Amorim spoke in the summertime about how emotional he will get once in a while. He vowed to be much less forthright throughout his media commitments.
Some sympathy additionally must be supplied for the very fact he was having to talk on the pitch with the backdrop of nonetheless gleeful Grimsby followers telling him he was going to be “sacked within the morning”.
But Amorim's phrases don't smack of a renewed willpower to ship success to Previous Trafford, simply as his actions through the shootout didn't give the impression of somebody main from the entrance.
And that could be a drawback.
For United's restructure has been constructed round his famed system.
Whereas it's honest to say Jadon Sancho and Antony didn't have many supporters among the many United fanbase and persistence with Marcus Rashford was additionally carrying skinny, these gamers' values has diminished because the membership have seemed to maneuver them on as a result of Amorim doesn't play with standard wide-men.
Amorim had been praised by some for his hardline stance with Alejandro Garnacho, and the Argentina worldwide's behaviour since he was exiled has not carried out him many favours.
However it isn't that way back that Garnacho, now in talks with Chelsea, was seen as the way forward for United.
The identical can be true of England worldwide Kobbie Mainoo, who feels marginalised to such an extent that if a good supply got here in for him from a membership he preferred, he can be keen to go away, regardless of being an area boy and a childhood United fan.
Given a begin at Grimsby after not taking part in for a single minute within the opening two Premier League video games, Mainoo was left on for the complete 90 minutes.
He did not produce a show that demanded repeated choice. However neither was he the worst participant on the pitch.
To many, if the system is the explanation why 20-year-old Mainoo could go away, the system wants altering. Amorim has mentioned Mainoo is in rivalry with skipper Bruno Fernandes for a beginning spot within the league.
The United boss felt his methodology of taking part in at Sporting, with three central defenders, two wing-backs, two central midfielders, two quantity 10s and a central striker, was the explanation for his success.
This can be true. He was additionally at a membership famed for creating extremely proficient younger gamers in a league far much less bodily demanding than he has encountered in England, and the place the competitors, aside from a few notable exceptions in Benfica and Porto, is usually restricted.
On Sunday at Fulham, Silva defined clearly the tweak to his aspect's formation that allowed Fulham to take management of the midfield space and switch a recreation that had threatened to get away from them within the early phases.
The sport did not race away from Fulham as a result of United did not take their possibilities, an issue that Amorim repeatedly complained about final season.
Because of this he spent £200m on attacking gamers this summer time.
Matheus Cunha has seemed a good purchase. If the Brazilian had transformed his spot-kick within the shootout at Grimsby, United's blushes would have been spared.
But his shot was saved, Bryan Mbeumo missed the decisive penalty, and it was stunning to many who Benjamin Sesko – the third of the costly attacking additions – was the final outfield participant to step ahead for United.
There would nonetheless have been massive inquiries to reply if Amorim's aspect had managed to sneak by means of to spherical three.
At golf equipment like United, performances like this don't get brushed underneath the carpet. The noise round them is simply too loud for that to occur.
Amorim will communicate to the media on Friday on the eve of his staff's dwelling recreation towards Burnley. Victory towards the Clarets shall be anticipated however it actually just isn't assured.
Past that, no-one could be positive what the longer term appears to be like like for United.
