It's hard to think of a United manager coming in that has struggled this much with the Premier League.
Ruben Amorim - Manchester United Head Coach
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Are we all just going to pretend that he hasn’t been absolutely dreadful so far?
He's been pretty tragic in terms of forming any kind of identity. I've would thought a coach at an Elite level will make some sort of an impression by now
Needs to stop with Dalot and Mazraoui as wing-backs. One or the other, with a more attacking player on the other side. Hopefully this is what Dorgu will bring for us?
Do you like him because he’s handsome and charismatic or is there any reason for blindly liking the guy? He’s been incredibly stubborn and naive since his arrival. gets outclassed by managers in the PL week in week out. Refuses to change his ways even when it’s clearly not working. Everyone and their cat knows Maz should never ever be RWB but he persists with the player just because.
Great at man management but he is way too defensive in his tactics.
He hardly starts 3 forwards / 4 wingback/forwards.
The players are shit but they are even made to look worse by the overly defensive tactics.
He hardly starts 3 forwards / 4 wingback/forwards.
The players are shit but they are even made to look worse by the overly defensive tactics.
Nope. We have lost nearly every home game in the league under him.
10 outfield players. 5 defenders. One defensive midfielder.
And you wonder why we struggle to create or score anything.
Needs to find solutions soon. I mean, how long is this going to go on for? And we’re seemingly buying players for this system.
Maybe he is not the manager for us.
No excuses left. We can't be losing all these games at home to ordinary teams.
He’ll need to win the FA Cup or Europa at this point. Can’t spend all season getting battered in the league without repercussions, mitigating circumstances or not
Today is definitely on Amorim as we’re playing at home and we’re playing with a back 5 plus Ugarte shielding the defence so effectively a back 6 whilst also playing without a striker and to top it off it now looks like Martinez will be out for a while too.
Struggling badly.
The question is do you even entrust him with a big summer transfer spending with this kind of football on display.
Even at home we look dire.
The question is do you even entrust him with a big summer transfer spending with this kind of football on display.
Even at home we look dire.
If not him then who is at this point?
Is he that good at man management? He said they were the worst team in history, said Casemiro can't run, said the goalkeeping coach would be better than Rashford in the squad and Mainoo can't defend to the media pretty much. Even if some of those things are true, can't be that great for morale.
I thought he was supposed to be a positive coach, who played on the front foot. Even Jose wouldn’t use that many defensive players.
He takes a team that struggles to score goals and his solution is to play with more defenders.
Very average coach for sure. But he speaks well so he’s spellbound most of our fanbase.
I bet if we’re hired Southgate or Potter and we were this bad they wouldn’t be accorded the same level of grace or support as the Amorim acolytes seem to do.
But oh well…
I bet if we’re hired Southgate or Potter and we were this bad they wouldn’t be accorded the same level of grace or support as the Amorim acolytes seem to do.
But oh well…
How are we supposed to score goals if we wait for the opposition to get back in their defensive structure before every attack? I think it's an awful way of playing.
I think that's fair, it's a very nuanced situation where some elements aren't Amorims entire fault then some where he's largely accountable.
You can see it in his face on the touchline he didn't anticipate things to be this bad, doesn't matter about mentioning a storm I think he's exceeded his own expectations for the struggles this team will face.
The home form is absolutely shocking.
He has apart from a couple of games against the big teams.
The team looks lost, his 5-2-3 isn't working and it doesn't seem he has anything more that one idea.
We’re going to keep losing a lot of games until he’s had windows to get rid of this shite and get players in who fit his system. Some of you make out like we should’ve gone for someone who gets the best out of this squad as though it’s brilliant, it’s ridiculous. We’ve brought in a manager with an actual system and it’s going to take a lot of time for it to work, most of these shit are going to have to go.
That was the prevailing opinion on here when we got him but people just can’t take the short term pain. Maybe we should’ve stuck with Ruud and had Rashford and some 35 year old loan signing bagging so we could finish 6th? Even though we’d be going nowhere long term.
That was the prevailing opinion on here when we got him but people just can’t take the short term pain. Maybe we should’ve stuck with Ruud and had Rashford and some 35 year old loan signing bagging so we could finish 6th? Even though we’d be going nowhere long term.
We’ve been playing like this for a long time, these players just aren’t up to it and physically we are probably the worst team in the league.
Amorim may well not be up to the demands of this job but it’s not going to be a quick turnaround with or without him.
Amorim may well not be up to the demands of this job but it’s not going to be a quick turnaround with or without him.
That’s his system
should he abandon his system after 5 minutes for the likes of Dalot and Rashford?He’s left it too late make changes. Mainoo as the striker wasn’t working and only after we go 1-0 down, and the 70th min, does he change it.
This squad isn’t catered to his system and it shows most weeks. I guess he has this excuse until the summer. We really need to see some improvement early next season otherwise I’d want him gone. Stand by we would have been much better off with a manager that plays 4-3-3.
This squad isn’t catered to his system and it shows most weeks. I guess he has this excuse until the summer. We really need to see some improvement early next season otherwise I’d want him gone. Stand by we would have been much better off with a manager that plays 4-3-3.
Some of you lot writing him off already. When are you going to realise the problem is the players not the manager.
Thank you for speaking sense.
Some of you lot writing him off already. When are you going to realise the problem is the players not the manager.
Its not 523 though, you are only writing that to try and make a point.That’s his system
Its 343.
He's balancing the side as best he's able with what's available.
He wants attacking wingbacks, one of which is a converted winger, but we don't have many options as Amad has been needed infield and noone else can do that role other than fullbacks.
It's not rocket science, but I guess being mad we're losing gets people not thinking with their brains n shit
Did you say the same when EtH and Ole were here? Bc my beef is people not being consistent when it comes that logic. If you did - fair enough.
Some of you lot writing him off already. When are you going to realise the problem is the players not the manager.
He gets a free pass this season from me. But there must be significant improvements by Christmas. If we're still playing like this then bin him off
Some of you lot writing him off already. When are you going to realise the problem is the players not the manager.
We are worse than under EtH
Really poor to watch, we look physically weak compared to other teams
So when we finish behind Everton,Palace etc will you be claiming they have better squads? FFS he has no excuses to have us playing this bad.
Some of you lot writing him off already. When are you going to realise the problem is the players not the manager.
As clueless as every other manager we had post SAF. Maybe even more clueless.
Are you sure ?
We had negative goal difference the whole.of last season
Amorim is getting leeway because upon arriving he immediately promised we would struggle, telling us to expect "pain", "suffering", etc.
Added to that, we're now near-guaranteed some sort of mid-table finish this season, which means the stakes in the league are relatively low.
In other words Amorim successfuly (and wisely) reset expectations for the season. So I'm not sure why some posters are acting puzzled that he isn't now getting heavy criticism.
Added to that, we're now near-guaranteed some sort of mid-table finish this season, which means the stakes in the league are relatively low.
In other words Amorim successfuly (and wisely) reset expectations for the season. So I'm not sure why some posters are acting puzzled that he isn't now getting heavy criticism.
Shame we can’t play FCSB every week!