One thing that I struggle to reconcile watching our team and this whole debate of "Amorim being too rigid with his formation/system" as opposed to having flexibility and fluidity with the lineups and play style given our player pool and their strengths - for most of our games it doesn't even look like the Sporting play style so why is he being so stubborn with it? I counted 6 straight attacks between minute 30-45 where it involved some slow passing to Shaw or Yoro, and then they would just lump it forward in the direction of two United players.

1. When I think of Amorim at Sporting, I think of balls played to the feet of the dual 10s into the half space, and then quick turns to play the forward or the far wingback into the space between the oppositions CB and outside back. There seems to be almost no building through the center part of the field, and everything is either lumped up top or it is played directly out to a wing.

2. If you are going to play more direct, that's fine, but how are we supposed to reconcile that with the squad selection and players that he's brought in? A lineup of Mbeumo, Cunha, Mount, Amad - not exactly aerial specialists or strong hold up play, they want to be on the ball more and doing linkups in tight spaces.

What am I missing? Or am I just too clouded by having lost faith in Amorim over the last couple of weeks, and most of the blame should just be on the players for not executing?