More than the goals he scored in the service of the red shirt, it was the one he back-heeled into United’s net for the blue of Manchester City which the club’s gathering crisis evokes.
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“We have to be clear with our fans,” he said. “I’m really concerned.
The likeable, softly spoken coach has a vision for the way the game should be played that is at variance with the outcomes delivered by his team.
“I’m responsible,” he said. “I don’t like to arrive here and make excuses. I think people are tired of excuses at this club.
The question is: how should he respond to the inherited mess when married to a way of seeing the game that in the short term has not only failed to produce results but is deepening the mess?
He points out that the old system, and the players acquired to function in it by predecessor Erik ten Hag, failed to take United forward. To repeat those failures by operating the same way would be ridiculous. So, he says, he must continue to change the method.
Joshua Zirkzee was substituted after 33 minutes (Photo: Getty)
Amorim counters that it is more subtle and fluid than that, allowing for shifts in shape and formation.
All good as far as it goes. But Amorim is subject to the same rigours as any visionary. His principles must meet the challenge of matchday, and at this juncture they are not passing the test.
Yet, at the moment at least, they can barely string a sentence together. This is not a challenge to be solved intellectually, but a visceral examination that requires a pragmatist’s touch. Amorim must find a way to adapt or face the consequences.
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The Newcastle experience reached a new nadir, Amorim forced to cull the maladroit Johsua Zirkzee, a striker who has come to symbolise the many mis-steps taken by the club, after barely half an hour. While Amorim should be commended for acting quickly, the question is begged how Zirkzee was ever considered selectable?
Zirkzee’s replacement Kobbie Mainoo changed the mood, putting behind him a series of indifferent displays with a performance that might be regarded as Herculean. Suddenly the three-line whip of Bruno Guimaraes, Joelinton and Sandro Tonali were taking punches.
Necessary as both are, neither will be sufficient if strapped to a dogma conjuring distant visions of the Lawman dispensing football justice.
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