I don't like being an annoying doomer but it seems to me that signing Amorim was a huge mistake by board. Don't get me wrong, he is a good coach but I don't think he is suited to Man Utd at the moment. He is a dogmatic coach and only few players seems to be suited to his 'system' in the current squad, it's the reason why you don't see any improvement in players now barring Amad and Maguire. Lots of change in squad is required to suit this team for him and I don't think that's feasible as our profligacy in the transfer market over the past few years have crippled our finances. Dan Ashworth might have seen this from start and that's the only explanation of him quitting his post after few months of joining. We should have continued with Ruud till the end of the season and then went for someone like Iraola or Thomas Frank who can play to the strength of the team and take us back to atleast a top 4 position in the coming years.
Btw it's crazy that we were a top 4 team few years back and then spend crazy levels of cash for a 'rebuild' only to completely wreck the squad and be relegation contenders.
I was surprised Marco Silva wasn’t one name linked with the United job in the lead up to and immediate aftermath of Ten Hag’s departure.
He’s done a stellar job at Fulham where he’s lost 1-2 key players nearly every Summer, plays to the strengths of what players he does have, and has a squad which isn’t all that much better on paper to the likes of Leicester punching above its weight in the league. I get the reasoning behind bringing Amorim in, and so quickly too, but Silva might not have been a bad stop gap option for the next two seasons or so until INEOS got their structure sorted and figured out a long term plan/identity for the club.
Strikers are highlighted a lot because of the lack of goals but truth be told we could make an entire piece about every single position with the same outcome. Defenders signed over the last 3 years, midfield signings over the last 3 years. It's all a mess because it's not connected. There isn't a unifying ideology in the club. We've arguably committed every sin possible from a squad building perspective, sign players to play in roles that don't benefit them, lower the physical capabilities of the squad with the cherry on the top of getting completely different styles of play midway through the season.
It's a mess and it's not the worst of it yet. Truth be told it's going to be at least two seasons of crap before anything worthwhile.
I don't like being an annoying doomer but it seems to me that signing Amorim was a huge mistake by board. Don't get me wrong, he is a good coach but I don't think he is suited to Man Utd at the moment. He is a dogmatic coach and only few players seems to be suited to his 'system' in the current squad, it's the reason why you don't see any improvement in players now barring Amad and Maguire. Lots of change in squad is required to suit this team for him and I don't think that's feasible as our profligacy in the transfer market over the past few years have crippled our finances. Dan Ashworth might have seen this from start and that's the only explanation of him quitting his post after few months of joining. We should have continued with Ruud till the end of the season and then went for someone like Iraola or Thomas Frank who can play to the strength of the team and take us back to atleast a top 4 position in the coming years.
Btw it's crazy that we were a top 4 team few years back and then spend crazy levels of cash for a 'rebuild' only to completely wreck the squad and be relegation contenders.
I was surprised Marco Silva wasn’t one name linked with the United job in the lead up to and immediate aftermath of Ten Hag’s departure.
He’s done a stellar job at Fulham where he’s lost 1-2 key players nearly every Summer, plays to the strengths of what players he does have, and has a squad which isn’t all that much better on paper to the likes of Leicester punching above its weight in the league. I get the reasoning behind bringing Amorim in, and so quickly too, but Silva might not have been a bad stop gap option for the next two seasons or so until INEOS got their structure sorted and figured out a long term plan/identity for the club.
Strikers are highlighted a lot because of the lack of goals but truth be told we could make an entire piece about every single position with the same outcome. Defenders signed over the last 3 years, midfield signings over the last 3 years. It's all a mess because it's not connected. There isn't a unifying ideology in the club. We've arguably committed every sin possible from a squad building perspective, sign players to play in roles that don't benefit them, lower the physical capabilities of the squad with the cherry on the top of getting completely different styles of play midway through the season.
It's a mess and it's not the worst of it yet. Truth be told it's going to be at least two seasons of crap before anything worthwhile.