Nick Miller: A sense that they are moving towards something, at the very least — a feeling which disappeared at some point during Ten Hag’s second season.
One of the interesting things from an outsider’s perspective, assuming Amorim actually does stick with the signature 3-4-2-1 system, is which players he will repurpose to fit into it.
There will be a few United players who will wonder what Amorim can do for them.
Seb Stafford-Bloor: Improving data and performance trends, but few tangible rewards.
Amorim is a super appointment, as good a coach as United could probably have attracted at the moment, but he has already said he will not be able to play the football in England he did with Sporting.
There will need to be adaptation, on both sides. Added to which, while the United squad has been underperforming, it would be a stretch to describe it as being full of latent talent.
I expect Amorim to grapple with some of its limitations, to force some square pegs into round holes, and to spend the rest of the season bouncing between really encouraging results and hugely discouraging losses.
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