If the job wasn't impossible before, now it is! And Amorim has no one to blame but himself.
source: United In Focus
In the course of the week there were rumblings of Man United players nursing injuries. The team hasn't played football in well over a week. Precisely 9 days. It was a welcome and much needed rest and adequate time for Amorim to have the team in training.
But who would have thought? It seems that instead of taking it easy the players were conscripted into a secret war sustaining season ending injuries.
According to Amorim "Amad was (injured) by himself, Ugarte got a kick. Toby Collyer and Kobbie felt something."
On top of those 4 injuries, Yoro and Eriksen miss out with illness.
How does this even happen? What kind of training was he putting them through?
I ask this because Ten Hag was often accused of poor training methods that made his players more susceptible to injuries. The one time Amorim has had 9 days with players, 4 have dropped out, 2 with season ending injuries?
Crucially, where do the goals come from now?
With Amad out for the season, we are now left with two misfiring strikers and the young Chido-Obi Martin to save our season. Will they step up? I don't think so.
Amorim has no one to blame for the point he finds himself. Many, including myself, are pointing at the way he handled the Rashford situation. I think at this point everyone can see that the 'training poorly' gimmick is up. Rashford has looked sharp the two times he has stepped on the pitch for Villa. So it cannot be that he was not training well.
It is quite clear that the hierarchy have been trying to get rid of Rashford for a while now. The player has been bullied on social media and mainstream media and never has the club ever come out to back him, and he has had enough.
That interview, I believe, is what rubbed Amorim the wrong way despite what he told us in press conferences. His overreaction to it has now put him in a difficult spot and I doubt he will be able to overcome these challenges.
While United might not be too bad that they are relegated, his first (actually half) season at the club looks dead-set to be a massive failure.
What a huge pile of garbage!