Is Ruben Amorim the biggest failure in the post-Alex Ferguson era?

After a 1-0 defeat to Tottenham in the last round, information spread on social networks about concerns about Ruben Amorim's tactics. The club's legends are also asking big questions about the Portuguese coach's way of operating the team.

With 3 wins in the last 12 matches in the Premier League, Ruben Amorim is at risk of facing a dismissal as soon as possible. Since the 2-0 defeat against Arsenal, Manchester United has had a series of extremely alarming performances, fans do not know what Amorim is doing at the moment.

The victory over Manchester City was a series of unhappy matches when Amorim's army consecutively lost to Tottenham in the Carabao Cup, then they lost to Bournemouth, Wolves, Newcastle, and drew with Liverpool in the Premier League.

Ruben Amorim, head coach of Manchester United, reacts during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur (Photo by James Gill - Danehouse/Getty Images)

When the match against Tottenham ended, Gary Neville was wondering if the 3-4-3 scheme really worked well. He thought that the current players at MU could not cope with this scheme. MU legend Gary Neville also emphasized that Amorim must look for the best people to be able to operate in his scheme.

Discussing Manchester United's poor performance, Rio Ferdinand is worried about MU being relegated when the team is ranked 15th on the rankings. Rio believes that Amorim needs to do better if he wants to continue working at Old Trafford.

Among coaches working after the Ferguson era, Amorim has the lowest winning rate of only 29% in 14 matches, worse than Erik ten Hag's 52% in 85 matches. Next is Ole Solsa, Van Gal has the same 51% winning rate, David Moys has 50% and the highest is Jose Mourinho with 54% winning rate.

Ruben Amorim is the person with the lowest winning rate among coaches

Currently, the club's key players are all injured, Eriksen, Mainoo, Luke Shaw, Ugarte, Amad, most of the midfield, only Casemiro and Bruno Fernandes are reliable enough.

There are good things in difficult jobs, typically Joshua Zirkzee played in the number 10 position while Bruno was pulled down. The qualities in the match against Tottenham were clearly shown, he passed, passed, dribbled, creating some remarkable situations. Zirkzee is known as a striker who likes to drop deep, create, and link play with the person above him. 

“Sometimes I step back into the front row to help the team, not for myself. I am known as a virtual striker. Not a 9, not a 10, I'm a 9.5, that's my true style of play."

Joshua Zirkzee (right) could still have a role worth fighting for. (Image: Ash Donelon/Manchester United via Getty Images.)

Amorim has continued to experiment with his team in recent months, especially with the number 10, with various combinations being used. Zirkzee has played as a number 10 twice, with his most recent opportunity coming in Sunday's 1-0 loss to Tottenham Hotspur.

After the performance, Amorim made remarkable comments about Joshua Zirkzee: "I think he is not a real number 9 player, he plays more as a number 10 player. He trains harder and you can see, in this match he was faster, handled neatly, duels were successful, and his passes were also much more accurate."

“In the current situation, I cannot do anything else when there are many players out due to injury. Sometimes you have to accept what happens and try to do the best you can to get good results.”.