They’re still trying to defend Amorim after he finished 15th while being 3 points away from top 4
Now they want to give him credit for Carrick performing well with the same squad Amorim was MASSIVELY underutilising. Like, fuck off
If you’re gay for him, just say so. Retards
Ruben Amorim cultists have officially lost their right to EVER talk about football those clueless ignorant fucks really tried to gaslight us that this Squad wasn’t “enough” to even get Top 4 that their Supreme Leader needed 500M to “compete” with City and Arsenal
Disappointed by Paul Scholes' response on Lisandro Martinez yet again. Not being willing to apologise even after being asked fair & honest questions about it makes the rest of his words in that segment hollow.
If they thought it was a joke, then apologise. Physically it's a mismatch? You were wrong, apologise. You 'probably shouldn't have done it', so apologise? The way you described it was disrespectful, so apologise.
Doubling down by saying 'he's had one good game as well' & pointing out errors he's made? You can say you hope he proves you wrong, but compliments sandwiched between insults are meaningless.
It isn't a few blokes having a laugh down at the pub. It's into microphones where it's reached millions of fans. Take that responsibility seriously. You want the club to succeed? Prove that, live those words.
Making excuses is piss poor. Manchester United players shouldn't expect blind support from ex-players in the media, but they do deserve a level of respect from them, as well as Scholes' own accountability.
If anything, it only proved people's criticism of Scholes & Butt correct this past week. Happy to dish it out but can't take a lick of what comes back their way. They should be glad they didn't play in the social media era.
I feel so vindicated man, these Amorim in roaches had so much fun after that Brighton loss. They all hate watched Fletcher just to have a “I told you so” moment. We didn’t hate watch our club, we didn’t do results based analysis & we told you Amorim was holding this squad back. Enjoy this win boys and girls, Manchester is Red 🔴
Everyone here called it.
He probably expected us to get decimated playing the back 4 vs Newcastle but we came out with 3 points.
That hurt his ego and he decided to show he can win with 3 atb vs Wolves. But it backfired.
He was genuinely fighting ghosts in his head.
Thinking back about nature of his sack:
—for the first time in post Fergie history a board & football structure over the Manager ignored the results and the position and actually sided with a manager.
—a manager who finished 15th and didn’t get any form of European football.
—Where previous boards would have sacked him in months, this one showed a resolve to support him by getting him quality players without European football money or pull
—and by actually publicly backing him in Media where for the first time an owner came out and gave an interview in support of a Manager who hadn’t produced results
—Yet those are the people his ego went and fought with.
—he fought with the ones who were adamant on giving him time but who just wanted him to adapt to win games so they don’t lose out on European football and finances again for the sake of club health.
—There was something incredibly self consumed about Amorim in hindsight. A young coach he believed in his own cult and genius.
—His need to smear everyone publicly to defend himself, which started with the players, ultimately ended up costing him his job when he did it to the board who actually went above and beyond for him compared to traditional united boards.
—we must begin background and personality checks on United managers too before hiring them just like we do with players.
—The board are no saints btw but they were more than fair with a manger who in a results business in one of the most results oriented leagues and club in the world, was consumed by his own side quests rather than focusing on the main quest
Imagine Barcelona finishing 15th and the manager says I want to sell Pedri or Gavi and the fans agreed 😂😂😂😂
Man Utd fans REALLY need to have a chat with themselves
Ole hasn't even been appointed yet and some fans are already spewing lies against him. How does a manager who finished 3rd,2nd with over 300goals,most away wins record and a club legend get so much hate than the one who finished 15th with poor performance n blamed everyone else?
If Amorim goes today there should be a lot of introspection at the club. It would be totally normal for an elite club to sack a manager with a 38% win rate. It's really only at United where a manager with that record could get as much support from the fans. Even with the higher ups, he could say whatever the fuck he liked if he had a 60% win rate.
The real critical error was hiring a manager like Amorim without unambiguous clarity on both sides about the financial and time commitment required to evolve the squad to his needs. Did everyone really sign off on the idea that results didn't matter? It's clear there’s a mismatch in expectations. That’s on Ratcliffe and Berrada. Bad strategy, executed without clarity.
What’s on Amorim is a near total refusal to try something different on the tactical front until a year into the job. Mad. Pushing aside players, changing roles of actual performers, missprofiling all over the place. The infuriating Mourinho-esque negativity. And then he’s shocked that there's a push from above to evolve and a reluctance to spend outside of the club plan? Which they tried to bring forward this winter anyway.
He's demonstrated a lot of emotional immaturity over 14 months at United. The worst was on Sunday though. Bloody stupid.
Maybe there'll be an kumbaya moment on Monday and they'll all agree to carry on. If that happens there'll be a reassessment in the summer anyway. European football and he'll get more time. Let's see if he gets that far first. Seems more likely all the major actors are far too stubborn for that.
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester United sack Ruben Amorim as head coach. 40yo Portuguese informed of decision & goes with immediate effect after 14 months following breakdown in relations. Darren Fletcher expected to take over #MUFC on interim basis @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/kEAu5Wv8F7
Saw his face at FT. Pure dejection. When Amorim says he suffers the most, I laugh because the fans suffer more than Amorim.
But one man suffers more than everyone else - and that is Bruno Fernandes without a doubt.
He takes it to heart.
Wonderful man and player. Head up❤️
I'm going to need anyone who wanted Bruno Fernandes sold last summer to apologise. We shouldn't take for granted witnessing a player having one of the best six year runs that we've ever seen.
He has 103 goals & 93 assists since signing for Manchester United in January 2020. Martin Ødegaard has 44 goals & 44 assists in that time. Florian Wirtz has 57 & 70. Dominik Szoboszlai has 56 & 63.
Manchester United legend, Premier League legend, he is a true one of one footballer. There's nobody like him.