Ruben Amorim - Manchester United Head Coach

Wing Attack Plan R said:
They both have the same problems: strikers who can't strike being foremost among them. Rashford was good for the occasional goal, Rasmus in Europe as well. ETH had deficiencies in his squad through injuries and players simply proving not good enough, and those deficiencies were addressed through the signings of DeLigt, Yoro, Ugarte, and (sadly) Zirkzee. Zirkzee is a dud, along with Antony and Malacia. Injuries to Shaw and Mount also stymied ETH's plans. Had both of them been fit, we would be transformed. He was given/saddled with the Old Man Ronaldo, Casemiro's ghost, and gave Sancho enough rope. If they had worked out, again, different team.

Cut to: Amorim. Still has the same striker, Rasmus, who's got the yips in front of goal. Rashford is gone. Zirkzee, the nominal reinforcement, is not of the required level. So still no goals coming from the forwards. Amad is saving Amorim's bacon thus far, but ETH was the one who brought him through. Now Licha is toast for the next year if not forever, and Amorim will have to deploy Maguire, DeLigt, and Yoro as a back 3, of which only Maguire seems comfortable playing, although his lack of everything but heading the ball is a serious drawback. We brought in a wingback and Heaven to save our asses. Just like Zirkzee and DeLigt and Ugarte before them.

Yet in this new system, all of the reinforcements of the last few windows are misfits. And we are broke. Ten Hag gets blamed for everything including things outside of his control, but Amorim has apparently been given a get out of jail free card that absolves him of his terrible team selections and in-game tactics. It's one set of rules for ETH and a different set for RA, when in reality they both have been poor, but Amorim has been much worse.
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Just this line alone tells how far up ETH’s ass you’re up.
 
Poborsky's hair said:
People who follow Sporting might confirm but similar scenarios. First getting rid of overpaid, lazy footballers, sticking to his plan tactics wise and then getting in his players and instilling new ethics and mentaility to completely change things and building a title aspiring/winning team. Of course it will be a long journey in the PRem or on this level and might take time but of all managers post Fergie, I give him the highest chance.

Hes genuine guy who fears nobody, never bullshit anyone. FInally someone who would actually put club in the first place, not individual player. He kicked out/dropped Antony, Rashford, Casemiro, Eriksen and even underperforming Hojlund very quickly. He understands what is needed. Also there are recognizable game patterns, unlike with other managers. We will eventually see tirelss MANUTD team able to press other teams which not a single manager post fergie including Fergie for the last 15 plus years implemented. Absolutely shocking tbh looking back at it. and with both hardworking and top talented players we will rise again. Title 21 might be difficult in fact looking at the competition, but I am sure we will be entertaining again. Give it a two transfer windows. We should see post summer.

Quenda, Gyokeres/Delap, World class CM, Someone like Dibling in, Chido with Rashford breakthrough, Garnacho and Amad firing next season, Mainoo trasnformed all with full preseason under their belt.

Even if we are not performing in the league. Amorim already showed in a very short time he can beat all City, Pool and Arsenal. Europa run looks pretty good now. Just need to get more players on board to drive the dominant football more consistently out of them.

I just really hope he will be backed at least one big transfer window. Arteta in his first season was also very underwhelming and he got them to fight for top4 again now.
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Half the lot critiscising him are the same people who criticised Rangnik when he pointed out all the issues with the squads which needed addressing.

We’ll be better off if we had allowed Rangnik to get rid of the overpaid lazy players we had, but no, we doubled down by signing even more overpaid players past their prime.

You can say it’s bad morale for the squad to be called out publicly, but ffs, most of them aren’t the necessary quality that we need anyway.

Getting rid of players who’re happy to sit around for a payday would be a success in itself.
 
elmo said:
Half the lot critiscising him are the same people who criticised Rangnik when he pointed out all the issues with the squads which needed addressing.

We’ll be better off if we had allowed Rangnik to get rid of the overpaid lazy players we had, but no, we doubled down by signing even more overpaid players past their prime.

You can say it’s bad morale for the squad to be called out publicly, but ffs, most of them aren’t the necessary quality that we need anyway.

Getting rid of players who’re happy to sit around for a payday would be a success in itself.
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Exactly. If the manager is calling out players, why do we have an issue with it? Especially if the players who have been given chances under different managers and have not produced anything.

If they cannot take criticism after their poor performances, get rid.
 
Gordon'sHill said:
ETH and the support he got to buy his previous own players or those that played against him was unprecedented in top level football. Klopp did not buy a single one of his former players, whereas Fergie I think signed just one. ETH proved to be a terrible, terrible judge of players,
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In hindsight, he was diabolical for sure. But look at who we're linked to, Gyokeres and Quenda. Both excite me, but it's certainly a similarity
 
Berbaclass said:
Ten Hag signed players he knew. What connection does Amorim have to Dorgu, Heaven or even Diego Leon?
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Correct. There is a difference and Amorim mentioned it, they tell them the type of player and the team searches for that and provides a shortlist. Different than sign whoever the manager knows
 
Escobar said:
Correct. There is a difference and Amorim mentioned it, they tell them the type of player and the team searches for that and provides a shortlist. Different than sign whoever the manager knows
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Exactly the emphasis on recruitment under ETH was from his recommendations. The current situation is the opposite where Amorim explains the profile he wants and the recruitment team goes out and finds a list of targets.

To say it’s the same is quite disingenuous.
 
Below is a post from a Sporting Fan. Hopefully it can cheer you guys up...

As a sporting fan u guys won the lottery, sporting was bankrupt and dint win a championship in 20 years the old president hired hooligans to go punch some members of the team in the training ground, after that a new president arrived and he hired one of the worse coaches in sporting history, he was fired and sporting paid amorim release clause.
At the time he was under so much pressure and he came in the end of the season and lost almost all of the games and everybody was saying it was a terrible decision, next year he wins the champion and builds a foundation of the squad, he finishes 2nd the year after and win the year after.He went trough one of the worst scenarios in football with all eyes on him saying he was going to fail and manage to turn around a club that didnt win in 20 years and gave us 2 league tiltes if you guys stick with him things are only going to get better. If u fire hime we appreciate it and he can come back anytime Be smart united fans
 
hellhunter said:
In hindsight, he was diabolical for sure. But look at who we're linked to, Gyokeres and Quenda. Both excite me, but it's certainly a similarity
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It goes back to the point I made earlier and the thread. Quenda makes total sense because he fits and is "experienced" in a role that isn't common, the pool of players that we can safely target is small and Sporting CP players will be at the top of that list. Gyokeres is a bit, it's an industrious striker that showed good end product in the past couple of years that combination isn't common and he will be a target for everyone if the price is right.

Regarding Gyokeres but also any goalscorer from weaker leagues, I have learned over the years that it's important to check whether their goalscoring is translated to CL and EL competitions and in this case the sample size is relatively small but he scores at an elite level at continental level, he is also a regular scorer as opposed to players that have multi goals games inbetween long goals droughts.
 
Wing Attack Plan R said:
They both have the same problems: strikers who can't strike being foremost among them. Rashford was good for the occasional goal, Rasmus in Europe as well. ETH had deficiencies in his squad through injuries and players simply proving not good enough, and those deficiencies were addressed through the signings of DeLigt, Yoro, Ugarte, and (sadly) Zirkzee. Zirkzee is a dud, along with Antony and Malacia. Injuries to Shaw and Mount also stymied ETH's plans. Had both of them been fit, we would be transformed. He was given/saddled with the Old Man Ronaldo, Casemiro's ghost, and gave Sancho enough rope. If they had worked out, again, different team.

Cut to: Amorim. Still has the same striker, Rasmus, who's got the yips in front of goal. Rashford is gone. Zirkzee, the nominal reinforcement, is not of the required level. So still no goals coming from the forwards. Amad is saving Amorim's bacon thus far, but ETH was the one who brought him through. Now Licha is toast for the next year if not forever, and Amorim will have to deploy Maguire, DeLigt, and Yoro as a back 3, of which only Maguire seems comfortable playing, although his lack of everything but heading the ball is a serious drawback. We brought in a wingback and Heaven to save our asses. Just like Zirkzee and DeLigt and Ugarte before them.

Yet in this new system, all of the reinforcements of the last few windows are misfits. And we are broke. Ten Hag gets blamed for everything including things outside of his control, but Amorim has apparently been given a get out of jail free card that absolves him of his terrible team selections and in-game tactics. It's one set of rules for ETH and a different set for RA, when in reality they both have been poor, but Amorim has been much worse.
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The same ETH who tried his best to keep Amad on the bench?
 
Wing Attack Plan R said:
One main difference between Arsenal’s, and Liverpool’s football when compared to the blueprints for our future style fully implemented under Amorim, is those styles are eye-catching and attacking minded. Even fully functioning Amorimball will be defensive and cautious. So while Klopp and Arteta weren’t winning they were still entertaining.
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AND better pray nobody figure out amourinho ball cos dude has only tactic in his locker.
 
Wing Attack Plan R said:
One main difference between Arsenal’s, and Liverpool’s football when compared to the blueprints for our future style fully implemented under Amorim, is those styles are eye-catching and attacking minded. Even fully functioning Amorimball will be defensive and cautious. So while Klopp and Arteta weren’t winning they were still entertaining.
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Arsenal's football is far from entertaining these days. One 5-1 win over City doesn't change that.
 
Wing Attack Plan R said:
They both have the same problems: strikers who can't strike being foremost among them. Rashford was good for the occasional goal, Rasmus in Europe as well. ETH had deficiencies in his squad through injuries and players simply proving not good enough, and those deficiencies were addressed through the signings of DeLigt, Yoro, Ugarte, and (sadly) Zirkzee. Zirkzee is a dud, along with Antony and Malacia. Injuries to Shaw and Mount also stymied ETH's plans. Had both of them been fit, we would be transformed. He was given/saddled with the Old Man Ronaldo, Casemiro's ghost, and gave Sancho enough rope. If they had worked out, again, different team.

Cut to: Amorim. Still has the same striker, Rasmus, who's got the yips in front of goal. Rashford is gone. Zirkzee, the nominal reinforcement, is not of the required level. So still no goals coming from the forwards. Amad is saving Amorim's bacon thus far, but ETH was the one who brought him through. Now Licha is toast for the next year if not forever, and Amorim will have to deploy Maguire, DeLigt, and Yoro as a back 3, of which only Maguire seems comfortable playing, although his lack of everything but heading the ball is a serious drawback. We brought in a wingback and Heaven to save our asses. Just like Zirkzee and DeLigt and Ugarte before them.

Yet in this new system, all of the reinforcements of the last few windows are misfits. And we are broke. Ten Hag gets blamed for everything including things outside of his control, but Amorim has apparently been given a get out of jail free card that absolves him of his terrible team selections and in-game tactics. It's one set of rules for ETH and a different set for RA, when in reality they both have been poor, but Amorim has been much worse.
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No he didn’t, what fecking nonsense. Ten Hag’s favourtism for Antony not only led to Sancho’s departure but likely led to him losing his job since he wouldn’t regularly play Amad either. Apart from the cup wins, Ten Hag was and remains a fecking disaster on recruitment and squad building.
 
The holy trinity 68 said:
What does this even mean? Are you suggesting Amorim is a boring, defensive coach? Because he is not at all.
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Amorim is not a De Zerbi or a Bielsa either… let’s see how Dorgu fits in at LWB in his evolute yet pragmatic setup, if he does well you can be sure INEOS will confidently buy him more players in the Summer and results will improve.
 
NYAS said:
Amorim is not a De Zerbi or a Bielsa either… let’s see how Dorgu fits in at LWB in his evolute yet pragmatic setup, if he does well you can be sure INEOS will confidently buy him more players in the Summer and results will improve.
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Relying on a 20 year old with no experience at PL level is a risky strategy to try to convince a board to buy you more players. He should have went for an experienced attacker in January to try and improve results. Seeing as his two strikers are about as collectively useful as a lamp post.
 
I genuinely don't know how anything, other than Rashford leaving on loan, can be levelled at Amorim for the window. Just going off of what happened, they clearly decided a LWB was a bigger priority if they could only sign one player due to all the issues on the left side, and nowt was left over to specifically buy a forward. Not getting another in on loan isn't on him, it's either on the board failing or all being at an understanding there wasn't one out there at value for money.

Not that I necessarily agree with it, I'm just not sure how anything can be laid at Amorim's door regarding incomings.
 
Shark said:
Relying on a 20 year old with no experience at PL level is a risky strategy to try to convince a board to buy you more players. He should have went for an experienced attacker in January to try and improve results. Seeing as his two strikers are about as collectively useful as a lamp post.
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The attack relies heavily on the wingbacks getting forward FAST. Something our wingbacks can’t do. Getting an attacker in wouldn’t have done shit
 
Shark said:
Relying on a 20 year old with no experience at PL level is a risky strategy to try to convince a board to buy you more players. He should have went for an experienced attacker in January to try and improve results. Seeing as his two strikers are about as collectively useful as a lamp post.
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Who was out there that was available and the club could afford?
 
JPRouve said:
It goes back to the point I made earlier and the thread. Quenda makes total sense because he fits and is "experienced" in a role that isn't common, the pool of players that we can safely target is small and Sporting CP players will be at the top of that list. Gyokeres is a bit, it's an industrious striker that showed good end product in the past couple of years that combination isn't common and he will be a target for everyone if the price is right.

Regarding Gyokeres but also any goalscorer from weaker leagues, I have learned over the years that it's important to check whether their goalscoring is translated to CL and EL competitions and in this case the sample size is relatively small but he scores at an elite level at continental level, he is also a regular scorer as opposed to players that have multi goals games inbetween long goals droughts.
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So does Rasmus.
 
Shark said:
Relying on a 20 year old with no experience at PL level is a risky strategy to try to convince a board to buy you more players. He should have went for an experienced attacker in January to try and improve results. Seeing as his two strikers are about as collectively useful as a lamp post.
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We didnt have the money for a striker in January and we'll struggle find the money for 1 in the summer, especially if we lose tonight as we'll have no European football
 
Shark said:
Relying on a 20 year old with no experience at PL level is a risky strategy to try to convince a board to buy you more players. He should have went for an experienced attacker in January to try and improve results. Seeing as his two strikers are about as collectively useful as a lamp post.
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I never made that post. Not sure how you quoted it.
 
UnitedSofa said:
The attack relies heavily on the wingbacks getting forward FAST. Something our wingbacks can’t do. Getting an attacker in wouldn’t have done shit
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Whilst that may be true to an extent, we do still create enough chances usually to at least start drawing the games we're losing. Problem is we've only Amad who who'd trust in front of goal. Don't see how a 20 year old full back is going to have us start converting chances. Letting go of both Rashford and Antony was fantastic, but we need goals in this team in my opinion.
 
Shark said:
Relying on a 20 year old with no experience at PL level is a risky strategy to try to convince a board to buy you more players. He should have went for an experienced attacker in January to try and improve results. Seeing as his two strikers are about as collectively useful as a lamp post.
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Not if the board is on side with the strategy. If you see what INEOS have said, they want to buy young and improve players rather than going for 100m players.

See posts like this make no sense to me because, an experienced striker in this market in January costs more than 60m, whereas the 20 Year old LWB is 25m. So its completely irrelevant the post you are making
 
romufc said:
Not if the board is on side with the strategy. If you see what INEOS have said, they want to buy young and improve players rather than going for 100m players.

See posts like this make no sense to me because, an experienced striker in this market in January costs more than 60m, whereas the 20 Year old LWB is 25m. So its completely irrelevant the post you are making
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Not referring to an experienced striker in particular, just an attacker of any kind who has any experience at this level. Fans complained about those Cavani/Ibrahimovic type signings, but I'd take one right now, and actually think it's what we need at this time.
 
romufc said:
Not if the board is on side with the strategy. If you see what INEOS have said, they want to buy young and improve players rather than going for 100m players.

See posts like this make no sense to me because, an experienced striker in this market in January costs more than 60m, whereas the 20 Year old LWB is 25m. So its completely irrelevant the post you are making
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An experienced striker that isn't certifiably subpar isn't even available in January.
 
Shark said:
Not referring to an experienced striker in particular, just an attacker of any kind who has any experience at this level. Fans complained about those Cavani/Ibrahimovic type signings, but I'd take one right now, and actually think it's what we need at this time.
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This is what has got us in this mess though... We signed experienced strikers in January / Simmer in Cavani, Ighalo who are short terms options.

What is the point of short term fixes? We have shown they dont work in the past. When it comes to squad building for a long term manager, you dont get short term expensive fixes.

We tried to get an inexperienced one in Tel and even he was costing 10m for a 4 month loan.
 
Cavani would explain to the coach and the team exactly what they need to do to give him the service.
I get the feeling that Hojlund is not experienced enough to tell the players and the coach that he isn't getting the service that he needs.
 
greater wall said:
Cavani would explain to the coach and the team exactly what they need to do to give him the service.
I get the feeling that Hojlund is not experienced enough to tell the players and the coach that he isn't getting the service that he needs.
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I'm sure the coach can see things like this himself.
 
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