Mark Dickens

20 k followers ..🤦🏾 Sums up our fanbase Carrick grinds down a decent Villa side and convincingly wins 3-1 A potential manager for Utd in Unai apparently 😳

Now we’ve seen it, Michael Carrick has no tactics, just crosses here and there. Even after 11 days of rest, this is still an embarrassing start.

Amorim and Carrick were given two very different responsibilities. Amorim was appointed to rebuild Manchester United from the ground up, to establish a new identity, culture, mentality, and style of play as part of a long-term project. That was never going to be an easy task, especially with the amount of structural and behavioral issues within the squad. Carrick, on the other hand, was brought in as a caretaker, tasked with steadying the ship for six months. If Carrick had been asked to do what Amorim did; clearing out deadwood and confronting poor attitudes from players like Rashford, Garnacho, Højlund, Antony, and others ;he would have faced the same backlash Amorim received. Much of the hostility toward Amorim wasn’t about results alone, but about clashes with fan favourites and his willingness to move certain players on. That, more than anything else, fueled the hate. Carrick is doing a solid job as caretaker, but it’s important to be honest: he would likely have struggled if he were responsible for laying the long-term foundations of the rebuild. What he’s benefiting from now is the groundwork already put in place by Amorim and his coaching staff. You can see it in the improved set-piece structure, Bruno playing with more discipline, and the growing chemistry between the attacking players, the connections between Bruno, Cunha, Mbeumo, and wing-back Amad didn’t appear overnight. Carrick is building on an existing foundation, and to his credit, he’s doing that well so far. ❤️🫱🏻‍🫲🏽