Give it few more games for that Carrick - Basti - Morgan chemistry to work and we shall see our midfield in prime I am sure. Can't wait to see Carrick and Basti spraying jaw dropping passes. We have seen few glimpses of that
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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oh don't touch England's next midfield gem (and the hype when he gives a feck about being fit to play)
Very good game from him. He and schweinsteiger still need fine tuning but seem a good pair. Wish they were both 5 tears younger.
Vision 79 Positioning 61...
FIFA...
I somehow missed that. My goodness
Still our best passer of the ball. I thought Bastian might rival him (and he has to be fair) but Carrick just edges it in the passing stakes.
Yeah those computer game scouts etc really are credible sources....
He was class this weekend, he is an incredible passer, has a great vision, a great positioning and he had a lot of energy.
yet I've still heard questions like "If he is as good as the hype, why is he only rated 79 on FIFA? It must mean something"
He said something along the lines of Carrick being able to 'do a job' while Wilshire is outI somehow missed that. My goodness
The pass for Herrera's penalty was a thing of beauty.
He's the complete opposite of the so called quality English midfielder. No blood and thunder, no last ditch tackles, not even any goals and no media hype. He just subtly dominates and screens the back four while keeping things ticking and getting the team forward.
He's the complete opposite of the so called quality English midfielder. No blood and thunder, no last ditch tackles, not even any goals and no media hype. He just subtly dominates and screens the back four while keeping things ticking and getting the team forward.
Is Michael fit for this evening. Was unsure with him being taken off against Liverpool
Honestly hope he dosnt play against PSV, a 34 year old midfielder should never play two games a week
Thing is I think Bastian needs a rest as well playing 90 minutes for Germany and then 90 minutes against Liverpool. Schneiderlin nailed onto start I would have thought but one of the 2 elderly statesmen will have to as well.
Bit of a pickle that. We could make the revolutionary move of only playing one holding mid? But that's off topic.
LVG obviously will be keeping his players fitness in mind, I guess we will have to trust his lineups
Yeh. It's Bastian that need rest. He's played a lot over the past 10 days.
Offtopic but that's misleading. Positioning is referring to "Attacking Positioning" which is obviously low for a CDM while an attacker like Müller has 94. The defensive part of positioning is covered with Interception, where Carrick has 86, so that's quite fair I'd say.
Vision should definitely be in the 80s that's true.
We missed our talisman again, no Carrick no win.
It's getting weird at this stage. We seemingly never win or play particularly well without him.
Still our best CM at 34...
He is way more direct than any of our other players, even though he sits Deep he tries passes between the lines getting it fast forward to our players or move the ball fast with a long range pass, because he can.
Also his defensive Work is quite good, he just does it very discretly closing Down passing options and intercepting in a calm manner.
Generally, he just adds much more calmness to our play, a real Deep-lying playmaker.
Should have come on for Mata imo. Thought it was the most obvious sub once Fellaini came on and wasnt having an affect on the game. Then push Fellaini and Martial up top, and have Young and Memphis out wide crossing.
I get that. He's my favourite player pretty much. It still just seems mental that one player however good can have that much say in our results. Surely the team should at least be able to function without him. He wont be around much longer
Yeah i know, we shouldn't be dependent upon him, but looking at the stats from last season and this it seems like there is a connection.
We lose less games with him on the pitch. This is a fact.
I wonder if Blind could switch to LB and Carrick drop to CB.
I wonder if Blind could switch to LB and Carrick drop to CB.
No Carrick. No Party.
I thought we might end the game that way since we had so much possession, with Smalling coming off.
That said, I think we need Carrick to be rotating with Schweinsteiger, assuming the German needs rest to not get hurt again, though that might be nonsense. I'm not a doctor.
Missed him big time yesterday. I mean, the amount of times Martial was showing for feet and no one give it him was madness. The few times he did get it, he linked the play well and we looked pretty dangerous. Can't help but think we'd have been a lot more threatening positions had Carrick been on the pitch to ping some passes into him.
anyone else surprised this thread only has 5 pages?
Not really, its always the same with Carrick. Has a good match and gets 10 posts, meanwhile Schweinsteiger will get over 10 pages. He just isn't cool enough to post about.
Carrick's pass to Herrera for the penalty against Livershit and Schweinsteiger's pass to Mata (where Mata fecked up) against PSV were really good.
"familiarity breeds contempt"
Fun fact:
8 games played
5 games with Carrick in starting line-up = 5 games won = 100% win rate
3 games without Carrick in starting line-up = 0 games won = 0% win rate
Co-incidence, lucky charm or curses?
8 games played
5 games with Carrick in starting line-up = 5 games won = 100% win rate
3 games without Carrick in starting line-up = 0 games won = 0% win rate
Co-incidence, lucky charm or curses?
That's been going on for so long that it can't be a coincidence. We're a completely different team with him in it.
But he did come on as a substitute in two of them? Anyway he is a very important player for us.
He has to be in the starting line-up. Feels like a curse if he is not there then no matter how well we play we will not win, e.g. Newcastle and PSV. Even if you sub him on it is too late as you have angry the gods.
This significantly reduced win % without him in the team has been going on too long to be down to coincidence, but at 34 he simply cannot play every three days. We need to find a way to win without him.
I wonder if in the games he doesn't start, we should go back to a midfield three of Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger and Herrera together because any pairing, without Carrick, just doesn't seem to have an optimal balance.
I wonder if in the games he doesn't start, we should go back to a midfield three of Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger and Herrera together because any pairing, without Carrick, just doesn't seem to have an optimal balance.
True.
Very true.
Schweinsteiger has one good game and everyone goes over the moon "OH YES CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S PLAYING FOR US BFS!!"
Carrick has a good game and it's like "Decent game, but needs to do more though passes"
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