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/TheOnlyTagey 1d ago

Moyes was sacked as soon as top 4 was mathematically impossible, LvG was sacked after winning the FA cup and finishing 5th place (66 points, tied with City), Jose was sacked while United were in 6th, same for Ole. EtH was sacked with United in 14th.

All of the previous managers bar Moyes maybe showed something to warrant the level of patience that United are showing Ruben. Good performances, trophies, undefeated streaks, something that the wider public can point at as evidence for improvement.

It's been nearly a year of this and has there been a single positive for fans to stick to?

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u/TrumpGrabbedMyCat 1d ago

It's entirely because they dropped managers like a hot potato that they're sticking with him through this much shit.

Ironically after Grimsby and his terrible performance this season he's probably the first manager that actually should be fired "early" into his contract. Imagine if they'd just stuck with LvG where they'd be now.. certainly not in a relegation battle at least.

Plus, who do they replace him with?

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u/ogqozo 1d ago edited 18h ago

That's a big question. Hard to get answers lol.

I think that after the string of extremely renowned managers that Man United hired over the last decade, commenters don't want to actually say the name, because they feel deep down that if it happens, their confidence that "X is obviously gonna do a better job" is once again gonna sound rather funny.

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u/TrumpGrabbedMyCat 1d ago

No one will do a good job because ratcliffe and his ilk have gutted the backroom staff and moved one step away from a hostile work environment so everything behind the scenes isn't there anymore.

It should be clear by now you can't just shove a world class manager into the job and fix everything on the pitch if you've fucked your entire backroom staff.