The toxic Utd squad was only part of the problem for Amorim… To me, the biggest challenge he faced was the quality, and intensity of the PL, when, there are better managers at these mid-table clubs that he had to face…
If he is looking for a way out as is reported, surely this is because the guy realises, it might be the only way he can hang onto his once glittering reputation as an astute tactician.
Make him fulfill his contract is what Ratcliffe needs to do :0)
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He said that in his presser actually. Of course I wouldn’t watch that garbage, @SBYM and @Sithbare attended on my behalf and told me. I usually need both to confirm things because who knows what any one of them hears.
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They just need to get their spin right. Do you remember Boris Johnson saying that Brexit would be a Titanic success?
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There’s titanic, the adjective and then there’s The Titanic, the disaster. 
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So Amorim begging the club to sack him, Bruno angling for a move and Garnacho pissing into the wind over not starting last night.
Rats jumping a sinking ship?
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I just continue to be astounded at how far Amorim’s failures have allowed the benchmark expectations for this team to be lowered. This is a poorly constructed squad that is not close to competing, but lots of people seem to be drawing no distinction between that, a team for which 8th placed would probably be an under performance, and whatever the fuck this shit show is.
The cover Amorim is getting for getting such an astonishing level of underperformance from this group is amazing.
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It’s what’s even more delightful about their failure to win last night it was being built up as some redemption arc and they couldn’t even achieve that.
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When they jump off the ship
Saying it’s only a blip
That’s Amorim
Which one of you has compiled my verses?
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That’ll be @cynicaloldgit he’s a big fan of your song writing abilities…
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Here he is very actually saying it …
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Not the first team the lad has had a pop on social media over team selections.
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The best bit was right at the end, he was shaping for his shot at glory with his back post overhead kick. His game equalizing goal, mirroring the one 90% of his reputation seems to have been built on, was shining in his eyes. His big moment was close enough to taste. And then Casimro, who can now barely bend over far enough to tie his own shoelace, stuck his stiffened leg up in the air and got in his way 
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I think this is the critical bit and not the likely fact (I agree with @Limiescouse that it is a fact that they are individually a collection of good players, mostly) that they have good players.
Yes, I think they will be on the top half of the table next season (probably also with Amorin), but the team hasn’t been well balanced for many, many years in my view. There is a limit to how good you can be with individual players, who may not suit each other or the system they are trying to play in.
I think they could have done significantly better, with worse players who suited a system. But they have gone for top signings for marketing purposes quite often and that can be damaging in the long run.
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Yeah, the premier league is too good for a poorly constructed squad of good players to compete at the top end. But the bar for that sort of group, with players of these individual credentials, is somewhere around Europa League qualification. There is an entire 25 points missing from this team compared to that sort of bench mark. That sort of rot doesnt get fixed by having a good summer window, or buying the one or two players who are stylistically different enough to what they already have that it unlocks Amorimball, whatever the fuck that is supposed to be.
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Oh, I agree that he is underachieving even with a terribly constructed squad.
I can get behind this thread name
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I can’t fault him on this the selection of Mount seems driven by the shitload hes been paid.
Can you include the references to Titanic too.
And they jump off the titanic ship.
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When you’re aboard the Titanic
And you sense the panic
That’s very Amorim
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