ESPN reported that football management is ultimately a number game, and Amorin's numbers at Manchester United are not satisfactory. This is a simple formula: win more games than loses, score more goals than loses, and make more correct decisions...
ESPN reported that football management is ultimately a number game, and Amorin's numbers at Manchester United are not satisfactory.
This is a simple formula: win more games than loses, score more goals than loses, and make more correct decisions than wrong ones. But Amorin has not met the standards in these three aspects at present, perhaps because he has not realized that his preferred 343 formation has brought more trouble to the team in trouble.
Manchester United said that the coach still has the support of the management and just wait for the new players to adapt and restore the team's confidence to get through the difficulties. However, every coach will judge based on his grades, and Amorin is no exception. Sooner or later, like his predecessors, Tenham, Solskjaer, Mourinho, Van Gaal and Moyes, time will run out of Amorin's chances because he lost too many games.
' 1-3 loss against Brentford on Saturday was Amorin's 17th Premier League defeat in 33 games coaching Manchester United, which only scored 34 points during this period and averaged 1.03 points per game. His winning rate in the league is only 27.3% (26% of Porter, who was just fired by West Ham), became the worst Manchester United coach in the Premier League era. Moyes set a record of 50% win rate before being fired in 2014. Even Rangnick, who served as interim coach in 2022, scored a 41.6% win rate in a turbulent 24 games.
Amorin's data has reached an unacceptable point, and there is no positive statistic to defend him and his coaching team. In his 33 league games, Manchester United scored only 39 goals but conceded 53. In all the games, he coached 49 games, but lost 21 games, won 19 games, and conceded 95 goals.
In addition, Manchester United has not won two consecutive games in the Premier League, and has never won away since defeating relegated Leicester City 3-0 away in March. Worse, Manchester United was eliminated by fourth-level team Greensby in the League Cup last month, the first time they lost to a fourth-level team in 147 years of history.
So when Manchester United senior CEO Omar Berrada and football director Jason Wilcox close the door to face each other, what reason can they seize to continue supporting the struggling head coach?
sources told ESPN that the lack of a credible and available alternative (Harvey, Southgate, Glasner, Hulzer and Ilaura are all mentioned by the media) is an important factor in Amorin's stay. But at the same time, it also admits that the results are much lower than expected, and the Portuguese has not yet inspired real progress from the lineup he took over in November last year.
The turmoil outside Old Trafford caused hundreds of employees to lose their jobs due to cost cuts, which also affected Amorin's morale throughout his coaching period, a moderating factor. Amorin also should not be held responsible for the mistakes of former coaches and decision makers. For example, the sub-qualified players such as Zilkze and Ugat joined Tenhach's squad in the summer of 2024, while McTominay moved to Naples for £25 million in the same week, while Ugat signed from Paris Saint-Germain for the same price.
Amorin hopes to sign an experienced goalkeeper this summer to replace Onana, but Manchester United ended up signing Lamons, an unverified 23-year-old from Real Antwerp, for £15m due to the over-cost of signing Paris Saint-Germain's Donnarumma or Aston Villa's Martinez.
Although Amorin has spoken publicly about the team's lack of athleticism in recent months, Manchester United failed to sign a new midfielder and loaned West Brom with 16 appearances last season's 21-year-old Collier, who made 16 appearances last season, to West Brom, without finding a replacement in the roster.
Although Amorin can use all of the above as a reason for the team's poor performance, Manchester United spent more than £200 million this summer to bring forward Mbermo, Cunya and Sheshko.
No matter how bad the situation is, the data do not lie, they just provide cruel evidence of reality. So, Amorin really has no excuse when he is about to usher in his 50th game in charge of Manchester United. If you lose another game, this weekend may be his last moment at Old Trafford.
