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, âwhen the fans are shitâ?
It wouldnât rhyme though.
Iâm looking forward to the dynamic heâll 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 weâll 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 PorscheâŠ" *
Shit can we swap him for Slot, quick sticks!
"This guy: heâs a one-man McKinsey. Heâs Ineos in a âŹ3,000 merino wool sports coat. Heâs Kendall Roy striding the floor saying please leave your desks immediately, security will take your passes now.
This isnât 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 canât help themselves can they?
He will be sending the players to stay in Living+ the night before games
Heâs got a free hit the rest of this season, relatively speaking. Top four beyond them, they could get it together and threaten Europa. But basically he will come in and try to get them playing in the style he wants, which will necessarily bring some iffy results mixed in, but it wonât matter too much as their aspirations for this season are now so modest.
He wonât spend huge amounts but I expect them to help him shape the side with 3-4 signings between January and summer, and with the best of whatever he keeps, he will have a chance to make them a top four threat next season.
This is now Ineos. Their man. Their structure at all levels in the club. We will see what they are made of over the next 18 months. So far they have been crap.
Be interesting to see if he boots Bruno as captain.
@Alright_Now_Legend make it work.
Maybe - When the fans are shit, the wrong man would not not fit, thatâs Amorim
The suggestion is that they have very little PSR wriggle room, and have just spent ÂŁ30m on this manager change.
I do think they have been in continued conversation with Amorim. The sticking point might well have been wages etc. And hence the decision to continue with ETH with the belief that he would be able to arrest the slide this season.
But then openly shopping around for managers had a destabilizing effect on what little confidence that ETH did have. And that led him to increasingly play the kind of football that the United squad isnât suited for and neither did he have the tactical nous to make it work. The United squad is made for counterattacking football. Itâs not made for a high defensive backline and high aggressive pressing.
Some talking head yesterday said the timing was to get in before some relevant PSR deadline.
Can anyone confirm?
I think he spelt âanother coach that can be thrown under the busâ wrong
Isnât that a type of wheat?
Thought @Alright_Now_Legend was the masterâŠbut it appears he may be only the apprentice for amorim songsđ