Ruben Amorim claimed after Manchester United’s defeat at Brentford that he is never worried about losing his job and that is just as well because, sooner or later, he is going to get his marching orders at Old Trafford. The results speak for themselves. His team have lost 17 of their 33 Premier League matches while winning just nine times. If you want to find a United coach with a worse win percentage in the league, you have to go back to before the Second World War.
While United’s fan base is far more supportive of coaches than at most other top clubs, patience with Amorim is running thin. After the limp surrender at the Gtech Stadium, social media was awash with calls for the Portuguese to be sacked. The pundit class were also baffled as to how the Portuguese could continue to struggle on with results as bad as they are.
“You look at it and he only has a win percentage of one per cent more than Graham Potter, who has been sacked. How is he still in the job?” asked Martin Keown on the BBC. “We can talk about the owners backing him, but ultimately it’s just not working,” said Micah Richards. “I don’t see where Manchester United go with this unless they change manager,” added Ashley Williams.
They are not the only ones. GOAL lays out six reasons why United need to end the Amorim experiment right now…