Ruben Amorim is yet to address the Manchester United fans who supported him faithfully, but his assistant coach Adelio Candido has broken his silence, only to miss the point entirely.
It has become a matter of great annoyance among some Man Utd fans that Ruben Amorim still hasn’t addressed his exit from the club.
Even just a “thank you for the support” message would have gone down well and not unsettled anybody, but he has chosen to stay silent.
That silence has now been broken by his right-hand man, Adelio Candido, as he lifted the lid off their time at Old Trafford.
Ruben Amorim's assistant coach Adelio Candido of Sporting CP before the start of the Liga Portugal Betclic match between Sporting CP and CF Estrela da Amadora at Estadio Jose Alvalade on November 1, 2024
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Adelio Candido on Ruben Amorim’s ‘project’ at Man Utd
Amorim said from the first day that this United job was a long-term project, and fans should expect plenty of “suffering” in the process.
Michael Carrick has made somewhat of a mockery of that claim, and Candido’s latest comments looking back on their time at United doesn’t help that case.
Speaking to A Bola, Candido addressed Amorim’s United exit, praised fans for backing the “project” instead of wanting immediate results, before making a concerning revelation.
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He said: “Experience is always experience, whether the outcome is good or bad, we always come away with learning. In Manchester, I really liked the city and the way the fans experience football, more focused on the project than on the immediate result.
“What I liked least was, without a doubt, feeling that our ideas weren’t fully implemented.”
That last statement from Candido misses the point entirely, because if they couldn’t get buy-in for their ideas after 14 months, maybe the idea wasn’t as good to begin with.
Amorim and his staff will need to evolve
Candido echoes Amorim’s sentiment that there is no problem with his philosophy; it’s the implementation that failed them.
Ruben Amorim deserves ___ % credit for Michael Carrick’s BRILLIANT start at Man Utd
Fill in the blank. Did Amorim lay the foundation for success at Old Trafford?
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Michael Carrick and Ruben Amorim as Man Utd managers
Even if that were the case, it reflects poorly on them, because the players at the club clearly hadn’t downed tools for the manager.
It directly means that the coaching staff was unable to get their ideas across clearly, because they seem to be implementing Carrick’s ideas perfectly well, and in record time.
As Candido said himself, the fans gave Amorim immense breathing room in the hope of the “project” turning around, probably more than the results warranted, but they still couldn’t get it right.
Either their idea wasn’t good enough to get results in the Premier League, or their communication wasn’t good enough to transmit that idea.
In the end, he became frustrated with the players for not carrying it out perfectly, and wanted new players all the time.
That’s not a sustainable way to manage any football club, and the sooner Amorim and his staff realise that and evolve, the better it would be for their careers.
Looking at Candido’s comments, it doesn’t look like happening any time soon.
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