Asked for a back 4 — YOU GOT IT.
Asked for Mainoo to play — YOU GOT IT.
Asked for Lacey to play — YOU GOT IT.
Asked for a three-man midfield — YOU GOT IT.
Asked for both Mainoo and Bruno to play — YOU GOT IT.
So, why is this team still SHIT? Why can't they beat relegation fodder Burnley and Brighton B team at Old Trafford?
I thought it was all because of Amorim and his awful system?
This patch is extremely bad - tldr: The 1% got buffed with legacy temples (i'm still printing 70d~ profit per a run) - But people who couldn't build their temple in time are screwed(30-40hrs wasted), extremely hard to build a temple with only being allowed to lock t3 rooms.
Jamie Carragher on MNF in September called for Amorim to be sacked.
"The quicker Man Utd make the decision the better. We are only waiting for the inevitable."
I hope to see him & Gary Neville talking about Arne Slot's Liverpool ahead of Utd - Everton.
HOW AMORIM ADAPTED
After the Brentford defeat, Amorim managed to implement a number of pragmatic tweaks to his system; and to his credit, they seem to be working well
What changed, specifically?
1. New progression method
By introducing Lammens into the team, we also introduced going long from GK to forwards much more often.
Percentage of goal kicks launched:
- 33% vs Brentford
- 87.5% in post-Brentford games
- 75% vs Brighton
Same thing for open-play passes by GK, in terms of short vs long: 41.7% launched vs Brentford, then 75% in the 3 games after that.
What is even more interesting is that we are involving the GK more than before, to launch those long passes.
Passes attempted by GK:
- 24 vs Brentford
- 36 in post-Brentford games (avg.)
- 41 vs Brighton
Of course, as dicussed previously, relatively few of these end up as successful long passes, claimed by the player they were meant for.
But that’s not the point: the point is for the team to be positioned well as the pass is made, to duel for 2nd balls and counterpress if ball is lost.
What has this change led to?
Basically, bypassing the first and second phases of possession - and the opposition’s press - to quickly transfer play up front.
From Amorim’s view, this has 2 advantages: a) limiting the dangers faced vs m2m pressing and b) getting our most dangerous players close to the goal and facing the goal.
Percentage of touches in final 3rd:
- 15% vs Brentford
- 24% in post-Brentford games
- 28.8% vs Brighton
This massive increase of 89% between Brentford and Brighton means that United are spending much more time where they should be - in front of the goal.
This direct threat should ease the willigness of opposition teams to press us high, in a m2m system, because they will fear getting caught in the back.
Amorim must use this fact to re- introduce short build up and press baiting: a combo of these two basic strategies could prove unstopabble.
But if we end up over-exploiting one method, teams will find a way to stop us.