Manchester United

[David Edgar]

Fwiw, I think Amorim needs sacking and writing off as a big mistake before he inflicts more damage. Cannot have a guy who is so dependent upon one system in charge of a rebuild.

[54]

2 minutes ago, Froggy said:

It was Ten Hag who didn't want to work with Rangnick as well, and upper management got rid of Rangnick because of that. The issues always start at the top.

 

Just don't get relegated please. Let Amorim do his thing and get rid of the ones who aren't up to it.

The Championship is a great place for a rebuild like

[KaKa]

Just now, Froggy said:

It was Ten Hag who didn't want to work with Rangnick as well, and upper management got rid of Rangnick because of that. The issues always start at the top.

 

Just don't get relegated please. Let Amorim do his thing and get rid of the ones who aren't up to it.

 

When you lot first got Ragnick in, I remember reading about him and the experience he had, his philosophy and everything. I thought it was such a good move.

 

At the end of the season when he gave that report and none of it was taken on board, and instead they ushered him out, I was so shocked man.

 

I think that's when I really felt you guys were headed for trouble.

 

Why the board at the time would just ignore Ragnick and throw ETH in there I have no idea.

[Froggy]

Just now, 54 said:

The Championship is a great place for a rebuild like

 

Shows you how quickly it can be turned around though doesn't it. Steve Bruce, Mike Ashley and Sports Direct @ SJP seem like a distant memory now.

[Froggy]

4 minutes ago, KaKa said:

 

When you lot first got Ragnick in, I remember reading about him and the experience he had, his philosophy and everything. I thought it was such a good move.

 

At the end of the season when he gave that report and none of it was taken on board, and instead they ushered him out, I was so shocked man.

 

I think that's when I really felt you guys were headed for trouble.

 

Why the board at the time would just ignore Ragnick and throw ETH in there I have no idea.

 

It was very silly. He recommended we sign Diaz and Alvarez as well and wasn't listened to. 

[KaKa]

9 minutes ago, David Edgar said:

Fwiw, I think Amorim needs sacking and writing off as a big mistake before he inflicts more damage. Cannot have a guy who is so dependent upon one system in charge of a rebuild.

 

I feel bad for the manager. I don't think he could have imagined the players would be so poor tactically. ETH was a victim of this too.

 

Shockingly enough, I even recall the same issue under Ragnick. He tried to play the 4-2-2-2 system he had Austria playing so well this past Euros, but the Man Utd players couldn't manage it back then.

[KaKa]

2 minutes ago, Froggy said:

 

It was very silly. He recommended we sign Diaz and Alvarez as well and wasn't listened to. 

 

Man ...

 

That was such a key moment for you lot.

 

That guy's reputation and contacts are incredible in football.

 

Your team by now would have looked so different, with the signings that would have come in.

 

Part of the reason I'm so desperate for Mitchell to work well with Howe is due to the fact he worked so closely with Ragnick.

[David Edgar]

22 minutes ago, KaKa said:

 

I feel bad for the manager. I don't think he could have imagined the players would be so poor tactically. ETH was a victim of this too.

 

Shockingly enough, I even recall the same issue under Ragnick. He tried to play the 4-2-2-2 system he had Austria playing so well this past Euros, but the Man Utd players couldn't manage it back then.

 

Oh I agree. Everyone fails with that squad and set up. You're blinded by ego taking the job 

 

Years ago, Mourinho took Manchester to second and then said something like it being his best achievement. He was working with the vanilla version of the current set-up. Billions later and they are even worse. 

 

I just don't think you rebuild with a very rigid 3 at the back, manager. Cos it will be several more hundred million of CBs and wing backs who the next guy won't have a use for.

 

 

Edited December 27, 2024 by David Edgar

[GeordieDazzler]

Always felt a bit mad to bring him in at the point of the season where they have so many games and so little form of any description.

 

Football Ramble compared football management at Man United to someone who puts up tents. Amorim could be the best guy in the world at putting up tents but if he’s doing it in a hurricane it doesn’t matter at all. 

[Mike]

25 minutes ago, Froggy said:

 

Shows you how quickly it can be turned around though doesn't it. Steve Bruce, Mike Ashley and Sports Direct @ SJP seem like a distant memory now.

 

Should be in bed but I'm sat here picking the hook out of my lip.

[healthyaddiction]

Do Man Utd have the money to spend in January so Amorin can rebuild the squad to play his system? They're in a dodgy place with PSR aren't they?

[Checko]

Worth reading comments on Eddie Howe from 15th Jan before writing off Amorim.

 

Things can change very quickly in football when it starts to click, as we've seen over the last couple of weeks.

 

 

[Tiresias]

Yeah writing off amorim is foolish. It's a mess will take time. I do have suspicion of managers whom are wedded to a single formation, aren't you just giving yourself a shelf life?

[Froggy]

2 minutes ago, healthyaddiction said:

Do Man Utd have the money to spend in January so Amorin can rebuild the squad to play his system? They're in a dodgy place with PSR aren't they?

 

We won't have any money in January. 

 

4 minutes ago, GeordieDazzler said:

Always felt a bit mad to bring him in at the point of the season where they have so many games and so little form of any description.

 

Football Ramble compared football management at Man United to someone who puts up tents. Amorim could be the best guy in the world at putting up tents but if he’s doing it in a hurricane it doesn’t matter at all. 

 

We knew this would be the case though didn't we? Has Amorim not made it perfectly clear all along that his system will take time to implement. He said he won't go back and play a pragmatic system because in a year we'll just be in the same situation. 

 

People have talked about "open heart surgery" for a while. Is this not the way? The same players have got managers sacked over and over again. 

[Stifler]

I said this when Jim the rat came in and took Ashworth.

Man Utd don’t want to buy the youngster who needs a couple of years to develop into great players. They want the big names.

They have a squad of big names, but they are too old, their best years are behind them, some of them have left clubs like Real Madrid, others know that they are not going to Real Madrid. They have already made it by arriving at Man Utd, or they have peaked and are on the downward spiral.

But Nan Utd need the big name player, because shirt sales, and 1,000 sponsors rely on it.

 

Until they are prepared to make the sacrifice and built a team like Brighton have, and how us and Aston Villa are trying to do, then they are going nowhere.

Sacking Ashworth is the biggest indication that they aren’t prepared to do that.

 

 

Edited December 27, 2024 by Stifler

[bobbydazzla]

31 minutes ago, healthyaddiction said:

Do Man Utd have the money to spend in January so Amorin can rebuild the squad to play his system? They're in a dodgy place with PSR aren't they?

PSR doesn’t apply to Man Utd  

[Joelinton7]

1 hour ago, Froggy said:

It was Ten Hag who didn't want to work with Rangnick as well, and upper management got rid of Rangnick because of that. The issues always start at the top.

 

Just don't get relegated please. Let Amorim do his thing and get rid of the ones who aren't up to it.

Froggy do you think that the Glazers and/or Ineos are trying to manage the high earners out of the club and it’s causing unrest amongst the squad. Looks like they’re trying to do it with Casemiro and Rashford. Maybe that’s a big part of it. Too much meddling from above. It’s their own fault though, they’re the ones that gave them those big contracts. I remember how they treated Lingard was appalling. 

[Tiresias]

In fairness i think managing those high earners out the squad is financially prudent, they have way too many players on wages that make them impossible to move on considering their performance level

[Froggy]

Just now, Joelinton7 said:

Froggy do you think that the Glazers and/or Ineos are trying to manage the high earners out of the club and it’s causing unrest amongst the squad. Looks like they’re trying to do it with Casemiro and Rashford. Maybe that’s a big part of it. Too much meddling from above. It’s their own fault though, they’re the ones that gave them those big contracts. I remember how they treated Lingard was appalling. 

 

No I don't think so. I think Rashford is useless and has a stinking attitude and I think the game has passed Casemiro by. We need people on those sort of wages to be gone unless they're performing to a high level. 

[Cronky]

Amorim looks and sounds like he's overwhelmed. He's got to stop going on about how difficult the job is. 

[Froggy]

7 minutes ago, Stifler said:

Man Utd sdon’t want to buy the youngster who needs a couple of years to develop into great players

 

Like Amad, Garnacho, Hojlund, Yoro etc. 

 

1 minute ago, Cronky said:

Amorim looks and sounds like he's overwhelmed. He's got to stop going on about how difficult the job is. 

 

He needs to stop being asked about how difficult it is.  He keeps giving the same answers.

[KaKa]

29 minutes ago, Checko said:

Worth reading comments on Eddie Howe from 15th Jan before writing off Amorim.

 

Things can change very quickly in football when it starts to click, as we've seen over the last couple of weeks.

 

 

 

Our situation was quite different though.

 

Fortunately we largely had a group of players with great attitudes, work ethic and a desire to do better.

 

They were just hamstrung by horrible leadership at the top and more importantly, in the dugout.

 

I think that's why Howe was then ultimately able to turn things around, once his training finally bedded in, and overcame the nonsense Bruce was doing.

 

I like Amorim, but man, that set of players seem to lack commitment and the right mindset to turn things around, and the pressure is building.

[Froggy]

Just now, KaKa said:

Our situation was quite different though.

 

Fortunately we largely had a group of players with great attitudes, work ethic and a desire to do better.

 

They were just hamstrung by horrible leadership at the top and more importantly, in the dugout.

 

I think that's why Howe was then ultimately able to turn things around, once his training finally bedded in, and overcame the nonsense Bruce was doing.

 

I like Amorim, but man, that set of players seem to lack commitment and the right mindset to turn things around, and the pressure is building.

 

There's no pressure on Amorim, which is important to note. We trust him and want him to do his thing.

 

The players are in bother mind. Old Trafford will not be nice if Monday goes as expected.

[buzza]

Just now, Froggy said:

 

There's no pressure on Amorim, which is important to note. We trust him and want him to do his thing.

 

The players are in bother mind. Old Trafford will not be nice if Monday goes as expected.

No fernandez and ugarte! Big blow for you guys as one is your only attacking outlet, unless rashford and garnacho suddenly get back in the good books!

Who thr hell will fill those gaps? Casemiro? Erikson?

You lot look really  fcucked!

[bobbydazzla]

For a man who’s under no pressure Amorim has the look of a man under massive pressure

 

 

Edited December 27, 2024 by bobbydazzla