RUBEN ROLLS THE DYCHE

RUBEN AMORIM says he understands Sean Dyche's criticism of Manchester United when he was out of work as a manager as the pair prepare to go head-to-head.

- BY STEVEN RAILSTON

Tomorrow's Premier League trip to the City Ground comes on the one-year anniversary of the Portuguese’s appointment as Erik ten Hag’s successor.

Amorim was unable to oversee an immediate upturn in fortunes as United stumbled home 15th in the Premier League and lost the Europa League final, leading to plenty of criticism.

Dyche was among those to remark about the former Sporting Lisbon head coach's setup, saying in May that he would win more matches if he was in charge simply by playing a 4-4-2 formation.

Amorim shrugged off those remarks ahead of facing the recently-appointed Nottingham Forest boss, saying: "First of all, maybe it's true if we play 4-4-2 we won more games.

"But I always said that I have a way of playing that is going to take a while, but in the future it’s going to be better. So we don't know that.