Carrick signs 1 year extension
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Now give Fellaini one.
Very reasonable decision as well as always good to have someone as Carrick as your midfield option.
He will be the experience and influence source in our team. Love this..
He will be the experience and influence source in our team. Love this..
Great news as long as this extension doesn't change our plans to sign a midfielder. We should use him the way Fergie used players like Giggs and Neville in their final few years.
Good, we need him to keep the home grown numbers.
There are other home grown players that we should get rid of.
There are other home grown players that we should get rid of.
Good news and the right thing to do as he and rooney are the only two seniors left in the team (plus tony v) and rooney might be leaving.
Pogba, herrera, fellaini and carrick. One more CM please.
Pogba, herrera, fellaini and carrick. One more CM please.
Actually this is exactly what we should be fearing. Neville retired after he was utterly and completely destroyed in his last match. Who could forget giggs playing in mf in a cl final against fecking barcelona. As much as i like fergie he lost his ruthlessness in his last few years. Keeping carrick will mean we will sign atmost 1 mf which clearly is not enough.
I expect Andreas to be in the first team reckoning too. I think Carrick will be used largely on bench or in cup games plus it's rumored that he'll have a coaching role in U23's too.
My favourite player at United right now. Glad he got an extension. He still can offer the team valuable experience and great tactical discipline. I hope we still bring in a DM though to reduce the burden on him.
One of my favorite Unsung Heroes from Fergie era, alongside with Park and Fletcher
I reckon Jose views next season as another transitional one, and his bosses are ok with that.
why?
Because it's unreasonable to expect near-instant major success no matter how much money we spend.
I'm just a bit unclear how the team's chance to challenge for major success may or may not specifically be connected to Carrick extension
Yeah, I didn't explain my POV well. I meant that I suspect Jose isn't being too drastic in overhauling things because United returning to past glories is a gradual WIP.
I hope you're wrong! If reports are correct and we sign another 4 players and spend c150-200m, there's no way we shouldn't be challenging. That would be 8 players Mou would have brought in which is almost a new team. LvG was sacked for a second poor season and i fully expect the same if Mou performs the same in his second season.
Back on topic, I'm pleased with the carrick extension, he's still quality and would be a major asset if used correctly, I.e. Shouldn't be starting 3 games in a week!
As long as we sign a CM and Carrick only makes occasional appearances, that's fine. If he's still a regular starter next season I'll be worried.
every legend at United seem entitled for a year salary past his expiry date
Big fan of Micky C. If he can start coaching the kids and Dier (if we get him) on the arts of composed defensive midfield play, then he's worth keeping for as long as we can.
On the pitch there will always be many games in a season where his skillset is a valuable asset in a starting or substitute capacity. Absolutely no problem with him being a squad player for another year or 2 yet.
On the pitch there will always be many games in a season where his skillset is a valuable asset in a starting or substitute capacity. Absolutely no problem with him being a squad player for another year or 2 yet.
The difference, for me at least, is that Carrick still has something to offer. Hopefully we sign a new DM and that new DM can learn from and rotate with Carrick. Sure, Carrick wasn't great in every game this season, but he still showed he can still play at this level if used the right way.
definitely not a first XI guarantee I agree, but think this is good news as he's a good squad player and can still contribute when called on. We have played better with him on the pitch at times, but need someone who can do it 40+ games a season and put Carrick on when the player needs a rest
The only way I can see us get something out of Carrick is to stop seeing him as a DM. Lets bring somebody to do the dirty work and allow Carrick to play the Pirlo role
I agree with you.
As much as I like Carrick I'm not sure I like this decision. For me he's had more questionmarks over him this season than he had pluses.
To me we cannot afford to replace him this summer thus he extention.
I always like to see people being happy with a contract extension and then saying something like 'provided he hardly plays'.
I'm not sure how I feel about this. I am and always have been a huge Carrick fan, but he did struggle a bit the last two years.
What I am hoping is that during his good patch this season he may have been overplayed, which is why he fell away in the second half of the season. Maybe if we spread out his games a bit more he can keep up that level for most of the season.
What I am hoping is that during his good patch this season he may have been overplayed, which is why he fell away in the second half of the season. Maybe if we spread out his games a bit more he can keep up that level for most of the season.
never rated him in the fergie era as he would just get the ball and give it to scholes but who wouldn't i guess , once scholes left he kinda came into his own . has a great calmness about him and a classy passer of the ball and even tho his legs have kinda gone its the right move to keep him for another year.
you never know how a new signing is going to settle (especially foreign ones ) so it would of been kinda foolish to get rid of him .
you never know how a new signing is going to settle (especially foreign ones ) so it would of been kinda foolish to get rid of him .
Smart move from Mourinho, fits in with the general quality of players the club is aiming at right now.
Lets hope that Rooney and Young will soon sign their extensions aswell because their tremendous experience and british nationalty will be invaluable for the club next season, especially now that we are back in the CL.
If we are lucky Ibra will accept staying with us for another season if we keep paying him £340k a week throughout his injurry and that will assure us we have the best striker in the world available to play for us for a couple more months.
All that remains is to add the likes of Keane and Dier and we will be all fired up to mount a serious CL challenge next year.
It is as if we just don't want to play good football at all...
Lets hope that Rooney and Young will soon sign their extensions aswell because their tremendous experience and british nationalty will be invaluable for the club next season, especially now that we are back in the CL.
If we are lucky Ibra will accept staying with us for another season if we keep paying him £340k a week throughout his injurry and that will assure us we have the best striker in the world available to play for us for a couple more months.
All that remains is to add the likes of Keane and Dier and we will be all fired up to mount a serious CL challenge next year.
It is as if we just don't want to play good football at all...
Unexpected but not unwelcome.
Great. Still a very good passer and a good option to have for extra CL and cup runs that come with rotation. After the lesson we learnt from this season with injuries, this is welcome.
Has no influence on who we're going to buy, really. We were always going to buy a defensive midfielder. Although if Carrick went, we might had to add another one.
Not happy. As a club we've been consistently shit at keeping people for too long.
Yeah. Bar Dier, we've not really been linked to a midfielder so this news was to be expected.
Good news, but I still hope we go out there and buy a very capable CM.
I don't really want us to be playing either Carrick or Fellaini as starters whenever we play 4-3-3 next year. Unless it's because of injuries or suspensions.
Another very high quality CM is definitely required after moving Bastian and Morgan on.
I don't really want us to be playing either Carrick or Fellaini as starters whenever we play 4-3-3 next year. Unless it's because of injuries or suspensions.
Another very high quality CM is definitely required after moving Bastian and Morgan on.
I'm glad he's signed. He's still a very good midfielder when started sparingly or bought on when we need to protect a lead.
Fine, I guess... 
Hope he'll mostly be here in a coaching capacity and as a backup. He struggled to do well for much of this season. We still need to sign two great midfielders (a DM and an 8) this summer if we are to compete on all fronts next season.
Hope he'll mostly be here in a coaching capacity and as a backup. He struggled to do well for much of this season. We still need to sign two great midfielders (a DM and an 8) this summer if we are to compete on all fronts next season.Exactly. I was a tad nervous opening this thread that there might be a ton of boos and whistles because of his age. Good to see it's not the case.
We need senior Manchester United personalities in the squad. Forget his pitch time, the contract is surely about training and the locker room culture. That said, I bet he can still earn 20-some appearances off the bench with a couple starts here and there.
He's still a good player to have in the squad and should still get a decent amount of games, probably about half what he got this season.
Yea and judging by Joses words he values him as much round the dressing room as on the pitch.
But, as MrSingh2002 said we also need his understudy to come in, and learn some good habits from Carrick. His experience, in the face of so many that have left in recent years is very much needed if we have any chance to keep progressing back to the top.