Mike Steele

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

It is a sad reflection of modern football that the man who cares most about Manchester United, who will loyally, diligently again go into Carrington today to try and tackle the mess, is the one being eased out by those gathering in Monaco and via a link to Florida who don’t truly have United in their heart. Those who are primarily responsible for the mess.

Michael Carrick will leave the club sooner or later but the club will never leave him. United mean too much to him. He gave everything for the team in 464 games. His son plays for their academy. Being United head coach is not simply a job for Carrick, it's an honour he feels deeply proud of.

The manager who last season masterminded home wins over Manchester City, Aston Villa and Liverpool and away triumphs at Arsenal, Chelsea and Brighton has undoubtedly made mistakes this season. Diogo Dalot at left-back, not bringing Shea Lacey on earlier, etc. The poor run, and tumble into the relegation positions, inevitably means his job is on the line.

It is possible to understand why Carrick should lose his job but also why others should be held accountable, too. The decision on Carrick would be more palatable if it weren’t being formulated and then executed by Omar Berrada, Jason Wilcox, Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the loathed Glazers. What good have they done to this great club? Debts and decline, holes in the roof and in the squad.

Carrick’s contribution to the history of Manchester United is substantial and his legacy secure – winning five titles and taking responsibility for a penalty in the 2008 shootout that helped win the Champions League.

At the very least, Carrick deserves to be treated with far more respect than is currently being shown to a dignified, hard-working individual as the clock ticks down on his departure. His exit is being handled appallingly by the club. Red man walking. At least United fans are showing all the class their board lacks. The Stretford End sings Carrick’s name because they know he is not the real problem.

It will be no surprise in weeks to come to spot Carrick standing, hood up, with United fans at an away game. They will welcome him warmly. He’s done it before, being a fan again. Carrick loves the club. He has ever since he was an apprentice at West Ham United, charged with keeping the away dressing-room tidy, and admiring how Alex Ferguson and his smartly-dressed collection of winners strode into the Boleyn Ground. They had an aura, and Carrick wanted to be part of that.

Carrick will leave the club physically, dismissed as much for the failings of underperforming players, those incompetents in charge of recruitment and the unpopular owners, as for his own undoubted mistakes. But Carrick will never leave United emotionally. It's sad that someone who cares so much will go, and those who don't care as much remain. #MUFC

[The 1958 @The__1958]

🇾🇪 MATCH GOING REDS 🇾🇪
👉Make your feelings known
👉 Let them know what you think of destroying Old Trafford
👉 BOYCOTT the concourse

🇾🇪 REMOTE REDS
👉 Unfollow official Club accounts
👉 Unsubscribe from MUTV
👉 Back protests organised by match-goers

@TraMufc @muyscofficial @SouthStandUtd

[Matt Slater @mjshrimper]

I admit it - I thought VAR would make a positive difference. I was wrong. I think we should scrap it. Not tweak it. Just scrap it. Looks like a lot of you agree.

https://t.co/3NdIVLq72v

[Mike Steele @Steeley07]

😆

[Jonathan Pie @JonathanPieNews]

Keir Starmer today officially announced he would not fondle Trump's balls.

[Nathan Salt @NathSalt1]

Back from holiday tomorrow but coming on to say this.

Clubs need to work with accounts like this. Genuinely good people behind them filling an *obvious* hole in the club’s own coverage.

Not sensationalising. Not criticising. Pushing academy coverage when others didn’t.

Working to get accounts like this shut down is plain stupid imo #mufc

[Joe Mulhall @JoeMulhall_]

He can quite literally be bought for £69.67.

[Ste Howson @MrStephenHowson]

2nd, debt free, able to spend on whatever and whoever we wanted.

Now 8th. A billion in debt.
Not for a new stadium.
Not for new players.

Simply because the name on the letter head changed.

Banks enriched.
One family enriched.

A legacy ruined.

Should never have been legal.

[Sully @SullyTalkz]

The club is broken from bottom to top. £1.18 billion removed from the club between 2005 and 2024 from the Glazers (debt,dividends). Ineos knew all of this and paid them to buy their shares keeping them in charge. Fans are broken and most have lost connection with #MUFC.

Retweet.

[Colin Millar @Millar_Colin]

Danny Welbeck has scored more goals at Old Trafford this season than both Benjamin Sesko and Joshua Zirkzee.

[The 1958 @The__1958]

As announced we protest against this dysfunctional co-ownership before Fulham.

But you have got to watch this! 😂

Full press statement tomorrow.

The 1958🇾🇪

[Mike Steele @Steeley07]

@RedYouthUnited ….only online, surely? No Manc match going fan is doing that.

[Sully @SullyTalkz]

Another lacklustre performance.

You have an 18-year-old Shea Lacey who has practically been with the first team all season who couldn't get a chance for a like-for-like defensive sub when you need a goal.

Kobbie Mainoo unused sub again.

Fans are exhausted. Joke.

#MUFC

[Mike Steele @Steeley07]

@FabrizioRomano Robbed! Embarrassing.

[Fin @AcademyScoop]

Don’t mischaracterise this as a ‘Player FC’ thing.

It’s about the club deviating from an ethos on which its foundations and successes are built.

It’s about failing to accommodate a world class talent who near enough every other club on the planet would snap your hand off for - one who has been at the club since he was 8.

Abandon the culture and nothing but a sad shell of a club remains.

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

MASSIVE well done to Skye Stout for 2 major accomplishments…

1) Signing your first pro contract with @KilmarnockWFC

2) Triggering fragile little pricks

Because nothing rattles the desperately unaccomplished like someone living their dreams

All the best for the new season!x

[Mike Steele @Steeley07]

@MartinSLewis Will this become formalised on your website?

[Fin @AcademyScoop]

Big fan of the early signs from Cunha and Leon on the left hand side.

Both have good attacking intentions and ideas, it will take a little while to click but they’ve got a lot of the tools needed to cause some damage.

[UtdDistrict @UtdDistrict]

#mufc have launched a new award in memory of Joe Thompson that will be awarded each season to either a U18s or U21s player or staff member who "represents the values of a Manchester United person."

That is brilliant ❤️

[Mike Steele @Steeley07]

@AcademyScoop What’s your view on the number 6 position for next season to replace Casemiro?

[Jack Schlossberg @JBKSchlossberg]

Harvard is the top CANCER RESEARCH institution in the entire world