


Mark Goldbridge reacts to Manchester United 1-1 Tottenham, arguing Michael Carrick is “to blame” for United’s abysmal first-half performance, poor fitness, and late/ineffective substitutions. He claims Spurs were largely unable to score, so United’s draw is partly luck, but United still dropped points due to tactics and defensive errors (including a late equaliser involving Solanke and Martinez).
No named guests appear in the transcript; it’s a solo watch-along/host commentary by Mark Goldbridge (United Stands).
United had 30% possession, no shots on target early, and were unfit (players “run like a tortoise with the shits”). Midfield was “wide open” and subs came too late (Belaba only around 59 minutes). Luke Shaw should’ve been sent off; Bentancur was sent off instead. Yoro’s substitution is questioned.
Embermo’s goal; Shaw’s shove on Bentancur; Spurs’ late equaliser via an “irrelevant cross” and Martinez’s defending. Player ratings include Yoro (7), Bruno (4.5), Carrick (2.5).
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A detailed analysis and critique of Manchester United's performance against Tottenham.
“And I'm Mark Goldbridge, Manchester United won, Tottenham won.”
Discussion on the tactical decisions, player fitness, and managerial accountability.
“what are the chances in the first half an hour you're going to run around like a tortoise with the shits?”
Discussion on the baffling substitutions and overall poor team performance.
“and then I'll sub him off after an hour.”
Analysis of Spurs' capabilities and United's disappointing start to the season.
“And remember, we've got six points from 18.”
In-depth critique of Bruno Fernandes' performance and potential favoritism in selections.
“Because if you bring a new manager in, the first thing they're going to do is get those players running.”
Exploration of Carrick's managerial challenges and team dynamics amidst poor performance.
“I need to do this really, really carefully.”
Exploration of Carrick's managerial challenges and team dynamics amidst poor performance.
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Discussion of community feedback and detailed player ratings following the match.
“same energy as the coaches and boards, says Chris.”
Discussion on the defensive players' performances and mistakes during the match.
“and you've got Casemiro and Maguire who are good in the air, you've got two problems.”
Analysis of midfielder performances and tactical decisions made by the coach.
“We're never going to build anything if we keep relying on the same stuff.”
Critique of Carrick's management and decision-making during the match.
“Like I think a doge at left back for Spurs offered a lot to Spurs.”
Discussion on player ratings and a call to fans for their input and interaction.
“and I watched back that first half an hour and I saw that, I'd be appalled.”
Discussion on player ratings and a call to fans for their input and interaction.
“Instead of doing the work, it gave you homework.”

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1:48Hello, everybody. Welcome to the United Stands. And I'm Mark Goldbridge, Manchester United won, Tottenham won. I'm shaking my head. I'm shaking my head. I mean, that's absolutely disgraceful. And Michael Carrick's to blame. I'm not going to hide that in the show out of fear. Michael Carrick's to blame there. I want him to do well. I had my doubts about him as a manager. But as I said, I was told something on Thursday about, you know, issues in the dressing room, about fitness training, coaching. It came out in the Telegraph today that some people aren't happy about counterattacking football. Now, you can call that rubbish.
2:20You can say you've not heard that. The Telegraph are lying. Take me back to the first half an hour of this game. 30 % possession, no shots on target, three weeks off and in an international break, five points from 15 at Old Trafford. Tens of thousands of people traveling from all around the country, Europe, to spend money to watch that shit. That is abysmal. If Michael Carrick wasn't in charge and Ruman Amarin was in charge, the dissection and post-mortem of that first half an hour would rumble on for a fucking month. It is one of the worst half... You know, Gary Neville got a load of shit against Fulham for saying that's the worst 15 minutes he's seen since he was a little kid.
3:00I'm going to top that. That is the worst first half an hour I've seen at Old Trafford since I was a kid, and that was a very long time ago. I genuinely do think that, and it might cause a stir on X, but I genuinely cannot think of a worst first half an hour to a game by Man United at Old Trafford. What is the excuse to that? Who is going to come out and explain that one? Because the stats don't lie. 30 % possession against bottom of the league in the first half an hour at Old Trafford and no shots on target. You may as well have had a bunch of bloody...
3:40statues playing in the fucking team. I can't even get my bloody words out. It was absolutely shit. I don't... Look, people pay good money to travel to Manchester to watch that shit. It needs calling out. You can't just hide behind the fact that Carrick used to play for Man United and Bruno won the bloody assist record last year and the lads are a good bunch of lads. No more of this fucking PR nonsense. Oh, let's put a clip out of Luke Shaw. Let's put a smiling picture of Michael Carrick out. It's just propaganda. This fucking club spends more money and more time on playing on your sympathies to keep people at this club because they're cheap.
4:19You know, a little post about Luke Shaw being a true red saves them 50 million on a left back in the summer. Mugs! Fucking mugs! It's been going on for years. Have you not figured it out yet? The reason you wake up on a Monday morning to a picture of Harry Maguire or Delo is because they don't want to sell them. they want to play on your sympathies that you go, oh, they're a nice lad. Bollocks. This club from top to bottom is a joke. It's an absolute joke. And that first half an hour, you know what? Michael Carrick, his tactics are a little bit of luck. You know, he should get Kylie Minogue as his bloody theme tune.
4:59I should be so lucky because we nearly won that game on pure luck. The reality is that Spurs can't hit the ocean from a boat. Spurs would have, you know, if we weren't playing Spurs and we were playing Brighton, we'd have got beat 4-0. It's only because Spurs can't score goals that we're actually sat here with a point. Spurs had more than enough of the ball to absolutely kill us off. And not just in the first half. The first 10 minutes of the second half, they had two big chances. That is an absolutely abysmal performance from United that all so close, we're nearly sat here going, we'll take the three points.
5:39But that was crap. Look, you can watch my reaction to the Mbermo goal. I'm confused. There was people in the chat saying, I hope we lose this game. We need to lose this game. I'll admit that Mbermo goal for me is probably one of the lowest points when it comes to celebration. I mean, I'm always happy the United score, but I've got to say, I was like, I'm fed up of this. I mean, I'm never going to say that on a live watch along, you know. But when that went in, I was almost like, I don't fucking believe this. We're going to win a game we don't deserve to win, which is going to hype up all this bollocks that we're good enough when we're shit.
6:11But we've got to go to Madrid on Tuesday anyway. So win, lose or draw, that's a tough game for us. But I just think that it's the same old things for me. What I got told on Thursday is that certain people in the dressing room are frustrated because although they're playing bad, they think they'd be better if they'd been prepared for the season better. So if you're at Brighton, your fitness levels are higher than Man United. So if you're gross, your fitness levels are high and you're doing really well. Whereas at Man United, if you're Manu and your fitness levels aren't as high as they should be, you're not as good as gross because he's fitter than you.
6:49So there's certain people in the dressing room at United who are sort of like, we've not been prepared for this season. It's so obvious we're not as fit as Hull and Fulham and Man City. And again today, we're not as fit as Tottenham. This is something that I think is going to blow up over the next few days. It's part of the reason we were so shit in the first. I mean, look, ladies and gentlemen, right? You're playing for Man United. You haven't played for three weeks. You've got five points from 15. You're playing bottom of the league at Old Trafford. Your season starts here. what are the chances in the first half an hour you're going to run around like a tortoise with the shits?
7:29You know, very, very slim. And yet we did it. Are we at a point here where the reason we're so shit is because we're so unfit? Or are we saying it's the players can't be arsed? Because it's one of the two. We're either so bad we're not fit enough or they just can't be arsed. But either way, that comes back to the same set of people. It comes back to the coaches. Either the players aren't playing for the coach or the coach hasn't prepared the players properly. Fitness, I think, is a massive, massive problem. I think Spurs could have won the game. I think they should have won the game. And then, you know what?
8:05Let's talk about that crazy last few minutes as well. Because I want to talk about... I want to go back to Carrick again and double down on why he is responsible. But let's just go back to that crazy last 10 minutes. Embermo scores a goal, the legitimate good goal. There's a couple of weird tackles from Van Hek and Bentanker. Maybe they're a bit frustrated. I'm not messing around. If Van Hek had caught Bruno and Bentanker had caught, I don't know who it was, badly. They could have broke their legs. Luke Shaw then runs over to Bentanker and shoves him to the ground. Bentanker gets up, puts his head on his head.
8:45I thought it would be a red. I think Luke Shaw should have been sent off. I don't mind. I don't care what anybody says. I think he should have been sent off because I've played the game. I'm sure you've played the game. If you're on the touchline and an opposition player runs towards you at full pelt and throws you to the floor, you're not going to lie on the floor and go, that's okay. So I think Luke Shaw is very lucky not to get sent off. And I thought he was a bit out of order what he did. But at that point, we get lucky. Luke Shaw stays on the pitch. Bentancur gets sent off. We're 1-0 up and we're against 10 men.
9:25And the live chat's going, oh shit, we're against 10 men. And you sort of have a little smile inside because you go, no, we're approaching stoppage time. Spurs can't hit the ocean from a boat. We're 1-0 up. We're going to get that lucky three points that we absolutely need to get. And then Spurs are having a bit of a flirt around our box, but you're sort of like going, wow, They're not going to put the ball in the back of the net. And then the most irrelevant cross in the world comes into our box. And you're like, ha, it's not even got any bloody power on it. It's rubbish. And then the next thing you know, Solanke's getting the littlest of touches to put it in the bottom corner.
10:07And you're sort of like, where's the offside? Where's the foul? And then you watch it back. And you've got bloody Bilbo Baggins going up against bloody... the Empire State building. But it's not. It's actually two footballers who've been up against each other all bloody game. I mean, I don't know what Martinez was playing at. I know there's a size difference, but there shouldn't be a physical difference. I mean, I've got it on my screen now. I don't know what Martinez is doing. It's shocking defending. It's shocking defending. And to end up drawing that game, look, that mistake is not why we've drawn the game.
10:46We were very lucky to be in a position to win the game. But Martinez is even facing the wrong way. It's absolutely shit. But look, it would be wrong. It would be wrong to sit here and say, we've drawn that game and dropped those points because of Martinez. It would be wrong to say that. Where this game went wrong, and I wrote this down in the first 10 minutes, right? These are my, well, I've got three things on there, but you might be able to read them, right? Intensity and midfield open. Bruno off was after the first 10 minutes, to be fair. So basically, we've spoken about the lack of intensity.
11:29We're just not fit enough. Midfield was wide open. I actually, actually, actually, let me just do this as well, because it just adds more gravitas to what I'm saying.
11:45An hour before kickoff. Tweet. Kunya and Ahmad on the wing should make us a lot better defensively. I do worry about the lack of legs in the midfield. That was before the kickoff. I worry about the lack of legs in the midfield. The amount of times in the first half that Maynou and Tillemans got run through was ridiculous, especially in the first half an hour. We get to half time. we're ridiculously lucky not to be losing at halftime and you go he's surely going to make a sub now he has to make a sub now the midfield is getting run through we come out in the second half he doesn't make a sub and for the next 15 minutes our midfield gets run through and you're sort of like going this is not mates rates at the dog and duck in the Sunday pub league this is Manchester United five points from 15 we need to fucking win the game.
12:40He doesn't, he should have changed it in the first half an hour. He definitely should have changed it at halftime. He doesn't change it until, I can't even remember the minute that he does it. Let me just get this right. So, Belaber for Tillemans, 59 minutes. So we go through another 15 minutes of the half before he makes that change. Then what happens is, Belaber comes on, is quick, is intense, and suddenly the midfield is competitive. I'm not saying we're dominating Spurs, but it feels like we are because we've got somebody who's quick and intense in the midfield. That could have happened after half an hour.
13:22That could have happened at half time. So when people are moaning about Spurs getting a late equaliser, remember they had 10 men. but also remember the substitutions were too fucking late. It's way too late. We could have had Belaber on the pitch at half time. We could have had him on after half an hour. We waited too fucking long and we could have been two or three nil down as well at that point. So that's on the manager for me. I also don't really understand the Yoro substitution. To me, that felt like tokenism. It felt like I'm going to pick Yoro because he played well again for France, but I'm not going to get Maguire or Martinez out.
14:00So I'll put him at right back and then I'll sub him off after an hour. And to be honest, when Yoro got subbed off, he was our man of the match. But he subbed him off for some reason. I don't know what it was because Deleuze is fucking rubbish. So I don't know why Yoro came off. That's baffling to me. But look, irrelevant. Xerxes came on. Belaber came on. Deleuze came on. We got into a winning position and we blew it. So for me, I completely take on board the Bruno stuff. but I understand now when people say Spurs are a good team but they're bottom of the league De Zerbe his team can't put the ball in the back of the net they're going to struggle this season because they can't score goals defensively, midfield all the way up to the final third they're not a bad team they're better than Fulham they're better than Hull they're better than Everton like they are they're better than Ipswich they're not better than City Spurs are definitely the second best team we've played as a team, but they're going to struggle because they can't score goals.
15:00So that's two points dropped here today. And remember, we've got six points from 18. Six points from 18. We've got one third of the points available to us and we're going to Leeds next. This is an absolutely shit start to the season. And if that had been a six goal thriller and both teams had played well, you'd probably be sat here going, oh, we needed to win it, but what a brilliant game. We played good football. It's exciting for the rest of the season. That was a shit show. That was a shit show with no fitness, no quality and a bit of luck. It was a shit performance and we've got six from 18.
15:44And I'm telling you now, if this was Eric Ten Hag or Ralf Rangnick or Ruben Amrim, there would be a very, very different conversation going on. And I'm not saying sack Carrick. I'm not saying that. But what I am saying is there is Houston. There is a problem. There is a problem. And I don't know how you solve this problem. Because if you bring a new manager in, the first thing they're going to do is get those players running. It happens with every manager. They come in and go, the fitness levels are crap. You just know if Carrick gets sacked, the next manager is going to go, I can't believe the fitness levels.
16:20The first thing we're going to do on is work on that. Our fitness levels are a joke. And, you know, Carrick can talk about it's not all about running. Mate, watch that first half an hour back. If you think it's not about running, watch that. Look, I was going to talk about this if we'd won. I've never seen anything like it. It was absolutely abysmal. Now, I've got to talk about Bruno because a lot of people in the chat are talking about Bruno. Thanks, everyone who's watching, by the way. Please do subscribe, bottom right hand corner. I'm going to get in some of your comments as well. I'm even thinking about doing a members only video after this because there's going to be a lot of stuff.
16:54So, right. In relation, and we're going to do player ratings. In relation to Bruno, a lot of people were talking about Bruno in the chat and they were saying that they would have subbed him off. He had a bad first 45 minutes and he had another bad game. I think Bruno this season, his only good game we've had this season so far has been Ipswich, which was obviously a while ago. I think when it comes to Bruno, it's very much about...
17:35How do I word this?
17:48I need to do this really, really carefully. I'm actually trying to find another word on my theosaurus. It's favouritism. You know, let's call it what it is. It's favouritism. Yeah, it's favouritism. Like, he will not get subbed. He is our best player. He won Premier League. He broke the Premier League assist record. He won't get subbed. Now, I'm not a massive... I don't sit on the fence. I'm not a massive... I'm not a massive advocate of this.
18:27But I've come to terms with the fact that we're not going to sub him. He won't get subbed. Do I think he should be getting subbed? Yes, I do. But he won't get subbed. Mason Mount could come on. Lacey could have been thrown on. Kanye could have gone in at the number 10. Marlo said something really strange in the chat, in the watch along. Could Bruno be doing a Mo Salah? And I don't think that's going to happen.
19:05But I do think that it's worrying with Bruno. like I saw a point in the first half today where he had so much time to put a good cross in and he's in bad form in a Man United shirt at the moment now is he unsettled? Is he pissed off about the summer transfer window? There was a point in stoppage time where he's trying to get the ball up the pitch and it's 1-1 with like two minutes to go and he tries to kick the ball up the pitch and it goes up in the air and he turns around to someone to moan at them but the ball's got back spin and it's going to land more or less where he is and Embermo runs 20 yards to try and win the header while Bruno's turned around to moan.
19:46And you're like, Bruno, that's your ball to go and win. So I think with that one, I'm a little bit... I understand why Bruno stays on, but I also understand what people are talking about, that sometimes you've got to take players off. I'm going to do the player ratings. Let me just go through some of your comments here. I've had loads of technical problems today. I'm sorry about this. Make sure you subscribe, bottom right-hand corner. But Bruno might have checked out. I mean, you've got to be very careful when you say stuff like that. But Bruno might have checked out. Bruno might be like, you know, the manager's not good enough.
20:20You know, look, devil's advocate. Bruno might be, I expected a big summer. We didn't get it. I expected a new contract. I haven't got it. And again, we've got another crap manager. Could be that. Sack Wilcox and Carrick, says Snoopy. Should have lost. Got a good comp moment. No control, says Tom. Dr. Sally, welcome to the members club. Jordan, welcome as well. Weirdly predictable for an unpredictable team, says Marble. Absolutely sack Carrick, says Marlow. He should leave. I'm so done with this team. Goodness me, says Stephen. Sooner get rid of Carrick, it will only get worse. I mean, look, I'm going to get asked that question, so I'll answer it.
20:58Would you sack Carrick tonight? No. Do I think he's heading towards the sack? It's got a very familiar feeling. the performances are crap the points are crap the scary thing with Carrick is is that with Oli it took a little bit longer he's like an interim coach that did really well but can't do it he's like De Matteo I said this back in February beware of De Matteo because De Matteo won the Champions League with Chelsea the fucking Champions League as an interim they gave him the job and he was gone by Christmas Carrick strikes me as an interim that the players are losing respect in and the fans are losing.
21:38I mean, it's the second home game in a row where there's been booing. This is not good. Getting a goalsman on the phone says Mr Darkseed. United City and Tottenham relegated in the same season says Estra. Fire Carrick now and bring in Conte. We can save the season. Look, Philip, six points from 18. Champions League football is going to disappear before fucking Christmas at this rate. I genuinely find it very difficult for managers to turn it around when it's going badly. And we've won one game out of six. And we played three home games. And we've won one game out of six. It's shit.
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24:42same energy as the coaches and boards, says Chris. Carrick out of his depth. We need a higher quality coaching staff. Look, S-Ban, I don't want to be, I don't want to say I told you so, but I always said Steve Holland was Gareth Southgate's right-hand man. Johnny Evans has never coached. Jonathan Woodgate was Carrick's right-hand man. The coaching staff's not good. The squad's not good. The coaching staff's not good. And the board's not good. It's a bad mix. Thanks for being a member, D-Bush. Inexcusable Carrick out, glazes out, says Estra. We've got about as many clean sheets says Travel Lodge, says Pete.
25:13My mate just wanted Carrick over Amorim. Wow, says Nicholas. Why were people expecting anything else, says Mike at Mechanic? We are beyond dreadful. Our coach clearly isn't coaching and working the players hard enough. Exactly. They showed us that at the 25th or 30th minute. United had four touches inside the final third. Spurs had 50. Carrick out completely out of his depth, thanks to Scotty and thanks to Phil. But people were telling us Spurs are bad, so signing players is not a good idea, says Shahin. Everton all over again, unbelievable decisions, says Dean one positive from this we finally found our midfield duo with Belaba and Manu I knew Spurs was going to score it was written all over it says Owen it was a rugby match says Cloud Kingdom Bruno offers zero leadership says Keel we didn't deserve a win says Al and Mr Mantis welcome to the members club he took off our best player in Yoro says Nicholas Carrick out now says Chris welcome to the members club Mendoza we're going to do the player ratings now but look hold this thought because we will talk and talk and talk over the next 48 hours ahead of Madrid.
26:12Last season, we got third place because we played one game a week. Liverpool and Chelsea were shit. And Casemiro, Maguire and Bruno were strangely brilliant. Casemiro was gone and not been replaced. Maguire is not the same player and Bruno is not the same player. One game a week, Liverpool and Chelsea being shit and three old players having what you call an Indian summer, which is like a late summer in their career, well it was you know what are we surprised Liverpool and Chelsea are better we're not playing one game a week and Casemiro's not here anymore and Bruno and Maguire aren't as good as they were at the end of last season I mean they were all obvious and what was our summer Tillemans who doesn't suit the system Santos who Carrick doesn't even give a minute to again and Balaba we're in trouble we're in big big trouble player ratings Time.
27:11Let's do this. Apparently, Carrick has done his press conference. Well, look, I've got to get over to the fan forum. But what I'm going to do, members, I did a members Q &A on the members section live on Thursday night. I'm going to do another 10 minutes or so on the members section talking about Carrick's press conference. So if you want to stay with me and you're a member or you want to join the members club, we're going to do that. Otherwise, go over to the fan forum. But I want to react to Carrick's stuff and I want to get in some of your comments as well. But LeMens made a couple of good saves, six.
27:44Maguire, I think he looks shaky today. I do. I think he looks shaky today. He's not getting the... I had him in my fantasy Premier League team, Maguire. I took him out over the international break because he doesn't look a threat from corners either. We are getting corners. We're not scoring from them. And you know why we're not scoring for them? When you're a defence and you've got Casemiro and Maguire who are good in the air, you've got two problems. We've only got Maguire and they deal with it. Five, Martinez. I mean, it's a four. It's a four. I agree with you. It's a four. Remember, if you want to register for player ratings, it's free.
28:20Pins in the live chat. Once you've signed up, you're in on the website for the rest of the season. So get involved in that. Yeah, four, that mistake at the end was shit. It was shit. You know, it was amateur. It was unbelievable. I was stunned by it. Bruno, 4.5. Yeah, yeah. I mean, what do you want me to say? 4.5. Yeah, this is one of our best players. Our best player. He's got to be better than that. Kunya, good assist. 5.5 for me. What I didn't like from Kunya was the constant diving. It's a bad trait. It's almost as bad as Bruno's petulance. I don't mind the odd simulation in the right situation.
29:06But in a game like that, I found it quite irritating. I want people on their feet running around. I don't want people throwing themselves to the ground for free kicks. But he did well on the goal. And yeah. Yoro, for me, he was a 7.5 at halftime. And then he got took off after an hour. I don't understand it. Is he carrying a knock? For me, if you want to bring a right back on for tactics, take Maguire off. I mean, Solanke wasn't doing anything that you needed Maguire for. I would have took Maguire off, put Yoro at centre-back and brought Deleuze on. I don't understand why you take your best player off.
29:45I understand that you might want a right back on and Yoro at right back isn't a right back, but just take Maguire off. We're never going to build anything if we keep relying on the same stuff. So I'd give him a seven, Yoro. Ahmad, I mean, great to have him back, but obviously not fit. Five. Tillemans, 4.5. I thought he was... I feel bad for him. Tillemans is a good player. But again, we're talking about the manager, totally misprofiling what he is. He is not a holding midfielder. And he was, you know, as a holding midfielder today, he was a four. You play him as a proper eight, he might give you a seven, but it's completely ridiculous.
30:23I mean, why is he picking Tillemans and Mainu? I mean, I think my dog knows that you can't do that. It's madness at this level. Some of the decisions that are being made. I mean, I want Carrick to do well, but he's not helping. I mean, look, as the title says, he's to blame. And Bermow, I mean, he was very, very quiet, but I'd give him a 6.5 for the goal. It was a good goal. He was playing up front as a striker. Your job is to score a goal, but he's not a striker. Luke, sure. I mean, I think he's very lucky to be on the pitch. You could say it was good what he did because he generated a red card.
30:58You could say he was lucky. I think he was lucky. I think he should have been sent off. Performance-wise, I just look at our fullbacks and I think if they were any good, we'd be really decent. Like I think a doge at left back for Spurs offered a lot to Spurs. I don't think Luke Shaw offered much. And when he was getting run at, he ain't quick enough. So I'll probably give him a five. Manu struggled a bit today. There was good moments, but I think you're going to struggle when you're playing with Tillemans. I'd probably give him a 5.5. Deleuze, I mean, look, what did he do? Five. Xerxes had a good five or 10 minutes and then disappeared in the last 15.
31:43So probably give him a six. Balaba, look, I thought Balaba, whether Balaba was good or not, the fact that he's quick, intense, and gets on with it, he stood out like a sore thumb. So I would probably give him a 6.5. The cameo was better than everybody else apart from Yoro. Rashford, I mean, not on long enough. I'd give him a six, and I'd give Heaven a six, just not on long enough. Carrick, I mean, he's doing his press conference now, so I'll give you the, I'll talk about it on the members section, or you can watch the fan forum.
32:17I mean, I don't know. A three might be generous. 2.5 split the difference. Yeah. Team selection was bad. Horrific to have. I mean, if I was a manager and I watched back that first half an hour and I saw that, I'd be appalled. And you know what? I'm going to say this now and then you can go to the fan forum. If I'm Michael Carrick and I watched back that half an hour tonight, I'd look at it and go, that's my fault. That's what happens when you lose to Hull, you draw to Everton, you lose to City, you draw to Fulham and you come out and go, I'm happy with the team. You know, he has been for too long supporting those players when the performances were shit.
33:00And this is what happens, Michael. You end up with shit like this. He needed to go harder and he didn't. And I think that's the problem. Man of the match I don't even know if I did Man of the match Yeah Let's all go with that So Is that on your screen for you? Yeah 56 % Lenny Yoroh Man of the match 18 % Balaba Man of the match And 16 % For Embermo Man of the match So That's where we are with that thank you so much I'm going to pop on to the members section now just to do 10 or 15 minutes and react to Carrick's press conference and get some of your comments if you want to join me there and you're a member you're more than welcome the fan forum is about to start so just go to the homepage they are live in the studio for that one and we are in trouble I think we are in trouble thank you very much let me just make sure I've got everything there yeah I'm just going to yeah I'm just literally just going to react to Karik's comments and then get some more of the members comments and then the fan forums there for you as well so if you're a member come and join me on the Q &A if you want to if not you can go into the fan forum and talk about it there as well speak to you in a bit take care
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