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Carrick has left - Carrington. He spent just over seven hours at #mufc's training ground while the chief executive and director of football go off to Monaco to sack him at their own leisure.
Once Bruno is sold in the summer, you put Cunha as the No10, Dorgu and Mbuemo either side of him, behind Sesko. And a midfield pivot of Baleba and Mainoo, a good manager should be able to get that working.
But we need an entire new back 4.
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CAF must be short of decent players.
🗯️ "I'm so proud. Honestly, it's something that I wish to win one day."
Amad has shared his reaction to being nominated for the @CAF_Online Player of the Year award 💪
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Ruudboy retweeted
Carrick was failing and he certainly was not blameless. But there's context that some complete & utter arseholes are conveniently ignoring while dancing on his grave.
The board failed him in the summer.
Rashford doesn't want to be there.
Martinez doesn't want to be there.
And I've little doubt there are others who feel exactly the same after the failure to properly invest in the squad.
Then you've players who already know their contracts won't be renewed.
Think about that dressing room. Players who don't want to be at United alongside players who know United don't want them.
How the fuck is any manager supposed to build something in that environment?
Carrick was brave enough to step in when the club needed him. He did a wonderful job initially and earned his opportunity. His shortcomings have since been exposed and ultimately his position became untenable.
But let's not rewrite history.
Carrick inherited a mess he didn't create. He deserved better support than he received and he certainly deserves better than some of the shite being thrown at him recently.
Carrick has lost his job. The people who failed him will carry on in theirs.
Rather than seek compensation for JJ Gabriel, United should seek a favourable deal for Endrick to put the matter to bed.
🚨 Endrick on January window: “I’m only 20, so I’ll see how things unfold. I just want to play, be happy, and help my teammates”.
“I don’t know what will happen in January; that’s in God’s hands. I only ask for what’s best for my career. Whatever is meant to happen, will happen. I’ll keep my feet on the ground and continue doing my absolute best. Madrid is a wonderful city, but I will always do whatever it takes to advance my career”, says via @cahemota.
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Ruudboy retweeted
🚨🎙️ | David Ornstein on Pochettino:
“In 2024, When Ten Hag’s job was on the line, #mufc spoke to Pochettino. I did NOT hear the best feedback from how it went.
“I was told they were a little UNDERWHELMED.. regarding his coaching at the time, his hunger, his work rate. They ended up taking Tuchel and De Zerbi as the ‘final two’ and ultimately gave Ten Hag a new contract.”
[@David_Ornstein & @TheAthleticFC]
If INEOS pay compensation to sack Carrick and then compensation to get Poch out of his USA contract in November...
When they could've let Carricks interim contract expire, and Poch was available for free after the World Cup, then its another in a long line of poor decisions.
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It will probably take fans a couple seasons to come to terms with this ... but for any team that wants to compete at the top of the Premier league, Sennen Lammens is a "good" No2.
🚨 | Senne Lammens is known to pass up days off to put in extra work, and sources say he is first in in the morning and last to head home at the end of training.
There are even figures at #mufc who believe parts of his game have improved on last season.
[@NathSalt1]
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Wilcox has to go 👇
When Michael Carrick goes, should the director of football Jason Wilcox go as well? Was he over-promoted when Dan Ashworth left? Ashworth was “best in class”, very experienced. Wilcox wasn’t/isn't "best in class". Recruitment has been a mess, namely the transfer strategy of targeting one area, midfield, this summer. So naive. Some strengthening required with Casemiro gone and Ugarte injured/not good enough but the team were crying out for investment at left-back and striker. £50m for Andrey Santos? United are not buying best in class.
DoF should be working to a club’s DNA. United’s historic identity is well-known: attacking with pace, width, intensity, expression, defiance and the dash of youth. Playing football the Matt Busby way, the Alex Ferguson way. Those days are long gone, United don't have anywhere near the quality of player or manager, but attempting to follow principles laid down by Busby and Ferguson, which fans crave, should be Wilcox's stated ambition.
But Wilcox hasn’t recruited to restore that DNA. Properly-run football operations like Brighton sell players/change coaches but have an established DNA and way of playing (attacking, pressing). Brighton have best in class recruitment, data with due diligence into character. United don't.
Carrick can go but the problem remains. Reports suggest that United pursue Mauricio Pochettino as Carrick’s successor. Good choice. He’s a very good manager, man-manager, great with the media (coffees and chats in London with journos he knows), diplomatic with those upstairs and popular amongst staff. Poch would have a short-term bounce but will he have the players? United's problem is short-term and long-term, and Wilcox has to take responsibility for that.
United will remain stuck in a doom cycle until best in class is appointed to run recruitment and better players - with the right character - are bought. United will continue to drift until the debilitating, debt-stained ownership model changes, and they get back to being a great football club first and foremost with the whole commercial operation supporting that, not interest repayments. #MUFC
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Hype man
🚨 | Diogo Dalot is considered a CRUCIAL figure in the dressing room, and Michael Carrick continues to back the player as he's important. [@FabrizioRomano]
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United are no longer competing with the very best. We are now in the same transfer market, the same wage structure, and the same managerial pool as Fulham, Everton, Forest and Leeds. That’s the reality.
Turning our noses up at proven goalscorers like Chris Wood or experienced managers like Pochettino isn’t high standards - it’s delusion.
The club still acts like it has options it simply doesn’t.
In a few years this will be studied as a textbook example of how to destroy a football institution. The Glazers and Ed Woodward spent years hollowing it out. INEOS were meant to be the reset. Instead they’ve continued the same pattern of baffling appointments and poor decisions.
It’s not just disappointing -it’s tragic.
Ruudboy retweeted
Jim Ratcliffe had all the answers when he took control at Man Utd, but less than three years on, his rookie appointments have put the club on course for relegation espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/5…
