Is Ruben Amorim right for Manchester United?

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Ruben Amorim will soon take over as Manchester United manager after Erik ten Hag was sacked on Monday following a defeat to West Ham that left the club 14th in the Premier League.

The 39-year-old departs Sporting CP as one of the most coveted tactical thinkers in European football, so what exactly are Manchester United getting in Amorim? And how suited are his ideas to Manchester United's squad?

Joe Devine is joined by JJ Bull and Jon Mackenzie to explain.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Is Ruben Amorim right for Manchester United?
00:31 Who is Ruben Amorim?
01:31 Ruben Amorim's Sporting CP
03:09 Amorim's Tactics
08:32 When Trump met the EFL Cup | The Athletic FC Newsletter
09:17 Man Utd Squad Analysis
10:36 Back Three
12:10 Wing-backs
16:11 Midfielders
18:32 Forwards and Bruno Fernandes
23:18 Early Verdict
26:22 Is Ruben Amorim going to be another Ten Hag?

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[reidotrance]

Sporting fan here. You will find out how special of a coach you got there... First time someone leaving my club made me cry. Best trait, besides tatical prowess, is the ability to win the locker room... All the players will die in the field for him. Love the guy, treat him well

[F.O.G_Music]

This channel is pure gold 😂, the dry humour, those lil cuts to facial expressions, I love it !!!

[govithathal]

Shaw will never be fit for longer than 4 games at a time, so almost pointless including him in these segments

[KeenaDnB]

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[johny]

It doesn't make a lot of sense saying that of Amorim is let go, United are stuck with this Unicorn wing backs because if you look at the players he used as wing backs are Porro and Nuno Mendes, who today play for Spurs and PSG in a back Four ( Mendes being One of the best in the world), and Nuno Santos, Catamo and Quenda who were all wingers. He coached all of those players into that position. None played there before. Amorim first year was more defensive ( Mendes and Porro, the real Defenders) and now more ofensiva ( Catamo and Quenda, natural wingers).
Amorim is well loved here ( I'm a Porto supporter) and everyone (except Sporting fans) is very happy he is leaving. Hopefully he takes Gyokeres with him, we don't want him here no more hahaha

[malcolmbridges]

This is the 3rd or 4th video I've watched on this subject and my word these guys do it so much better than the others. Love JJ, Jon and Joe.

[ruisantos]

If I can add a few remarks on Amorim:
[1] His press talks before and after the game are true gems. He always talks of football, tactics, players and as the relation with the media evolves, he will slowly direct the conversations from the hot non-pitch topics, to fotball masterclasses about the game we just witnessed. Journalists often look like schoolboys eager to learn.
[2] He doesn't choose just 11 players per game. He uses the whole bench. He likes a small squad in numbers so that everyone on the squad is part of the rotation... and everyone really is.
[3] He will not care about a player status. If he can't find what he needs in the squad, he will look in the youth squads for what he needs and he will groom the potential he sees in a player and will have no problem playing him in the main squad.
He'll be greatly missed...

[djacks]

17:20 "its funny with Mason Mount because he's totally rubbish except for the fact he can play every position on the field" LOL yup that perfectly describes Mount. He's the perfect example of Jack of All Trades Master of None though oftentimes better than master of one

[joyoagbani]

I'm obviously biased but I lean towards being hopeful. I think he's exciting, his style is very different, and I think he has a very high ceiling. Hopefully the Utd curse doesn't get him.

[richyclubsport]

Moyes, LVG, Jose, Ole, ETH, were all the right fit, and looked what happened
I hope he knows what he's letting himself in for, intense scrutiny, the gutter press, and so called YouTube fan channels, unrealistic expectations from fans, of instant success. Good luck, he'll need it.

[MultiMafialord]

JJ Bull lowkey my favorite analyst, the guy looks like he knows all the statistics by heart 😭

[DuckOak-jfzd]

Amorim adapted Wingers to Wingback very well in the last years in Sporting. Nuno Santos was playing Right Winger at Rio Ave and played mostly as LWB in Sporting. Geny Catamo was LW all his career and plays as both RWB and LWB in Sporting. Quenda is another example of player who made is fornation as Winger and it's now playing as Wingback. I think that will be the most interesting to see in Man Utd.

[pedroconceicao-md]

I am FC Porto supporter and all I can say is Amorim will change deeply MU if they let him, great communicator and the relationship with the players is like I never saw, he's the boss and like their older brother if it make sense, I never saw him trash any player even if played badly, he always blame himself, he will win the locker room and they will give everything for him, that is his biggest skill, keep the good work guys

[RyndR]

In the "diamond segment" i really expected them to tell that "Diamond is unbreakable"

[metrothom]

The analysis would benefit from looking at the Glasner project at Crystal Palace. He has set up with the very same style of 343, with high wingbacks and two 10s. When it clicked into place last season it was superb, but there was a lot of player turnover in the summer and this season it hasn’t settled yet. The two 10s need very quick minds, the CF must be physically strong and the wingbacks need to run and run.

[Tusiriakest]

JJ is so right…
I have a mini heart attack every time they say “GonçalvEZ” or “FernandEZ” with a spanish accent, instead of “Gonçalves/Gon-sahl-vsh” or “Fernandes/ Fer-nan-dsh” (in portuguese…

[AWatson]

Even as a United fan something tells me that barring a miracle we’ll be having this same conversation in 2-3 years time.

[PhantomRaspberryBlower]

Fernandes has been causing so much chaos in his own team, so I think sticking him in a defined role will help the entire team.

[GRIMMDOOM]

I can see Amorim activating Alvaro Fernandes buy-back clause from Benfica

[nananou]

All I wish, is that when he leaves United, inevitably, his reputation is enhanced than diminished.