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08 Oct 2025 21:23:32
SJR: “Amorim needs three years”
The most sensible comment from a United Director since the Glazers took control.
Made my day.
1.) 09 Oct 2025 08:11:58
That's good news that should settle the ship, but also upset a few on here ?.
2.) 09 Oct 2025 09:25:32
It’s only good news if we improve like we all hope. If not it’ll be a long 3 years.
3.) 09 Oct 2025 09:26:19
I think it’s a good statement. But I’ll not bet my house on him being here this time next year.
A few poor results and a potential flirt with relegation will soon turn heads as we all know.
4.) 08 Oct 2025 21:47:08
Do we have a super duper thumbs up option available?
5.) 09 Oct 2025 13:44:49
Oh dear, the dreaded vote of confidence.
Anorim will be gone by the end of next week ?.
6.) 10 Oct 2025 08:49:55
SJR making clear to the players that they can’t force the coach out by underperforming;as with previous managers)
Good. Players have gotten away with inconsistent performances for too long, comfortable with their huge wages, and need to finally start producing the good - or THEY’ll be gone instead.
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26 Jan 2026 16:39:55
Hugely impressed by Carrick's tenure so far. Calm. Logical. Pragmatic. Yet hugely positive. His substitutions yesterday were a breath of fresh air.
His team selections are brave and show a team perspective in mind - not how much players cost or individual ability. That's not to be overly critical of Cunha, but his output had been patchy. Now Carrick has a selection dilemma - and that makes a refreshing change.
I'm keen to see the team for Fulham. There's good players not starting at the moment and this will test Carrick's leadership and individual man-management skills.
Despite this last two games, I'm not sure if Carrick is ready for the permanent step up (not that we should be making knee-jerk reactions at all, however the narrative will grow if the results remain). Sadly that's not so much his ability or potential, it's the toxic environment he has to operate in - especially the ex-player brigade (who should be ashamed of themselves) and some of the legacy media who have clear agendas. It's about time the club adopted some of Fergie's tactics and banned them from news conferences.
However, Carrick must remain in the club. Whoever we appoint, Carrick has to remain as Assistant Manager (or coach). Whilst I have no first hand evidence, I suspect Holland has had a major impact on the training ground and should also remain.
Final point. It goes a long way to show the incompetence of the executive leadership that the majority of our best performances post-Fergie have come under interim/caretaker managers.
It seems the more time they have to make big decisions the worse they are.
Anyhow. Enjoy the sunrise everybody - as history tells us the storm clouds are never far away. What's nice is Carrick seems to have brought an umbrella!
1.) 26 Jan 2026 17:43:46
Nicely put BRD.
2.) 26 Jan 2026 18:09:06
Thanks Jimbo. Just enjoying the new found optimism.
3.) 27 Jan 2026 00:53:18
I remain as optimistic as I've always been about the journey.
12 Jan 2026 10:40:16
The club hopes to have a manager in place by Wednesday when the players return to training.
- BBC website
Wednesday! Players return to training Wednesday. WTF did they do to get two days off?
1.) 12 Jan 2026 11:29:23
They are fragile atm BRD.
They need time to rest and recover for all the running and sprints they made during the game against Brighton reserves.
2.) 12 Jan 2026 11:38:37
Think you’ve taken that the wrong way. Final decision by tomorrow so prep can start in weds for the derby.
3.) 12 Jan 2026 11:45:41
Nrd there had been major upheaval for the players. A couple of days off while they sort an appointment is understandable imo.
Its not like they can prep anything for the weekend until the new coach sets them up. So it makes sense to me.
4.) 12 Jan 2026 12:03:24
Remember when Jim preached about having the best in class
Ridiculous decision to sack Amorim when we were still fighting for European spots and the fa cup.
What happened to putting the club first and no your egos.
5.) 12 Jan 2026 12:48:23
Bolger, Amorim got himself sacked. They put them in an untenable position.
6.) 12 Jan 2026 12:56:50
Agree Bolger. Madness.
7.) 12 Jan 2026 13:09:19
Angel
I know your agenda and yes Amorim did push the position but he was put in an untenable position, almost constructive dismissal.
I appreciate you will be cheering yet the bigger picture is that Wilcox has caused an utter shambolic disaster.
8.) 12 Jan 2026 13:41:08
I would assume Amorim wanted January reinforcements and was told to "coach" the players he's given. Wilcox and Barrera leaked this sour interaction to the press, Amorim knew the writing was on the wall so went out swinging.
All this shows is the new board room are willing to make decisions based on emotion and not logic. I wasnt a huge fan of Amorim but 5th/6th in the league with 6 or 7 first team players coming back into the fold, I think we would have had a shot at Champions League qualification.
Sacking him with the back up plan of Ole or Carrick is essentially flushing the season down the toilet. The light is now shining directly on them and with the club having no prospect of a trophy on 10th January is going to be a rough few months if the wheels come off.
Maybe Carrick can turn it around slightly and we can at least enjoy watching the team again.
9.) 12 Jan 2026 13:46:55
Good to see you mumbles.
All we have is hope mumbles.
No reason why6t Carrick can't do as well as amorim and keep us in the euro spots.
10.) 12 Jan 2026 14:10:41
Red man, It's not an agenda, it's literally what happened.
I'm hoping now that the decline can be reversed but the players confidence is on the floor and I'm not sure that it can be reversed quickly. What we will get is a lot of 'i told you sos' in the group because this is going to be a long road to recovery. After a 32% win rate in the league, it's going to take time.
11.) 12 Jan 2026 14:32:34
The decline eth took us into has been reversed angel. He took us into 7th then to 15th and amorim has clawed us out of that hole to joint 5th. I know you have difficulty grasping that. Now all we need is for our interim to maintain that and not let us slump in the league again like we did under eth.
Thankfully amorim arrested the slide after he got to pick the confidence off the floor and put some posting structure in.
It was a far from perfect work inmprogress but giving best results and goal difference for past 3 seasons.
Im backing Carrick to do well and to keep us in the el spots. As you said yourself this squad should be getting 6th place I'm sure they will they are bang on target for it anyhow.
12.) 12 Jan 2026 15:54:17
Confidence is on the floor through the likes of Wilcox sacking the manager because he called them out after they have been leaking snips to the press
Failed promises.
11 Jan 2026 18:51:07
Great to see Amorim was the problem. For a moment I thought we’d got one of the worst Sporting Directors in the country….
1.) 11 Jan 2026 19:01:15
?? yep wilcocks wants it. he's certainly knows what he's doing ??.
2.) 11 Jan 2026 19:16:59
We’ve got 99 problems but Amorim ain’t one.
3.) 11 Jan 2026 19:17:56
We got a back 4
We got Mainoo
We got Lacey
We got a three-man midfield
We got Mainoo and Bruno
So, why is this team still so bad? Failed to beat soon to be relegated Burnley and Brighton B team (at Old Trafford)!
I thought it was Amorim and his 3-4-3?
4.) 12 Jan 2026 03:31:35
Definitely not the players he inherited, definitely not.
10 Jan 2026 07:39:06
{Ed's Note - BRD has posted a new article entitled, Still Reeling From Amorim's Exit at Manchester United
1.) 10 Jan 2026 10:26:39
Agree on pretty much all counts. I'm one of those you call out at the end going to every game. Under Amorim I was enjoying it for the first time in a long time as it felt like watching a long-term journey.
I've totally lost that excitement now and the thought of going to games just doesn't appeal. I'll be there nevertheless but I'm fed up of constantly going back on the merry go round.
2.) 10 Jan 2026 19:01:59
Well said guys. The joy has been removed from it.
I was enthused by Sesko scoring twice though, hopefully he kicks on and becomes great.
09 Jan 2026 16:51:57
BRD has written an article entitled, Still Reeling From Amorim's Exit at Manchester United
1.) 09 Jan 2026 17:42:24
I supported Amorim all the way. He did a lot of good things. But in the end he had to go. If it's true that he threw this hissy fit simply because Wilcox was questioning the suitability of 3-4-3 at the current moment in time when points are critical to the clubs future revenues and thus the capacity to afford the types of players Amorim needed, then he was totally out of line. Anyone could see that his system had its frailties, leaving holes in midfield and often leaving CBs to mark wingers far pacier than them. There was no indication that the club was asking him to change his system over the long haul. He surely knew that it was a long term project and that the club is hard up for cash. Quite frankly I thought his outburst was the height of immaturity.
It's clear that he's extremely arrogant and devoid of pragmatism. He may end up coaching back in the Portuguese league and doing well. But in the EPL his record speaks for itself. There have been improvements for sure, and many of us were quite prepared to see him have the opportunity to coach a more tailored squad. But, no, he acted like a spoilt impatient brat.
As for the management team I disagree with much of the criticism. They acquired some excellent players. Mbuemo, Cunha and Lammens all look good. Dorgu has actually been playing much better and scored a great goal and made two truly excellent crosses for goals of late. I have a suspicion that we will actually do better in a 4 at the back formation. It should play to Shaw's strengths and cover Yoro's weaknesses.
It may be difficult over the next few months but with the right acquisitions in the summer the next manager should have an excellent opportunity to succeed. It could have been Amorim, but he chose to fire himself, and leave United with a record that will be looked back on as a failure.
2.) 09 Jan 2026 18:22:24
‘His’ record could only be judged after he got ‘his’ players! He wasn’t given time. A missed opportunity- and that’s the first time I’ve felt that with any manager sacked since Fergie.
3.) 09 Jan 2026 19:00:59
I think that's a very fair summary. I don't agree with some points but they are a matter of opinion.
He had his own reasons for doing acting and saying the things he did. He knew the consequences.
Its put the management in a tough spot and forced them into a situation they didn't want to be in.
The only silver lining is that now they're is time to get the selecting right.
4.) 09 Jan 2026 20:25:58
Amazing how much faith we are putting in Jason Wilcox. You could argue what pedigree does he have for challenging Amorim.
Something had to change, would have preferred the owners, then the management team, lastly Amorim. Unsurprising the manager goes first, they better get the next permanent appointment more right.
Bottom line is that we need to keep up the radical change, old guard out, new guard in. From there we can slowly build back towards something competitive.
5.) 09 Jan 2026 20:33:19
Do you think the will Tumble? Who would you go for at the end of the season?
6.) 09 Jan 2026 20:54:34
The fundamental thing here that undermines your argument is that Amorim had won the internal battle. From what Ed001 said, things came to a head with Wilcox, and the club had decided to back Amorim and sack Wilcox to bring in a new DoF more suited to Amorim.
This would have given Amorim the opportunity to work with someone on his wavelength, and build the type of squad he wanted to. Instead, Amorim used the press conference to engineer his own dismissal. The problems he ranted about at the end of the press conference were the issues that club had decided to rectify in his favour.
That leaves us with the ultimate conclusion that Amorim no longer wanted to be here. My own opinion is that Amorim was struggling to cope with the pressure and scrutiny, and frustrated that things just weren’t working on the pitch. He used the bust up as an excuse to get fired.
There are things that I like about Amorim as a coach, and the vast majority of the blame rests with the club directors. But his biggest failure was an inability to work with the tools he had. He’s system first, squad second, and this is why other English clubs didn’t hire him. To succeed at the top level of football, a coach needs to adapt. To get the best out of the players they have at their disposal. Time and time again, Amorim set his side up to play a system of football that they were simply incapable of executing effectively. The proof of this is in the results. When it came down to it, he was more concerned with playing his way than playing winning football.
7.) 09 Jan 2026 21:17:55
Brd. I always live in hope when it comes to united so yes I think they will get a good appointment.
I don't care who it is to be honest nor can I recommend anybody because I don't know enough about any of them really.
I know from watching that there are a few managers i'd rather it not be.
Putting ole bufoon in is not filling me with any confidence.
But amorim left the team in a European place so he only has to do as well as amorim has done so far this year to qualify us for Europe.
Its really important imo that our interim keeps us in that European place or moves us up 1 spot to get the cl spot it would help No end with recruitment both coaches and players.
8.) 09 Jan 2026 21:23:29
Danny nails it. Whatever was happening behind the scenes, RA seems to have engineered an exit.
9.) 09 Jan 2026 21:57:02
They're is no doubt about that ajh. He knew the consequences of saying what he did.
He obviously felt scorned. Good move on his part to be fair beats walking away from 12m.
10.) 10 Jan 2026 00:09:42
Yes BRD, given all the players he needed to run his system he might well have proved himself to be a great manager. The club was aiming for 2028 as the year by we should be challenging for the title again. So, the question remains, if the club - which has backed him up in public repeatedly despite all the criticism and pressure from the press and pundits - was prepared to be patient, why wasn't Amorim?
I agree with Danny. The pressure became too much, so he got himself fired for doing exactly what we've been highly critical of a number of players for doing. He never gave himself a chance to see how he could do with the players he needed, some of whom would surely have been acquired in the summer. He could have toed the line, relaxed his intransigence, and played for the summer to acquire better players. But no, that's not what he chose. That's down to him. So he will leave the club with the history books showing his awful record. He may have been successful, he may not have been. No one will ever know. The next manager will get the credit for any success down the line. That's how it works.
11.) 10 Jan 2026 08:14:49
If Wilcox new he had lost and was about to be fired, do you think he engineered the situation with Amorim so that he would blow up in that press conference, proper Machiavelli stuff.
12.) 10 Jan 2026 08:20:21
Good article BRD
May I add that whilst Wilcox has been terrible on this and needs sacking, where was Berada?
Surely as senior and line manager to Wilcox he should have stepped in. It should never have got to where it did. That to me places questions at Berada’s position. Wilcox has to go, now, but Berada cannot hide on this.
The pictures at Burnley of them sat next to each other looked awkward, deliberate to show they were together. Fine, they can both go together, get someone in who can handle a manager properly and instead of trying to change the manager, develop him for the exact reasons they brought him in.
As to Ole, if they bring him back, it’s pure incompetence from SJR, they will look a bunch of utter idiots. It would look like purely a give the fans something to be positive about and sets us as a totally non serious football club.
13.) 10 Jan 2026 09:57:32
A lot to agree with in this article. That's my opinion for what it's worth.
14.) 10 Jan 2026 09:59:17
Agree RM.
15.) 10 Jan 2026 10:00:13
Danny, that's a good post and summarisation given the Athletic article and Ed001s understanding of the situation.
But I still believe they will get it right. But the scrutiny on the team of Berrada, Wilcox, Vivell etc will never as high as it is right now.
26 Dec 2025 19:27:47
SWYS - We are an exciting g club to join. My gut feel is in 18-24 months the United/City picture will be very different….
08 Aug 2025 07:44:59
Some people just such the joy out of football.
07 Aug 2025 20:34:57
Jeez Whiskey Red. What a cynical post. Three superb buys so far and seemingly not over. Nobody can say Amorim isn’t being backed. It’s a long long while since I felt this optimistic at the start of a new season.
21 May 2025 08:14:51
Start Zirkzee. Better option at 90%. Better to start and replace him if necessary rather than come on as a sub and he still does his hamstring.
26 Jan 2026 18:09:06
Thanks Jimbo. Just enjoying the new found optimism.
13 Jan 2026 15:20:20
Surely if it was Southgate even the clowns would have just appointed him now.
. hopefully time to review the market reveals a plethora of managers better equipped than Southgate. Or, failing at Boro (Southgate and Carrick) is the main criteria?
13 Jan 2026 10:49:12
Agreed Red Man. SJR playing Football Manager whilst Wilcox plays FIFA. It's an utter joke.
13 Jan 2026 07:44:15
Here we go again. An ex-United legend with a woeful track record of coaching and management being touted for a job.
When will this fan base ever learn.
12 Jan 2026 10:43:11
To be fair, Vivell seems the one sensible person in the asylum.