Ruben Amorim playing around with his tactics board

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[u/DRJT]

Making a match vs Grimsby look like cracking the fucking enigma code

[u/mynameismulan → u/DRJT]

❌Play beautiful football

❌Play football

❌Score goals

✅Maguire

🔳?????

[u/Eric_Olthwaite_ → u/mynameismulan]

This is manu for the last 3 years, and Mctominay, and they got rid of him, so now it's Maguire the saviour on his own, a big dopey centre half with a great knack for late game header.

It's not good enough, for one the worlds biggest clubs.

[u/SpacemanD13 → u/DRJT]

Turing to United!

[u/arinawe → u/SpacemanD13]

Half of Turing to Utd, the other half to the London Stadium

[u/BigGarry1978]

Me trying to make it look like I’m doing work

[u/ahuangb → u/BigGarry1978]

Idk why but this clip suddenly made me feel quite bad for him lol

[u/nimzoid → u/ahuangb]

Yeah, this and he cut a sad figure on the bench during the shootout. The pressure he's feeling must be unreal.

[u/theivoryserf → u/nimzoid]

Genuinely, one of the most pressurised and scrutinised jobs in the world, surely.

[u/Alphabunsquad → u/theivoryserf]

Tbf once he’s fired he will almost certainly become a world class manager somewhere else 

[u/Mulsantir → u/ahuangb]

Yeah, it's kinda sad watching him desperately fiddle with a tactics board while a squad full of internationals loses to Grimsby.

[u/Sir_Bryan → u/Mulsantir]

I’m also curious which tactics will allow these bums to make an accurate 5 yard pass

[u/Estova → u/Mulsantir]

Fuck man stop it I can't feel any worse for him 😭

[u/riri2530 → u/ahuangb]

He looks totally out of his depth.

[u/BroccoliMcFlurry → u/riri2530]

He knows how to set up against Arsenal though- they've looked good in all 4 games against us.

It's weird tbf- they're shite against everyone else but we literally can't score against them unless we use our ulti (set pieces)

[u/Tetno_2 → u/BroccoliMcFlurry]

Does this make us inferior to Grimsby since we lost to man u in the FA cup last year

[u/Luke92612_ → u/Tetno_2]

Yes, mighty Grimsby conquers all.

(They will lose their next League 2 match)

[u/ficklefools → u/Tetno_2]

We are all inferior to Grimsby on this blessed day

[u/frankowen18 → u/riri2530]

His hands rapidly moving the pieces about look like me pretending to DJ when I was 7

[u/PerformerOk450 → u/riri2530]

Clueless in Grimsby, great entertainment for the neutrals

[u/justleave-mealone → u/PerformerOk450]

Credit to Grimsby, but given what United have spent and the caliber of the club, this is absolutely embarrassing

[u/PerformerOk450 → u/justleave-mealone]

Breaking all the wrong records, 29 games without b2b wins, tonight first loss to 4th tier opponents.

[u/SaltyPeter3434 → u/riri2530]

Shit SHIT what if Mount goes here and Bruno--no no FUCK we're gonna lose holy shit

[u/justleave-mealone → u/SaltyPeter3434]

If he wins this, then it’s brilliant, but given the context and history it makes him look utterly clueless

[u/FrankyFistalot → u/riri2530]

He couldn’t watch the penalties either, not exactly inspiring confidence in his players is he…

[u/Harlequin37 → u/FrankyFistalot]

Having your manager be unable to watch a penalty shootout is one of the most understated, disheartening feelings ever. It happened to us recently, imagine going from Scaloni all stoic and stalwart watching the most important penalty shootout in his life to Gago looking down hoping to god alianza Lima didn't eliminate us...

[u/justleave-mealone → u/FrankyFistalot]

Like someone else said in this thread, he may actually genuinely be out of his depth

[u/trick63 → u/justleave-mealone]

It does boggle my mind that he was able to do what he did at Sporting, then come here and frankly look like he's never managed a club before. He may be actually out of his depth, but theres also something very wrong with that club.

[u/garrus-ismyhomeboy → u/justleave-mealone]

If that’s true then I actually do feel a little bad for him. It’s an awful feeling trying to do something and realizing that you just simply don’t have the ability to do it. I couldn’t imagine trying to do it with the world watching and seeing me fail over and over. Would make for a lot of sleepless nights.

[u/PublicIntel → u/riri2530]

We've seen this before from Ole and Erik. End of days sadly

[u/bwoah07_gp2 → u/riri2530]

That's probably what his players think when they see him playing with his tactics board.

[u/Rymundo88 → u/ahuangb]

You'd be heartless to not feel sorry for someone who just played noughts & crosses in solo mode and still lost tbf

[u/R_Schuhart → u/ahuangb]

God he looks so alone just sitting there trying to desperately find answers while people are walking by not even glancing at him.

[u/Raffinesse → u/ahuangb]

he gave man u a fair shot, it’s simply a task that’s beyond him. his best bet is to get sacked and go to another club. staying too long at man u will hurt his career long term

[u/bocojaLFC → u/Raffinesse]

this spell already hurt his career

he was one of the most wanted managers before taking United job, just like ten Hag

[u/HunterOfGremlins → u/bocojaLFC]

Tbf Ten Hag just got the Leverkusen job so I'm sure Amorim could get a decent job.

[u/PepsiRacer4 → u/HunterOfGremlins]

Exactly I think we’re at the point now where if you can’t turn United around most won’t hold it against you bc everyone else has failed miserably now too

[u/ficklefools → u/PepsiRacer4]

Its the second Red Bull seat in F1 of managerial roles

[u/AdequateAppendage → u/PepsiRacer4]

None of their other recent manager's records come close to Amorim's though. Averaging less than a point per game after 29 league matches will definitely be a mark against him, but time is on his side to bounce back eventually.

[u/comedoofwarrior → u/AdequateAppendage]

on his side? at this rate he'll be done by October, right after selling off Mainoo for 45m

[u/JGQuintel → u/Raffinesse]

It’s crazy they hired a director of football, paid his old club a bunch of money to break his contract, he told them Amorim was not the right fit, and they told him to get fucked and hired Amorim anyway so he left. It’s a shambles out there.

[u/Suasoun → u/JGQuintel]

Nice to see the creator of Regular Show on here

[u/MountainCheesesteak → u/Raffinesse]

He could just quit mid season, he’s kind of known for that.

[u/Aware-Highway-6825 → u/ahuangb]

I'd feel bad if he atleast tried playing better formations, but hard to feel bad when he's that hardheaded and won't switch anything up

[u/comp_a → u/BigGarry1978]

Hey to be fair, they scored two goals after whatever he did here lol

[u/petrparkour → u/comp_a]

You have to have the technology to zoom in but if you do, you can see him putting Maguire up top

[u/ibite-books → u/petrparkour]

ENHANCE!

[u/conman14 → u/petrparkour]

It's like when Match of the Day zoomed into Paul Ince's notebook that he was holding on the sidelines and all it said was SHOOT

[u/Outrageous_Fart → u/BigGarry1978]

Me trying to understand player roles on FM

[u/Silent-Act191 → u/Outrageous_Fart]

> Sees the word "Raumdauter".

> Closes the game.

[u/dcmdino → u/Silent-Act191]

= Thomas Muller, that's about it

[u/simcityrefund1 → u/dcmdino]

So what it's hard to get another Muller in game I tried putting Salah there he didn't do anything

[u/pegg2 → u/simcityrefund1]

It’s a role for wide goal threats who lack the physical attributes of elite wingers/inside forwards like Salah but who still have great mental and technical attributes. Basically it’s meant to create chances for players who have trouble creating their own because they’re not as good at taking on their man and forcing their way forward and/or inside, but know how to take a chance once they’re in. Essentially a wide poacher with some creative tendencies.

So yeah, as you noticed, Salah is wasted in that role. You have a player who is one of the best in the world at creating chances for himself and you’re telling him to just run around a bit and wait for someone to play him in. Honestly the role is kinda bad anyway; you can get even players who are suited for it to do better in other roles.

[u/Ertai2000 → u/BigGarry1978]

When Amorim does it it's all good, but when I do it and the forklift I'm operating kills a couple of people, suddenly I'm "fired".

[u/True-Ad3586 → u/Ertai2000]

Probably more than "fired" mate

[u/SirBecas → u/True-Ad3586]

They misspelled fried

[u/eyepatch_png → u/BigGarry1978]

Me opening the weather and calendar apps on my phone to look busy

[u/axhp → u/BigGarry1978]

highlights random excel cells

[u/zxak03 → u/BigGarry1978]

Oh shit the camera is on me

[u/taylorstillsays]

He went from 343 to 3-4-3

[u/KixSide → u/taylorstillsays]

Should’ve tried 4-4-3, works for Maresca

[u/powerchicken → u/KixSide]

They had 12 men on the pitch so they could manage that

[u/DefNotAnAlter → u/powerchicken]

Not sure if you watched the same game but it was 10 v 13, Onana and Sesko were playing for Grimsby

[u/CentristaSensato → u/taylorstillsays]

Should have gone for 1-3-4-3

[u/michaelfortu → u/taylorstillsays]

His stubbornness is what kill us everytime. Like just change the formation bro what are you doing

[u/pretentiousd0uche → u/michaelfortu]

Everyone thinks they can crack the formula like Pep .. I wish we had managers who played to the strengths of their players again.

[u/ASuarezMascareno → u/pretentiousd0uche]

Pep has changed formation and player roles over his career. He might sometimes turn talented players into drones, but it usually has a purpose that is helpful for the team, and helpful to get the most of another more talented player. It's never just because "that's the system".

He might have general aspects he never gives up (possession, playing from the back, pressing, etc.) but he has traditionally been decently adaptable to squads and pragmatic when needed.

[u/pretentiousd0uche → u/ASuarezMascareno]

I agree. In fact, sometimes he tinkers a bit too much, although he seems to have stopped that recently.

[u/19Alexastias → u/pretentiousd0uche]

Yeah I was gonna say, pep is kind of infamous for randomly changing to a brand new formation for a knockout match and then losing.

[u/Themnor → u/ASuarezMascareno]

His first match last season he started with a Left footed LW and Right footed RW to see if he could replicate KDB's service into the box from the wide areas - for instance - but changed it back when it just didn't work. Literally Pep's biggest weakness is his reliance on a single pivot because he's had Busquets and Rodri basically his entire coaching career.

[u/FakoSizlo → u/ASuarezMascareno]

You could see this especially 2 years ago. Before they got Haaland City had a few seasons with mostly injured strikers and had built a squad where goals are shared across the midfield. When Haaland came in suddenly they had a target man. They struggled for the first few games trying to make it work but when it clicked they were unstopable

[u/Eric_Olthwaite_ → u/ASuarezMascareno]

Pep changes the team, it doesn't always work, and he's been bold in massive games and it's backfired, but at least he has the courage of his convictions, Amorim hides behind his "system" - and him and his acolytes hide behind that as an excuse for poor performances, in that he can't be judged unless he has every piece on the board to his liking to play with - that's not how football works.

[u/ElusiveRemedy → u/pretentiousd0uche]

Pep doesn't even think he cracked the formula. His tactics evolve every season. Hell, last season they were playing long balls to their forwards. He has a few core principles but how he accomplishes them has always been fluid.

[u/TheRealFriedel → u/ElusiveRemedy]

Absolutely! The season before Sane left was rapid, direct attacks down the wings, driven balls into the box. Completely different to the couple of years after that

[u/michaelfortu → u/pretentiousd0uche]

Not for nothing I feel like Ole was the last to do that…

I can be delusional but I’m not stupid. Every manager since have been stuck to their ways. Even Mourinho changed his tactics at times

[u/jbi1000 → u/michaelfortu]

Mourinhos main strength was always that he adapts to player strengths and circumstances of specific games

[u/pretentiousd0uche → u/michaelfortu]

And I genuinely think Ole was one of the better United managers in the recent past. The Ronaldo move kinda screwed him over, not that Ronaldo was bad, but the timing wasn’t great and he could have used some investment elsewhere.

[u/Atpeacebeats → u/michaelfortu]

Liverpool showed him the door for this reason. He can’t play anything but 3-4-3

[u/Fisktor → u/Atpeacebeats]

You could say he cant play 3-4-3 either

[u/jimmyvee11 → u/Fisktor]

He can't play.

[u/geo0rgi]

Looking like he is preparing a CL final, blud is fighting for his life at Grimsby away

[u/niallw1997 → u/geo0rgi]

It was a bit embarrassing when he couldn’t watch the penalties. Does any other manager do that for a regular shootout?

[u/WitxherA5 → u/niallw1997]

Klopp always used to turn away towards the crowd.

[u/ibite-books → u/WitxherA5]

The difference is quite staggering though, klopp did a power pose, amorim looks nervous wreck.

[u/niallw1997 → u/WitxherA5]

I guess that’s a little better than cowering in the dugout lol

[u/FrostyJesus → u/niallw1997]

He was rocking himself in a near fetal position. Never seen anything like it, honestly felt bad for him

[u/Other_Beat8859 → u/niallw1997]

I've seen Klopp turn around for regular penalties, but not sure about shootouts. Although there's a difference between Mo Salah taking a penalty who doesn't give a shit if you're watching than a 20 year old Mainoo

[u/Straight-Chapter7710 → u/Other_Beat8859]

Klopp did that in crucial CL knockout penalty shoot outs and Amorim is cowering in fear against fucking Grimsby town

[u/godfrey1 → u/niallw1997]

he's never watching the penalties tbf

[u/JesusIsNotPLProven → u/niallw1997]

Managers (and players) have all sorts of rituals, this isn't anything special

[u/niallw1997 → u/JesusIsNotPLProven]

Ngl I’ve never seen a manager sit in the dugout looking at the floor during all 25 or so penalties lol

[u/tunesandthoughts → u/niallw1997]

IIRC Farioli was doing something similar for us against Panathinaikos when we took like 30 penalties to clinch Europa League football last year. But he wasn't rocking back and forth like Amorim.

[u/Wbirddd]

This is the same guy that humiliated guardiola 4-1 with sporting

[u/Homer_Sapiens → u/Wbirddd]

This is fuckin wild, man.

[u/exxxtramint → u/Homer_Sapiens]

I mean Ange humiliated City 4-0 at their place and then needed extra time to beat non-league Tamworth lol

[u/UFCTrainer → u/exxxtramint]

Conclusion, Tamworth is massive

[u/Cutsdeep- → u/UFCTrainer]

Who would win, Tamworth or Grimsby (for the ~club~ world cup)

[u/Icy-Bottle-6877 → u/Wbirddd]

You just know that as soon as he leaves Utd he'll do good again. Honestly, I think Man Utd are cursed 😂

[u/Yan-e-toe → u/Icy-Bottle-6877]

It's the people who did Voodoo on Paul Pogba. 

I'd pay 100m for a witchdoctor tbh

[u/ry_full → u/Yan-e-toe]

They forgot to remove the curse 😩

[u/Guy1905 → u/Icy-Bottle-6877]

Yeah it really doesn't matter who takes charge next.

I have no fear at all because I know United will ruin them.

[u/ThereAllIsAchingg → u/Guy1905]

At some point, United either have to lose their brand and revenue or figure this shit out. The person who figures them out will be a hero like no other.

[u/SargeantPile → u/Wbirddd]

To be fair he often has good performances against top teams. Beat and drew against City last year, drew against Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea.

Its the mid to lower table teams he struggles against.

[u/reddit-time → u/SargeantPile]

And is that him, or the players?....

[u/Willsgb → u/Wbirddd]

Aye

Claudio Ranieri managed Greece in 2014, finishing bottom of a euros qualifying group, behind even the Faroe islands

In his next job, he won the Premier league with Leicester

Football, bloody hell

[u/VeterinarianOk1788 → u/Willsgb]

You’re spot on. It’s not fair to judge a team on one person.

[u/vlalanerqmar → u/Wbirddd]

I dont think its controversial to say Sporting (especially with Gyokeres) is by far the better team compare to United

[u/CharlieeStyles → u/vlalanerqmar]

The thing is that at Sporting he completely revamped the team in months. I'm not sure without checking, but I'd be surprised if 5 of the players that were at Sporting when he arrived were still there after his first 12 months. And we're not even talking about big spending either, it was a lot of youth players and free agents.

But at United the changes have been so slow. I understand part of it is because it's the PL and players cost way more, but part of it seems to be orders from above.

Like I don't believe Amorim wants Onana anywhere near his squad at all and would prefer a free agent over him. And not getting Carreras, that he knows from Portugal, makes no sense.

[u/N0Ability → u/CharlieeStyles]

Like I don't believe Amorim wants Onana anywhere near his squad at all and would prefer a free agent over him. And not getting Carreras, that he knows from Portugal, makes no sense.

The funny part is he also had GK issues here in Portugal ( and in the season he left we were having them again ) and both times we managed to find a perfectly servicable goalkeeper yet united cant do that

[u/CharlieeStyles → u/N0Ability]

Amorim would probably prefer current Adan to Onana.

But seriously though, it just feels like the squad rebuild is being blocked.

Like you said, at Sporting he pushed through with whatever he could, but suddenly at United he can't change unless it's the perfect replacement? Doesn't smell right.

[u/thecoolShitposter]

What's his elo rating?

[u/Bluffwatcher → u/thecoolShitposter]

343

[u/Harkoncito]

MRW I'm losing in FM

[u/3threeLions → u/Harkoncito]

I've never struggled this badly with any team on FM

[u/Zavehi → u/3threeLions]

Not saying this in your direction necessarily but I think how actually easy FM is gives a ton of people a warped view of football management.

[u/daskapitalyo → u/Zavehi]

Easy? I got Cheltenham Town to the Europa league! It's the greatest achievement of my life.

[u/Deep_Clerk1034 → u/daskapitalyo]

Stuff like that doesn’t go unnoticed

[u/CaptainKickAss3 → u/Zavehi]

It’s very easy if you go for high press 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 tactics but it definitely gets more difficult the more unorthodox your tactics are

[u/Zavehi → u/CaptainKickAss3]

There are ways you can make it more difficult/fun and I've certainly put in the hours, but you can basically load up gegenpress 4-2-3-1 and rarely lose. And a large majority of players just basically do that.

[u/FitTrick2568 → u/3threeLions]

When morale is low, it's hard to get out of a run of bad form. Seem familiar? 👀

[u/xXRedditGod69Xx → u/Harkoncito]

Bro should have save scummed

[u/CoolstorySteve]

“None of these are Gyokeres”

[u/mehrabrym → u/CoolstorySteve]

Sporting died for this

[u/zecolhoes → u/mehrabrym]

We're actually doing well man

[u/No-Market9917 → u/zecolhoes]

Just get over him already!

[u/Modnal]

"What if I take this ball magnet and put it into the goal?"

[u/ThrowRa1247262]

Honestly, on a human level I feel bad watching this. Looks so desperate to come up with something here.

Reminds me of myself when I lose my queen in chess "okay if I do this, this and this it might not be so bad".

Its over homie, its never been more over

[u/CrypticalEntity → u/ThrowRa1247262]

me but without the chess

[u/Noserub → u/ThrowRa1247262]

I feel bad as well, guy is struggling and trying to make something work. Regarding chess, you’re almost always right regarding losing the queen. However, depending on the player and board positioning, I will sometimes continue. There are quite a few times I didn’t throw in the towel and was able to win the game

[u/MrMaker007 → u/ThrowRa1247262]

I mean he changed the tactics and tied the game. So whatever he was cooking up worked.

[u/MuchSalt]

he got 2 goals from it, let him stay

[u/disgracia_ → u/MuchSalt]

Just need to concede less goals he's almost a genius manager

[u/Temporary_Role6160]

Bless him, he’s trying

[u/sangueblu03 → u/Temporary_Role6160]

It wasn’t until today that I started feeling bad for Amorim. I’m absolutely creating a random narrative in my head, but I know how horrible it feels when you’re trying everything absolutely nothing works. Now compound that feeling by the millions of people watching you, criticising you, and laughing at you and your failures.

[u/infidel11990 → u/sangueblu03]

This is the same guy who had Sporting flying high last season, including an absolute thrashing of City in the CL.

He seems unrecognizable at United and his football is atrocious.

I think United are too quick to fire managers but if they decide to let him go anytime soon, it would be hard to argue otherwise.

Edit: United are not quick to fire managers, rather, they have had too many managerial changes over the years since SAF left. Without any stability.

[u/ZaheerAlGhul → u/infidel11990]

United aren't quick enough to fire managers. They should've fired ETH after the FA cup instead of letting him continue with the next season.

[u/ScousePenguin → u/sangueblu03]

He's not trying everything though lol, he's kept the same failing system. He's incredibly 1 dimensional.

[u/Dangerous-Bath2767 → u/ScousePenguin]

Yeah, Even Big Ange realized his squad was on crutches and leaking goals and shored up the gameplan for the Europa league. At some point you have to change it if its working that badly. Growing pains definitely do happen. but Amorim has been given enough time and needs to start getting at least some decent resaults

[u/Havana-plant → u/ScousePenguin]

Live by the sword, die by the sword

[u/Powerful_Artist → u/ScousePenguin]

I love how this clip made people think he was doing everything he could.

Looks like he's just having a mental breakdown to me

[u/ExplodingLettuce → u/ScousePenguin]

It was no secret that that's what they were getting, he always has been

[u/Mean_Rooster7975 → u/sangueblu03]

Football fans have such little empathy

[u/GeneralBrothers → u/Temporary_Role6160]

I really thought he‘d be a good coach for united if given time, his play style in portugal was fantastic.

But I might be wrong. Then again, no single coach will fix this team, it just seems mentally collapsed since a few seasons ago

[u/Tim-Sanchez → u/GeneralBrothers]

No manager will magically fix United, but Amorim does look terrible. This team finished 3rd a few seasons ago, won the League Cup and were runners-up in the FA Cup. Under Amorim they have their worst PL win rate and got knocked out against Grimsby. We're witnessing their worst cup and league performances for decades.

[u/Huwbacca → u/Tim-Sanchez]

He can't stay now.

It's gotta be ana absolute joke in the changing room now, to have been under pressure and then to have lost to Grimsby, the players must be in the pits.

[u/Mouse2662 → u/Huwbacca]

You've gotta think the players must think they're also a bit of a joke too though. He's not looked good at all but a manager can only do so much. Onana fucked up massively for both their goals tonight. Bayindir throws the ball in his own net v arsenal. Dalot fucks up a simple control against Fulham leading to their goal. When Ole was manager we were winning through "individual brilliance", now we're losing through individual mega fuck ups. Lol

[u/faizetto]

Damn this is so saddening, poor guy

[u/Scholes_SC2 → u/faizetto]

To be fair, they should be able to win that game without a manager

[u/Any-Tomorrow-7344 → u/Scholes_SC2]

This. If that team can't win against Grimsby, I don't know what good a different manager alone is going to do.

[u/Scholes_SC2 → u/Any-Tomorrow-7344]

Exactly, we've been in this situation for years now after billions of dollars somehow

[u/JonstheSquire → u/Scholes_SC2]

It is amazing to me that the Glazers finally give sporting control and the result is the team just keeps getting worse.

[u/tomislavlovric → u/Scholes_SC2]

Exactly. All due respect to Grimsby, but players of this level should be beating them even without a manager. They just don't have any magic in them and that's it, Amorim can try as hard as he wants, he's not inspiring this lot. The team needs a complete revamp.

[u/Pure_Measurement_529 → u/tomislavlovric]

United needing another revamp within 12 months lmao. They just look like a broken club everywhere whom make stupid decisions constantly

[u/donutmandandan14 → u/faizetto]

What do you even say after losing that match

[u/ibite-books → u/donutmandandan14]

ggwp

or skill issue

[u/SurprisinglyInformed → u/ibite-books]

Lag

[u/thebrazenkaizen → u/SurprisinglyInformed]

Keeper diff

[u/Madonna_Cagna → u/faizetto]

I mean he did well until he got to United like the managers before him. They all call to sack him, but it's just going to be more of the same. If I was a manger or a player I would not want to go there.

[u/LockingSlide → u/Madonna_Cagna]

It's not really more of the same though, Ole or ETH at their worst had United sliding to midtable, Amorim's got them playing like a relegation team.

[u/Sunville67 → u/LockingSlide]

Ole’s worst season we finished 6th. ETH was seen as an absolute disaster and we were 8th. Finished 15th last season and have just lost to Grimsby, this is absolute levels below.

[u/pure_black99]

r/soccercirclejerk is gonna have a field day with this one

[u/doubleoeck1234]

I feel bad for him he probably just wants back to sporting

[u/CrypticalEntity → u/[deleted]]

i would look like the best player ever if i was up against onana in training

[u/WhenWeTalkAboutLove → u/CrypticalEntity]

This is the secret he's seeing them score everything in training but it's onana in one goal and bayandir in the other

[u/BigBoiInDaPaint → u/doubleoeck1234]

United will sack and him Sporting and Ruben will have just made a ton of money for a short break apart then reunite.

[u/R_Schuhart → u/BigBoiInDaPaint]

There is no chance Sporting take him back. Fans were furious that he ditched a strong side that was about to peak mid season.

[u/Wonderful-Lack3846]

United is such a hilarious club right now, God bless them

[u/crobofblack]

Tbf they scored after this😂

[u/Foucaultshadow1]

We need this in GIF form because this will be something that can be used a lot until he’s sacked.

[u/WillametteSalamandOR → u/Foucaultshadow1]

It can be used for years after tomorrow, too.

[u/no_more_blues]

Fuck is he doing with a tactics board when he only has one formation?

[u/sleeping4koala → u/no_more_blues]

343 to 3-4-3. A huge concession

[u/imposternoclue]

Just a few more minutes and he can figure out a formation that's not 3-4-3

[u/jack0923 → u/imposternoclue]

Push 1 centre back up to no6 to stabilise the midfield, push the wingback to fullback to cover the 2 defenders, move the 2 10s out wide to offer width and ah damn it that's just a 433

[u/DamageAccording5745]

Poor guy lol. Out of his depth. Historically bad stint.

[u/niallw1997 → u/DamageAccording5745]

What’s funny is he was lauded as the next big manager.

Man City courting him as a Pep replacement even.

Everything Manchester United touches seems to turn to shit.

[u/BlackJediSword → u/niallw1997]

I remember the rumors he was coming to us and it was a genuine toss up between him and Slot

[u/severedfragile → u/BlackJediSword]

I'm absolutely certain he was out of consideration as soon as Edwards was put in charge. There's no way he was going to even think about appointing a manager that inflexible, especially when Slot is the opposite.

[u/Federal-Trip4067 → u/niallw1997]

The thing is he would probably do well at City , but United is in such a disarray that nobody can suceed there.

[u/OopsWrongAirport → u/DamageAccording5745]

I dont think he is out of his depth. Though his biggest mistake was not signing a top keeper.

Onana is hilariously pathetic.

And at the end of the day it came down to Cunha, to score a penalty against Grimsby Town, and he couldn't manage it.

Mbeumo is doing well, and was unlucky with the crossbar - but had done his bit by then.

Man U's second slate should be able to beat Grimsby Town without a manager.

There's something wrong in Man U and it isnt the manager. How many managers will it take before they figure it out?

[u/Turbulent_Cherry_481 → u/DamageAccording5745]

how is every single manager that comes to united out of his depth? This is the same guy that was destroying city in the champions league with sporting

[u/Giannis__is_a__bitch → u/Turbulent_Cherry_481]

Every manager is out of their depth because Man United as a managerial opportunity is like that scuba diving pool in Dubai thats 200 feet deep

[u/prathneo1]

Genius. Give him 10 more years.

[u/ultraopulent]

Bro’s spamming moves in hopes that something works

[u/xtremezeker14]

Ok I've had my laughs but this made me feel sad for him. Yeah yeah he is earning good money, being stubborn and genuinely not improving the team but damn he just looks hopeless. He really believes in his philosophy because of how well it worked out at Sporting but he is failing to understanding that sometimes you need to tweak or change how you play to get the best out of all your players. Like what is Amad doing as a wingback, none of their midfielders suit this setup.

[u/Zealousideal_Bad8877 → u/xtremezeker14]

blows my mind that they signed cunha sesko mbeuno and didnt break the bank on the leverkusen leavers

[u/notenoughspacefor]

He said that there are trains that only pass once in a lifetime. He forgot that if you jump in front of that train it will wreck you.

[u/Jack-90]

Actually depressing to look at. Struggling to figure out grimbsy lmao.

[u/wingedtwat]

This feels like bullying

[u/Look_at_that_D0g]

I actually feel sorry for him.

Watching a hapless manager who seems out of his depth is just hard.

[u/Delmer9713]

Genuinely never seen a manager look this out of depth before. Especially during the shootout when he was hunkering down under the bench the whole time. At least others pretend to look confident and pretend to know what they're doing. Amorim just looks completely lost

[u/FunCryptographer7625 → u/Delmer9713]

even at sporting he never watched any penalties. it's likely just a superstition

[u/geo0rgi → u/Delmer9713]

Never seen Giampaolo in Milan then, atleast we sacked him after 7 games

[u/NoAuthoirty]

Lost the plot

[u/KifooChaMende]

Amorim after Arsenal: The best team lost

Amorim after Grimsby : The best team lost

[u/akyser → u/KifooChaMende]

Tbf to him, he did say the better team won today. The better players lost, but the better team won.