams in the league.
Until he shifts the deadwood Ten Hag and others signed . We will keep seeing inconsistent results, doesn’t help having two goalkeepers who are capable of losing you a game, any manager would struggle dealing with that. In the short period he has been here. We look far more organised players look like they know their positions and roles. I also love the way he has handled the Rashford situation and the media in general. Just need some patience and ignore Sky and Talksport long running agenda against us. Interesting to see how much backlash we got losing to spurs despite having more shots, possession and higher XG .
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Another draw that kills their title hopes would be more than satisfactory.
With Amorim then explaining post match Vary’s tactics and how we easily destroyed it.
I like the way he is managing players' time by rotating and yet not compromising his system. It means he can seamlessly fit together players with different capabilities.
What I notice is that we’re carrying out a lot of man-to-man marking and not giving Spurs space.
That doesn't automatically make the team the 'first team'.
The post was implying it was a full-strength tottenham vs a backup man utd. Spurs had 10 first team players unavailable. Just a weird stretch.
Biggest thing for that Anfield game will be not gifting them goals and momentum. We'll have our opportunities to attack, Liverpool aren't Arsenal defensively. But if we go and gift them free goals it'll be a hellish experience
They’ve actually conceded less than Arsenal and scored more than Arsenal. Liverpool should always be a tougher game than Arsenal. Especially at Anfield… they normally attack after attack. So will be important to get a bit of control ourselves.
Ashworth wasn't here was he?
ye I think he joined 1st July.
Can't really blame the media and the league for being enamored with him tbf, so are we as a fanbase
just the amount of space we conceded and how disorganized the press was is the most telling
He hasn't.
But honestly the biggest change will be NOT having to sell the best players every season. Or ever really.
That is massive and it's a luxury that Benfica, Porto and Sporting can not afford to.
Varane? He was decent on the ball wasn't he? You can't categorise him with De Gea and Wan B
I'm aware, I'm more so talking stylistically in that Liverpool is going to be more expansive and will offer more opportunity for opposition attacks especially at home. Arsenal are far more cautious in big games even against our weakened side.
The system supports this too, it’s easier to move players around by slot or two.
I really like it.
His countrymen Dalot and Bruno seem to be immune to his rotations though. You cant even argue theyve been in undroppable form. Would love to see Amorim’s team without Bruno’s charts’ topping possession lost numbers
We are definitely on right track as far as general play is concerned, but at some point Amorim is going to have to find a lineup he can stick with for more than one game in a row.
Yea it's a lot more about the marking than pressing.
Why? Maybe he feels that the more players get exposed to his system the better? Also the more players play, then happier the squad will be.
Yeah if anything it makes me comfortable knowing all the players can play his system. Thats what a proper coach do.
I disagree totally, he is keeping the whole squad involved and changing tactics based on opposition. I admire what he is doing.
It would be ideal if he had a preseason but in a way I like that Amorim came in middle of the season. We don't expect much results wise and it's more interesting to see our performances and style of play changing as time and games pass by. Spurs game for example is poor in terms of conceding easy goals and falling apart in first 15 minutes of 2nd half, but also good one in terms of controlling the game for large part of the match (against a weakened Spurs team obviously) and seeing patterns of how we're going to play under him.
What's also nice regarding Amorim is that both Liverpool and (reportedly) City were interested in getting him. As good a job as he was doing at Everton, don't think big clubs were ever seriously interested in David Moyes in years before he took over United job. Van Gaal was supposed to go to Tottenham in 2014 before opting for United. Ole was in Norwegian league and obviously not near top jobs. Ten Hag was close to Spurs in 2021 but they decided against for his lack of charisma and his English speaking wasn't exactly great (probably one of the big problems at United as well). Only one that could land another big job was Mourinho who was approached by PSG before taking over United and possibly once again during 17/18 season (he perhaps used that PSG interest to get a new contract at United which he did in January).
Edit: actually Barca were probably interested in ten Hag back in 2021. So not only Spurs. But it never happened obviously.
Club spent a lot since 2014 under different managers but I personally find transfer dealings of 2 Dutch managers in van Gaal and ten Hag most annoying of all, though this summer and purchases of Yoro, Ugarte, de Ligt, Mazraoui and Zirkzee doesn't look bad so far.
What's also nice regarding Amorim is that both Liverpool and (reportedly) City were interested in getting him. As good a job as he was doing at Everton, don't think big clubs were ever seriously interested in David Moyes in years before he took over United job. Van Gaal was supposed to go to Tottenham in 2014 before opting for United. Ole was in Norwegian league and obviously not near top jobs. Ten Hag was close to Spurs in 2021 but they decided against for his lack of charisma and his English speaking wasn't exactly great (probably one of the big problems at United as well). Only one that could land another big job was Mourinho who was approached by PSG before taking over United and possibly once again during 17/18 season (he perhaps used that PSG interest to get a new contract at United which he did in January).
Edit: actually Barca were probably interested in ten Hag back in 2021. So not only Spurs. But it never happened obviously.
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It is because Amorim said he had too many interviews so the Premier League trolled him
Needs to work on our set piece defense badly.
Why? He doesn’t have to play the same team every match to get the squad on the same page and playing the same system.
In the 2008-2009 season Fergie went 65+ matches without naming the same team for successive matches.
“Not everyone agrees and there are some fans who want me to play my best team every game," says Ferguson. "But if I could sit down with them and explain the number of miles the players are running in every match, the intensity, the speed, the number of times they have to sprint, they would maybe realise how difficult it is."
"They want to play every game, of course, but it's impossible," explains Ferguson. "Rotation is a part of the modern game. It's got to be. Look at how fast the Premier League is and the intensity of the matches. The speed of the game has changed and somewhere along the line I have to make changes."
Dalot has been rotated occasionally for Malacia
And in games where we have to play our strongest 11, what other choice do we have on the LWB?
Look I’m not telling the head coach how to Head coach the club. I’m just pointing out to everyone who’s talking about him constantly rotating players that it hasnt involved Bruno and Dalot. Dalot has only missed a total of 50ish minutes or so in Amorim’s first 8 games. Bruno even less
I don't think he was decent on the ball. Definitely not a good ball progressor either. I'd probably take AWB over him in that regard tbh.
Yeah I’m sure he’d like to use someone better on the left but we have nothing
Hope Bruno and Dalot playing so much only cuz they his countryman . If Amorim thinks they good enough not to be dropped then we have a serious problem .
They are probably 2 of the most athletic/least injury prone players in the squad.
Dalot has had one injury in the last 5 years where he was out for 22 days.
Bruno has hardly had an injury in his whole career which is ridiculous.
I don't understand who you've been watching but it wasn't Varane, he was comfortable passing off both feet, looked a little awkward but was assured. Comfortably better than Smalling anyway for feck sakeDecent on the ball
He made Smalling look decent.