He left because he had no say in recruitment, so he can’t be praised for the good signings. He consistently played players out of position, which caused them to perform at a worse quality than they otherwise would have.
The only players who are better off for having played in Amorim’s system for a while was Cunha, Dorgu and Amad. And I hesitate to say Amad because he was a shitty wingback in defense and the only positive is that it made him a better defensive winger coming out of it.
keysersoze-72 on
“Rube at the wheel !”
JimmyNoBreaks on
Well obviously. Carrick didn’t suddenly get them to start pressing well in the one week he had before the City game, compared to the shit we were playing in the last few games under Ten Hag, so obviously Amorim had implemented some structure.
He was also shafted by injuries and AFCON, with about 6 starters missing at once, which is why he was asking for a midfielder, and then kicked up a fuss when the board denied it, and got sacked. If he had those players available during that last month, results would’ve been better and he probably wouldn’t have fallen out with the board.
gelliant_gutfright on
He finished 15th while manager. Never mind the XG trophy, the man was a total disaster.
Rude-Assumption-5720 on
Dude was worse than Ten Hag ever was
Ihavenoideatall on
Amorim did deserve some credit. He instilled team discipline, pressing (to a certain point), got rid of some drama queens in dressing room, improve the attacks.
TheBlackOwl2003 on
Oh Hell no!
RainbowPenguin1000 on
Bit of a clickbait headline.
He says he likes Amorim but his ideas didn’t work and the credit he gets is:
“where he’s built a good, solid squad.”
Which is just false considering Jason Wilcox overruled him on some transfers (Amorim wanted Watkins, we got Sesko. Amorim wanted Martinez, we got Lammens).
So the only positive Maguire mentions wasn’t even fully under Amorims control anyway.
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Okay ✅ Whatever the 🐐 says
He left because he had no say in recruitment, so he can’t be praised for the good signings. He consistently played players out of position, which caused them to perform at a worse quality than they otherwise would have.
The only players who are better off for having played in Amorim’s system for a while was Cunha, Dorgu and Amad. And I hesitate to say Amad because he was a shitty wingback in defense and the only positive is that it made him a better defensive winger coming out of it.
“Rube at the wheel !”
Well obviously. Carrick didn’t suddenly get them to start pressing well in the one week he had before the City game, compared to the shit we were playing in the last few games under Ten Hag, so obviously Amorim had implemented some structure.
He was also shafted by injuries and AFCON, with about 6 starters missing at once, which is why he was asking for a midfielder, and then kicked up a fuss when the board denied it, and got sacked. If he had those players available during that last month, results would’ve been better and he probably wouldn’t have fallen out with the board.
He finished 15th while manager. Never mind the XG trophy, the man was a total disaster.
Dude was worse than Ten Hag ever was
Amorim did deserve some credit. He instilled team discipline, pressing (to a certain point), got rid of some drama queens in dressing room, improve the attacks.
Oh Hell no!
Bit of a clickbait headline.
He says he likes Amorim but his ideas didn’t work and the credit he gets is:
“where he’s built a good, solid squad.”
Which is just false considering Jason Wilcox overruled him on some transfers (Amorim wanted Watkins, we got Sesko. Amorim wanted Martinez, we got Lammens).
So the only positive Maguire mentions wasn’t even fully under Amorims control anyway.