Manchester United banter 6

22 Oct 2026 21:12:42
Eddie Howe it is. Crumbs.

22 Oct 2026 22:13:47
Shaw new contract incoming, honestly think it can get worse and it just does.

22 Oct 2026 23:11:59
What's happened? Seems a simple, safe pick as he's available. Not that I agree with it. Will wind up the geordies though so every cloud!

22 Oct 2026 23:18:24
Eddie Howe is about where the club is at now. I can't see anything confirmed, but he would be a decent appointment.

Howe can get EPL results with a limited budget. Rather than kid ourselves with winning the league next season, it's better to bring someone with the goal of consistent champions league. This is our level, and will likely remain so given the debt.

22 Oct 2026 23:26:04
Good coach - still young in football terms. Plays decent football, good epl experience. Won't set the place on fire like Conte would.

{Ed0666's Note - And when it rains it pours

22 Oct 2026 23:26:59
The least inspiring appointment. To take over from the least inspiring current manager.
Nothing will change.
Best in class apparently.
We need a banner at OT that every time inoes f**k up we can add a few more years to winning that title.

{Ed0666's Note - I’d be fuming

23 Oct 2026 02:39:15
Twenty. Not such a bad idea. A banner showing how long it is since we won the league would be an embarrassment to the embarrassing owners.

Or one counting down the days to 2028 when we are allegedly going to win it by.

23 Oct 2026 10:24:35
He seems a safe and obvious candidate. Although his sides tend to be a bit leaky at the back.

22 Oct 2026 20:29:19
Currently watching the Bournemouth game and I tell u what I think they might just do for Carrick on Sunday. They've been excellent, full of energy, industry and quality all things we currently lack.

22 Oct 2026 18:51:15
LFC fan here.
The comments I see here are almost identical to those on the LFC site last year. The most telling on both sites are those about players seeming not to be fit or if fit just not putting the effort in or not fighting for the badge which is incredible as it's the very least you would expect at any level of professional sport!
We seem to be turning a corner under AI but it's still painful at times.

Hope you guys get the right manager after MC who is surely finished now as the league needs a strong MU.

22 Oct 2026 19:45:01
Unfortunately, it's the right owners that we are needing more than anything. Look at the debt we are in though. There's only one part of the world that money like that is going to come from and look how that's turned out for our noisy neighbours.

22 Oct 2026 19:53:55
I think that players who do not put the effort in need to be sold. No use to anybody. In addition, any player who criticises the manager publicly needs to be run out of town immediately. Who needs the enemy within? They have a real cheek - not performing themselves but criticising others.

No use. We need hungry young committed players who would run through a brick wall for the club, irrespective of who the manager is.

22 Oct 2026 17:33:09
I've stayed quiet for a long time. Now it's time to get a ew things off my chest.

1. Some on here say Carrick has no Plan B. My problem is he doesn't seem to have a Plan A either. His tactics are spot off, team selection is questionable at best. He shows no fire which is evident in the way his team plays. He complained after the game yesterday that the players weren't running, yet he didn't take them off for young hungry players. What message does that send.

2. He puts Harry and DeLigt together, two players who even at my age of 76 I can outrun. Then when they are trailing 3-0 the team still made more backward passes than forward, no sense of urgency.

3. There has got to be a better option on a pub league squad than Dalot.

4. Fabregas took United (Carrick) behind the woodshed and whopped him. I would go get Fab, and tell him to bring Nico Paz with him (the kid was awesome, better than anyone United currently has on the squad. Como were fun to watch, every player knew what to do and where to be in order to do it. Fab also knows what it takes to win in the premier league. I would take Fab over anyone mentioned as a possible replacement for Carrick.

5. One major problem for United is that what top notch manager would want to come with the way the club is being run. Changes everywhere need to happen but we all know it won't.

6. I'll continue to support my club but I can promise I'll watch. It's pure *****.

22 Oct 2026 17:52:36
It feels like Carrick is allowing the opposition dictate his tactics. Last season things were very simple. Deep defence, and give the ball to Bruno when going forward.

In pre-season it looked like he was moving towards a more possession based system. But this seemed to go out the window after the first match. Since then the system has become more and more conservative as Carrick's primary concern appears to be having as many people behind the ball as possible.

For the Leeds game we played a back 5 without a striker. Carrick claimed that this was so we could match their physicality in midfield. He lauded this as a turning point. Last night he played a back 4 with 4 central midfielders and 2 wingers. Again, this appeared to be an attempt to make sure we had bodies behind the ball. As Bruno said, all it did was give them time in possession and confidence that we were there for the taking.

I doubt that a relegation battling club would allow their tactics to be dictated by the opposition to this extent. Both Maguire and Bruno have said that we're not brave enough. These are the senior players. They can see a manager so terrified of losing that he's putting out teams incapable of playing football. Carrick is simply out of his depth and our season is drowning with him.

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22 Oct 2026 16:00:10
I actually think all of the top 6 would do a better job than Carrick, but none of them will be 'successful' with the current set up.

22 Oct 2026 16:20:46
I love that Ole is on it.

22 Oct 2026 16:59:15
If they go for Nagelsmann then imo they must remove Wilcox as well and let Nagelsmann work with Vivell again following on from their previous working relationship.

I can't see it being very harmonious with Nagelsmann and Vivell having a, I assume, trusting relationship but Wilcox trying to control everything.

But I'll maintain my view that until things change above the manager, anyone who comes in will struggle after the initial "bounce" and the cycle of the past 13 years will continue.

22 Oct 2026 17:09:24
Nagelsmann won't work. He was successful to a certain degree at leipzig and Hoffenheim, but didn't win anything. And then won some trophies at Bayern, which isn't especially difficult, but fell out with a few people there and players didn't seem to like him. And then failed at Germany.

Not sure why he gets linked with so many top jobs. Must be better options out there.

22 Oct 2026 10:20:40
According to reports this morning carrick has Sunday at home to Bournemouth to save his job. My question would be why? We've seen enough evidence now to suggest it's not working, players calling him out, tactics non existent, nothing defensively or in attack yet if we win Sunday all is ok again. This just smacks of the amateur way we are run, we could win Sunday against a team who plays tonight and is near the bottom of the league like us, but what will that tell us?? We've got Chelsea, Roma and villa all up next and all games we will lose on current form so 1 win in 13/14 is enough for our owners.

Any proper run club would have him and Wilcox gone but yet we will stumble on, reports of possible January signings now surfacing to try and quell the masses. It's all bs and if someone doesn't get a grip soon then next seasons Manchester derby could be in the championship!

22 Oct 2026 10:45:03
The "build on Leeds" comment was unbelievable to me. We have been so bad that the Leeds game is seen as something to build on. It was a horrible game that was slightly less horrible than previous games. Where is the ambition?

22 Oct 2026 10:45:25
Tim_99 - of course he's going to win on Sunday and paper over the cracks so he lives to fight another game. If they (the board) are going to do something then react and get it done now and stop wasting more time before the season is a complete write off!

22 Oct 2026 11:07:17
Wouldn't be so sure. Bournemouth has a good record against us lately.

22 Oct 2026 12:34:34
The only reason to remove him immediately is if we have the right man ready to step straight in.

We don't want to have another interim manager, every time we have it has ultimately ended badly for us. We should be learning from that mistake.

With it unlikely that we could have someone permanently in place by Sunday it makes no sense removing Carrick now unless something seismic happens. However, I would expect that the club will be putting out the feelers in earnest now for a replacement. In an ideal world they would probably want to wait until the next international break to bring in a new permanent manager who can get settled while players are on international duty and get his coaching team into place.

I doubt they will have that luxury. If things keep spiralling, they will probably have to move Carrick on and maybe have an interim for a 2-3 games before the international break. I expect that will be either Steve Holland or Darren Fletcher.

22 Oct 2026 15:18:57
Young manager needs to be in control and the players working for him. They clearly are not. So the club has to decide, are they going to remove players like bruno, Martinez, rashford etc and build again with carrick and a younger squad who know he is the man in charge.

What anout carrick tells you that he is good enough to do that?

So likely we are just waiting for patience to run out, maybe one more big embarrassing loss in a game we expect to win?

Just sack the DOF and start the process.

22 Oct 2026 13:14:55
I honestly think that Carrick is still in the job because it's the third consecutive managerial disaster driven by our new best in class directors.

ETH was given a one year extension, new coaches were appointed, and he was sacked a few months into the season.

Amorim was pushed for against the wishes of the director of football, forcing him to resign. They pressured Amorim to take over halfway through the decision despite his warnings that this would make it harder for him to succeed. They bought players specific to his system, only to demand that he change his system, before sacking him at Christmas.

They brought Carrick in under the strict condition that he was an interim, and that they would take the rest of the season to identify the right manager. Ignoring the mistakes made with Ole, they decided to give Carrick the permanent job. A transfer spend lower than newly promoted teams followed, and Carrick's start to the season has been painfully embarrassing.

Any competent club would admit their mistakes, get rid and try to salvage their season. United are resisting this because they're afraid that the axe won't stop with Carrick. Ratcliffe and Berrada are protecting their little minion Wilcox.

{Ed025's Note - i tend to agree Danny..

22 Oct 2026 09:25:38
Listening to Neil Warnock on Talksport this morning, he said Dalot is so poor, that he wouldn't get into any of his teams, even those in league one.

He went on to say how awful the defence is, and how they don't have any good CBs.

22 Oct 2026 09:46:57
Nothing us fans and whole football world didn't already know.

Warnock had a win percentage as a manager of 40%, lower than all post Ferguson managers except Amorim. Don't think he has enough credibility to be throwing out comments about the club.

22 Oct 2026 10:20:36
Kurtis, much respect pal. But it's those kind of narratives that are at the heart of uniteds problems. A 'United know better' attitude.
Right now we have more in common with Sheffield Wednesday than Bayern Munich, no disrespect to Wednesday. Once proud club mismanaged to league 1.
The club from top to bottom, fans included need to acknowledge there is a lot of pain ahead, we are 10/20 years away from building the club back to the 90s stature.


Warnock or pulis is exactly those we should be taking heed from, because the club is at their level. It's hard to take, but it's true.
When Carrick is sacked, the next man might get a short lived up tick but we will face the same crucial issues.
When SAF arrived at united fans had the stomachs to persevere until it came good. That won't happen now, so chins up we have 10 more years of this I'm afraid.

22 Oct 2026 10:20:58
Warnock has managed over 1600 games as a manager and been involved in football for nearly 60 years. By my reckoning that gives him enough credibility to comment.

22 Oct 2026 10:41:29
RedGedge, all valid points and I completely agree with not wanting to project a "we know best" attitude.

​My point is just that he has never managed an elite club, his overall success is average, and to be honest, I think his comment was made just for effect. Dalot is not be good enough for where United want to be, but let's be real, he absolutely would have been taken by Warnock at any of his League One or Championship clubs. It's just controversial journalism designed to dig at United and stir a reaction, which clearly worked.

Sim, tenure doesn't automatically equal elite competence. Someone can spend 60 years running a local high street franchise, but that doesn't mean they're qualified to advise a FTSE 100 board on global strategy. Experience has to be measured by the level you operated at, not just the clock time.

22 Oct 2026 12:38:05
We need to upgrade Dalot no doubt, but he is so much better than most give him credit for. For example, in the EPL this season, despite us being awful, of all the defenders in the league only Maxim De Cuyper at Brighton has more shot creating actions (and he has played a few games as an actual winger) than Dalot.

Who would have said Dalot was the second most creative full back in the EPL? Yet statistically he is.

22 Oct 2026 16:02:20
But we can all watch him with our eyes Shappy and see that he's a terrible footballer. What stat shows him showing the winger inside at the weekend. Of those chances, how many were good ones, as he has 0 assists this season. I can't remember watching him and thinking 'he's been really unlucky today' yet apparently he's created 14 chances.

23 Oct 2026 02:45:39
If only he could defend!

22 Oct 2026 07:07:02
Carrick The clueless

Yesterday Carrick said
"Whatever system you play, whatever tactics you play, if you don't run, and you don't run forward, and you don't run back, you ain't going to win." He linked the poor performance directly to insufficient effort in that area. 
A couple of weeks ago he downplayed the significance of the raw numbers, saying things along the lines of:
• "You read the data in so many different ways."
• "Football is not just about running for the sake of running It is about running smartly, pressing as a unit, and managing the game when you have the ball."
• "I don't think necessarily just more running is an answer. It does not bring performance."

Carrick is clueless.

22 Oct 2026 07:58:54
Not saying I don't agree in general but I don't think those two quotes prove it, if anything they're saying the same thing.

22 Oct 2026 08:06:02
Key

Inconsistent at best.

22 Oct 2026 08:34:00
As useless as Carrick is, I don't think there's really a contradiction. Carrick's earlier comments were about people over relying on raw running statistics, whereas his more recent comments were about players not putting in the basic work required to compete. Saying "running more doesn't automatically bring performance" is not the same as saying "running doesn't matter." Both statements can easily be true at the same time.

Also, the odd "" in the post suggests this was copied from an AI summary, so I'd be cautious about treating the quotes as complete. Without the full interviews or questions, it's difficult to conclude that he's said anything inconsistent.

22 Oct 2026 09:33:32
It also helps if the players actually try.
Every one of those players should be looking in the mirror this morning. No effort, no fight and no bottle.
We had 11 cowards on that pitch last night.

21 Oct 2026 22:28:27
I was out for dinner so didn't watch. Unfortunately I've infected both my son and daughter, and they have infected their kids, with bad cases of MUSS (Man United Supporter Sickness) so I got WhatsApp updates from their homes in Switzerland and the US.

I will always follow United but watching them is too painful. There's nothing about the club at the moment that merits me wasting my time and emotional energy on them. The whole club - owners, management and players - is rotten. The Glazers have gutted us. Ineos hasn't helped, but then they don't have much leeway given the debt. Both of them are malign. It affects everything beneath them. It's like being sucked dry by a succubus; it's a relationship you need to get out of.

22 Oct 2026 09:29:41
For me, that's not how supporting a club works. Through good and bad, support your team. I get that it's hard at the moment and the owners are scum bags, but some of our fans do come across as entitled at times, I must admit.

Not particularly a dig at you, I get how you feel, just not how I view supporting the club, we are all different.

{Ed025's Note - but there is support and blind faith GDS, its not working out for whatever reason mate..

22 Oct 2026 10:33:22
Oh I agree, but that's what it's all about, 'it's the hope that kills you'.

21 Oct 2026 21:10:15
During tonight's game, reports from an accredited correspondent say that Carrick and Cunha had a "relatively robust exchange of views" during a first-half stoppage. Cunha was then substituted at half-time.
Sport Bible also covered the moment, noting fan reactions that Carrick may have "given up" on Cunha or was treating him unfairly, with some suggesting it could affect the player's future if Carrick stays.

21 Oct 2026 21:31:58
There's a lot of friction growing.

Carrick basically went tit for tat with Bruno in post match comments. Bruno criticising Carrick's strategy of sitting deep and not pressing, and Carrick saying that they pressed in the second half and conceded because players weren't running back.

I can't see him surviving much longer. Players don't speak like that unless they have zero respect for the manager. Same as at Chelsea last season. The only thing keeping Carrick in a job is that he represent the third consecutive managerial blunder by our best in class directors, and they're worried about their own jobs.

21 Oct 2026 21:34:38
Well Bruno has laid into Carrick tonight, clearly he has lost the dressing room and will be gone soon.

Hopefully Bruno goes with him, had enough of his antics now.

21 Oct 2026 22:43:26
It's all turning a bit ugly, players kicking off, I don't see Carrick lasting much longer. The in-fighting will be the thing that seals it.

21 Oct 2026 23:42:55
Watching that tonight should be the end for Carrick, absolute dross.

The formation of the last 2 games something like a 433, giving the lack of quality in defence a chance, to having 3 no. 10's with a 2 in front of a decimated defence and then wonder why we conceded 4.

22 Oct 2026 01:19:53
Sport bible is not so trustworthy but there is clearly a problem with Cunha. He even played Bruno instead of him in the wings. Either he has a problem with Matheus or (and) is afraid of dropping Bruno which is our worst player by a mile.
Ironically, he is the one who questioned his tactics after the Como defeat.

22 Oct 2026 07:29:04
Martinez grew a pair and didn't hold back, now Bruno has had his say too.

If Carrick is in charge come the weekend, I expect the players will likely give up, to get him sacked.

22 Oct 2026 08:35:42
My friend is a Wolves fan and knows some of the staff that were present with Cunha, apparently this is quite common and he is quite difficult to manage with poor discipline.

Not saying it relieves Carrick of anything, and the fact a number of players have spoken out now points to a pattern, but in isolation this wouldn't have surprised me about Cunha.

22 Oct 2026 09:09:36
I hate to sack managers. However, with what is a constant downward spiral at the club, I was actually surprised to see that Carrick hadn't been sacked at half-time. It really is that dire.
That said, it appears to be a constant feature no matter who the manager is. The players give up.

22 Oct 2026 09:40:49
Whether Bruno agrees or disagrees with Carrick it shouldn't be aired in public. It should stay within the dressing room.
I thought that was a proper sh*t house thing to do by Bruno last night after the game. All he did all game was moan, loose the ball, blame other players on the pitch. He was absolutely awful last night, this is the Man United Captain .


Like i said in my message above we had 11 cowards on that pitch last night. Just when you think it can't get any worse it does. I seriously don't know where we go from here. I don't think Pep could come in and sort this load of babies out.