It’s true. He looked at our midfield and said it couldnt work. He needed a talent like Mainoo to work with to justify the move.
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I am gutted Amorim is going to United!
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Don’t worry, three years will fly by…
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What’s amazing about the last few years is how absolute crap ManU have been. It’s truly staggering that ETH did worse than Ole and maybe even Moyes.
It’ll be fun watching Amorin get completely swallowed up by that black hole of utter incompetence.
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I know most of you hate Twitter, but seriously, this is fucking gold.
A thread…
https://x.com/UpshotTowers/status/1850944177175241182?t=7b66n0vpbtukbVEhf9sjXA&s=19
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Absolutely brilliant that they gave him a two year contract extension in the summer, after swerving the act of firing him.
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By “rough diamonds” if you mean “turds” then you would be correct
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Amorim could be a very good appointment, so long as all levels working at the club come together. He is a football man with ideas about the game.
He would need time to get to grips with it, time to shape his team, and time to coach them to his methods. And the other parts of the club need to all be working in concert to get the team on the pitch challenging.
It is a tall order, but I do believe the fella is a football man of gravitas, albeit he is still only young.
It’s a club that will eat up managers so it will depend what happens next.
He seems a better manager but then we assumed ETH was and I don’t think we ever saw a coherent plan.
He is probably less tested than Slot or ETH
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The thing is, ETH was more or less all of those things too. His true flaw was hubris, believing that he was personally responsible for all that was going well for Ajax and could therefore simply replicate it for ManU. He went from a robust organization that was supporting him effectively (albeit with more limited resources) to a dysfunctional organization that was actually going to undermine him.
Time will tell with Amorim, but I suspect he will struggle with exactly the same fundamental problems, ideas about the game notwithstanding. In many ways, an Amorim is not the right fit for this hire, but for the next one after the clean-up job is done.
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Ole got the extension and then got sacked. Same with Jose too.
There would be a serious case of gutting the squad should amorim come in.
Thats one of the reasons we’ve not gone for him. Maintaining continuity is important for a well performing team. United however need the open heart surgery. Just not sure Amorim would be up to the task.
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They were not…until they do.
Not just any sacking club but a serial one too.
They also went beyond that to be a club to do so very soon - multiple times - after handing out a contract extension.
Way to go, Manure!
Long may it continue… … …
I’m hopeful Ruud will steady the ship and ultimately earn a long term contract.
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“When Mainoo wins it high, and Garnacho’s on fire, that’s Amorim.”
That’s from RedCafe, I did not know that @Alright_Now_Legend is posting over there as well.
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That’s shoddy work. Probably @SBYM.
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I found more…@Alright_Now_Legend
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s Amorim,
when the world seems to shine like you had to much wine, that’s Amorim
Playing 3 at the back and your striker is cack that’s amorim
Can’t attack Down the wing cause we’re shite at crossing that’s amorim
Can’t play at good tempo cause they’re so fecking slow that’s Amorim
But he’ll win the league cup and the fans will say yup that’s Amorim
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I was going to post the video below in the cycling thread, but it could go here as well, if only to offer some insight into Ineos.
In any case, intersting to consider what happened yesterday after watching that video a few days ago…
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These five goals are all products of exhilarating stuff. Incredibly good football on display there. Those were the days, eh? Nowadays, we just manage to get past them 3 nil at their place. Not good enough. 
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