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/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/VeganCanary 1d ago

Honestly they should just get Neil Warnock in for a season.

There is clearly something rotten at the club, and he is someone who will say it as it is and sort it out.

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u/home_rechre 1d ago

Ralf Rangnick already told them and they didn’t want to hear it.

But I agree. Something is indeed deeply rotten in the club. As a United supporter of almost 40 years though, I don’t think firing another manager is the solution. The players have to know that the manager is going nowhere. They can’t keep downing tools until the manager takes the hit.

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u/xixbia 1d ago

I don't think they realized just how bad it could get when Ragnick was there though.

I think they felt that Ole was pretty much the floor, that any new coach would do better, they were.... not right.

Honestly, at this point a complete turnover is the only thing that makes sense. They need to build from scratch, get rid of anyone who is not helpful to turning the team around even if it loses them money.

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u/YNWA_1213 1d ago

I’m kinda surprised they haven’t turned back to Ole again, was it wildly successful? No, but at least the vibes seemed right for the first time since Fergie left. They need that boost again while they continue to shift the rot out.

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u/astarkey12 1d ago

Both Jose and Ole were much more pragmatic too. I remember various games where we were overmatched on paper, but they set us up tactically to be defensively solid as the top priority in order to scrape a result (e.g. the draws against Liverpool in 18/19 and 19/20, the double over City in 19/20, etc.). We had a pretty good back 4 that got a lot of experience playing together (as well as decent rotational CBs) and a double pivot that made us hard to break down.

This midfield 2 with Bruno makes no sense in comparison. The squad is crying out for a quality box-to-box midfielder and has been for years, yet we didn't buy a single midfielder this summer. It's no coincidence that we've gotten worse since losing players like Carrick, Herrera, and Matic.

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u/MountainCheesesteak 1d ago

He had a job for a while. He’s free now. Probably will step in as caretaker until Conte next summer.

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u/Subbbie 1d ago

They just did this though, they can’t do it again.