Genuinely don't understand anyone that is not backing Amorim. He's a top class coach saddled with a terrible squad of players. There are only about four or five that I see as being part of the solution long term. For the most part the players at Amorim's disposal are tactically poor, technically poor, decision making very poor. And the thing that I think pisses me off the most... how ponderous they are. Almost every player in our squad needs to take several touches before deciding what to do, if they even get their heads up at all, and by the time they've decided what to do the opposition is in position to snuff out anything threatening.
I’m going to be balanced, I actually was a massive advocate of Ruben and still am however he’s making a lot mistakes.
In the Portuguese league which I have watched quite a lot of his 3421 compact system has multiple ways to hurt you, however he had so much fire power he would sometimes win games 4-2, 5-2 etc, his team give you a chance and the biggest difference is even Palace, wolves, Brighton, Fulham would all be fighting for the Portuguese title every year and have much more pace and physicality than top 6 to Mid table Portuguese team, watch an old Sporting game where’s he more animated on the touch line than he is at old Trafford,
(He’s shell shocked and is showing self doubt!)
When they attack with Trincao or Hjulmund pulling the strings and playing pretty triangles with wing backs like Quenda making out to in runs and in to out runs plus Gykores runs and scans across the line waiting for the ball but the space the two 10’s receive between the lines in the Portuguese league would never be afforded in the EPL.
They had a lot of pace compared to the opposition teams and even if we bring Quenda and Gykores to old Trafford, their pace will just be basic PL nothing like United under Ole with Lingard, Greenwood, Martial and Prime Rashford that season, add Cavani and you had really good attacking options.
This is why RA keeps on going on about pace and physicality, the EPL has shocked him on how good it is, players like De Lap, Dybling and Cunha would not be playing for bottom 4 Teams in Portugal.
He’s used to coaching a highly compact 3421 where the distances are no more than 15/20 yards between the lines and the team attacks as a team unit and uses groups of 3 in triangular pattern to hunt the ball and dominate the ball.
He can’t do this at United because our squad has too many egomaniacs and they won’t don’t believe in the Collective, I think if we started Bayinder, Mazraoui, MDL and Yoro as GK and back three, they could work as a unit.
And the midfield 4 needs to rotate with the two wing backs to progress the ball through the passing lines to create third man runs off the ball, we did have Garnaucho and Amad do this a lot in last 20/25 mins and pull the ball back to the edge of the Penalty box only to have no Attacking runners with the Football iQ to arrive late and score.
Zirkzee and Hojlund can be trained for one to go near and one to hang back, Bruno should play as a 10 or from the bench and Eriksen should be used more as we have zero creativity in midfield right now.
I would play this team and stick to it for 4/5 games in his 3421 system;
Bayinder,
Mazraoui, MDL, L Yoro,
Amad, Ugarte, Eriksen, P Dorku,
Bruno, Garnaucho
Zirkzee (False 9)
