Any residual patience felt towards Sir Jim Ratcliffe for early mistakes, such as not only keeping Erik ten Hag but effectively making him a first appointment by extending his contract, will be over if Ruben Amorim doesn’t work out.
Even if it won’t be Sir Jim’s head on the chopping block - you aren’t getting rid of someone who has paid more than a billion quid for 27% of the club - questions would have to be asked of the executives he’s appointed; Dan Ashworth, Omar Berrada and Sir Dave Brailsford.
For a variety of reasons, they have so far looked to me like a case of the blind leading the deaf.