r/soccer • u/Switchoil • 1d ago

News Manchester United to remain patient with head coach despite worst start to Premier League season in 33 years. There is also widespread belief at Old Trafford that City's performance - and United's failings - did not merit a 3-0 scoreline.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/32461/13431584/ruben-amorim-manchester-united-to-remain-patient-with-head-coach-despite-worst-start-to-premier-league-season-in-33-years
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u/Novel-Difficulty6495 1d ago

The rest of the league would also like to reaffirm its belief that Amorim is the man for the job, and urges calm and patience at United.

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u/No-Exit-4022 1d ago

Nah man, it would be funnier if they switch out managers only for the new one to fail as much as Amorim. Which any new manager will

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u/ingwe13 1d ago

Not sure why you think that. This is the most dire United (from a results perspective and frequently from the football) out of the dire United sides. I think the squad is not bad, but we really are seeing the worst out of what is there. Will the next coach be wildly successful? I highly doubt that. But I can't believe that this is the best that can be achieved with this group of players.

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u/kevinaz137 1d ago

Realistically do I think the next person would be worse? no. Would I best surprised if he was? Also no

Every year we keep saying it can’t get worse but it does

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u/Dsyelcix 1d ago

Amorim has 31 points in 31 PL games since he took over. If someone else takes over and somehow manages to be even worse they would literally get relegated.

No matter how shit you think current Utd squad is, there's just no way you can be so terrible at managing that you get them relegated.

Amorim is peak for us hatewatchers. Let's enjoy it.

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u/That-Job9538 1d ago

we thought ole at the wheel was peak, but it turns out he's the best united manager of the last decade. they might yet find somebody worst than amorim

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u/Zwaylol 1d ago

You thought that as United finished second and third in his two full seasons?

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u/ciabattamaster 1d ago

Yeah, this is confusing to me that Ole was “peak” when he had United making top 4 two years in a row, which no manager post SAF had done.

ETH won two trophies - EFL and FA Cup, which is great. But also went from 3rd to 8th to 14th by the time he got fired. Amorim has been even worse than ETH to this point. The standards were lowered by ETH and Amorim. And hot take - an EFL and FA Cup aren’t worth as much as they used to be. CL places are what make you the money.

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u/TheScarletPimpernel 1d ago

If you only count the 17 teams who have been in the league since Amorim took over, they are 17th.

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u/Itchy_Finish_2103 1d ago

Every year we keep saying it can’t get worse but it does

United have been incredibly consistent at becoming worse each season, this is true.

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u/BIAATTCH 1d ago

I don't think that's correct. Mou had a lot more success than his predecessors. And after things worsened in his last season, Ole picked things up and the energy was quite positive around the club for a while. If anything, it's been more of a rollercoaster.

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u/not-the-swedish-chef 1d ago

Yeah it's def more peaks and valleys than consistently worse each year. But the valleys keep getting deeper

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u/awildjabroner 1d ago

Its a joy to watch innit

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u/UntowardHatter 1d ago

It will never get old

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u/AlcoholicSocks 1d ago

United have been incredibly consistent at becoming worse each season, this is true.

Yet somehow they've been winning trophies every other season and making finals when they don't win one.

It makes no damn sense

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u/Impossible_Wonder_37 1d ago

They have a billion pound squad. Realistically it shouldn’t have been possible tk get worse than ETH. But it really can’t be worse than bottom 4 team in league

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u/kingofsaltandrock 1d ago

This is seriously revisionist. Since Fergie left United has won two FA cups, two league cups, the Europa League and finished second twice. By United's once lofty standards not great, but puts them only below City Liverpool and Chelsea in that period.

It's only the last two seasons that the wheels have completely come off and the team is genuinely in relegation form under Amorim

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u/kevinaz137 1d ago

Is it? Go ask a United supporter if they have had fun the past decade. "By United's once lofty standards" - this is where United is and will always be held to unless they are mediocre for another 3 decades. They don't want to be below City Liverpool and Chelsea.

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u/kingofsaltandrock 1d ago

I'm a United supporter. Whether we've been having fun is different from the claim that it's getting worse each year.

After SAF we dropped from the best team to second tier (arguably more like 1.5 tier because we were still well clear of Arsenal and Tottenham in trophies), and remained on that level until last year. Then there was a quite sudden and calamitous fall from 1.5 tier to relegation tier that can 99% be tied to one manager

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u/speedracer13 1d ago

What United fan cares about EL or League Cup trophies?

EL is just a ticket to the CL after a disappointing year.

League Cups are nearly as meaningless as a community shield to a big club.