It wasn't the results with ETH. It was the dismal performances. Going on three years with no style and little enjoyment, except one or two games that were exceptions.
Because the players at Man Utd are much better than the players at Leicester. Despite the shocking form and what it suggests.
He doesn't annoy me because I don't watch the interviews he does or press conferences. So I'm not being swayed by any charisma or whatever. I've been judging him mostly by the horrible results and slight fluctuations in performance where sometimes we look like a capable team.
Someone who talks sense at last.
Yep, player quality matters. By far and away the main reason we find ourselves bottom half.
You're saying everyone was wrong in rating the players as capable of finishing in the top 7 at the start of the season?
We were tied on xG before the sending off.
This is a good point. We can rightfully ask questions about how the club allowed it to get to this point, but that is not on Amorim. It isn't that much on Ineos either, and it is good that it is something the higher ups are aware of.
His biggest issue was being watched through the transfer fee microscope. He'd have been regarded as a decent yet unspectacular signing if he was brought in for 40m
I don't think people were rating the squad's quality on the basis of Jadon Sancho and Mason Mount.
Super talent Garnacho who has scored 5 PL goals all season, 3 of those against relegation opposition, and routinely sends balls into row Z because of his atrocious finishing.
Amad who has only played a grand total of 13 PL games under Amorim, and showed how stupid ETH was to not be playing him.
8th. But we do have 2 years of data now where the underlying statistics have us around 13th-15th so I realise it was optimistic.
I would go as far as to say we weren't marginally the better side vs Forest or Arsenal, we were much the better side.
Those are some really rose tinted glasses with respect to his first season form. He started well by getting a few goals early, but then he quickly turned very useless. Of course, the perception of Antony is being influenced by the transfer fee, but he was poor regardless. After scoring in his first three PL games, he got 1 goal and 2 assists in the next 22. He contributed almost nothing in attack. Both Martial and Sancho had better output in the league.
Garnacho is at best, as you say, a "super talent". He's not a super player, that much is for sure. I would argue he's a level below a super talent, but that's not the point.
He was rubbish. Not judging players solely on output is fine but when it's a winger or wide forward in modern football that is the main crux of their responsibility as a player. He then started to offer little of value in other aspects of the game too.
Amad has played in over half of United's PL games and more than half of their EL games. He's been available most of the season. I would say this did happen.
Neither do I. Goals and assists certainly aren't everything, but they tell a big part of the story. The problem is that he also did not beat his man, make incisive passes or dangerous crosses to help the team offensively. You know an attacking player does not pose a threat when you have to resort to "defensive work" and "difficult to disposses". Those should really be prerequisites - not strengths to highlight.
So many can't see this. I know XG isn't everything but we have had higher XG for the past 3-4 games. Our finishing just seems to let us down every time in PL. I hope our luck turns soon I can't tell why Garnacho or Hojlund have suddenly gotten so bad at finishing. Let's hope Europa brings us some cheer.
Would that not effectively mean writting off another season? Sure, in theory, a quality manager (would there be any available 9 or so games into the season?) might/should galvanize the team. Even if Amorim continued with similar haul of 1ppg, the gap to top 4-8 would not be too big at that stage.
