The improvements are so minuscule though and in that same period we lost to Forrest (good team i know), and got knocked out of the cup by Fulham.
This is the worrying part for me. What if he doesn't get the players how long do we persist with him? Everything coming out around are transfers is the budgets thin, so say he gets 5/6 out and 3/4 in surely that's not enough? The form he's showing with this squad is near relegation level and surely quite a few of them are going to be here next year and the fact we've seen zero improvement from anyone, barring maybe Bruno that's terrifying to me.
On Arteta he was hardly competing against bums Pep's City was a freak of nature. Don't expect Amorim to be competing with Pep or Slot but surely there's a middle ground and at this moment he's competing with RVN Leicester.
I do agree some of the results are definitely troubling, but I think that also goes with a lack of quality as teams know we cannot break them down so just drop into a low block.
3/4 really good signings can be transformative, we currently have no threat in attack, you add in a ST the opposition CBs have to mark and think about running in behind means they can't compact the pitch as much leaving more space in midfield, this is exactly what Newcastle did to us on Sunday.
A CM who can progress play through passes and carries, look at the difference having Bruno & Mainoo in CM at Anfield looked when we caused them problems, meaning we can beat a press and turn defence into attack quickly.
A CAM who not only creates for others but finishes off chances created for them, how many times this season have we got on a counter and one of our front 3 has made the wrong decision or missed an easy chance piling pressure on us not taking the lead.
Finally a RWB with pace who can beat his man and deliver accurate crosses, such as Amad early on when he was played at RWB.
These would really level up this team and give the opposition something to thing about, as currently we offer no threat or pace in behind so teams can just press high or sit back knowing we cannot cause any problems, this is summed up in the Forest game when Maguire had a better XG than Hojlund, when he played as a ST in the 10 mins he was upfront than Hojlund has all season.
I think we have to recruit players who suit his positions but also not specialists so for all of those bar RWB that can either be a RB or a RW in a 4 ATB system, any new manager would want to upgrade them, we have to give him the summer otherwise, why have we offloaded all out attack and hamstrung him in some ways, made an ultimatum it is now or never to start this process this season so we don't waste next season to then give him the bullet and start it all over again.
