This is what Ruben Amorim is trying to do – and why it cannot work in England

Ruben Amorim is not going to change his formation. He has painted himself into a corner, staking his reputation on what ought to be just one aspect of a manager’s tactical system but has become an important metaphor for what his time as Manchester United manager represents. To change it now would be to admit defeat and lose all credibility. To keep it admits defeats and loses him all credibility. Amorim has accrued 34 points in 33 Premier League games in charge and the 3-1 defeat to Brentf