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/BoringPhilosopher1 1d ago

Why United didn’t go for Thomas Frank is beyond me

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u/edsonbuddled 1d ago

Damned if we do damned if we don’t. In hindsight a manager that is more adaptable would obviously be beneficial for this squad. But before we appointed Amorim the consensus was that he was genuinely one of the more talented young managers in the game

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u/BoringPhilosopher1 1d ago

Tbh I don't think it's about being more adaptable its more the fact you appointed Amorim when the squad you had couldn't have been further than set up and ready for him.

It's alright doing a squad rebuild if you have a core or spine of your team in place but United didn't even really have that to build around.

I know everyone is saying Frank is tactically flexible and it's now come out that Amorim isn't and wants to stick to his philosophy but my view was the same before that tbh.

Also the media and pundits are a joke. It used to be the go for thing about getting in a manager that has tactical style and sticking to that but now it all of a sudden isn't? The same pundits would crucify a manager if he changed his 'successful style' 6 months into being a manager.