Ruben Amorim | United meet Sporting release clause

Sandikan said:
This is it.
The speed Liverpool and City fans are trying to deny they were ever interested speaks volumes.
As does the lack of memes and suchlike. Other clubs will be slightly worrried. They wanted Potter, Southgate etc.,
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Spot on. The oppos dream was that we went for one of those three.
 
YikesSchmeics said:
I agree, let's just give up and not try and further lower the standards and culture

And how does your brilliant point apply to the 3 cups?
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You only play one cup game until he arrives. We should have done this before the last international break and bagged some winnable games.
 
United playing three games in ten days would've meant Amorim having very little time on the training ground installing his methods into the players. For me because of that it's a good idea to wait until the break, we should beat PAOK and Leicester at home anyway and Chelsea on Sunday again would've been too soon for Amorim to get the team set up how he wants.
 
Going to get slapped silly by City, become shell-shocked and by the time he gets to us he’ll be a husk a his former self :nervous:
 
Samid said:
Pure pettiness. We shall not forget this cheap act when we go raiding them in the next few transfer windows.
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Why is it petty? You can't just get whoever you want whenever you want. This way Sporting give themselves a window to find their next manager and replace the coaching staff, Amorim gets to say goodbye and help out the club while they work to appoint a successor. He joins you in an international break which gives him a few days for him and his staff to get their feet under the table. You get the guy you want, Sporting are compensated for losing the majority of their coaching set up mid season. Makes perfect sense for all sides, there's nothing petty about doing the best for your club and making the upheaval as smooth as possible.
 
Good sensible compromising with a team we’ve always done good business with and may be looking to do more business with in the future.

I’m very happy with this appointment. Obviously nothing is guaranteed and we’ve been excited about hires before, but he’s the profile of coach we should be moving for and just because that didn’t work out with Ten Hag, doesn’t mean it’s not the right call to go for the younger, more progressive and exciting coach again.

Happy for Ruud to get another few games to raise his profile and advance his career as well. I was inside a rocking OT when Carrick’s United beat Arsenal and I’d imagine the atmosphere on Sunday will be similar.
 
Might not be a bad thing that he'll get a bit of time over the international break to settle in over here. From Sporting's point of view I'm not sure that having him hang around for another 10 days knowing he's leaving is the best move, but if that's what they want then fair enough. They're a club we have good relations with and hopefully that continues so no problem with that. It's too late now for him to have an impact for Sunday anyway and Ruud is capable enough to also handle games against PAOK and Leicester.
 
The Boy said:
Why is it petty? You can't just get whoever you want whenever you want. This way Sporting give themselves a window to find their next manager and replace the coaching staff, Amorim gets to say goodbye and help out the club while they work to appoint a successor. He joins you in an international break which gives him a few days for him and his staff to get their feet under the table. You get the guy you want, Sporting are compensated for losing the majority of their coaching set up mid season. Makes perfect sense for all sides, there's nothing petty about doing the best for your club and making the upheaval as smooth as possible.
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No matter how much I want him to start yesterday, this deal is very fair.
 
Big Andy said:
They have City and Braga in that timeframe, and it lets them get a new manager on board. Plus we have a solid relationship with them, and will likely be raiding them soon enough for their striker, so lets play nicely.
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Yeah but the players know the manager is leaving. I don’t see how that helps them. They wanted more money and United wouldn’t pay it.
 
Mark my words, Ruben Amorim is “THE ONE”* He will get this club back where it belongs.

*He may not actually be “THE ONE”.
 
acnumber9 said:
Yeah but the players know the manager is leaving. I don’t see how that helps them. They wanted more money and United wouldn’t pay it.
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It's not like record of football under him gets erased once he leaves. They still need to be professional and club gets more time to prep the replacement.
 
Lemoor said:
It's not like record of football under him gets erased once he leaves. They still need to be professional and club gets more time to prep the replacement.
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Not sure where you’re coming from with records being erased as it has nothing to do with what I said. We know it doesn’t take much for footballers to take their eye off the ball.
 
Haven't been able to find much about what I believe is the most important thing: his man management and player development. Given his record, one assumes he's good at this, but I honestly believe that's the single thing we need more than tactics or systems or what not.

One of the commentators last night joked that United probably need a psychiatrist as well as a manager, and I don't think that's all that wrong.
 
He’s a handsome sod, a full head of hair and an even better beard. Would expect the players to react well to that and start playing to their full potential.
 
Beachryan said:
Haven't been able to find much about what I believe is the most important thing: his man management and player development. Given his record, one assumes he's good at this, but I honestly believe that's the single thing we need more than tactics or systems or what not.

One of the commentators last night joked that United probably need a psychiatrist as well as a manager, and I don't think that's all that wrong.
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He has a pretty good relationship with the players, don’t remember any player having a fallout with him.
 
acnumber9 said:
Not sure where you’re coming from with records being erased as it has nothing to do with what I said. We know it doesn’t take much for footballers to take their eye off the ball.
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They will still want to end on a good note and be in decent position when new manager comes in. Obviously it would be better for them if he didn't resign at all, but it takes off a few things that a new guy won't be forced to care about immidiately.
 
CraftySoAndSo said:
United playing three games in ten days would've meant Amorim having very little time on the training ground installing his methods into the players. For me because of that it's a good idea to wait until the break, we should beat PAOK and Leicester at home anyway and Chelsea on Sunday again would've been too soon for Amorim to get the team set up how he wants.
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Yeah, and the players seem to respond well enough to Ruud, and I am sure he will have us playing less open, Chelsea seem to be going though a wobble so who knows with that one, one thing for certain under ETH I would have zero confidence going into the Chelsea game.

Would be nice to get Amorim feet on the ground ASAP so he can start evaluating the players and even instructing Ruud on direction, even if he is not directly coaching himself.

As for the additional compensation, I guess the price is the price, you pay or you don't buyers choice
 
The international break is the natural time for a new manager to start. It's why we fecked over Rangnick too by not sacking Solskjaer sooner.

We should've sacked Ten Hag much earlier too, so that Amorin could've started in the summer, or in September or in the October break.
 
Tom Cato said:
Very excited about this. His results at Sporting are nothing short of impressive
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I’m excited too but won’t get carried away as ETH had some impressive results at Ajax. Hopefully Amorim is the one to get us back on track
 
Interesting choice by United and Sporting. The games prior to the International break are going to be intenesly scrutinised.
 
Get a result against city on Tuesday night to kickstart your relationship with our fans.
 
GoodTimes said:
He’s a handsome sod, a full head of hair and an even better beard. Would expect the players to react well to that and start playing to their full potential.
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i’m concerned that whilst he’s detailing his game plan and instructions to the players, many of them will be day dreaming of a fantasy life where he pushes the tactics board over and marches towards them and passionately kisses them.
 
GoodTimes said:
He’s a handsome sod, a full head of hair and an even better beard. Would expect the players to react well to that and start playing to their full potential.
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And his name is Ruben. If they aren’t motivated by that, they aren’t fit to wear the shirt.
 
Might actually watch a champions league game on Tuesday now
International break is a good time. We’ve a few lads due back just after the break who he can do some work with. Finds his feet for a couple of weeks and I’m pretty sure there will be conversations with Ruud etc… in the interim about philosophy etc…
 
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