It has been nine months since Ruben Amorim sat in the media theater at Old Trafford and warned Manchester United fans that a storm was coming. The prediction was one of the few things the Portuguese coach got right in a season he labeled "a disaster."
Aside from the blip in the Carabao Cup at Grimsby Town, he has been a lot more positive about his team in the early weeks of the 2025-26 campaign. He is, though, still navigating choppy waters. If last season the storm was on the pitch, this season dark clouds are threatening to gather off it.
The past three United managers -- Erik ten Hag, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Jose Mourinho -- were all sacked in November or December. If Amorim can get through the next three or four months with enough positive performances and results to keep the pres