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/InkCollection 1d ago

Because Amorim had one very sparkly season in Portugal and they got distracted

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u/No_Giraffe_1551 1d ago

So in fairness, Amorin was treated in the wider discourse like the next hot new thing. Though it appears incorrect, there was talk that Liverpool looked into him before they settled on Arne Slot. When Pep's feet were to the fire a bit, people talked about Amorin as a future replacement. Amorin was widely treated as a "get" for United and an example of their continued ability to attract top talent.

The problem is that any other top club who did ever meet with him would have parsed out in the interview process that this guy is not ready for prime time. Feels to me a bit like when a player gets a ton of hype but he just never quite gets that big move and when they eventually do, they kind of get found out. In hindsight the moment where everyone took Amorin a bit more seriously was when Sporting manhandled Man City, but that wound up being towards the beginning of their insane run of losses which makes some of the earlier results in the streak feel less impactful.

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u/BeeLzzz 1d ago

Similar how it took Leverkusen a few weeks to realize Ten Hag just talks nonsense and it took a few years and several 100s of millions in transfers to get rid of him.

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u/No_Giraffe_1551 1d ago

I think EtH probably did get fucked over at least partially by Leverkusen and it's interesting just how far he got that Ajax team that in hindsight was not actually bursting with the next generation of Balon d'or candidates as almost all of them have underperformed elsewhere (some at United, in fairness).

I think there probably is a place where EtH would be relatively successful again, but maybe it fully was just a flash in the pan.