ETH played a more generic system and the players looked awful in that too. People keep saying we're worse but that's splitting hairs, it was rubbish under ETH too and he was using his own 'favourite' players, signed for him.
People are overthinking this in my view, it's just a question of getting in better players, and building confidence from there. Easier said than done, mind you.
At Sporting, Amorim thrived in a stable environment with a president, Federico Varandes, and director, Hugo Viana, around him. They were brilliant at their jobs, but here, there's no stability, it's just a complete mess.
Putting Amorim to one side, our biggest fear should be recruitment, there is no "best in class" football operation running here as INEOS claimed, that all fell apart pretty quickly. There also doesn't seem to be much money available, which is a pretty crippling blow.
The season is a write-off in terms of the league and has been since INEOS kept ETH on in the summer. We need to get to the end of the season and then reset, get some more players in, and give Amorim a full preseason. From day 1 next season there will need to be a serious upturn in performances, and hopefully things will improve from there.
It could all spectacularly implode long before then, though.
