Risky or stupid.
I absolutely did not expect top 4. I was hoping for it but once I saw how the season was going, I shifted my expectations to be 7th/8th when Amorim came in after RVN steadied the ship.
People love to stick the this presumption that Ugarte is bad on the ball. He's actually more than decent and at times was the only player brave enough to make progressive passes. Arguably our second most important player in midfield after Bruno
It was definitely said at the start of his tenure.
Dalot probably won’t be a wing back next season. Amorims not had a proper window yet to put his mark on the team. Don’t get why we have such impatient fans.
Patrice Evra would have been perfect, so would have been a fit & young Shaw.
Might as well sell him then. I just hope his replacement is better than Dorgu.
Guess Sporting had less resources than Porto and Benfica, and then a huge gap to the rest. Amorim also seems to have built and rebuilt teams during his spell which is a huge plus. However, he has not been able to make the transition to the PL. Not yet, and maybe not ever. EL is easier because it resembles Portugal. Key ahead is to sign a no 9 and 10 who can bring at least 25 PL goals. That should get us top 8 at least.
He will since Amad can't defend, see Sunday, and we can't afford a RWB for 45m on top of everything else we need. Dorgu and Dalot will highlight what is wrong with Amorim's system.
It's a difficult debate to have because it's ultimately different shades of shit. Without looking into any of the stats, we probably created more under Ten Hag but we're a bit more secure with the ball under Amorim and probably not quite as open when teams counter against us.
For the opposition fans? Sure.
For both sets of fans. Sure, we'd concede a lot of chances but we'd also score more goals and the football would get us up off our seats more often. I miss watching us have fast breaks and counter attacks.
It wasnt, watching ETH's kamikaze football, cost me about 4 TV's, now that's not saying I enjoy watching our 3 cb's scared to pass the ball forward every game, but feel alot of goals we concede are from individual errors, rather than a wide open midfield
We have seen all this before under ETH, a full preseason, his players, international break, no more injuries etc. its all guesswork and hope. The indications so far are v poor. The CEO hired a manager with one style of play that is not suited to our squad. Even Rangnick commented on this at the weekend. It was a high risk decision and so far not worked. Maybe you are right and we will see things improve, I reckon its at best 50:50 and thats with an optimistic slant.
It was a catastrophe and so were Ten Hag's tactics.
Each to their own I guess. I preferred Ole-ball to Van Gaal's drab 1-0 wins, as I enjoy seeing us create bags of chances. Whereas others seem to prefer plenty of possession without purpose, as it gives the illusion of a controlled performance.
Didnt like watching LVG myself, somehow we've got to find balance between both, Ole's was prob the best to watch (quick counters) but was never going to succeed long term
We've seen little evidence so far that Amorim's system will translate into scoring loads of goals in the Premier League. Someone else in this thread has already made the point that Brighton or Palace could probably win Liga Portugal.
By keeping the same system that the players were familiar with, most of whom had also previously won trophies at Liverpool in that system. Amorim has changed the system to a back 5 which has so far shown no redeeming features and isn't playing to most player's strengths.
eight is quite a large number of Pl winners and gives you an excellent base, in my opinion (I have come into this discussion late so may have missed something)
He'll either be fired or be poached by Barcelona or something?
