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It is indeed difficult for Manchester United now because they have tried several things, including a major overhaul with huge capital, but in the end, when looking at their performance at the start of the season, there has been no significant change for them due to their poor consistency at the moment.
It seems difficult to expect much from Manchester United now if the situation continues like this. They have adequate resources in terms of players, and Amorim actually had good capabilities when he was at Sporting, but that hasn't made much of a difference at Manchester United.
What needs to be improved now is unfortunate because a club with such great popularity in the past has, in recent seasons, looked like an ordinary club unable to do anything meaningful. Not only are they struggling to compete, but they are even finding it very difficult to win at the moment.
Agree on the "resources" part, but the issue is that they have been burning money without a method. United spent £1bn+ net since 2015 and remain with a 261m per trophy ratio even as City and Liverpool are winning silverware four or five times the outlay
Consider the first three games of the season in the league: best xG in the league (6.7), and yet only 4 goals. That is an issue: opportunities are being made, they are simply not being converted. Put in the fact that last season they lost 1,295 player-days to injuries and lost 17 points that would have won them positions, and then you have a team that appears ordinary not because the players are bad, but because the system that surrounds them is broken
The irony is that Amorim does have a definite identity (that 3-4-3 worked at Sporting), but it cannot possible when you lack elite wing-backs or a midfield that can survive as a two. The current formation simply reveals the weaknesses at United. And you can watch it everytime they are overrun at the end of games. So no, I would not expect miracles until recruitment is no longer a scattergun and the wage bill is no longer clogged with legacy deals such as Casemiro on £18m a year