Fine it was not their best performance but I wouldn’t say Manchester United escaped against Bodo Glimt. Manchester United were able to achieve good result with all three points. ~Snipped
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Bodo glimt is not even a team in the top 5 leagues in Europe and man Utd nearly dropped points against them on home soil. I know Ruben is still new at this time and ut would be cruel to start judging him already but let's face the fact, nothing has really changed (yet) except some changes in his tactics but that was bound to change anyway. Performance wise, they still performed like when ETH was in charge. I know because I saw the game.
I would never blame Amorim for this. It goes too far when it is all about the coach and there is an army of mercenaries playing, making around $150 million to $200 million combined, having the best life and then they can't beat Bodo/Glimt easily and are close to defeat in the meantime? I think there is something wrong about the stance that people take when it comes to the coaches. There are limits to what they can do. They are paid well as well, yes. But when you do good training and send these rich kids out there and they don't give all their heart, there is sometimes not much you can do about.
What is important though is the player to coach connection and that is what ten Hag destroyed over the years. I think if Amorim can first and foremost reestablish this connection and try a lot to build a unit first, then I expect any advise and strategy he seeks to pursue will more quickly resonate with the players.
But this takes time and is not built over night. And Amorim did not come in the winter break or summer break, he came in the middle of the season. That's even harder.