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What Wycombe Wanderers and Mike Dodds must learn from Ruben Amorim's Manchester United struggles

Wycombe Wanderers must take notes from Ruben Amorim's stubborn approach, as Mike Dodds is quickly following a similar path thanks to his lack of adaptability.

30.08.25, 20:54 Updated 27.05.26, 11:07 3 Minute Read

Jayden Wilkins

Jayden Wilkins

Have you ever heard the definition of insanity? Doing the same things over and over again expecting things to change.

I first heard that quote from the video game Far Cry 3, but it always stuck with me. And it's somewhat what Ruben Amorim is doing at present. Manchester United have just recently lost on penalties to League Two Grimsby Town, notable among many things for footage of Amorim playing with a tactics board.

Amorim was seen twisting players around, and resulted in playing Mason Mount at Left-wing Back. Yep, that sounds fine.

Ruben Amorim has insisted that he will stick with his tactics until the end, which may be nearer than expected. Since coming into the United job, he had lost a European Final to Tottenham Hostpur, spent 260m Euros on a number of players, and managing a 36.4% win rate, the lowest since Alex Ferguson left.

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