Manchester United Thread 25/26 - Teamtalk/Transfers/Gossip Mod Note in OP 26.09.24

Sure, but thats a very different thing to clearing out the deadwood.

That is just the natural evolution of going from not competing, to competing.

You steady the ship and get back up to top 6. Then you add a few players and improve the quality. Then you do it again, and again until you win.

So what if the squad today won't win the league, winning the league isn't the goal yet. Getting back into the chasing pack is the goal. If the goal is top 4 immediately then INEOS are idiots.

Clearing out the deadwood is getting rid of the factors that will actively stop you making progression. United have nearly done that, a new manager can easily make progression with the squad currently assembled.

wrong thread.

I know Amorim looks to be done but Bayindir in goals as essentially first choice for the season is absolute madness. He's an ongoing liability. People saying he kept United in it today with some of his saves, I think any decent keeper makes the same saves. He was poor for all 3 Brentford goals today if you ask me.

That and the midfield issues will remain a huge headache for whoever gets the job next.

Reuben has to go……..it’s sooner rather than later for me….. new man in before Sun’lun.

Adios Reuben

Wanted it to work but seems times up for Amorim.

Hes a good manager off the pitch with media etc but on the pitch, nope.

He's cementing his own coffin the way its going on.

Said it before but a 4-2-3-1 would really suit this team

Even if Bruno had scored the penalty I genuinely don't think we'd have won. Time for change definitely.

They'd really want to sell the hell out of the job to convince a coach who's just beaten and unbeaten Liverpool to join a club who can't beat an underperforming Brentford

No thanks, great manager but our players clearly struggle with 3 atb.

I've been thinking more on this. If Amorim goes within the next few weeks, which I suspect he will, then the pressure on the next appointment will be huge. They have used up too much capital on 'high potential' gambles with Amorim, so the next appointment is very likely to be someone who is currently excelling in the PL (similar thought process behind the signings of Cunha and Mbuemo) because we can have confidence that their tactics work at least to some degree in the PL. Whether their tactics can be scaled up to a PL/CL winning contender is another question, but at least the floor should be a lot higher than Amorim's gameplan. Unless they can prize Enrique away from PSG mid season (highly unlikely but not impossible - he has expressed strong interest in managing in the PL before and has already hit his zenith at PSG) then it'll be Glasner or Iraola. Outside chance of Howe but only if his contract allows for a reasonable compensation package.

I can’t see him walking away without a payout. It would be incredibly foolish. The grand gesture of doing so would be forgotten about within days but he won’t ever forget leaving that money on the table.

Seems to be like he doesn't enjoy the job, obviously with these results and pressure. Seems to me that he's half hoping for them to sack him and one side wants to turn it around

Maybe that was true in the past but we finished 15 last year and Amorin not only kept his job but was fully backed.

Artera is under serious pressure, every game. Pep has the expectation of City and having to deal with a squad of superstars all wanting to play all the time.

Slot has got the pressure of Liverpool. Because its going great there is no negative but go on a losing run and see the pressure build.

Utd job is almost pressure free. Simply avoid relegation and that seems to be enough.

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