Ruben Amorim | United meet Sporting release clause

NotChatGPT said:
What makes you think that Thomas Frank is suited for the job?
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Him being Danish :D

But seriously I think after Ten Hag. We definitely need someone a little less quirky and more charismatic when dealing with the press/players. Amorim seems to fit the bill perfectly, and certainly comes across better in interviews than Frank does.
 
YikesSchmeics said:
Top 4, Europa League, League Cup and FA Cup are all to play for. FFS. It's October.
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A teams performance after a quarter of a season is a firm indication of where they finish. I expect Amorim to be better but I don’t expect him to work miracles or expect two of Villa, City, Liverpool and Arsenal to have a meltdown from here, not to mention Brighton, Chelsea and Spurs, who are up there too.
 
kaku06 said:
Good deal. 2.5yrs should be enough to see atleast something. Like that approach so that we don’t have to pay millions in severance for complete failure.

Remember we tied Moysey for 6yrs:lol:
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It’s okay we’ll give him a new contract before sacking him anyway. #TheUnitedWay
 
NotChatGPT said:
What makes you think that Thomas Frank is suited for the job?
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He has overperformed for years on a very tight budget, excelled in a structure rather similar to what INEOS seem to be implementing, is a good communicator, likeable and popular with his players.

But again, I’m not against Amorim.
 
Jev said:
He has overperformed for years on a very tight budget, excelled in a structure rather similar to what INEOS seem to be implementing, is a good communicator, likeable and popular with his players.

But again, I’m not against Amorim.
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That and the whole Danish thing.
 
Jev said:
He has overperformed for years on a very tight budget, excelled in a structure rather similar to what INEOS seem to be implementing, is a good communicator, likeable and popular with his players.

But again, I’m not against Amorim.
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Are we not literally putting in a structure ourselves for a 'head coach' and not a manager.
 
kaku06 said:
Good deal. 2.5yrs should be enough to see atleast something. Like that approach so that we don’t have to pay millions in severance for complete failure.

Remember we tied Moysey for 6yrs:lol:
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We could’ve done worse and tied him down for 8 years like Newcastle did with Alan Pardew :lol:
 
Jev said:
True, many United fans have a bizarre and irrational dislike of Frank because of one interview years ago so he’d probably struggle to get accepted.
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No nothing to do with any interview.. its about quality. He may have done well with Brentford but he also finished 16th in the table with them last season.

He has done nothing in the cups either, so there is no suggestions he has what it takes to be a United manager.
 
Wrecking ralf said:
Not sure this is the thread for this question. I'm wondering with regards to the current Sporting players, which ones everyone thinks are 1) attainable(obviously) and 2) we genuinely would need to bring in to give Amorim the best initial setup to help us adapt to his style. Diomande, Hjulmund and Gyokeres are the obvious ones.
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Here’s an idea, let’s not go buy a load of players just because the manager has worked with them before.
 
romufc said:
No nothing to do with any interview.. its about quality. He may have done well with Brentford but he also finished 16th in the table with them last season.

He has done nothing in the cups either, so there is no suggestions he has what it takes to be a United manager.
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It has a lot to do with that interview for many people, yeah. Just look at the amount of posters jumping on me for daring to suggest a Premier League manager who has outperformed his budget for several seasons in a row, without even suggesting Amorim is a bad choice. Brentford should be a relegation side and Frank has consistently had them comfortably above the relegation zone. Is he a shoe-in perfect candidate? No. Is he such a bad candidate that it should be this controversial mentioning his name? Obviously not. Clear evidence of the irrational dislike.
 
Jev said:
He has overperformed for years on a very tight budget, excelled in a structure rather similar to what INEOS seem to be implementing, is a good communicator, likeable and popular with his players.

But again, I’m not against Amorim.
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He’s not the first manager to have overperformed, worked in a similar structure, doesn’t mean that they’re well equipped to handle the biggest clubs.

It’ll be interesting to see how Frank does in this season in the next, i’m far from convinced that he’s good enough.
 
Wrecking ralf said:
Not sure this is the thread for this question. I'm wondering with regards to the current Sporting players, which ones everyone thinks are 1) attainable(obviously) and 2) we genuinely would need to bring in to give Amorim the best initial setup to help us adapt to his style. Diomande, Hjulmund and Gyokeres are the obvious ones.
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ETH got slated for signing a lot of his former players. The only one I’d take from sporting is the ST. That young CB is really good but we don’t need a CB since we still have Yoro.
 
Would have liked him in sooner since we have a run of home games. But Ipswich should be a fairly easy test for him.
 
Jev said:
It has a lot to do with that interview for many people, yeah. Just look at the amount of posters jumping on me for daring to suggest a Premier League manager who has outperformed his budget for several seasons in a row, without even suggesting Amorim is a bad choice. Brentford should be a relegation side and Frank has consistently had them comfortably above the relegation zone. Is he a shoe-in perfect candidate? No. Is he such a bad candidate that it should be this controversial mentioning his name? Obviously not. Clear evidence of the irrational dislike.
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I don’t think the preference for Amorin over Frank is irrational. Managers who win league titles and cups (in any league) will naturally seem a better fit at a club with aspirations of winning the league than a manager who’s been scrapping for mid table league positions. No matter what budget he’s working with.
 
Jev said:
It has a lot to do with that interview for many people, yeah. Just look at the amount of posters jumping on me for daring to suggest a Premier League manager who has outperformed his budget for several seasons in a row, without even suggesting Amorim is a bad choice. Brentford should be a relegation side and Frank has consistently had them comfortably above the relegation zone. Is he a shoe-in perfect candidate? No. Is he such a bad candidate that it should be this controversial mentioning his name? Obviously not. Clear evidence of the irrational dislike.
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He spend 70m last summer and 100m Euros this summer.. he is keeping Brentford up which is a great job, take nothing away from the job he has done but there is a big step up taking over at United.

Its got nothing to so with him personally, the football his teams play isnt the greatest imo either, I do not want to see Frank ball at OT.

When you have Ruben Amorin for comparison, there is no comparison really.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
I don’t think the preference for Amorin over Frank is irrational. Managers who win league titles and cups (in any league) will naturally seem a better fit at a club with aspirations of winning the league than a manager who’s been scrapping for mid table league positions. No matter what budget he’s working with.
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No, no, not at all. I think Amorim is an exciting choice.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
I don’t think the preference for Amorin over Frank is irrational. Managers who win league titles and cups (in any league) will naturally seem a better fit at a club with aspirations of winning the league than a manager who’s been scrapping for mid table league positions. No matter what budget he’s working with.
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Don't think many people said the same when Ole was our manager.....
 
Jev said:
He has overperformed for years on a very tight budget, excelled in a structure rather similar to what INEOS seem to be implementing, is a good communicator, likeable and popular with his players.

But again, I’m not against Amorim.
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Sounds like a certain Moyes i know
 
Shame not to get him through the door immediately, but at least Ruud has an okayish 3 games ahead.

The crowd will be class against Chelsea, and the other two are winnable on paper.
 
Berbaclass said:
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Getting him in during the international break is ideal in my opinion. Gives him some time to get everyone up to speed on what he’s trying to do as well as gives him some time to settle in on a personal level.

Shame it didn’t happen during the last international break but at least we got here now :lol:
 
I don’t see what is in this for Sporting Lisbon to keep a manager an extra ten days when everybody knows he’s going. Surely that just causes unrest for everybody.
 
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