"Ruben Amorim is Manchester United's worst manager in memory, according to win percentage: and now, he is the architect at the very bottom of the well, chisel in hand. The Portuguese sat on the bench, head buried in a binder, unable to watch through the cascading rainfall, as Manchester United lost on penalties against Grimsby Town: it's an image of rudderlessness that may well outlive him in the hot seat."
"There's a mantra in the modern game, especially among the elite, that process should be valued beyond results and yet even setting aside the ignominy of a League Two side playing with abandon against 20-time league champions, there is far more to be concerned about than the result. This is a low but the penalties are merely punctuation at this point."
"Amorim has been utterly misprofiled from the start: it's hard not to feel for him. The 40-year-old swept titles in his homeland with a customary 3-4-2-1 that incorporated superstar talents in comparison to the competition is that the kind of manager that you get in when your own minority owner, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, himself admits that several of the players are not good enough? Or should you go for someone more pragmatic?"
Ruben Amorim's tenure at Manchester United has produced alarming results and symbolic images of rudderlessness, culminating in a penalty defeat to Grimsby Town. The campaign reflects a mismatch between Amorim's successful Sporting-era 3-4-2-1 system built around superior talents and the current squad's limitations. Several players have been judged not good enough by the club's minority owner, exposing recruitment failures that left Amorim without the resources he previously enjoyed. United pursued a high-profile, Arsenal-style rebuild instead of appointing a pragmatic coach capable of polishing average performers. The penalties and cup humiliation underline deeper structural and tactical issues, not just isolated results.
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