@sebensss I’m in favour of passing that message. What I need now is the consistency in passing it across the squad. No one is above being benched. He should’ve done this months ago before the team hit this level of rot.
Last summer, Aston Villa lost Morgan Rogers, Ezri Konsa, Ollie Watkins, Leon Bailey, Lucas Digne, Enzo Barrenechea, and Emi Martinez.
As a result of that, they had a very poor start to the season; 4-0 loss, 1-0 loss, and a 0-0 draw. ZERO goal scored in their first three games of the season.
Since then, they've been UNDEFEATED in their last 8 games in all comps — 7 wins, 1 draw.
Now, this is what you get from a top manager. He found a way to get the best out of his team despite losing that many quality players.
He's got a Chelsea reject firing upfront (Nico Jackson), and a United reject holding things down at the back (Lindelof).
Look at that Villa team and give me one reason why they're so much better than us despite us having the better players? Answer is, the manager. He is a top-level tactician and coach who demands 100% hard work from his players.
My point being, Man Utd owners/board have their own share of blame, but we should be getting much better results and performances with our players, and that's on the manager.
I just listened to Carrick’s press conference and all I think of is cowardice. A reoccurring theme with #MUFC managers over the years. They never make a drastic change to jump start anything. They keep doing the same things and expect different results. Insanity.
@VektorLines Okay, walk me through it. If you were in the dressing room, why would you have an issue with Rashford? Recall, about 7 players have joined since his departure in December 2024. Please explain.
@Ty2Utd@sullyexcl I don’t think the club can get relegated. There are worse teams in the league. Relegation won’t get the owners out. An offer on the table will.
@TuffMan07 Carrick hasn’t gotten the best out of his team like he somewhat did last season. His decision making hasn’t been good enough, Bruno Fernandes playing any part on Sunday is another one in a long list of poor decisions made this season.
@TuffMan07 I hate this pressure argument because it’s not quantifiable. Footballers play football, they’ve done it all their lives. Same with the culture, apart from this past week where two senior players have spoken out of turn and there seems to be no punishment.
@VektorLines A Rashford fan because I think it’s ridiculous for a manager to lose a dressing room because a player that’s not been at the club for 18 months returned from loan? You guys really do believe anything.
@TuffMan07 There’s always one excuse or the other to meander out of these topics. How often do you watch Spurs to know it’s a system issue? Lindelof and Wan Bissaka are currently starters for high flying Villa. We know how much abuse they took as #MUFC players. Carrick created this mess.
@__scottsaunders Yet, he couldn’t win matches. He was just there to feel pulses. At a point, he went for the club’s academy players. Yeah, a good pulse feeler. I’ve always found your takes ludicrous.