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Manchester United er Kim Burdett, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live about Sunday's 1-0 loss at Tottenham: "Ruben Amorim has got his ways he wants to implement and I'm sure, with the right personnel, it could be very successful.

"It's abundantly clear to everybody watching that the team doesn't have the footballing intelligence to implement what he wants.

"Injuries have had a big impact, particularly on Sunday, although I thought we may have been able to get something out of the game.

"We're back to the same issues where we just cannot score goals.

"We've been saying for a quite a long time, collectively as fans, that we're in desperate need of a decent striker. Even getting someone in on loan in January for a few months, a half-decent striker who could put the ball in the net would have helped.

"But we're so short of attacking options and it's not going to get any better until May when we can start getting more players in.

"Sunday was really frustrating because Patrick Dorgu was making a lot of overlapping runs. He seemed to be doing what Amorim wanted him to do, and the players were just ignoring him. If nobody sees you or es the ball to you, it's all pretty worthless.

"I do question whether it's the players who just can't see his vision and can't seem to grasp what he wants."

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Former Manchester City midfielder Michael Brown says Omar Marmoush may find his immediate future is in the number 10 position behind Erling Haaland.

Marmoush scored his first City goals in the form of a 14-minute hat-trick in Saturday's confidence-building 4-0 win over Newcastle.

"Marmoush goes down the left slightly, then comes inside," Brown told BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast. He can start the press off centrally with Haaland in a two. He can get there because he has the legs to do that and cover wide positions. His recovery runs are good as well.

"He's not going to be the number nine, so I think just one behind Erling Haaland is a good opportunity. He can link, he can get around, but he makes really good runs. There is a lot of attention on Haaland from defenders so it is a good foil for him.

"He broke the lines a little bit more and got in behind against Newcastle. It was an energetic all-round performance."

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We asked for your thoughts after Sunday's Premier League game between Tottenham and Manchester United.

Here are some of your comments:

Tottenham fans:

Stephen: Nervy, but we played quite well. United will always come forward against us; we play an open game so other teams get chances. Not great but better than it has been for a while and three points are precious these days.

Atty: The clean sheet and the three points will help for the players, Ange Postecoglou and the fans. Some 105 days without a home win was not good enough from a Spurs point of view, but to get this one will definitely help. Scrappy win, but it was always not going to be the best match of the season because both of these teams haven't been good.

Peter: Rode our luck against a weak United. However, plenty of positives - Guglielmo Vicario was outstanding on his return and kept our lead on three separate occasions. Djed Spence is increasingly showing why we signed him. Mathys Tel is eager to impress. Hoping we can now kick on. COYS.

Noah: I saw lots of positives in that game. Kevin Danso looked solid, Tel was unlucky not to score and when Wilson Oderbert came on there was a glimpse of the damage he and Spence could do. With a few players back, suddenly we have a squad.

Man Utd fans:

Pete: When will the new owners wake up and smell the coffee? Ruben Amorim is not the manager they expected. Surely the players they have are better than the league position they are in? They have to swallow their pride and it they were wrong to appoint him, but I'm not holding my breath.

Paul: Totally disted performance with no real pattern of play. Rasmus Hojland is out of his depth and we should be giving the youngsters a chance. Joshua Zirkzee has improved and did some good link-up play but, once again, Bruno Fernandes was very poor and I'm just not convinced that he should be captain. Amorim has shown very little in the way of tactics and he might be right about relegation with lacklustre performances like this.

Sam: These players are not, as some people say, 'rubbish' and yet they often look like they have never met before. I don't know if it is the current coach, the system or team selection, but something is and has been deeply wrong within the club for a very long time. I do not like to single out individuals, but we have a centre-forward who is currently unable to score. Why is he chosen week in, week out? And why are our players injured in training?

Peter: No vision, no ambition, no effort. United thoroughly deserve their 15th place, and should be getting worried about the next few months. Their performances are so poor, they would look very vulnerable in a relegation battle. The manager has brought nothing to the team whatsoever. They are far worse under his tenure than they were already, which is saying something. Embarrassing display.

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Former Premier League striker Glen Murray says Manchester United "probably" look a worse team under Ruben Amorim than they did under Erik ten Hag.

United were 14th and six points of fifth place - which is likely to be the final Champions League qualification spot - when Ten Hag was sacked in October, but now sit in 15th, 14 points behind Bournemouth in fifth.

"It's hard to believe, but I think they probably do [look worse than they did under Ten Hag]," Murray told BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast.

"There's definitely a lack of belief. It might be the case that the players aren't top players - but make them top players, coach them into being top players.

"We've seen it at lesser clubs - your Bournemouths and Brightons. Why can't Manchester United and Amorim do it?

"He's not been in the job long and he's set his stall out - they're going to play his way whether it suits the players or not. But, when I look at the group, they're all international footballers, they should be able to play in different positions. They should be capable.

"United are playing as a bunch of individuals. It seems almost like a stepping-stone club now - I'll come, do my bit then get out.

"The most damning thing wasn't even the players on the pitch, it was the players who have left the club doing better at other clubs under different structures. Is it a cultural thing">