Goldbridge: ‘Amorim is sacking himself’ after Man United’s 3-0 loss to City

Manchester United And Ruben Amorim, A Derby Post-Mortem Driven By The United Stand

Amorim under fire from his own choices

Manchester United fell 3-0 to Manchester City and the instant verdict on The United Stand was uncompromising. Mark Goldbridge opened with, “Hello everybody. Welcome to the United Stand. Manchester United lose 3-0 to Manchester City in the Manchester derby.” His focal point was Ruben Amorim, “Ruben Amorim is sacking himself,” then again, “He is going to sack himself.” Goldbridge stressed he remains supportive, “I am in, you know 100% Amorim in,” while insisting that “the stubbornness will ultimately, undo him.”

City’s comfort deepened the criticism. Goldbridge said, “I don’t think Manchester City got out of third third gear,” and, “we have been battered, battered. It should have been 5-0.” The performance level appalled him, “Every goal is just so basic. So basic,” and, “we absolutely deserve to lose that game.”

Midfield misfit and the Bruno question

Goldbridge argued that results trace back to Amorim’s selections, not shape. His line was stark, “Please stop watching this show, ring up, talk [ __ ], that’s your level if you’re gonna ring up and say he’s got to change the formation, you’re a [ __ ]. The system is not the problem.” The problem, he said, sits in personnel choices, “When you put a number 10 as a number eight in a midfield two, forget it, you are going to get demolished.”

On Bruno Fernandes, he was explicit, “Bruno Fernandes as a midfielder is like putting Van Dijk in midfield,” and, “we are asking a 31-year-old who is a specialist number 10 to play as a number eight and then we’re moaning at him for not picking up the runners.” The pattern felt familiar to him, “Today we’re losing because Bruno doesn’t track Foden.” He broadened it into an ultimatum for Ruben Amorim, “If you’re going to pick Bruno, you’re going to die on that hill.”

Selections that sparked anger

Goldbridge called out the in-game calls that deepened Manchester United’s pain. He labelled one change “one of the worst substitutions I’ve ever seen,” describing, “You take Lenny Yoro off and you put Harry Maguire on,” and the reshuffle that followed, “you move De Ligt to right side and you put Harry Maguire as the last man against the quickest and best striker in Europe.” His image for the mismatch was vivid, “It’s the equivalent of a Ferrari taking on a brick.”

Standards were another theme, “Explain to me why legitimately there won’t be any player above a six in a Manchester derby,” then, “that’s a disgrace.” He rejected excuses, “This is a Manchester derby and you can’t even play average.” Leadership came under the microscope, “that team has been bereft of of leadership for a very long time,” and on the captaincy, “Bruno Fernandes as a number ten may or may not still be a very, very good player… Bruno Fernandez as a midfielder… he’ll be [ __ ].”

Transfer window accountability

Goldbridge linked Manchester United’s structural flaws to the market, “Why and who is responsible for our summer transfer window,” and, “we spent 200 million pounds on an attack that doesn’t get any service.” He hammered the priorities, “to ignore the midfield and the goalkeeper is hilarious,” and summarised the core diagnosis, “the goalkeeper is [ __ ] and the midfield is [ __ ]. That’s enough.”

Although he refused the notion of an in-season dismissal, “sacking a manager in season never goes well,” and, “financially, it will ruin us to sack the manager,” he circled back to the same conclusion on Ruben Amorim, “He is going to sack himself doing this,” and, “you cannot put square pegs in a round hole.”

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