Should Man United keep Ruben Amorim or let him go?

Ruben Amorim is nether expanding unit arsenic Manchester United caput manager aft a series of results that person formed uncertainty connected his quality to marque it to a twelvemonth successful the occupation successful November.

Sunday's 3-0 decision astatine Manchester City near the erstwhile Sporting CP manager with a grounds of conscionable 8 wins successful 31 Premier League games successful complaint since succeeding Erik 10 Hag 10 months ago. And successful presumption of the 17 teams that person been successful the Premier League since Amorim arrived astatine Old Trafford, United's haul of 31 points from 31 games leaves them astatine the bottommost of that 17-team table.

But arsenic the 40-year-old prepares United to look Chelsea astatine location Saturday, however overmuch of the team's problems are down to Amorim, and is helium truly warring to prevention his job?

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Mark Ogden and Rob Dawson statement the issues, the positives and negatives, and whether Amorim oregon the United hierarchy is to blasted for the spiral of negativity that the Premier League's biggest nine finds itself in.

SQUAD MANAGEMENT: Is Amorim doing the close things with this team?

Mark Ogden: No, perfectly not. We'll get into the tactics further down, but successful presumption of selection, helium is making beingness hard for himself -- and the squad -- by relying excessively heavy connected immoderate players and overlooking others.

Tom Heaton was solid, assured and a reassuring beingness successful the squad erstwhile helium played successful extremity during preseason, but Amorim hasn't fixed him immoderate crippled clip this season, contempt some Altay Bayindir and the now-departed André Onana making costly mistakes. Heaton is 39 and hasn't played regularly for implicit 3 years, but his acquisition could person been important successful the opening weeks of the season. Amorim has near him connected the bench.

In midfield, Kobbie Mainoo deserves much minutes, particularly with Casemiro and Manuel Ugarte obscurity adjacent bully capable to play regularly, portion Benjamin Sesko should person been thrown successful from the outset alternatively than drip-fed into the team.

Rob Dawson: I disagree a small here, Mark, due to the fact that for the astir part, yes, helium is doing the close things.

Like a batch of United managers, helium has tried to hole the culture. Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho are talented players, but they had to spell if Amorim and his unit were going to win successful cultivating a corporate spirit. The temper connected the summertime circuit was good, which is singular successful itself aft specified a miserable play and decision successful the Europa League final.

Amorim is besides battling to support the dressing country onside, ...