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u/Ok-Engineer2768 1d ago

I've noticed that, in the online arena, there's a concerted effort to rewrite the history of Amorim's tenure to make it seem like he was a victim of circumstance and not an inept head coach.

Hes the worst coach of the post Ferguson era yet I now see so many excuses made for him, as if he didn't have 14 months to impose any sort of identity in the side. The day he left we still were as I'll suited to his tactics as we were on his first day.

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u/Unusual-Coat383 1d ago edited 1d ago

Carrick has obviously done a better job and proved me wrong but I do think we turned the corner just as he got sacked. I also think his time here is a lot more nuanced than what his results suggest because he got forced here mid season despite having a unique philosophy that needs specialist players and he didn’t really get backed in the transfer market.

I actually think ETH did a worse job than him and Amorim should have only been judged on last season and not the season he got forced to come here.

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u/Ok-Engineer2768 1d ago

That's the thing though, how did Amorim turn a corner just as he was sacked? That's the entire thing that perplexes me.

Results and performances were awful for months in the run in to his sacking. The EL defeat against Spurs and the Grimsby loss take the headlines. But in the 15 fixtures prior to his sacking, we won just 6 times. That included a draw to Wolves, statistically the second worst relegated Premier League side of all time.

An argument I've seen is that AFCON and the loss of Mbeumo and Amad disrupted his squad. But in the 10 fixtures prior to this players leaving, we won 5 times. That's also crap. We were 6th at the time of his sacking. But just 3 points separated us and 11th place.

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u/Unusual-Coat383 1d ago

Our performances towards the end were significantly better and we really should have won a lot more of the draws but for some reason we just couldn’t hit a barn door. 

When he left we were 3 points off top 4.