Amorim upset by "lack of urgency" in defeat

Talk of the Devils: The Athletic FC's Manchester United show

The Athletic

Sports, Soccer,

4.6 • 639 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Manchester United suffered their 17th defeat of the Premier League season with manager Ruben Amorim struggling to contain his frustration at a team that, while headed for a European final, don't have the right "feeling" when it comes to losing in the league.

We talk about how we feel as fans when the team plays this far below expectations, and commiserate someone who has voluntarily restricted himself to a diet of league-only football at Old Trafford this season.

This coming weekend, the women's team are headed to Wembley with invincible WSL winners Chelsea between them and the Mitten Standard, while we can barely bring ourselves to consider what might happen at Stamford Bridge on Friday night.

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0:00.0	The Athletic FC Podcast Network.
0:18.5	This is Talk of the Devils, the Athletics podcast dedicated to Manchester United.
0:23.7	We are back to talk about the 17th Premier League defeat of Manchester United's glorious domestic campaign
0:29.8	that very nearly had United 17th in the table as well.
0:33.2	That might still come to be fair with the matches left in this campaign.
0:36.7	We'll go over all the details of that. It's also probably the angriest that Reuben Amarin has been as he set out
0:42.4	the stall for the summer of change that could be ahead for Manchester United and we'll also find
0:47.3	some time to preview a double header against Chelsea this weekend in London. Andy Mitten
0:54.1	and Carl Anker are here.
0:56.3	Carl, you were there.
0:57.6	Couldn't have gone much worse, really, could it?
0:59.8	That was dreadful, honestly.
1:04.0	Manchester United playing accidental football
1:05.9	for the majority of the first half.
1:09.4	Not a thriller.
1:10.6	And then, once West Ham get a second goal, there's not much there.
1:15.1	It's really concerning, not just for trying to build momentum for the Europa League final,
1:21.5	but also just in terms of the wider issue of what Manchester United are trying to do
1:26.7	and how they go about winning games.
1:29.2	Because at the moment, United are, it's hard to shake the feeling that this team is just going through
1:34.7	the motions and trying to win Premier League by default. They've not won a Premier League
1:37.7	since the 3-0 victory over Lesser City before the March international break. They've not
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