Chris Sutton doesn’t think Ruben Amorim is at risk of being sacked by Manchester United yet and has called upon players to cut out ‘under-12s’ mistakes to help their manager.
The Portuguese coach has only been in the Old Trafford dugout since November 11th, overseeing 10 games since leaving Sporting CP to become Erik ten Hag’s permanent successor.
Things haven’t gone well for Amorim so far, with United losing half of his matches, crashing out of the EFL Cup and slipping to 14th in the Premier League.
United’s latest setback came in a 2-0 defeat away at Wolves on Saturday, meaning they’re now closer to the relegation zone than the top four.
Ruben Amorim needs Man Utd players to step up
It’s hard to see Amorim being sacked anytime soon and, indeed, that is Sutton’s view.
However, the former Celtic and Blackburn Rovers striker has called on Amorim’s players to step up and help their manager — singling out goalkeepers Andre Onana and Altay Bayindir for mistakes against Wolves and Tottenham, respectively.
“I said before Christmas that I thought Newcastle would hit their stride and they have done exactly that. The way they are playing, they should win at Old Trafford and make it four league wins in a row,” Sutton wrote in his BBC Sport predictions column.
Tipping a 2-1 win for Newcastle, Sutton added: “Manchester United’s form is the exact opposite. I am not concerned about Amorim getting the sack but it really does not help when your goalkeeper keeps on conceding goals direct from a corner – that is under-12s stuff.
“I remember it happening when I was watching my son play when he was about 15 and he got done off a corner. I told him you would never see it happen to a professional goalkeeper, but it has happened twice in two weeks to Manchester United – first to Altay Bayindir and then Andre Onana. You could not make it up.
“I need to apologise here though, because I was far too kind to Manchester United last week when I said they would get a draw at Wolves.
“Their fans give me so much stick on social media whenever I say they will lose that it must have got to me a bit – I have become a bit of a chicken and have put them down to get a draw when my gut feeling has been for them to lose.
“That has got to stop, because they are rubbish. That is not on Amorim because we will judge him when he has a chance to bring in his own players but, for now, we have to see them for what they are, which is a really poor side.”
the ignoring Marcus is a mistake. You want to sellhim I understand.Lets face it , it is time for a change for Man U and himself. But just refusing to play him is just dumb. Every week he is not playing his value is going down. Just as TH this could bite him in the long run
It’s not all about bringing his players at the club so that we start winning games! In fact Manchester United players are far better than those of wolves and we lost to them. The whole blame goes back to the manager and his coaching staffs about the way they relate with players!! He’s acting as though he wants to bring his sporting cp players to United!! He would have gone before the Newcastle match starts.