Let’s face it, this is an interesting appointment. A lot of people on here were going wet of excitement at the idea of this guy taking charge of our team. I never believed that the hype at the time was deserved, and obviously hope that I’ll be proven right over time.
On the other hand, I fully expect them to be reinvigorated by the new-manager energy. Hopefully it will go flat after some time, fingers crossed.
They will have a bounce no doubt followed by the usual media wank and then a year in they will be losing at home to some half relegated club.
My doubts were about Radcliffe and I was shot down by some on here those doubts seem to be getting louder.
Yeah the INEOS crew are showing that they may even be worse than the last lot. This is a club that’s going nowhere right now, and are at least a decade of very good decisions/luck going their way before they can start competing again. They might have the odd blip where they finish in the top 4 or even make a title push, kinda like us in 2013/14, but ultimately until they sort all of their many issues out, they’re just pissing in the wind.
And about ETH. Even in his run with Ajax , his team’s were dire AF when out of Possession. It’s exactly the same now with United under Ten Hag. The only saving grace for Ajax then was that he had De Jong in midfield.
They never had any director of football before and it showed in their hiring of managers. Just going for the big names (LVG/Mou) or the sentimental hire (Ole) or the flavour of the season(which ETH was with his run with Ajax)
Ashworth is rated highly in the English press. Maybe he’s the one who will get them back to some form.
This hiring seems like it’s done for footballing reasons and not a knee jerk reaction. I don’t know if he’s going to be given the time but he’s a proper manager.
Tuchel took himself out of the running by refusing the United job.
Potter needs to rebuild his reputation. Probably still enjoying the money he’s paid for being fired.
McKenna would make sense but he’s untested at the highest level with a big club.
I think there were some mumblings about sticking with RVN , but he was part of the problem with ETH and coaching team.
There are no other coaches around who were looking for a move. Appointing Southgate would have the United fans rioting.
Amorim was a guy who was looking to move on from Sporting.
Pretty much a no brainer of a decision.
Lets remember, FSG hired Brendan, back tracked on their commitment to put in place a power sharing structure, and somehow oversaw the signings of Balotelli and Benteke.
Sometimes it takes a while for the fruits of a new team behind the scenes to become apparent.
At some point in the future Man Utd will be good again - it’s a heck of road there though.
Before the heat death of the universe though?
Ill be content if their wait is 30 years as ours was…currently they’re on 11 without. Same with Arsenal who are now 20 years.
A club that held a 2-3 week review in which they approached several managers only to give an extension and several further signings 3 months ago to a manager only to sack him and appoint someone who was available at the price he is available at now?
This is a sound footballing decision. Some people would make excuses amounting to anything for this club.
They may have picked the right bloke but it feels pretty knee jerk from here.
Surely the title should be, “when the fans are shit”?
It wouldn’t rhyme though.
I’m looking forward to the dynamic he’ll have with the United squad, particularly their complete lack of willingness to work. Fernandes and Rashford spring to mind here straight off.
Should be some giggles and we’ll see soon enough how they take to him.
And then we have Barney Ronay writing this:
Gems like: "The optics are also compelling, and optics matter here. Amorim looks great. Beard, hair, jawline, tailoring. The eyes? The eyes are piercing. He looks like the handsome, successful man in an advert for caffeine-powered shampoo.
We already hear constant references to his Porsche…" *
Shit can we swap him for Slot, quick sticks!
"This guy: he’s a one-man McKinsey. He’s Ineos in a €3,000 merino wool sports coat. He’s Kendall Roy striding the floor saying please leave your desks immediately, security will take your passes now.
This isn’t a criticism. It is instead necessary medicine at a club where filling the vast inherited hole at the heart of the midfield must go hand in hand with fixing the vast inherited hole at the heart of the institution" *
Well if he has a nice coat, clearly nothing will stand in his way.
They can’t help themselves can they?
He will be sending the players to stay in Living+ the night before games
