Ruben Amorim told 'confusing' Man Utd jibe could backfire on him after headline comments

Ruben Amorim did not mince his words aft Manchester United's latest Old Trafford failure.

Despite managing awesome results connected the roadworthy astatine Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal, Amorim's United person often looked toothless astatine home, and connected Sunday they suffered their 4th decision successful their past 5 Premier League matches astatine what utilized to beryllium seen arsenic the Theatre of Dreams.

All successful each Amorim's Premier League grounds reads 2 wins from 10 games, and erstwhile helium stepped retired successful beforehand of the microphones astatine his post-match property league he fto everyone cognize what helium thought.

"We are the worst squad possibly successful the past of Manchester United," helium said. "I cognize you privation headlines but I americium saying that due to the fact that we person to admit that and to alteration that. Here you go: your headlines."

And portion it was precise benignant for Ruben to supply america with those headlines, his comments person understandably provoked plentifulness of debate. Is this truly the worst United broadside ever? Was helium close to azygous retired his players similar that? Where bash they spell from here? We asked the Mirror Football squad for their views:

John Cross

Let's beryllium perfectly clear: Ruben Amorim made his remarks to acceptable his ain agenda. If the gully astatine Liverpool, knocking Arsenal retired of the FA Cup and precocious fightback against Southampton raised expectations past the calamitous decision to Brighton brought Manchester United crashing backmost down to earth.

Amorim was making definite that everyone knows rebuilding United volition beryllium a semipermanent job. There is nary speedy hole if you privation to really get it right. The squad looks horribly unbalanced and incapable to excel successful Amorim’s preferred 3-4-3 formation. That volition instrumentality clip and respective windows to repair.

Old Trafford is falling down. Other managers speech astir however the grooming crushed is down the times. What astir the ownership and structure? That besides needs work.

United is simply a immense club, with monolithic expectations but caught successful a clip warp. The atrocious information is that Amorim is right: it is the worst squad successful United’s history. Well, modern past anyhow - and that’s each that matters.

I similar Amorim and I deliberation helium is simply a bully appointment. He speaks the truth. He should not interest astir upsetting egos. And he’s right: we got our headline.

Chris McKenna

Ruben Amorim’s words are present getting confusing. One week he’s saying that the squad is tense and lacking assurance erstwhile they play astatine Old Trafford arsenic they tin consciousness the anxiousness wrong the stadium, the adjacent week he’s labelling the players the worst squad to play for the club.

Amorim talks a lot, is simply a amended communicator than his predecessor Erik 10 Hag but the realisation is that he’s getting adjacent little of a tune retired of these players than Ten Hag was. He evidently wants to bring successful caller faces but it doesn’t look that he’s capable to truthful helium whitethorn person to instrumentality with the manus he’s been dealt until the extremity of the season.

Coming retired with comments similar helium did is precise honorable and you can’t reason that he’s incorrect successful what helium said, but helium needs to commencement filling these players afloat of content due to the fact that they’re not each arsenic atrocious arsenic they’re playing.

Mark Jones

If Amorim does good with United, which I deliberation helium volition eventually, past this is the punctuation we're each going to instrumentality to. You mightiness adjacent spot it connected scarves and t-shirts for merchantability extracurricular Old Trafford arsenic fans thigh it up. They wanted idiosyncratic to crook the leafage and commencement again, and he's making it wide that he's doing truthful his mode nary substance however pugnacious that is to hear.

His words volition beryllium jarring for the squad, but conscionable however damaging they are successful the short-term depends connected what you deliberation astir the remainder of their season. Is it conscionable an workout successful redeeming face, oregon are we going to spot them spell heavy successful the FA Cup and/or Europa League?

I fishy it mightiness beryllium the latter, but to bash truthful the 'worst United squad successful history' are going to person to larn however to play connected the beforehand ft and not conscionable successful reactionary mode arsenic they precocious did astatine the Etihad, Anfield and the Emirates. Amorim keeps telling america helium has his ain mode of playing, truthful it is clip to get this expensively assembled squad playing it. He was hired for that reason.

Sam Meade

Amorim has taken an almighty risk, albeit he's stuck to his tendency to beryllium honest. He antecedently admitted his squad were successful a relegation battle, present he's saying they mightiness beryllium 1 of the worst acceptable of United players successful much than a century.

He's surely not a manager to deflect attraction elsewhere, blaming the referee oregon immoderate of that jazz. He volition archer it arsenic it is and, to beryllium honest, helium astir apt looks little delusional by conscionable being up front. Rather than saying helium sees loads of positives aft losing week in, week out.

The biggest archer volition beryllium however his players take to respond. Amorim's comments are not a Jose Mourinho-like calling retired of his players, but it volition surely resonate successful the dressing room. Either they'll privation to beryllium him wrong, oregon they'll simply plunge deeper into the spread they're in.

It is simply a risk, a calculated one, and done without malice, but it could inactive beryllium costly for Amorim, nary substance however overmuch the nine whitethorn privation to instrumentality by him.

Jacob Leeks

I deliberation this is really a clever maneuver from Amorim. The beleaguered brag is making it wide that this radical of players should beryllium nary reflection connected his management.

None of these players person been brought to the nine by the 39-year-old and portion the comments volition not assistance morale implicit the remainder of the season, it is improbable galore of these struggling stars volition beryllium astatine the nine successful the long-term.

It is besides a wide changeable crossed the bow of United chiefs that they request to enactment successful the transportation market. A large overhaul of the squad is needed and Amorim is lone putting a dependable to thing anyone with eyes tin plainly spot - this squad is obscurity adjacent bully enough.

If the comments bash punctual immoderate enactment from United's recruitment chiefs, past I'm definite Amorim volition person nary occupation with coming nether occurrence for making his grievances public.

Mike Walters

Any United subordinate with a much robust backbone than a jellyfish volition instrumentality Amorim's comments to bosom and acceptable retired to beryllium him wrong.

Any United subordinate who feels upset by their manager's hurty words is invited to manus backmost the exorbitant wages astir of them person trousered with impunity for 2 wins successful 10 Premier League games.

Any United subordinate who disagrees with Amorim's damning appraisal should beryllium forced to beryllium done a video of the 1973-74 play and spot what a Frank O'Farrell-shaped relegation looks like.

And immoderate United subordinate who dares to murmur a connection of dissent - either successful the dressing country oregon connected societal media, to the Press, TV oregon vigor - is cordially invited to manus successful a transportation petition and tittle off.

That show against Brighton was an insult to the representation of Denis Law.

Oli Gamp

United were already a laughing banal earlier Ruben Amorim's comments, but present their ain manager has fixed confirmation of that.

Amorim has embarrassed United and made them look weak. He has a batch to larn astir bully PR and it's hard to recognize what helium was trying to execute with his bizarre words. Let's not forget, this was his 2nd clip faced the property aft that dismal Brighton result, truthful this was precise deliberate and calculated. He wanted to accidental this and had fixed it a batch of thought.

What indispensable the players beryllium reasoning aft that? How volition that motivate them? What indispensable the owners and apical officials beryllium thinking? The apical dogs that hired him to revamp the nine can't beryllium blessed that their caput manager is mocking the club. I recognize Amorim was trying to marque a constituent that United person to beryllium realistic and admit they are struggling, but each helium has done is created antagonistic headlines and made a hard concern worse.

The honeymoon play is implicit - if it ever truly began. Yes, it volition instrumentality clip for the players to set to Amorim's doctrine and mode of playing successful a backmost three, but his self-deprecating comments volition lone springiness United's rivals adjacent much assurance of getting points disconnected them successful the coming weeks.

He was brought successful to beryllium United's saviour aft Erik 10 Hag led the nine to their worst commencement to a Premier League season, but the squad person got importantly worse nether his leadership. The team's failures are down to Amorim, yet his baffling words lone crook up the vigor connected the players - not him.

Scott Trotter

Amorim's words consciousness somewhat similar saying the quiescent portion retired loud. Few radical are nether immoderate illusion implicit however atrocious United are, adjacent with affirmative results against the likes of Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool. The Premier League array tells less lies arsenic the play progresses and the Red Devils person spent a important play successful the bottommost fractional of the table. They've offered fewer signs that volition alteration anytime soon.

But for each Amorim whitethorn beryllium telling nary lies and offering a brutal truth, the 39-year-old is leaving small enactment but for the communicative surrounding the nine to beryllium based upon catastrophe. The absorption is heading that mode anyhow and possibly that is wherever Amorim wants attraction to lie. Do questions past situation the players astatine his disposal alternatively than his ain abilities? One of the things Amorim tin trust connected for clip astatine Old Trafford is the club's deficiency of caller success. But adjacent Erik 10 Hag managed European shot and 2 home cups.

It tin beryllium reassuring that a caput manager is not detached from reality, and tin supply honesty. But possibly they shouldn't beryllium the 1 starring the calls implicit conscionable however atrocious things are. It could outgo the nine and himself if things are dilatory to crook around.

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