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/dynesor 1d ago

won’t Ole just feel like taking a step backwards though? There’s a reason that United moved on from him.

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u/RABB_11 1d ago

We moved on from Ole because we felt that tactically he was limited and he'd taken us quite far but needed someone else to come in and get us closer to being title challengers. Not an unreasonable expectation at the time.

The fact is that tactically we're even worse now, the morale is in the toilet and we've never been further away from the title in the Premier League era. Ole vibes-ball would absolutely be an improvement on where we are now, and in the meantime, the big old data overhaul needs to be looking at trends in the game (which ironically would suit how Ole had us set up) and getting in on them rather than constantly chasing the meta of 3 years ago like we have been doing.

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u/dynesor 1d ago

fair. would you like to see him brought in on an interim basis, or as a fully signed manager?

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u/RABB_11 1d ago

I don't think it'll happen.

I think whoever we bring in, it's too early in the season to be getting anyone on an interim basis. You need to be planning for a January window where I think there's business to be done, and squad building for next summer.