Manchester United Transfer Rumours

02 Nov 2026 09:44:45
Let's sack Carrick, yay everything will be great. I agree that Carrick looks list and bereft of ideas, and a new experienced Manager will have an impact. But:

Solskjaer wanted Haaland, they got him Ighalo.

Solskjaer wanted Bellingham, they got him Van de Beek.

Ten Hag wanted Kane, they spent £72m on Højlund.

Ten Hag wanted Rice, they got him Eriksen.

Ten Hag wanted Joao Neves, they spent £50.8m on Ugarte, while PSG used the money from Neves' sale to get Joao Neves.

Amorim wanted Watkins, they spent £73.7m on Sesko.

This summer, we had Elliot Anderson as priority, we ended up spending £55m on Andrey Santos.

Emery has done an awesome job at Villa but would he succeed in our mad house? Would anyone? 🤷‍♂️.

02 Nov 2026 09:49:53
Ole also told them to sign Haaland by all accounts.

01 Nov 2026 22:09:31
Probably naans nothing, but SkyBet has tonight suspended the betting odds on Emery being next manager.

02 Nov 2026 00:44:55
The go great with curry though.

02 Nov 2026 07:26:58
Spellcheck is a wonderful thing 🤣

Apparently he wants to implement a tikka takka style.

02 Nov 2026 07:56:06
Dick Emery?

01 Nov 2026 13:52:14
I don't know whether this is true, but a search revealed that Carrick is on £5m a year but the club can sack him paying only for the remainder of this season. Hardly compares with the cost of relegation. A top manager is going to cost £10m+.

Now I have to admit as someone who is not fit to judge these things that Carrick had earned the chance, however I recall well Roy Keane being indignant about how United should go out and get the best manager they can. When pressed, however, he would not come up with a name. Gary Neville was also of the same opinion that the club should go out and get the best experienced manager available.

So, why didn't they do that? Was it all about control over transfers? The club wanted to take the responsibility for choosing players off the manager and put it on to the club hierarchy. ETH had been a disaster: Antony, Hojlund, Mount, Onana, Ugarte, de Ligt, Zirkzee, Malacia represent £400m. So Amorim and Carrick were hired as head coaches rather than managers. Truth is however, transfer policy had been poor to terrible since before SAF retired.

But any top manager would have looked at the club and made conditions about transfers and budget, insisting on some positions being dealt with. Could you imagine Ancelotti allowing the club to go into the season with this array of defenders? Would he have really wanted to invest £48m on yet another potential star like Santos in midfield when what we needed was proven players to step up immediately?

Right now nothing is going right. I think all of us put the primary blame on the ownership. The rot starts at the top. Many of us are so desperate we would countenance relegation if it would somehow pry the club away from the Glazers and Ineos. Unfortunately at this time, with all the uncertainty in the world, I don't see a white knight stepping forward and meeting their price. However, the cost of relegation would be enormous.

01 Nov 2026 14:01:26
Job title change or not, it was always reported that ETH, as with others before, didn't get their first choices nor choose how much was spent on the ones that came in. So again it points to someone/people higher up not doing a good enough job in either choosing or negotiating.

Surely any potential manager/head coach out there has seen that too, would make you wonder why anyone would take the job without assurances of having the set up they want.

01 Nov 2026 14:23:12
For me the problems start with Wilcox. He seems to want to micro-manage the club and has created more issues than we even know about. He fell out with both EtH and Amorim over trying to dictate tactics to them. He ignores the advice of Vivell on transfers (you know our head of recruitment), and it seems he chose to hire Carrick due to Carrick being more prepared to accept his "support". He also was a factor behind Ashworth leaving the club and him taking Ashworth's position.

While I agree that the idea behind allowing managers to pick their own transfers and build the team in their image, is a bad blue print long term. Having a DoF who controls things behind the scenes without taking any responsibility when it goes wrong is equally disastrous.

The idea is that we have an overarching philosophy, and we build and recruit to fit that. That philosophy shouldn't be over prescriptive.

Something like trusting in youth, developing young players, and playing an attacking, aggressive, front foot style of play. Is fine, it gives you a clear direction, but leaves room to manoeuvre within it.
It sets out the kind of players we should be looking to sign (but doesn't rule out signing the occasional older player when necessary). It ensures we continue our traditions of youth development. While it gives the club and managers a degree of tactical flexibility and support. You could be a high pressing side with or without possession, how you look to build attacks, a d defend is fairly open to adapting depending on the players available and/or the tactical landscape.

Then you hire managers who fit within that idea. They should be managers with a track record of giving youth a chance and developing younger players into top level talents. They should also be managers who look to play an aggressive, offensive style of football.

That's your first two filters when looking, anyone who doesn't trust or develop young players isn't the right manager for our club.

Likewise, anyone who will look to play slow, or defensive football isn't the right manager for our club.

Then you can start shifting through the remaining options for more specific skills and experience (winning titles/cups or exceeding expectations, managed in specific leagues or competitions, media savvy, a certain level of experience, dressing room management, language skills, specific coaching tactics that fit/suit the current team, etc). Ultimately whatever it is they feel the manager needs to have to be successful. The reality is that it's rare a person is the perfect fit, especially in football management. That isn't a problem as long as you understand what those short comings are and how you can support them or bridge that gap. For example maybe you have a manager who lacks a little in terms of experience, can you ensure they have a more experienced head or two amongst their coaching staff.

The problem with our club right now is the man who is really steering the ship is Wilcox, and every time he gets to make a major decision we get a little worse for it.

01 Nov 2026 18:47:40
As the fans sang yesterday, Jason Wilcox is a planker is a planker.

31 Oct 2026 15:31:00
First half was very good, working hard, created numerous chances should have been well ahead. Same players and Manager but more effort. Real game of 2 halves, how Maguire gets away with such little criticism is beyond me, he actually steps out of way for their opener to let Rogers a clear run into the box, then has a laugh with Rogers up the other end during our corner. But Martinez obviously was the main culprit, a world cup winner with a serious chip on his shoulder, when he spoke about more signings, he failed to understand that it was him we should be replacing.

He hasn't been the same player since his injury. Could and should be sold in Jan if we get any decent offer. Just put Yoro and Heaven in their, give them a chance, can't get any worse, no clean sheet all season.

31 Oct 2026 16:01:35
Redcon1,

I agree with you Buddy.

31 Oct 2026 17:07:17
Yes Redcon, quite right.

I think Martinez has checked out and sees himself at Barcelona next summer. let's see if a deal can be done with Barca in January with maybe one of their player's who is likely to leave, perhaps Balde or a midfielder.

Think Leny Yoro should be playing Centre Back, he has been decent of late and deserves to play his proper position. Whilst he is not electric, he has decent pace and we need to get some in the centre of defence.

31 Oct 2026 20:02:43
He will pair up with Romero.

31 Oct 2026 21:00:13
Don't even start me on Maguire. I am a self confessed hater of him as a player and will not be swayed.

He is absolutely pants and not a leader on the park either vocally or by example. Should never have been signed and definitely not for the joke price we paid.

If pointing, cutting needless holes in your socks, claiming offside for nearly every goal conceded, pulling your pants up for corners, adjusting your fringe or being out of position more times than a virgin looking for the G-spot then he is superb!

Seaweed is a perfect name for him. Floats around aimlessly. But in fairness to him there are another 20 players that need to look in a mirror.

SAD SAD DAYS!

31 Oct 2026 21:49:44
Keefy that's not fair mate, Maguire marks very closely at corners granted it's our players he holds on to but it's easy to get the shirts confused lol.

31 Oct 2026 23:38:25
I'm with you on that Keefy. He is pants, always has been. Whoever gave him an extension should be fired.

31 Oct 2026 23:59:21
Yeah fair call Tim. My bad.

01 Nov 2026 11:14:48
Got to go and get Conte surely? There is nobody else out there right now who can do what he can.

01 Nov 2026 10:56:22
Martinez has Athletico Madrid all over him. An aggressive team that plays on the brink of bad sportsmanship to win at all costs. That's not a criticism, I think a lot of South American players approach the game in this way. It's a bit of a jump to biting people, but what Louis Suarez said back in the day about being bought up to win at any cost probably rings true with lots of players of a certain culture.

In England it's more about fair play and gentlemanly conduct. Maybe it's gone against us over the years. Then again every single player goes down to get any free kick and rolls around feigning injury to get player's booked so maybe there's a touch of bad sportsmanship in everyone.

01 Nov 2026 14:42:18
What is really disappointing is that we appeared to make such great strides under Amorim in terms of sorting out the dressing room.

The leaks stopped, the cliques seemed to disappear, the players and the manager were united in what they were doing/aiming for.

We thought (and maybe we were mostly right) that a big part of that was removing certain players from the squad (Sancho, Garnacho, Rashford etc).

However, this season it is right back to where we were before. I've already posted that I don't think Rashford returning has been a good thing at all. Especially as it was his attitude along with his position as a senior player that made his poor choices carry a bigger weight.

I also think it's very hard for a manager like Carrick to come in and manage players like Shaw and Rashford who used to be his teammates. Especially as both Shaw and Rashford have had their professionalism questioned on several occasions.

If Carrick is unable to discipline them properly when they don't show the right attitude/commitment, then it sets the tone for the rest of the squad.

It's a hard thing to become your friends boss and then not treat them differently to the other employees.

The other issue is that one bad apple can turn the whole fruit bowl rotten. I think we are seeing that in how Martinez is currently acting. Previously his commitment and fighting spirit was there for all to see. He became one of my favourite players in the squad due to his never say die attitude and his willingness to sacrifice himself for the club. Yet that doesn't appear to be the case anymore.

People rarely change, certainly not significantly, what does change is their surroundings and what is influencing them.

Martinez hasn't suddenly become a player/person who isn't a fighter, he just isn't fighting for us anymore. Something seems to have changed that means he is fighting for himself rather than the club. As seen with his comments aimed at Wilcox, and his petulant behaviour yesterday.

Bruno is the same, until recently he'd never thrown the club or a manager under the bus. He could actually in a petulant way on the pitch, but he was a model professional with the media. What has changed to make him act differently.

02 Nov 2026 05:29:43
Those players who were fighters, don't have a cause to fight for anymore. The upper management have failed them, time and time again.

31 Oct 2026 14:38:51
Say it with me. Replacing Amorim with Carrick was a colossal mistake and we should have stuck with the process undertaken. Wilcox undermining him was the beginning in a series of unbelievably damaging decisions. All the signals were there last year but too many just focussed on results over the underlying performance metrics which all pointed towards what we are seeing now.

This is not due to form, this is a continuation.
Sack Carrick and Wilcox now and appoint reasonably competent people instead and we can still get into European positions. Sign at least one FB in January. Don't do that and we are getting relegated. It's as stark as that.

31 Oct 2026 15:00:16
I couldn't agree more!

31 Oct 2026 15:07:13
Neither amorim or Carrick are good enough donred but you are right about what happened.

31 Oct 2026 15:13:45
Johnreese I disagree about Amorim not being good enough but understand the frustration with what seemed like stubbornness. I think it's very clear now that this stubbornness may have come due to not having trust in or from Wilcox. But it is perfectly fine to want a different style or think Amorim didn't adapt to the league quickly enough.

Lumping him in with Carrick though is completely unjust.
My annoyance isn't about Amorim going, it is the ineptitude of replacing him with someone who clearly isn't at the level required. We need a competent coach in quickly.

31 Oct 2026 15:25:22
About right..this club is ran by absolutely morons.

31 Oct 2026 15:23:53
Why live in yesteryear plus what proof is there that RA was even good enough the football was terrible the results were poor and he pulling up no trees at Milan .
Delusion if anyone thinks RA was good enough or even what United wanted or need.

31 Oct 2026 16:19:05
We were 5th when he left. And finished 3rd with carrick. He changed the culture we had a clear pattern of play, physically fitter and most importantly the players liked and bought into what he was doing.

31 Oct 2026 16:36:15
Amorim and Carrick are both just part of a long line of shambolic recruitment and decision making. Carrick tanking it isn't proof Amorim was doing a good job.

31 Oct 2026 17:07:29
It is of you pay attention to the trends before and after. This is mind numbing. We only progress if we understand the flaws we've made. For everyone criticising the board now, if you see Carrick and Amorim situations as similar in any way, you have no rights to criticise when it's obvious you'd have made the same flawed decisions.

31 Oct 2026 17:11:31
I realise that comes across as curt but there was such a level of antagonism here when these points were made 10 months ago by a bunch of us. This whole situation was completely avoidable.

31 Oct 2026 20:07:25
Agreed DonRed, hence I will persevere with the updated % like the usual suspects did until Amorim was driven from the club.

In the summer, some of us called for the club to at the very least reset the principles and recycle the squad, to finally rid it of all the worthless crap we have accumulated. We chose not to.

We actually chose to drive the club backwards with out recruitment this summer.

I was told, you can't make that many changes in one window. What that translates to is that Glineos won't make that many changes. The spreadsheet wouldn't allow it.

It has to happen this next window and in the summer. Start the clearout now. To stand a chance of turning this around.

31 Oct 2026 20:13:01
JSU, The numbers all said one thing but you and others seem to know better. How about show a bit of humility and recognise when you were incorrect?

Milan for what it's worth are 5th in Series A with one loss in 9.

There was ample evidence that we had improved massively under him for anyone who paid attention. But yet again the issue is how he was undermined and how he was replaced.

31 Oct 2026 23:43:17
Again, well said DonRed.
Some will argue until they are blue in the face that Amorim was not providing positive outcomes.

The best part!

Carrick comes in, finds a way to win with the squad at his disposal, playing a totally different way, but in reality, that was the worst thing we could have done. The board lapped that up, and we are set back even further.

The fanbase and club just thought Amorim didn't know what he was doing, but he was changing the club, one bad recruitment decision at a time.

01 Nov 2026 01:52:57
Its a pattern with analytics. Stats showed we were a team on the up with Amorim with mixed results, some of us said that results usually comes when your metrics are so good. And results came, although with Carrick.
Then same people said that with Carrick every metric (including run stats) went down and results will follow. It was no suprise that results followed bad performances.


Metrics are the best way to predict future results, yet some people insist that "the result matters". And look at us woth Carrick who did had great results last year. All of this ofcourse was avoidable. And ofcourse it was not about Amorim and Carrick, there are a lot of good, surely better, coaches than Carrick over there.

01 Nov 2026 10:43:41
I am fully aligned with DonRed in this thread re Amorin.

01 Nov 2026 11:15:57
I'm not sure Amorim was the answer, but I liked him. And he's a far more competent coach than Carrick as team are.

01 Nov 2026 13:37:35
Eric maybe Amorim was not the answer long term, who knows. Not me, not anyone defending Amorim said he is the second coming or the new SAF. But i think he was a very good solution for at least 2-3 years to make the team athletic, oust the bad apples etc.
I didn't like Amorim at first place because of his system, but over time he won me and i became a fan.

And i think this is the apropriate sequence, because people make the opposite. They make their mind for a manager, only for him to come and fail misserable, only for him to become permanent and fail i would say.

01 Nov 2026 13:21:43
You seem to have selective memory about RA and the awful football and stats on the way up, Yes if your taking the disaster of the last bit of ETH they may have been

Milan are already thinking of sacking him plus 90% supporters want him gone already

Now he started the same waffle saying it will take a long time to get Milan back, man is a joke just tries to get more time everywhere he goes and actually not ever won a lot apart from in Portugal league which is not that difficult when club had the best players

To keep harping on about RA is crazy like keep harping back to Sir Alex but least he won things

Yesteryear merchants and dreamers try to make out as if RA was something special he was a laughing stock in reality who had one way of playing and that's it and Huge ego would not let him change, great he got rid of a few bad apples and replaced them with poor players great.

01 Nov 2026 15:12:47
JSU you are just making things up. This notion about the football under Amorim being terrible is hogwash. Like any change process it had peaks and troughs but the trend was abundantly clear. We were one of the top sides in almost every metric. And you have to consider what a low ebb we were in, how many players needed to be replaced. He inherited a shocking set of circumstances.


You are full of crap about Milan supporters too. They beat Inter 3-1 yesterday and are 5 points off the top now. Unless you think it's a good idea that they replace a manager taking them on an upward curve while 5th in the table because a handful of fans would like 4 at the back. Now where have I seen that before.

30 Oct 2026 14:28:03
A Crazy Idea for United But Hear Me Out! 🔴

Look, I know this won't happen in a million years, especially under INEOS, but given where we are with injuries, results and our complete lack of squad depth, would anyone else take a punt on Mauro Icardi and Raphaël Guerreiro?

Both are currently free agents. Icardi gives us an experienced, proven goalscorer while Šeško is out, and Guerreiro offers much-needed cover at left-back with Shaw and Dorgu sidelined.

Yes, they're getting on. Yes, they come with baggage, injury concerns and question marks over fitness. But we're hardly in a position to be picky!

United have only filled 23 of their 25 Premier League squad places, so there's potentially room for both.

Get them in on short-term, incentive-based contracts until the summer. No transfer fees, no long-term commitments. They wouldn't be eligible for the remaining Champions League league-phase games, but could potentially help domestically and be registered for the knockouts (ha ha I can dream).

We're not talking about building the future around them. We're talking about getting through the next few months without the wheels completely falling off.

Madness or a calculated gamble worth taking? 🔴⚽.

30 Oct 2026 18:29:28
It's a no for me. We can't keep repeating. All of this coming out in the wash is a good thing in some ways, the club can't hide from the problems are now.

31 Oct 2026 02:12:16
It would be funny to see Icardi at 30+ and in his condition in Premier League. Defenders would eat him alive.

31 Oct 2026 19:12:40
Icardi??? Ridiculous.

28 Oct 2026 10:16:21
How right does Dan Ashworth look right now.

The club need to move on Wilcox, give Vivel a shot at the Jan window.

28 Oct 2026 11:16:24
January window

We haven't a pot to p*ss in.

28 Oct 2026 14:12:42
Dan Ashworth's treatment sums up how bad Ratcliffe is at running a football club.

Ashworth gave him a professional assessment of what rebuilding the club would look like - slow and steady improvements by putting in solid foundations. Ratcliffe didn't want to hear that, so he looked to Wilcox to tell him what he wanted to hear.

Two years later and none of the foundations have been built. Still a disconnect between the academy system and the way the first team play. Players bought for Ten Haag and Amorim being slotted into a system that doesn't fit, and new players picked by the sporting director with a questionable fit for Carrick.

Only a matter of time until another manager is going to dropped into this hodgepodge squad and expected to magically create a cohesive unit.

28 Oct 2026 16:50:58
last thing the club will do now is sack Carrick, that would be a disaster as the upstairs will have seen after the weekend that they need to get the fans on board fast.

28 Oct 2026 19:08:12

The pursuit of Ashworth was ridiculous. Mitchell was available at the time, not that I'm saying he would have been any good. I dont think he would have slotted into the structure anyway



However, the club needed someone in fairly quickly to prepare for the then upcoming summer window.



There are rumours of Wilcox and Berrada possibly being sacked, with Van Der Sar being linked as the next CEO.



Consequently, we are up s*** creek without a paddle. The stench is overwhelming.

28 Oct 2026 19:45:11
Pspence

The fans cheered the club supporting ex player not the acumen of the manager. It would be a disaster if they don't sack him.

28 Oct 2026 20:40:13
To some element I agree but I also think as proven by however managers since were were taken over that until the club is run by qualified people we find ourselves here.
Carrick is a nice guy but a caretaker is where it should have ended for me.


I still hope he turns it around but I doubt it.
These players are wrong un's though all of them. You watch them all turn up and win on Saturday.

29 Oct 2026 22:36:21
If Van der Saar did come in he at least would know what a proper player is but no guarantee he could build the foundations nec for long term success. The Dutch and Premier Leagues are not the same.

27 Oct 2026 09:00:46
Laurie Whitwell done a piece this morning on United. Currently carrick still in charge though the ownership still haven't decided his fate. Woeful. Apparently the main issue is financial as we are struggling to afford to sack him and pay up him and the coaches and also pay for a new manager.

If that's really the case then wth happens if we go down? Why would anyone else take the job if finances are that bad? We are an absolute joke, the rats have run us into the ground. Relegation is a real possibility and if it happens then I'm not sure what comes after. Scarey times ahead.

28 Oct 2026 10:06:46
It might be the best thing to happen for us.
It would be painful but could force the change we need.

Imagine City and United in the Championship.

28 Oct 2026 10:20:11
It would financially cripple us for the next decade at least. Relegation would be an absolute disaster for us.

We wouldn't be able to meet the financial restrictions of the league without selling/releasing most of our first team squad. While we wouldn't have the financial spending power to replace those players meaning we would likely have to play in the Championship (one of the toughest and most competitive leagues in Europe with our under 21 side. If we cannot meet the financial restrictions of the league then we will get a points deduction.

As far as I'm aware we do not have any relegation clauses in the majority of our players contracts, although nearly all our commercial sponsorship deals require us to be an EPL club. Which means going down to the Championship ends those deals and the money coming in from them.

Make no mistake, going down to the Championship will likely mean an extended stay there and not an immediate bounce back.

28 Oct 2026 11:18:06
If we've got to the point where we're so hard up that our garbage owners can't afford to fire a manager, let alone buy any top rated players, and we don't have any players who we can sell to generate funds, then how are we ever going to get out of this hole?

Let's say we somehow survive this season, but with no European football or prospect of it in the future, and with these owners continuing, no funds or technical ability to buy the right players going forward, would that be okay with everyone here?

It seems to me we're in a catch 22 position. The club is saddled with debt and can't make enough profits to reduce it without regular European football but can't afford the type of players or manager to be achieve that end. So, it's rinse and repeat.

Shappy's right. Going down to the Championship, which would reduce revenues to maybe £300-£400m would require major surgery to the squad, but, let's be honest, how many of these players are good enough for a top team anyway?

Right now the club has only 3 things going for it: incredibly loyal fans, a big stadium and a globally recognized name. So, if with Championship revenues gong forward, the debt situation forces the Glazers to sell, I believe it would be worth it in the long run. A new debt free ownership group would give us the basis for doing well in the Championship. It may well not result in an immediate return.

My football club has effectively been stolen through financial manipulation and incompetence. I want it back. Whatever it takes.

26 Oct 2026 22:32:44
Does anyone actually have proper knowledge about the level of control Utds managers have had these past years.

When all is said the truth is that United have actually spent a lot of money on players. Add up the fees on Cuenha Mbwuemo Mount Sesko Santos Tielemans Baleba Yoro and it's a lot of money.

I am sure every manager at some time is refused by his board to buy a player or two

Hard questions must be asked about Carrick.

Why did he agree to the purchase of thee central midfielders when a left back was a necessity. Why did he not push for a top central defender and a striker. If he did and was rebuffed then it should have made him question his position and he should have walked away.

Asking somebody to do their job and then handicapping by depriving them of the tools they need and expecting them to succeed is irrational and cruel.

Also why is it that other teams can identify players that don't cost fortunes but who still come into the Premier League and perform at a really high level. Brighton and Brentford are especially good at this. Yes the expectation and pressure is greater at United but as Bournemouth proved it's what you do the pitch with what you have that counts.

All these issues will await the new manager if there is to be one. To expect him to get the team playing properly means being patient. He will also have to make do without being able to buy the very best players at the moment. Utds finances don't permit paying the highest fees and more importantly the very best players no longer see United as the place to be. Their view only strengthened by the abysmal way things have been at the club for the last decade.

27 Oct 2026 06:36:45
Based on what the club have put out about the recruitment structure, ensuring (apparently) that the players brought were not for managers but for a club structure/plan I am not sure how much Carrick would have had a say. I am sure they discussed it with him and he would have had an input, but once the budget was set the midfield was the key direction to replace Casimero and add depth.
All other positions were likely coming from player sales that did not materialise.

Left Back should definitely have been addressed, however when we have Dorgu, Shaw, Amass, Dalot and Mazouiri who can all play there I can see why at the time it was lower in the priorities once the above was taken into consideration. However, with the injuries, rubbish play from replacements and lack of trust in Amass it is looking less and less like good planning.

Carrick got the players united at the end of last season and that probably papered over some cracks in quality, unfortunately we are seeing these cracks now and the players turning. If stories are to be believed, the team are not fit and the quality of training/plan is not there. you could argue their execution of it is not there either.

27 Oct 2026 08:03:05
I think Carrick, as head coach rather than manager, had a say as to what positions needed filling but virtually no input as to who would fill them.

Yes, we had options at left back, but the first choice was Shaw who has been prone to injury, and is also aging. Dalot and Mazraoui are primarily right backs and are not good enough anyway. Dorgu is a wing back, better going forward than back, and Amass is unproven and will never be a top level EPL player. Failing to improve the back line was an incredible failure. Defense wins matches and everyone and his mother knew we were desperately deficient. I'm absolutely positive that Carrick, who actually said he was hoping for further reinforcements, and the whole team was deflated by the failure of the club to back the manager in the transfer window.

I was one that though Carrick deserved a chance, but was listening to Gary Nevile yesterday saying how he's hoped Carrick wouldn't get the job and that the club went out and got a top experienced manager. The doubters were right. The team was clearly not prepared well to face a rigorous season. The problem however was that any top manager - assuming he'd work for the evil incompetent clowns who run our club - would have insisted on being supported in acquiring best in class players rather than hit and hope middle of the roaders, or nothing at all. Our club doesn't apparently have the funds to support those types of acquisitions. The owners have priorities other than footballing quality.

Twenty years of sucking the club dry. United have spent more on finance costs, dividends and sacking managers than City brought in through sham contracts. That's a £2bn swing in cash flow. Add to that the incompetence and we are where we are.

It's past time for the fans to turn their backs.

27 Oct 2026 08:59:20
Out of curiosity where will United finish this season? Seems you have a crystal ball if you state with 100% certainty that Amass will never be a top level EPL, without him even being given a chance.

27 Oct 2026 22:40:26
He'll be good for us in the championship though next season.

28 Oct 2026 10:10:08
The guy I know who works with the club said Carrick says "this is what I want" wether that is fitness, conditioning preparation or players and he has some form of approval but not total control.

All delegated except training and tactics.

Reflecting on ex managers comments this all makes sense.

26 Oct 2026 14:58:08
On the running stats, l think City are well down on other too. It's not about just running its proper team coordinated running. I watched Bruno run around all over the place but its not done with purpose and support. You have to ask, were the players told to push on and close down together, was Bruno deciding this on his own or were some players just lazy to press.

It was well reported that many managers talk to their senior players about game plans and inputs etc. I still think Bruno is pissed at the contract negotiations and the offer made, probably way less that Rashfords.

27 Oct 2026 18:05:40
By what Bruno said the team were asked not to press in that como game although he broke rank and pressed alone.
I'm sure a lot of players are upset not just with the manager but the direction of the club. I'm sure like the fans they saw the business done in the summer and probably couldn't believe it.

I would imagine all of them were sold a vision on signing or extending theirs stays and like always the board never keep to their words. It must have an effect on them. They are also seeing and hearing a lot more than us.

28 Oct 2026 10:11:09
I was told the conditioning team focused on strength work over running. They messed up Sesko imo.