27 Oct 2013 00:57:07
Dear God, how slow was our midfield today? Every time the ball broke, either Cleverley or Carrick got the ball and that's when you want your midfield to drive forward, yet we dithered and dithered all day. Got lucky in the end.

What I would do for Ilkay Gundogan.

1.) 27 Oct 2013
Carrick is the main problem at the moment. too slow, caught in possession on numerous occasions. He does not track the opposing runners and more importantly he wouldn't tackle his dinner. Ronnie Whelan ( ex scouser) recently described him as the slowest passer of a ball in premiership and champions league.He kills whatever tempo United have and teams have time to organise defensively against us. Whatever happened to hig tempo we used to play at? . Carrick is the answer

2.) 27 Oct 2013
Carrick has been very poor for quite a few games now, nothing major that stands out to the lazy press or commentators, but he impacts our game more than any other player and is the major reason we are such a slow attacking team now. All his dordling leads to defenders regrouping and our play being stifled.

He is a classic case of having a good season and that being the rule moving forward. If he was great at one point (British) then he is great for a very long time according to the media and virtually untouchable, Giggs syndrome.

All it will take is for a pundit to hammer him and then everybody will jump on the band wagon and he will be back to where he was 2 years ago - most people thinking he shouldn't be playing for Man Utd.

3.) 27 Oct 2013
I do like Carrick. But.

It comes to something when Michael Carrick is our untouchable CMer who simply is indispensable.

He's slow as all hell. He offers nothing going forward. He offers little defensively. He offers nothing as a physical presence. He never assists. He never scores.

What exactly does he do? He can pass neatly and that's about it. He slows down our tempo, he needs an age on the ball to do anything.

It just shows how bad our midfield options are, when a man with these qualities is by far our best Cm player.

4.) 29 Oct 2013
I agree with you RED_SKY. I didn't really think the lad offered too much at his position, yet there was no greater MF in our team to replace him. Is he have the vision and the pass of Pirlo? not quite. Does he score like Lampard does? no. Does he have ability to drive forward at time to create spaces like Yaya? no. Now that Pogba, Scholesy are gone. I don't think there would be anyone in the squad to compete his position, meaning we are stuck with slow CM for another few years until we first replace our wingers. shocking but true story!