From the moment Ruben Amorim walked into the Manchester United building, it has been all smiles. The Portuguese shook hands with everybody, hugged his new players at the training ground and did a lot of media interviews. He was even happy after the opening goal against Ipswich. But soon, the smile left his face, never to come back. Former Sporting boss soon realized the amount of work that awaits him and was already frustrated with some of his players.Amorim earns his first point in an uncovincing Manchester drawFormer Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves spent the entire Ipswich game in the technical area as a TV pundit, and observed Amorim’s visible dissatisfaction with certain situations and players. According to him, he was displeased with four players in particular.“He was pretty frustrated, I’m not going to lie. He was right in front of me and he was really, really frustrated with a lot of things. I think initially Dalot’s positioning, I think he was a little bit frustrated with that in the first half. I think the midfield balance he didn’t really like, and when Zirkzee came on I don’t think he was overly happy with his positioning and Hojlund as well. So there’s a lot of stuff that needs a little bit of work. Before the game, we saw all those smiles and all that charm from Ruben Amorim but during the game he was really frustrated, I think he realised this is going to be a lot harder than he envisioned“ said Hargreaves.‘We are going to suffer for a long period‘So apart from Zirkzee, Hojlund (both played just 20 minutes) and Dalot, Amorim was displeased with is only striker, Marcus Rashford. “I thought Alejandro Garnacho was pretty quiet, couldn’t get on the ball, and Ruben Amorim, he looked really frustrated, in that first half especially. I don’t think Marcus knew at times where he needed to be when the ball was in certain areas and Ruben was quite frustrated with that. I think maybe Garnacho comes off and Marcus plays on the left. Even Zirkzee played as a No 10 and I don’t think that suited him. I think Marcus prefers to play on the left, and you could see that today. To me there looked like four or five players playing outside their natural position and that showed at times. I think the team will look different in a few weeks’ time. Ugarte will get in there, Kobbie will get in there, obviously Lisandro Martinez, Leny Yoro and Luke Shaw, who I thought looked good when he came on“ he said.-At Sporting -At Man United The Manchester United effect 💔 pic.twitter.com/prBql8EDqM— ⌖ (@utdhans) November 24, 2024 Speaking of those players, Hargreaves admitted he was surprised that both Mainoo and Ugarte didn‘t start the game and predicted that eventually both players will be regulars under Amorim.“If you think you’re going to play with Eriksen and Casemiro as a midfield two in the Premier League you’re going to struggle. I thought Omari Hutchinson on that half turn had the beating of them every time. Once he got it out of his feet, with that close control and that low centre of gravity, I thought Eriksen and Casemiro were always going to struggle, I just thought in a way it was made for Ugarte. I was really surprised Kobbie Mainoo didn’t come off the bench with the changes they made. Bruno Fernandes dropping deeper and Marcus coming off. I think it’s going to take a bit of time to find what his best team is going to be“ said former United midfielder.##NAJAVA_MECA_8519606##
