Ruben Amorim - Manchester United Head Coach

Samid said:


I desperately wanted to believe in you Ruby :(
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It's the only position he might look half decent in in the 3-4-3 system but I have my doubts. His hold up play is abysmal and he shys out of headers. His only "luck" is that Hojlund is struggling at the moment and Zirkzee is... Well a bit shit in general.
 
Rolaholic said:
He's arrived and he's perfect :cool:


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Reminded me of that RAWK meme with Brendan Rodgers looking up at the skies with Shankly/Paisley watching over him "how am I doing boss?" :lol:
 
Samid said:


I desperately wanted to believe in you Ruby :(
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Another casualty for Rashy. He has some kind of spell every new manager finds himself in. And then get fired by the time they wiggle out of it.
 
How many more chances is Rashford going to be given? The club always pushes for a talisman. But they should be pushing that mantle towards the 3 young stars, Mainoo, Garnacho, Amad.
 
Yakuza_devils said:
Let's give both Amorim and Rashford a chance to try it out first if the report was to be believe. It's weird that there are so many negative comments before anything even tried out yet.

For all we know, we could also see Antony and Amad at wingback too.
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Rashford has had enough chances under several managers.
 
How legit is that source, seen as some are already complaining? Anyway. What did you all expect? He was always going to be given a chance under a new manager. The key is to either get him performing by demanding more or freezing him out as soon as it’s clear he isn’t.
 
CallyRed said:
Dean Jones? THE senior transfer correspondent from Give Me Sport?
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What are you trying to insinuate, that it’s completely ridiculous to even consider judging the new manager before he’s actually managed a game for his new club? Don’t be so silly.
 
We’ve been talking about it in the Rashford thread as a thing that kind of makes sense. Not in the sense that it will definitely work, but that it is potentially the best place he would fit especially that we’re light on numbers and quality in the striker position.

I am convinced GiveMeSport read it on here and it’s low effort then to put it on twitter and get some engagement.
 
Real Name said:
I hope the club is not forcing Rashford on Amorim before he even started.
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Do you honestly think that a club would force one specific player to new manager - that he has to play whatever it takes? That sounds so mental and impossible at this level.

He fits a profile of mobile forward and get's a plank paper like every other player. Same goes with Hojlund, Zirkzee and so else might end up playing up top.
 
Presume Dean Jones at Give Me Sport uncovered this very specific tactical insight during one of his regular dinner dates at the Amorim family home and that they discussed the nuances of how he'd set the team up over a whiskey in the drawing room.
 
SparcMac said:
Do you honestly think that a club would force one specific player to new manager - that he has to play whatever it takes? That sounds so mental and impossible at this level.

He fits a profile of mobile forward and get's a plank paper like every other player. Same goes with Hojlund, Zirkzee and so else might end up playing up top.
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In the past, yes absolutely. Now probably not but not sure.
 
Lentwood said:
Presume Dean Jones at Give Me Sport uncovered this very specific tactical insight during one of his regular dinner dates at the Amorim family home and that they discussed the nuances of how he'd set the team up over a whiskey in the drawing room.
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Either that or Dean Jones has secretly been getting his hands down Mrs Amorim’s drawers.
 
Dean Jones but of which university? If it isnt Harvard his analysis means nothing to me.
 
Berbaclass said:
In the past, yes absolutely. Now probably not but not sure.
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Maybe, but even then, hasn't it been more from media to push their darlings, whether it's homegrown or superstar like Ronaldo on his second tenure etc.

The other thing is if a new manager comes in and one player had like a 30 goal season before or on the middle of epic run, they honestly would like that to continue and give them chance.
 
Next 6 months he will evaluate the players he has to figure out what he will need on the transfer market. Of course meanwhile he does have to improve the output of some players, get more results in the league and perform better on the Europa League.

Obviously important to improve on the short term but I am not expecting an Ole type of bounceback when he replaced Mourinho, next months his interaction with those who work around him to figure out how and what type of players he will need in the market will be key to improve on the long term.

But he has to show something on the next 6 months, if not the atmosphere will be toxic for next season, obviously football is always about performance or results, even if tactics matter the most important thing on the short term will be how he creates relations on a personal level with the players at his disposal.

The rest is wishful thinking, articles from the media or social media baits to generate clicks is pure entertainment, he is not a football messiah or tatical guru, will need that bit of luck at the start and to create good relations with the players at personal level.

Obviously will need to show improvements on a tatical level, at least on the way the defensive line is coordinated but without pre season will be more difficult to assimilate those concepts.
 
SCP said:
Next 6 months he will evaluate the players he has to figure out what he will need on the transfer market. Of course meanwhile he does have to improve the output of some players, get more results in the league and perform better on the Europa League.

Obviously important to improve on the short term but I am not expecting an Ole type of bounceback when he replaced Mourinho, next months his interaction with those who work around him to figure out how and what type of players he will need in the market will be key to improve on the long term.

But he has to show something on the next 6 months, if not the atmosphere will be toxic for next season, obviously football is always about performance or results, even if tactics matter the most important thing on the short term will be how he creates relations on a personal level with the players at his disposal.

The rest is wishful thinking, articles from the media or social media baits to generate clicks is pure entertainment, he is not a football messiah or tatical guru, will need that bit of luck at the start and to create good relations with the players at personal level.

Obviously will need to show improvements on a tatical level, at least on the way the defensive line is coordinated but without pre season will be more difficult to assimilate those concepts.
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I am glad that we have signed him with 27 PL games to go.. it will give us an idea of what was wrong.

I do want to see a new manager bounce, but not a short term one, we need to see some sort of consistency in our play.

The biggest thing I will be looking out for until the end of the season is the ability to compete against the top sides, we have gone into games against the better sides expecting to lose 2,3- nil.

Interestingly, he has 3 in his opening 12 games. Probably as hard as it gets going away to Arsenal, home to City and away to Liverpool. Those are games where I want to see a massive improvement in. Ideally, he wins all 3, but If we can not lose any of those, it will stand him in good stead.

Ten Hag was so bad that I think just being able to get us organised should yield in good results.
 
romufc said:
Interestingly, he has 3 in his opening 12 games. Probably as hard as it gets going away to Arsenal, home to City and away to Liverpool.
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For him would be easier to take the job next season with a proper pre season to have more time to work on a tatical level with the players, looking at what he might be thinking probably the next 6 months will be key to understand what players he already has for the future and what is missing.

But until that he has to survive and obviously the challenge in England is more demanding, if I can guess anything he has to start by improving the team on the defensive level (different than being defensive for the long term).

The key will always be the players, and let's see what he can do on the Europa League, doesn't look important but I think it will be for different reasons.
 
Lentwood said:
Presume Dean Jones at Give Me Sport uncovered this very specific tactical insight during one of his regular dinner dates at the Amorim family home and that they discussed the nuances of how he'd set the team up over a whiskey in the drawing room.
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All this while Amorim has taken exactly 0 hours of training with the lads - & he's already formulated ideas around the team/strategy which he's obviously already shared widely enough for Dean Jones to be ITK...

In other news: "Amorim plans on using Shaw at LCB as competition/cover for Martinez. It's seen as a move which could prolong Shaw's United career, whilst also prioritizing more attacking wingbacks in his system"
 
Makes sense that Rashford’s position in the team would likely come at number 9, he doesn’t fit anywhere else.

I’d be surprised if he is able to stay in the team, and may just be a bit part player until he is sold in the near future. At least Hojlund is young and can likely be coached into the player we need for the system.

Excited for the first game and first team he puts out, be nice to see some positivity on the pitch, even after what will be a fairly short stint on the training field.
 
Taking into consideration that it is the mid of the season, it makes sense to try Rashford in the new system.
He has the next 6 months to evaluate the squad and see how they can work in their adapted positions / in his system. Since Rashford is not going to be sold in January, I don't see why not try to see how he fits or if he fits at all.

I have no trust in Rashford at this point though.
 
Even when Rashford was in top form he never fully adjusted to the role of a natural striker because he never really was one .

I think coaches have seen his strengths ,with his electric pace and composure in front of goal, and occasionally it has worked but longterm its never been a consistent viable role for him or us.

He's never been a instinctive player in the box and his lack of aerial threat is clear yet the unfortunate part is Zirkzee and Hojlund both equally lack those same two skillsets too.
 
The Firestarter said:
In CF? No.
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I am a big critic of Rashford and don't think he's the long term solution, past this summer. But Hojlund has been absolutely woeful. I don't think I've ever seen a player be consistently so invisible. He's absolutely useless as a striker at the moment and it would be hard to do a worse job.
 
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