Ruben Amorim refused to do something Erik ten Hag was forced to do after two games at Man United
"I have to sell my idea. If I change all the time it will be even worse."
Manchester United are 14th in the Premier League, seven points above the relegation zone with just one win from their previous six league outings. Cause for Ruben Amorim to rip up plan A and start again? Absolutely not.
The Portuguese's brief is clear: bring a style of play to the club and make United successful again.
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The main problem Amorim has encountered during his opening months at the club is that United do not have the players needed to implement his preferred 3-4-2-1 formation.
Arguably the only player to have flourished in the system is Amad. The Ivory Coast star has the attributes needed to thrive as a dynamic right wing-back, but a lack of suitable options in the No.10 role has seen him pushed further up the field and he's looked far less effective when playing behind the striker in recent weeks.
But that won't stop Amorim trying to mould this team. Multiple transfer windows and hours on the training pitches will be needed, but the United head coach has a vision and it's up to the players and the club to support him.
It takes a strong character to weather the storm and refuse to deviate from your principles, and while there is little to cheer about at United these days, fans should be encouraged to have a manager at the helm who truly believes in himself. In his own words, "it doesn’t make sense" to change approach now, even if things do look bleak.
Amorim certainly isn't the first United managed to have his methods questioned. After the 4-0 thrashing at Brentford two games into his United reign, Erik ten Hag was forced to abandon his Ajax philosophy.
He admitted after a 3-0 hammering at the hands of Manchester City the following season that his United side were "playing different football than I showed at Ajax because I have to, because I can't play the same way. The players decide how you play". Despite claiming his quote was misconstrued just weeks later, he again admitted he had been forced to change his style of play.
The irony of the whole situation is that being proactive and being able to adapt is a key part of management, but for far too long United have looked like a team bereft of an identity.
There were always going to be teething problems when United appointed a head coach with such a distinct style of play. Nobody knows whether Amorim will be the man to take Manchester United back to the top, but one thing we do know is he has a plan and that's something United have lacked for far too long.
