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Carrick Out?

Robbo said:
I hope we get annihilated by Chelsea, I mean what a game that's going to be. Eye of the storm.

Let's embrace the masochism :D
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This is me right now. I want them to be shown up. Michael ‘Feels’ Carrick. The ‘management’ (obviously use that term loosely) and the players. They deserve more booing.

Fed up!

Positive for me is that it’s an early game so can get on with my day after! :D
 
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So carrick in charge for the away game to chelsea. Given what Spurs did to them away a couple of days ago, perhaps the thinking is that if Utd get a trouncing at the weekend that'll be enough to turn the tide away from Carrick and let them get rid of him without the fans getting on their back.
 
tangey said:
So carrick in charge for the away game to chelsea. Given what Spurs did to them away a couple of days ago, perhaps the thinking is that if Utd get a trouncing at the weekend that'll be enough to turn the tide away from Carrick and let them get rid of him without the fans getting on their back.
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Nah, they know the fans don't want Carrick to stay as manager. They know that he isn't up to the task. They have just been caught with their pants down with no plan. I have no idea what has happened with the manager search but it hasn't gone how they want and their current options are likely Carrick or an interim like Fletcher.

If I was a betting man I would think the issues are:
  • New manager wants guarantees about spending in January that the club can't/won't give because its stupid to guarantee spending in Jan when its hard to find value or even quality.
  • No manager wants to take over with the upcoming games
  • No manager wants to take over with a full schedule of games coming up and no time to coach the team
  • We have a bit of an injury crisis with no LB or CF available and our first choice CM (Mainoo) is also injured.
  • The club might be trying to get them on a short contract until the end of the season before going all in for someone like Emery.
 
I mean, the next games are really quite awful:
  • Chelsea (A)
  • Roma (H) - who are very good lately
  • Aston Villa (H) - oh dear
- Intl Break -
  • Liverpool (A) :D
  • Sporting (A)
  • Brentford (H)
... then it's December, and Newcastle away.

Maybe we'll get a draw at Sporting. The time to install a new manager is really in that break, and hope for a performance at Liverpool.

It's really looking very bleak isn't it, christ.
 
@fez that list looks pretty logical to me, except of course to say that Mainoo has only been 1st choice CM under Carrick. As much as I like what Mainoo CAN do (but unfortunately often does not), I'm not sure the next guy will have Mainoo straight on the team sheet. He's probably one of the few players that will be sad to see Carrick's demise.
 
Robbo said:
It's really looking very bleak isn't it, christ.
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The thing is, there are no easy games in the PL these days and we're in the CL so again, likely to be against half handy sides. You can't hope for an easy run of games. Our start to the season is about as easy as its probably going to be and thats gone well hasn't it!
 
Been too busy to read the news these last days. Laughable they haven't got it over with by now, what are they doing? Send Wilcox packing with him.

Not that there are any good (available) alternatives out there right now, but I really hope they don't get Howe in. Not an inspiring hire at all for me, and I'm not convinced he could take the inevitable pressure cooker environment. I think Conte would be a disaster with our players as well, though seeing him give some of them a rollicking would be a good laugh - just not convinced it would have the desired affect.

If it is Howe, hopefully it's an end of season contract only and re-assess come summer. Don't lock ourselves into another long term contract on a mediocre manager with another big payout. We must be approaching a transfer windows worth of redundancy pay over the last 4 years by now.
 
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Robbo said:
I mean, the next games are really quite awful:
  • Chelsea (A)
  • Roma (H) - who are very good lately
  • Aston Villa (H) - oh dear
- Intl Break -
  • Liverpool (A) :D
  • Sporting (A)
  • Brentford (H)
... then it's December, and Newcastle away.

Maybe we'll get a draw at Sporting. The time to install a new manager is really in that break, and hope for a performance at Liverpool.

It's really looking very bleak isn't it, christ.
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Car-wrecks’ at the wheeeeeel!
 
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