{"id":92440,"date":"2025-09-29T10:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T10:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/92440\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T10:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T10:54:07","slug":"man-utd-neville-blasts-stupid-amorim-decision-on-red-devils-star-reveals-clear-sack-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/92440\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd: Neville blasts &#8216;stupid&#8217; Amorim decision on Red Devils star; reveals clear sack verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United legend Gary Neville has hit out at Ruben Amorim over an \u201cunforgivable\u201d decision and has commented on the head coach\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Red Devils<\/strong><\/a> suffered their latest defeat against Brentford on Saturday, losing 3-1 at the Gtech Community Stadium.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/premier-league\/table\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>This result leaves Man Utd 14th in the table<\/strong><\/a>. They are showing no sign of improvement under the head coach, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/premier-league-sack-race-arteta-amorim-nuno\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>who is the favourite to be the next Premier League manager sacked.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It has subsequently been reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/how-long-amorim-has-left-man-utd-revealed-manager-never-concerned-insider\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Amorim is set to be given more time to turn things around<\/strong><\/a>, but results and performances need to improve rapidly.<\/p>\n<p>Amorim\u2019s refusal to move away from his precious 3-4-2-1 system is holding Man Utd back, while his in-game decisions have also been criticised. Neville has hit out at his \u201cunforgivable\u201d use of Mason Mount.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very worried, there is no point in me sitting here and saying I\u2019m not,\u201d Neville told NBC Sports.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-why-repeat-stupid-man-utd-mistake-decision-amorim-replacement-not-happening\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Why repeat of stupid Man Utd mistake with decision on Amorim replacement is not happening\u2026<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe levels of performance, the results and the substitutions yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw something at the end of the Grimsby game that they lost in the Carabao Cup a couple of weeks ago, which was Mason Mount ending up at left wing-back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe admire managers who are stubborn and resilient around their system, we want them to stick to their plan, but when you have Mason Mount playing at left-back, you are going to look pretty stupid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has happened twice now and it can\u2019t happen. The first time I thought it was unforgivable and yesterday it happened again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe changes his back three and his back five every single game and the performances and the results are just unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really, really worried. I would never go on television, as I know how difficult a manager\u2019s job can be, and say a manager should be sacked, but I suspect the hierarchy are going to want to see a turnaround.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE MAN UTD COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/amorim-sack-de-ligt-ugarte-expose-inept-man-utd-manager-brentford\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amorim has to be sacked as De Ligt, Ugarte and Thiago expose inept Man Utd manager<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/when-man-utd-sack-amorim-ratcliffe-direct-contact-southgate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Report reveals when Man Utd could sack Amorim as Ratcliffe in \u2018direct contact\u2019 with Southgate<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/mailbox-man-utd-grim-ritual-wirtz-utter-shte-liverpool-maresca-sack-glasner-arsenal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd in \u2018grim ritual\u2019, Wirtz \u2018utter sh*te\u2019 for Liverpool, Maresca \u2018out now\u2019 and\u2026 Glasner to Arsenal?<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Neville has also argued that Man Utd \u201cneed a victory against Sunderland more than ever\u201d next weekend, with \u201cvery big questions\u201d to be \u201casked\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve got to see what happens next Saturday against Sunderland \u2013 if that game goes against Manchester United, you\u2019re going to start seeing very big questions being asked of the ownership, big questions,\u201d Neville said on his Sky Sports podcast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey brought a young manager in. He\u2019s played a completely different system. They\u2019ve invested in a completely different system. If they were to be 14th, 15th or 16th in October, it\u2019s not a one-off. It becomes what you are.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt becomes a pattern and the manager comes under huge pressure. We\u2019ve seen what\u2019s happened with Graham Potter in the last few days. That\u2019s why I\u2019m worried because this is not going to go away and it\u2019s going to build in this next week or so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA victory is needed more than ever at Old Trafford on Saturday against Sunderland.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United legend Gary Neville has hit out at Ruben Amorim over an \u201cunforgivable\u201d decision and has commented&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[18,8141,794,19,17,20,60008,5,795,5005,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-92440","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-gary-neville","10":"tag-home-page","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-manchester-united","14":"tag-mason-mount","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-premier-league","17":"tag-ruben-amorim","18":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}