Rubén Amorim has admitted that he is not even safe from being fired despite debuting as Manchester United coach just over a month ago.
The Portuguese lost 4 of his first seven games at United, with a 2-0 defeat the day after Wolves being the third consecutive defeat in all competitions, to leave the Club’s Premier League table 14th. of Los Angeles and out of the Carabao Cup. .
Amorim took over as Erik Ten Hag’s full-time replacement at the club on Nov. 11, with United paying €11m (£9. 15m) to offload him from Sporting Lisbon.
But after a month at the helm, Man Utd are closer to the relegation zone than the Champions League ahead of their final game for 2024 in reverse against Newcastle on December 30, live on Sky Sports. Amorim’s team will be deprived of their captain Bruno Fernandes for this attack after his red card the day after Christmas.
“The Manchester United manager can be calm, whatever happens,” Amorim said. “And I know the sector I work in. If we win, whether they have paid or they have paid the termination [the clause for me], all the managers will be in danger.
“And I like it because it’s our job. So I get the question. You can say I’m here for a month and I have 4 education sessions [sessions], but we don’t win. So it’s true and I’m absolutely Cushty about that.
Amorim, however, is under pressure on its long -term plan to remodel United in the necessary time, but may not know how long it would take.
“The idea needs time,” he said. “I said it before to you guys that this will be a tough moment and we are far from the end of this moment and that’s it. We have to continue and focus on the next game.”
When asked how long he thinks he will take his mark, Amorim said: “I have no idea. I have no idea. Instead that I decide how long it will take, just day after day. “
“To improve, consult to watch the videos, use every minute and every minute of education and consult to win problems because it is vital right now. “
The complicated current situation of United does not summarize better than its defensive assessment to a stopped ball. The United let a Matheus Cunha corner over André Onana’s head; It is the second time that he grants a corner in seven days.
No one has conceded more goals from corners this season than United, who are on point with their Boxing Day Wolves at war with nine.
“After a defeat I don’t have speaking of that,” Amorim said about United’s record. “But today you can see each and every corner, it is an opportunity, so it is rarely the little and talented those who put 11 players in the corners and loose shots and can do everything inside the area.
“They are the regulations and we cannot cry about it: however, do the same. So we have to do the same with the opponent, that is my purpose at this time.
“What I’m saying is that if set-pieces are so vital that you can do anything, we have to be informed and do the same, even with small players. We want to copy it and do the same. They do not replace the regulations, but they have not yet used them to score goals also from set pieces.
Analysis via Adam Bate of Sky Sports on Molineux:
The red card to Bruno Fernandes clearly presented extenuating cases and there was enough internal tension at Molineux for Manchester United to be able to talk about a tie until very late in the game. But the 2-0 loss to Wolves was still alarming.
Another stuttering display, another goal conceded directly from a corner let alone from a set-piece situation. Much of the focus at United is now long term but that is something that Amorim must address quickly to avoid this season going from bad to worse.
Asked how long it would take for his principles of play to take hold, Amorim suggested he had no idea. In a game that started with both Portuguese coaches adopting a 3-4-2-1 formation, it was the Wolves players who looked more comfortable with that system.
Even when the 11-11 game, United lacked dynamism, moving the ball too slow to win an opposite merit to the war parties that began the game in the back three. Amorim will be more convinced than ever that radical adjustments are mandatory for the next season.
But next season is a long way off if United continue playing like this. Next up will be Newcastle, then back-to-back away games against Liverpool and Arsenal in the Premier League and FA Cup respectively. It gets more confusing before it gets better.