Amorim’s The Man

There is something different about Amorim. I’ve been listening to him speak again and again over several news conferences now and each time I have come away impressed with what I’ve heard from him. He not only reads the game so well but his handling of the media with his insightful takes and knocking back with the knowledge he has in-stored within him. It’s impressive.

It’s not just us though, everyone else seems to be understanding. The way he’s trying to setup the team. There is also a consideration that we’re not a great team and that it’s going to take time. However, the patterns of play are there even if we cannot utilise the system in the best way because the players aren’t there to do that (yet).

I spoke about there needing to be an identity and an idea. That imprint has been there in a couple of games now. The results are not there as of yet but the idea is. What we can take away from that is we’re moving forward. He likely knows his best eleven now. But at the same time, he will not want to sit idle in the transfer market. If we’re serious we need to back him in the positions where we need strength in depth to field a team that befits what we need going against different opposition.

He’s not a magician, but what he has showed is that his coaching ability and his knowledge of the game for one so young is second the none. That is promising and now we need to see the results so we can start to move up the table.

Reality did bite when we were against Arsenal. They’re much better than us right now. Of course, there are a lot of teams that are. However, if we can continue this progress and build a team around the ideas of this coach. There is no reason why this will not be the real rebuild this time around. Unlike some though, we still have trophies to show and unlike some we haven’t been at the top of our game.

Hopefully, we can keep improving steadily over the course of this season and into the next one. We’re all onboard with the vision. That’s for sure.