United’s Woes and the Amorim Dilemma…
Manchester United are stuck in a time loop, but this time without the DeLorean! After only bagging a single point in their first two league games, Ruben Amorim’s squad arrived in Grimsby, expecting an easy win like a penguin expecting a snowstorm. Yet Cupid’s arrow of giant-killing struck, just like Van Gaal’s 2014 calamity. With all that talent on the field, you’d think the ball was allergic to the net. Even though changes were made from a stalemate with Fulham, the team still managed to make avoiding goals look like an art form. In contrast, Grimsby’s wage bill looked like pocket change beside United’s gold-laden attack.
Amorim might not have a magic wand, but at this rate, he’d struggle to pull a rabbit out of a hat. With only four wins from the last 17 outings and a formation as popular as broccoli-flavored ice cream, fans are growing restless watching a team perform like sleepwalking zombies lost in a fog of fame and misfortune. With the transfer window closing soon, hopes are high for reinforcements that could plug the gaps before facing Burnley – and let’s hope for fewer mishaps than a giraffe on an ice rink. Saturday’s result could either be a ray of hope or another entry into the diary of disastrous déjà vu!
