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9 Nov 2026 · 1h 4m · 18 chapters

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SHOCK Carrick SACK Decision!

In short

The host argues Manchester United should sack Michael Carrick immediately. He claims Carrick is responsible for the club’s poor Premier League form (one win in 70 days, bottom three, eight points from 30) and that “late moments” like Villa’s late equaliser shouldn’t protect him. He also criticizes CEO Omar Berrada’s visible celebration after a late draw, saying it signals Carrick’s job is safe and the board is shielding itself.

Guest backgrounds

No guests are interviewed in the provided transcript. The host references others (e.g., Mike Keegan, Fabrizio Romano, Laurie Whitwell, Andy Mitton, Chris Wheeler, Roy Keane, Rio Ferdinand, Phil/Gary Neville, Michael Owen, Alec Crook) as commentators/journalists.

Key claims

United haven’t contacted other managers; Carrick is “Captain Chaos” and tactics are “improvised/vibes.” The host says there’s “no separation” between Carrick, players, and the board/Glazers, and that Carrick’s ex-player status drives protection.

Notable examples

Roma comeback win/chaos; Aston Villa 4-2 to 4-4; Carrick’s “one goal changes the game” touchline moment; De Ligt booing/substitution; comparisons to past sack thresholds (Ten Hag, Solskjaer).

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Chapters

2:17

Analyzing Carrick's Position

A critical examination of Michael Carrick's management amidst Manchester United's struggles.

“So look, ultimately, there is a lot to get through this morning.”
4:47

Debating Carrick's Future

Discussion on opinions about Carrick's job security and performance as a manager.

“Rio Ferdinand wants a chat about this, I'm free.”
7:14

The Reality of Manchester United's Standards

Exploring the standards of Manchester United compared to other clubs and Carrick's impact.

“And that's my challenge to everybody that doesn't want to sack him.”
10:46

The Consequences of Poor Performance

Analyzing the implications of Manchester United's poor form and Carrick's role in it.

“And this is, you know, there is stuff to talk about this morning, of course.”
14:02

Carrick's Responsibility and Loyalty to the Club

Discussion on Michael Carrick's loyalty and his role in Manchester United's struggles.

“But I can also tell when it's raining, when I look out the window, Carrick is a glazer.”
17:04

Standards and Expectations at Manchester United

Exploration of the contrasting expectations between Manchester United and other clubs.

“A lot of things in that Man United team seem to be improvised by the players.”
19:48

Defensive Issues and Chaos Ball

Analysis of Manchester United's defensive problems and lack of tactical structure.

“and it was along the lines of Captain Chaos.”
28:00

The CEO's Emotional Response to the Match

Explore the conflict between a CEO's responsibilities and emotional reactions during a game.

“You're meant to understand the sport that you are a CEO in.”
30:26

The Role of Michael Carrick

Discuss the implications of Carrick's position and the reasons for his potential sacking.

“and you're surviving on the seat of your pants.”
36:13

Assessing Manchester United's Performance

Analyze the team's performance over the first ten games and the need for change.

“They know if you take Carrick out, everyone's exposed.”
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43:31

Defending Carrick's Position

Discussion on why Carrick is being defended despite poor performance.

“Why are journalists protecting Michael Carrick in the relegation zone?”
45:28

Players' Accountability and Performance

Analysis of players' performances and the impact of coaching decisions.

“I actually think we'd finish top six if we changed the manager for a good manager.”
46:42

Criticism of Deleuwe

Exploration of the booing of Deleuwe and the inconsistency in fan reactions.

“I do want to talk about Deleuwe because I actually feel sorry for Deleu.”
49:26

Sacking Carrick: A Necessary Change?

Arguments for and against sacking Carrick based on current performance.

“It's not Carrick's fault he's not been sacked.”
51:59

Future Prospects and European Competition

Discussion on the implications of current form on the club's European ambitions.

“But yeah, I mean, look, I can't believe he didn't get sacked after Bournemouth.”
56:00

Concerns About Current Club Performance

A deep dive into the reasons behind the team's poor performance and management decisions.

“So answer me this, and I'm going to read some of your comments.”
1:02:25

Fan Reactions and Expectations

Discussion on how fans are responding to the team's struggles and their expectations of management.

“They didn't celebrate like that against Roma, says Luke.”
1:04:25

Responsibility for the Relegation Battle

Analyzing who is truly responsible for the team's relegation struggle amidst fan blame.

“He's celebrating because he's keeping himself in a job.”
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1:48Hello everybody, welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldbridge and Mark Goldbridge, Michael Carrick, has been sacked by Manchester United. is the headline we would have this morning if we were a competent run football club. Michael Carrick has not been sacked by Manchester United. It's incredible that he hasn't. Crystal Palace are about to sack their manager because they believe that the squad that the manager has is better than second from bottom. They are a point behind Manchester United. So look, ultimately, there is a lot to get through this morning. And the latest news from Mike Keegan is that Man United are assessing the situation.

2:25Romano says that Carrick is safe. The Athletic people have been briefed as well that he's safe. But let's just break this down this morning. Let's have a grown-up conversation because I'm all for fan opinion. I saw a clip last night of fans outside Old Trafford, multiple fans saying keep Michael Carrick. They have a respect from me, whether that matters or not. They have a right to say what they want to say, but they're wrong in my opinion, and I have a right to my opinion as well. No competent football club has Michael Carrick as manager this morning. We are not competent. We're not a football club.

2:59I said this to you two weeks ago. We are not a football club. That is why we are behaving like this. Crystal Palace clearly think they're a football club. So they're sacking a manager, a point behind us with a worse squad and lower expectations. So we're not even, you know what? You know, in the summer, I used to call us Everton. We're not Everton. Everton are in the top six. We're not Everton. Sorry, Everton. Can I make an apology to Everton. All through the summer, I took the piss and said we're Everton because of the crap transfer window. We're clearly not Everton. We're clearly not Crystal Palace.

3:28I don't even think we're Sunderland. I'm more thinking we are Preston North End. Look, Manchester United in name, one of the biggest clubs in the world. Manchester United in reality, we're operating on a standards of Preston North End. Like the instant reaction to that result last night was to brief all the journalists that Carrick's doing a good job and he's safe. Michael Carrick sits and does an interview, arrogant, arrogantly throwing off questions about him resigning or whether he should lose his job. It's crazy. It's absolutely crazy. We're going to delve into it. Look, Mike Keegan has said that Man United are assessing the situation.

4:05He's the only journalist that's saying that. Chris Wheeler with The Mail has come out with a brilliant article calling Carrick Captain Chaos. at least people are telling the truth. What I find amazing is this alternate universe we're living in at the moment, where social media, content creators, fans, journalists, ex-players are praising this. I mean, are you being paid? What is it in your brain that is making you do this? Because I'll tell you now for free, as I've said before, if Michael Carrick had a foreign passport and had never played for this club, we'd be getting a very different story this morning.

4:42And I'm here to be challenged. You know, if Laurie Whitwell wants a chat or, you know, Rio Ferdinand wants a chat about this, I'm free. I'm free. I've got to go down the shops at 12, but I'm free. I will say this to anybody. If Michael Carrick wasn't English and hadn't played for Man United, this would be the biggest outcry of our recent history, apart from being relegated in the 70s. Man United are in the relegation zone. Man United have not won a game in the Premier League for 70 days. Michael Carrick's treating this season like the summer transfer window. It's not going to be long before the closed season was longer than the time we had a win.

5:22This is an open season and he's not won a Premier League game for 70 days. We're in the bottom three. We've got eight points from 30. If his name was Ruben Amrim or Eric Ten Hag, this would be absolutely a pile-on of epic proportions. But because it's Michael Carrick, it's mates rates, it's burying your head in the sand, he's one of us, he loves the club. I'll tell you what, I'll tell you what, I used to go to school with a lad called Adam, right? When I was at primary school. There's no doubt that his parents loved him. They were lovely people. But he used to get picked on at school because they used to make him roll his socks up with shorts right up to his knees and he used to get bullied.

6:05his parents loved him, right? Put a Man United fan in charge of Man United that don't know what they're doing. Still love the club. They're still doing a crap job. Michael Carrick loving Manchester United is not a reason to keep Michael Carrick. If anything, it's selfish at this point. You can love something and damage it. I'm not having... I tell you what, let's just do this, just before I get into the headlines, right? Let me just say this. I'm absolutely comfortable with people having different opinions. If you want to keep Michael Carrick, if you want to give him a long-term contract, if you want to blame Wilcox and Barada more, don't worry, I'll be coming on to Barada and that ridiculous reaction to that goal from a CEO, which I think is sackable in its own right, but Sir Jim's probably bloody loving it.

6:51The joke is on them. But let me just say this. I'm absolutely convinced I can defeat any argument to keep Michael Carrick. I'm absolutely convinced that I am on the right side of history here. I'm absolutely convinced he should have been sacked weeks ago. And I'm absolutely convinced that this is an absolute travesty that he's still in a job this morning. I am yet to hear one, one coherent explanation as to why he has not been sacked. And that's my challenge to everybody that doesn't want to sack him. Just give me one reason why he shouldn't be sacked. Because if I hear that the players are playing for Carrick, I'll laugh and fall off this chair.

7:35The players are playing for the fans. Roma and Villa are on the fans. Carrick coached a loss in both of those games. The fans demanded a response. And that's what happened. The coaching is shit, right? I saw Phil Neville or Gary Neville yesterday saying that that defence, it's not Carrick's fault. That defence will get anyone relegated. Oh my God. Oh my God. Are we just shoveling shit now, right? That defence will get Michael Carrick relegated. What? The same defence that got him third place? I mean, people just don't think before they speak. This is Harry Maguire, Heaven, Yoro, Masraoui, Deleu.

8:18All these players played a major part in Man United finishing third. They want us to forget that. They want us to forget that. It's not Carrick's fault. He picks the team. He coaches the team. But it's not his fault. There is not one reason to explain to me why it's not his fault. And I think what people need to understand is that there is no separation. People are desperately performing cartwheels to try and move Carrick away from player responsibility, move him away from the board. They're all trying to just make Carrick innocent. I mean, Michael Owen last night said he's doing better than every other manager.

9:01Can I just remind people that we sacked Eric Ten Hag with 11 points from nine, right? We have Michael Carrick here on eight points from 10. So he's literally worse. We are in the bottom three. We haven't won a Premier League game in 70 days. We're 14 points off Brighton. We're 10 off Liverpool and we're eight off Chelsea. And some Chelsea fans are not happy with Alonso, but we're eight points behind Chelsea, right? When Amrim drew 4-4 with Bournemouth, people wanted him sacked on the spot. We scrape a lucky 4-4 to keep us in the bottom three and Michael Carrick's absolutely fine. We're applauding being in the relegation zone and we're cheering it.

9:50That's what our fans are doing. There's no doubt about that. Only Ipswich and Crystal Palace have conceded more goals than us this season. But there was something else as well I wanted to mention. I think I put it out last night. I just want to bring it in before. Here we go. So Ten Hag was sacked on 11 points after nine games in 14th place. Carrick has got eight points from 10 and is in the bottom three. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was sacked on 17 points after 12 games in seventh place. Well, I know Carrick's not played 12 games yet, but he's played 10 and he's only got eight. Even if he wins the next two, he won't have, he'll have 14 points from 12 and he won't be in seventh place.

10:31Like, you can, this is what I mean. Like people can pontificate and pretend and lie as much as they like about we don't need to sack Michael Carrick and he's not responsible. But literally every avenue you go down, the sack police is there going, you're fired. And this is, you know, there is stuff to talk about this morning, of course. But I just want to say like that there is absolutely no justification to keep him in a job. None. There isn't one. And if anybody can find one, pray tell us. because what we're getting told this morning is that, and these are the headlines this morning from credible journalists.

11:09The feeling from Crystal Palace is that their squad is better than at least half a dozen others and therefore should not be bottom of the table. That was from Alec Crook.

11:25But, I mean, Crystal Palace with higher standards than us, but these are the real ones. Manchester United have not contacted any other manager officially as of today. Unai Emery was the manager Man United had under consideration over the last two weeks, but he's considered untouchable by Aston Villa. So Man United, despite being in the bottom three, have not approached any managers. None. None. So if Le Mans hadn't fouled the goalkeeper last night, if we'd lost yesterday, basically, we still hadn't spoken to any other managers. It's crazy. Romano goes on to say that Michael Carrick has good chances to continue to stay and have more opportunities after the international break.

12:11I mean, can somebody just explain that one to me, right? We're third from bottom. We've got one win in 10. We're fucking shit. But Michael Carrick will get more opportunities to come back and screw us over after the international break. I mean, what football club actually behaves like this. It's like living in, like I said, it's like living in an alternative universe. It's crazy to me. And, you know, Michael Carrick's being interviewed after the game about walking away. That's not going to happen. Oh, but Carrick loves the club. Look, I love Carrick as a player, right? I love Carrick as a player.

12:48I've said that for weeks. I never thought I'd be in this position saying this in November. If you'd asked me this in August, I'd have said it would never happen. But you can only deal with what's in front of you. And my love and respect for my Michael Carrick as a player will never change. But my respect for him as a coach for Manchester United and how he's behaving at the moment is in the sewer. Like, it's not, I don't know Michael Carrick. I don't know him, right? So I don't need to protect him. What I do need to protect is the standards and legacy of Manchester United Football Club. Carrick is a Glazer.

13:20He's protecting Omar Barada, Jason Wilcox, Jim Radcliffe and the Glazers. He has us in the relegation zone, doing arrogant interviews, talking about DNA and how much he loves the club when he's sinking the club to benefit the Glazers. So look, there's no separation for me. I don't know why people are making... It's like the fantasy of when Ineos bought the club and liars put it out there that, oh yeah, they're going to be brilliant owners. They're going to get the Glazers out by 2026. Some of us said they're going to get into bed with the Glazers and they're going to sink the club. And we were right.

13:53There are fans now saying it's not Carrick's fault. This is not on Carrick. This is not Carrick's fault because they like him and I like him. But I can also tell when it's raining, when I look out the window, Carrick is a glazer. Carrick doesn't go to Carrington today and say, fuck you, Wilcox. Fuck you, Berarda. Have that glazers. I'm Michael Carrick and I'm an island. He goes into work and says, thanks, boss. How are we doing? Am I staying? OK, yeah. Are you going to walk? No, no, no. Well, we're a bit worried about you walking. Look at the fans. You know, you'd be a hero. No, I'm loyal to you.

14:27You pay my wages. We're in the bottom three, but I'm loyal to you. That's the truth. Michael Carrick loves the club. He'd look at the relegation zone. He'd look at the unhappiness of the fans. He'd look at how we can't stand the ownership. And he'd go, I don't need this in my life. I've made fucking loads of money from playing football. I've probably got a massive property portfolio. I don't need the money. I can go and make loads of money in the media if I want to. I'm going to align myself with the right side of the argument, which is the club's a shit show and I don't want anything to do with it.

14:57He's choosing not to do that. He's choosing to carry on working in the relegation zone for the Glazers. There is no separation. There is no separation. And these people, whether it's ex-players or fans or the media that are trying to siphon off Carrick's responsibility, are foolish. They're foolish. How is he not responsible? If Ruben Amarin was here, he'd have total responsibility. If Eric Ten Hag was here, he'd have total responsibility. If Jose Mourinho was here, he'd have total responsibility. Michael Carrick seems to have cut out this island where if Man United lose, it's not his fault. If he doesn't get sacked, it's not his fault.

15:38If the team he picks is shit, it's not his fault. If the football is chaotic, it's not his fault. If we're in the relegation zone, it's not his fault. I just cannot see an argument as to why he is not responsible. Like, I absolutely agree that the summer transfer window wasn't good. But if Crystal Palace are going to sack their manager for being a point behind Manchester United after 10 games because they feel that they should be in a better position, pray tell me why are Man United not doing the same thing when our squad is way better than Crystal Palace and we have way bigger expectations? How can Crystal Palace go, you're fired for being a point behind Man United because you don't match our expectations, but Man United can go, see you back after the international break, Michael.

16:29We're happy to keep sticking with you. And this is the thing. There is no separation. The standards of Carrick, Holland, Wilcox, Barada, Sir Jim Radcliffe, the Glazers, they're all in the same team. They're all operating together and they're all sinking this football club. There is no nice guy amongst this. There is just a big group of people working together to sink Manchester United Football Club. And, you know, I don't see an argument alternative to that. I really don't see an alternative argument to that. I don't. like Roy Keane said last night we're waiting on a reaction from the team whether that be a big defeat to Bournemouth or Como they've given goals up against Roma for today and it's like yeah okay I admire people who are casual like that I wish I was casual you see Carrick and he goes well we just need to tighten up you should be banging heads and he's absolutely spot on absolutely spot on and I think he also said that in relation to Carrick you know he says a lot without saying a lot at all which is absolutely spot on and he also said that it feels like the, you know, it was a brilliant quote from Roy Keane.

17:35And here it is. A lot of things in that Man United team seem to be improvised by the players. I absolutely agree with this. I was talking about this yesterday. Vibes. What Roy Keane's talking about there is what we call vibes. So he's saying, look, a lot of Man United players seem to be improvising on the pitch. Yes, that can happen when you're a small club. But when you play for a big club like Man United, it's not acceptable. What Roy is saying there is, we go 2-0 down to Roma in the second half, the players are just playing on memory amongst themselves and they get a win, 3-2. 2-0 down, effectively twice to Villa, both at the start of each halves.

18:11The players have to pull it out of the bag. That's not tactics. That's improvisation. All I've seen Michael Carrick do over the last few days is stick his fucking finger in the air. There's this footage from yesterday when we equalise that people in the mainstream are throwing round as legendary. I'm actually there again going, what, what, what, is this the matrix? Like what has happened here? There's this picture where Carrick is stood on the touchline and we equalise and the fans behind him go up and he just goes like that. And people are going, iconic, iconic. Somebody's clipped it and shown the league table of us moving up one place next to Carrick's finger, still in the relegation zone.

18:51People are calling it iconic. And you know what? Some of us with standards are sort of like going, what has happened to Manchester United? I mean, even Norwich wouldn't be going iconic. We've moved one place from second bottom to third bottom and Carrick's there going. And I'm like, what? We're not Preston North End. We're actually Manchester United. And some of us are clinging on to that, whereas some people are celebrating this. All I saw Carrick do against Roma and Aston Villa was say, one goal changes the game. and that's all he's got. One goal changes the game. He was doing it on the touchline yesterday.

19:31One goal changes the game. No, your tactics change the game. The way you set your team up can change the game. Your tactics have led us 2-0 down twice and the players have to go out there, like Roy Keane says, and improvise. Chris Wheeler wrote a very good article this morning and it was along the lines of Captain Chaos. It's Chaos Ball from Carrick. And again, look, I want to be told this morning why you want to keep Michael Carrick. What is it that you can see in that relegation zone with a shit team that you think is not responsible for? What is it? Because as I said, when Phil Neville or Gary are saying that defence is going to get any manager relegated, well, that defence got him third place.

20:16So which is it? Is it that defence will get him relegated and it's not his fault? Or is it that defence got him a job and got him third place? Because it can't be both. It's got to be either. And I remember Maz Raui and Aidan Heaven playing at centre-back at Stamford Bridge and getting a clean sheet last season. Now it's the defence that will get him relegated. Or is the truth actually, last season we were surviving on vibes and this season we need to coach these players and they can't be coached? Because that's what I think's happened. I think a lot of the results we're getting this year, we were getting last year, just by one goal here and there or the opposition gets someone's end-off or something goes our way.

20:52This year, we've been exposed. That's what I think's happened. I don't think it's anything to do with. It can't be players, can it? Because those players got in third place. It's the same squad. Now they can't get him. Now we're third from bottom. I think it's the manager. And obviously the board, of course. But the brief seems to be that Michael Carrick will stay. Both Laurie Whitwell and Andy Mitton saying last night that as far as they're aware, Michael Carrick will still be here. At the moment, things can change. obviously said Laurie Whitwell I think Michael Carrick's going to lose his job I don't think Michael Carrick's going to lose his job as we speak right now he seemed quite certain about that after the game Andy Mitton I've been given no indication whatsoever that Michael Carrick losing his job is an imminent thing that's going to happen so the club last night briefing that Carrick's going to stay what I want to say though and this might shock you is that I don't actually think and this might be wrong I don't I think a lot of people are putting a lot of weight on that goal, the equaliser by Villa.

22:00From somebody I spoke to this morning, and we'll never know, but if we'd lost to Villa, I was told this morning we'd still be in this situation. Which in some ways makes me very, very frustrated, but in some ways is quite reassuring because if that goal that Dorgou scored hadn't gone in and we'd lost, would Michael Carrick have been sacked by now? I was told no. I was told if we'd lost to Villa, he'd still be here.

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24:14Which I find a little bit reassuring because a draw should still be a sacking anyway and a loss definitely should be a sacking. But you can't keep a manager because Dorgu scores a late equaliser. And by the way, Villa will get an apology from the PJMOL about that. That was definitely a foul by Lemans. We got away with it, but it was. But I was told this morning that even if we'd lost, they still would have kept him, which is incredible. But then again, two plus two is four. Romano literally said, Man United haven't spoken to any managers. So if Dorgoo had scored, if Dorgoo had missed and we'd lost 4-3, we still haven't spoken to any managers.

24:52We're not prepared to sack Carrick whether we'd lost 6-0 yesterday. We're not prepared. So, yeah, there is no manager lined up. What I would say on the manager situation, by the way, is you get Pochettino out of the USA. He's way better than Carrick. Nagelsmann is free, way better than Carrick. Conte is free, way better than Carrick. So there are managers out there. Don't pretend that there aren't managers out there. There are 100 % managers out there. But I think the big giveaway is, and I will get into some of your comments in a minute, but the big giveaway for me is that, and look, I had a United fan swearing and abusing me last night because of what I said about the CEO, the reaction of Omar Barada.

25:48And, right, they were basically saying, your team scores a last minute winner, a last minute, maybe they did put winner. Your team scores a last minute equaliser at Old Trafford and you're having a pop-a-tin for celebrating. Who's the real fan? Something like that. Maybe some of you agree with that, right? Okay, but let me explain my point here. The CEO of a football club, Omar Barada is not a Man United fan. It's a fact, right? It's a fact. Omar Barada is not a Man United fan. Why, when Man United equalise in the last minute of a game where they've been pretty shit and they're still in the relegation zone, would the CEO of a football club jump in the air and go, come on, come on, it's weird.

26:33There wasn't many Man United fans doing that. Some did, but there wasn't many. There was a lot of United fans going, we're still in the relegation zone. The club's in a mess. We need some major overhaul. There wasn't many people jumping around doing a Ricky going like that. Omar Barada did. The minute he did that, I knew Carrick wasn't getting sacked. I knew it. Because if the guy in charge of the football club is celebrating an equaliser against Aston Villa at home, that still keeps us in the bottom three, you know in 4K exactly what's wrong with this football club. He doesn't understand Man United.

27:13Now, I haven't got a problem with any fan celebrating that goal. I've got no problem with the Stretford End singing Carrick's name. Everybody's entitled to their opinion in life. I'm not going to abuse them and call them idiots or anything like that. I've seen a lot of people doing that. They pay their money. But even if they don't pay their money, as a United fan, you can make whatever decision you want. All I want to know this morning is why is it not Carrick's fault and why would you keep him? Because I can't think of a reason and I've been thinking about it for three weeks. But going to Omar Barada, I do not apologise and I do not accept that that is acceptable behaviour by a CEO.

27:48I've watched football all my life. I've seen cameras panning to under pressure managers, CEOs all my life. As the CEO of a football club that doesn't support that club, you're meant to be a professional. You're meant to understand the sport that you are a CEO in. As the CEO of Manchester United, I am sat there watching that shit again with Man United in the relegation zone. And I'm thinking, I've got a big 24 hours. When that equaliser goes in, it doesn't change that. For a fan, it does. You get lost in the moment. But for a CEO, that goal at the end of the day gets Man United a point that keeps them in the relegation zone.

28:28as a CEO of a football club, you don't jump in the air and start going like that unless you've just saved your own job. And that was my interpretation. He's not a United fan. The Stretford End and everything like that, they're jumping around because at their core, they're a United fan and we've not lost a game of football. But as a CEO who doesn't support Man United, what's all this about? That is self-preservation kicking in. That is we don't have to sack carrot kicking in. That is I'm protected kicking in. A CEO should be... I want a CEO who is... I don't mind a CEO doing that when we've just won the bloody Champions League.

29:04I don't mind a CEO doing that when we've just won the Premier League. But I do not want a CEO... When a CEO is doing that when you're in the bottom three, I'm like, we really are in trouble. What are you celebrating, mate? What is it that you're celebrating? We've gone from second bottom to third bottom. and you're jumping in the air. It's because his job's safe. It's because he doesn't have to sack Carrick. A competent CEO is playing a game of chess at all time. They're not showing emotion. They're sat there. If I was the CEO, well, look at my watch along. Was I running around the room? No, I was like, I think that goal is going to cause us more harm than good.

29:45And I'm a Man United fan. And many other United fans felt like that. The amount of reactions I've seen of United fans on that fourth goal going, fucking hell. And then he's going like this and he's not even a United fan. So I'm like, what Omar Barada should have done was sit there and kept a straight face. He should have sat there and gone like that, or done a little bit of a smile to Wilcox. Because ultimately, we're in the bottom three after 10... This is the mic drop, right, of my explanation. A last minute equaliser against Aston Villa at Old Trafford, you should not be displaying that level of emotion because you're living in the moment and you're surviving on the seat of your pants.

30:30A proper professional CEO is looking at the entire season so far, going into the second international break, which is a period of reflection. And I would not celebrate like that because in my back of my head, I would be, that changes nothing. That goal changes nothing. If I jump up and celebrate like that, I'm basically saying I'm backing Carrick and I'm not sacking Carrick. And I can't do that because after 10 games, we've only won one. After 10 games, we're in the bottom three. After 10 games, we've not won a Premier League in 70 days. After 10 games, we've conceded more goals than anybody else in Europe.

31:04After 10 games, we're absolutely dreadful. I have to keep a poker face here and not show what my emotions are because I've probably got to go and sack him tomorrow morning and find a better manager. He's up there going like this as a non-United fan. It's weird. But it absolutely, you know, we don't need a press conference from Omar Barada or Jason Wilcox. We don't need a statement from Fabrizio Romano to say that Carrick's not getting sacked because our CEO celebrating like that because he's keeping his job told us everything. It tells us everything about this football club. I don't even know how Wilcox reacted.

31:38People are saying Wilcox. I don't know what Wilcox did because Omar Barada stole the glory. But that is not how you behave as a CEO. and that is another indication of why Man United are where they are. We're celebrating relegation at the moment. Relegation is okay for Manchester United at the moment. That is where we are. And I am stunned by it. I'm stunned. Sub says, if Omar did nothing, you would just say he doesn't care. Mate, I don't know whether you are Omar, right? If Omar Barada sat there and did nothing, I would have applauded it and said Carrick's still getting the sack, which is what should happen.

32:14If Omar Barada had sat there with a stern face after that equaliser, I'd have gone, Carrick's fucked, good. That was exactly the right thing to do. I would not have been sat here saying, why is Omar Barada not celebrating a late equaliser against Aston Villa that keeps us in the relegation zone? I would have said, Carrick's fucked. This is good news. The minute he gets up and goes like that, I'm like, oh my God, we've got to go. I mean, just, it's wild to me. It's wild to me that people think that that's okay. Still waiting. I'm still waiting here on explanations as to why. And I haven't even done the poll yet.

32:49Let me do the poll. Either or. But look, there's a lot of people saying, have you seen this? Have you seen that? And I've seen a lot of things. But predominantly, I've seen people willing. And look, they've had a bad run over the last eight months. they call themselves content creators shit creators I would call them I mean at this stage I'd almost feel sorry for them in a debate like it's not Carrick's fault it's not on Carrick are you going to tell us why it's not Carrick's fault it's the players what the same players that he picks the same players that he got third place with the same players that he trains so and here's another mic drop for you can somebody bring out the geniuses um in fact i'll open the door right i'm gonna open the door and introduce you all the people that predicted that man united would be in a relegation fight okay because they deserve a massive amount of applause so get get yourself clapping right we have i don't know whether they're all gonna fit in this room everybody that said man united would be in a relegation battle this season come on in lads oh ladies as well here they come oh Come on, come on, come in.

34:04Yeah, OK, yeah, OK. Everybody's in. Oh, what a surprise. Nobody. Nobody. Can we talk about this on Match of the Day? Can we talk about this on Sky? Can we talk about this on Talk Sport? Can we talk about this on Stick to United? Who said Man United was going to be in a relegation battle this season? Nobody. Nobody. Nobody did. So these hypocrites who are saying it's not on Carrick, let's keep Carrick. Why didn't you predict we'd be in the relegation zone at the start of the season then? Because this one's got me scratching my head. If it's not Carrick's fault, why was it 99 % of our fan base put us in the top five this year?

34:46Nobody said relegation. Gary didn't say relegation. All the bloody content creators backing Carrick didn't say relegation, but it's not his fault. you couldn't lie straight in bed, lads. You couldn't lie straight in bed. It's not on Carrick, but nobody said relegation at the start of the season. You know what I mean? Look, I desperately want to find a reason because there's still 20 % saying Carrick in. Now, in my opinion, that's just people who don't support United. It's probably Omar Barada. But the point is, There's no justifiable reason. Look, I'm not saying Carrick's the blame. I've never said that.

35:30Of course, you've got to look at the players. Of course, you've got to look at the board. Of course, you've fundamentally got to look at the owners. But there's no separation. That's my message. You can't compartmentalise. Michael Carrick is in bed with the Glazers and Ineos and the players. And the players are in bed with Carrick and the owners and the board. and the board are in bed with Carrick. There's no separation. They all get on. They're all working together and they're all protecting each other. And the domino is Carrick. When we were 4-2 yesterday, I said, if Carrick gets sacked, that exposes the board and the owners.

36:09If Carrick stays, the pretend stays. And that is why Omar Barad has celebrated like that, because they're not stupid. They know if you take Carrick out, everyone's exposed. But if you keep Carrick in, he is the shield. Oh, oh, oh, it's Carrick. He protects us. That's what he does. He is the protector. It's the same thing happened with Solskjaer. For two years, Solskjaer protected the Glazers. And when he was removed, he got exposed. This is where we are now. There's no separation. And if you are somebody this morning that is saying it's not Michael Carrick's fault, then please tell me, because I want to see the clip, the tweet, or the prediction where you said we'd be in the relegation zone.

36:55And that's the mic drop. That's why it is Michael Carrick's fault. Because as bad as the board is, and as bad as the players are, and as bad as the owners are, nobody had us in relegation. And after 10 games, you've got to look at the whole pie. People are looking at late winners against Roma or late equalisers against Villa. These are minuscule moments. There is a 10-game season. That's your assessment. When Mike Keegan is saying that Man United will assess the situation, and I'll read this out. This came in from Mike Keegan today. So Mike Keegan has said, Manchester United are now assessing Michael Carrick's position as the international break begins.

37:39Carrick was given three games after the Bournemouth defeat to prove he could turn things around. One loss, a comeback win and a dramatic draw. However, questions still remain. I mean, look. In the first international break. He had five points from. Fifteen. And he was under pressure. He was under pressure in the last international break. Five points from 15. This international break. Three points from 15. He's got worse. So in the assessment of what Man United are looking at, you can't look at a late equaliser against Villa. You've got to look at the season so far. And the graph, we beat Ipswich in August.

38:22It's 70 days without a win. There is... What I'm trying to say is, where's the improvement? Where's the signs of life? Where's the indicator that the graph's heading up? It started here, expectations of being in the top four. And gradually, It's gone down, down, down, down, down, down, down into the bottom three. We're trajecting down. We're not in any way trajecting up. As exciting as it was yesterday, we drew to Villa at home in a game we needed to win. And even if you take it back to after the Bournemouth game where he should have been sacked, you've got three games to turn it around. We lost to Chelsea.

39:02We got very lucky against Roma and we got very lucky yesterday. Win, loss, draw. I just really hope Mike Keegan's right I really hope that they are assessing the situation and I really hope that there's going to be a sacking I don't think there is I don't think there is and people in the chat are saying you're pinning this on Carrick well I am I am and I've explained why because the first piece of the Jenga puzzle to pull out to make it topple is Carrick he is the foundation he is the one that everybody loves and respects the most and he is responsible. And if you take him away, they're exposed.

39:42People want the tower to tumble, but it won't tumble with Carrick because he protects them all. And I would never say remove him if he didn't deserve to be removed. But if his name was Ruben Amrim or Eric Ten Haag and you look at that league table and you look at how we're playing, everybody would say get rid of him. He is, you underestimate the intelligence of Sir Jim Radcliffe, the Glazers and that board. If you think you're cleverer than them, I'm telling you now, you're probably not in a business sense. In football sense, yeah, but in a business sense, not. The Glazers have survived at Man United for 20 years when people don't like them and made a lot of money.

40:23Sir Jim Radcliffe pretended to be a lifelong Man United fan, came in and made a lot of money. Wilcox and Barada are not Man United people and they're still in a job and they've sacked and wasted a lot of money. they're in a situation now where it's almost the last days of Rome the city is crumbling and they know it and they need something to pretend that they're still powerful they know internally that their foundations and their supplies are weak but in Michael Carrick they have this aura they have this frontage that protects them and whilst he's there they're fine remove him and you get at everybody else but people can say why are you pinning it all on Carrick because I'm an intelligent person like you I think we won't lose Wilcox or anybody else while Carrick's in charge he's a facilitator to keeping them symbolically if Carrick survives this Wilcox survives this Jim Radcliffe survives this the Glazers survive this if Carrick goes they're exposed because they can't wheel in another ex-player that the fans love.

41:37You bring in Nagelsmann or Pochettino or Eddie Howe, if they don't do well, the ex-player community, the media, the journalists will pile in on them.

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43:30Why are our ex-players protecting Michael Carrick in the relegation zone? Why are journalists protecting Michael Carrick in the relegation zone? Why are some fans protecting Michael Carrick in the relegation zone? Because he's an ex-player and they love him. Rio Ferdinand's not there doing content of backing Carrick because he thinks he's a good coach. He's doing it because it's his mate. He wouldn't be doing it for Ruben Amarin. We've been live for 40 minutes. I said at the start of the video, there is no reason to keep him. There's none. He's as responsible as anybody else. There is no separation between him, the players, the board at all.

44:09And if he was Ruben Amrim, he'd be gone. The only reason Michael Carrick is here is because he's English and he's an ex-player. When Rio backs him or Gary backs him or a journalist backs him or a fan backs him, they're doing it because of Michael Carrick, the footballer who used to play for Man United. There is no reason to keep him in this football club. And trust me, I've been spending the last three weeks trying to think of one. Tactically, forget it. Forget it. He has a week with the players. We go 2-0 down. The players get, quite rightly, shouted at by the fans and the players improvise and win or come back.

44:52started the game yesterday 2-0 down in 5 minutes because Carrick's been coaching us all week fans get on the players back players respond improvised 2-2 Carrick has a chat with them at half time 2-0 down again in 5 minutes fans get on their back again 4-0 this is not tactics this is not coaching I actually think if we sacked Carrick we'll go up the league very very quickly by the way I've seen enough from these players against Roma and against this is contact Controversial, but I'm going to say it. Against Roma and against Villa, I've seen enough from these players that if they had a decent coach, there'd be an instant reaction.

45:31I actually think we'd finish top six if we changed the manager for a good manager. Because these players can play good football. These players can work. They're just not being coached. I feel sorry for the players. I never thought I'd say this, but for me, my big takeaways from Roma and Villa are that the fans coached the players and they improvised. the tactics they're being told to do they don't like them they're shit but when it's like Chris Wheeler said it's chaos ball it's chaos the last two games have been chaotic it's not sustainable we've basically lost to Roma and Villa and the players have reacted to the fans and improvised but it's chaotic you look at the last five minutes against Villa you wouldn't be able to do that for 90 minutes watch the last five minutes from 4-2 to 4-all against Villa, you wouldn't be able to do that.

46:22You wouldn't. Like, everybody's pushing forward. There's so much space. If Villa had played through the press, they'd have had a one-on-one. They didn't. We got 4-all. It's chaos. It's vibes. I think a decent coach would come in and we'd climb the league. I really, really do. But that's probably not going to happen. But look at the Deleuwe situation. I do want to talk about Deleuwe because I actually feel sorry for Deleu. Absolutely shit footballer. I don't feel sorry for saying that. But Deleu yesterday being booed as he got substituted. And then there's footage of him walking out of Old Trafford, giving his shirt to a fan and being booed as well.

47:05This is incredible to me. This is absolutely incredible to me that Deleu is getting singled out as a problem at Manchester United. Now, I've always said about Deleuze that he is a player that gives 100 % and he does care about Manchester United. But it's like putting me at left back. I'd give 100 % and I love the club, but I'd be fucking shit. Why is Deleuze being booed and humiliated by our fans and Michael Carrick's being sung about? Oh, oh, oh, it's Carrick, but then Deleuze, it's boo. This is the weird world we live in. Deleuze's been shit all season and every week he starts at left back. Do you think in Carrington Deleuze got Michael Carrick up against the Wolves and you better fucking pick me at left back this week or you know what happens?

48:02Carrick picks him at left back and now that player is being booed and is probably in a mentally you know professionally mentally fragile state but it's okay to boo Deleu it's okay to humiliate Deleu because he's not been playing well for Man United but he doesn't pick himself every week Carrick does oh but it's not Carrick's fault it's not Carrick's fault for picking Deleu every week at left back when he's shit well whose fault is it then? You know, Masraoui played left-back in the World Cup and played very well. Has he been picking Masraoui at left-back? No. Could put Deleuwe back at right-back.

48:38Could even drop Deleuwe and put Yorra at right-back and Masraoui at left-back. No, didn't do that. Could give Amas a run out at left-back. No, didn't do that. It's Deleuwe, Deleuwe, Deleuwe. And this is what he said after the game. Crucial player. Michael Carrick wants Deleuwe to continue at Man United, considers him as a crucial player. Deleuwe is a role model who gives his best in every single training session. He always helps his teammates, helps the coach, does his best and never says no if he has to play out of position. For Carrick, keeping a player like Deleu is important. But it's not Carrick's fault, everybody.

49:08It's not Carrick's fault. And there's another third mic drop, isn't it? Let's all boo Deleu because he's shit. And then Michael Carrick comes out after the game, describes him as a role model, a crucial player, a player who wants to keep and he loves him. It's not Carrick's fault. Can't be his fault. it's not Carrick's fault we're in the relegation zone despite nobody predicting we'd be in the relegation at the start of the season it's not Carrick's fault despite picking the team it's mad it's mad and let's not forget eight points from 30 Liverpool at Anfield next game to be honest with you though I will say this

49:51if we've not spoken to another manager and we haven't, apparently, according to Romano. That's not Carrick's fault. It's the same as Deleuze. It's not Carrick's fault he's not been sacked. Michael Carrick might be sat there at home today having a coffee saying, well, I'm not resigning because why would I resign? It's my dream job and I'll get paid a lot of money if we get sacked. He could be sat there with his toast and his coffee going, I can't believe I've not been sacked. He could be watching this right now going, tell you what, he's done it again. Dolby's just done it. He's made another cracking point.

50:21To be honest, is a bit of a knobhead, but actually he's right. I mean, but I can't sack myself. And this is where I'm going now. Like Carrick can't sack himself. Like as much as he should be sacked, he can't sack himself. I find it hilarious that there's people out there going, oh, you've got an agenda against Michael Carrick. Can we just wheel this out? I haven't got no agenda against Michael Carrick. He was a fantastic footballer. Absolutely. But I bet he'd be a crap chef. And I bet if I went to Carrick's pub and he was the chef, the food would be shit and I'd send it back I wouldn't eat it just because he was a good midfielder for Man United but just for anybody who's struggling with the carry-cow movement just look at that that's why I'm carry-cow after 10 games we're in the relegation zone and we could get relegated we've got to go to Anfield St James' Park and Arsenal before Christmas and we've got to go to Crystal Palace with a new manager bounce and Palace actually looked quite good against Liverpool yesterday.

51:24So we're in big trouble. We're in very, very, very big trouble. But the fact that we haven't spoken to another manager isn't on Michael Carrick. The fact that Carrick hasn't been sacked isn't on Michael Carrick. Like, of course, the board are responsible. The reason I want Carrick gone is because he's not good enough. Look at that. But the reason I want Carrick gone is because I want us to then focus on Wilcox. Wilcox has got to go. I'd say Barada's... I never really thought about Barada because CEO's job isn't to recruit. It's to make bigger decisions. But he's got to go after yesterday. I can't have a CEO doing what he did yesterday.

52:01It was embarrassing. So he's got to go as well. But yeah, I mean, look, I can't believe he didn't get sacked after Bournemouth. I actually can believe he's not been sacked now, even though he should be, because I just think the club is well and truly incompetent. What do you think the Mike Keegan stuff means?

52:24Well, Romano basically said that Carrick's safe. Andy Mitten and Laurie Whitwell basically said that he's safe, as was last night. Mike Keegan this morning says they're now assessing his position as the international break begins. Look, if I was in charge of the football club today, I don't need to sack him today I don't need to I would just to get it done but I don't need to players are going away on international duty the rest of them are going to have a holiday probably not much going on at Carrington today so everyone can go and have a break the people who don't get a break is Wilcox, Barada, Favell Sir Jim Radcliffe, the Glazers We're having a big meeting today.

53:17We're assessing the situation. You can't come out of that interview. You can't come out of that meeting without sacking him. But I've got our first training session is a week on Thursday. Because of internationals, right? The team, first team won't be back together until at least next Wednesday, Thursday. So you've got 10 days. I've got 10 days to talk to managers.

53:50So, I mean, that's what needs to happen. Carrick needs to get sacked and then you need to get a manager in the next week and a half. Because if you don't, if we just all go on holiday and pretend everything's okay because it's not, look at the league table. If we come back and get stuffed by Liverpool,

54:13the demand that he gets sacked will be even bigger than now. But we play Sporting a couple of days later so you can't sack him. So maybe he beats Sporting or he draws against Sporting. And then at the weekend you've got Brentford so maybe you beat them but then midweek you've got to go to Newcastle and maybe loses there. Before you know it it's the January transfer window you're still in the bottom three but you're adrift and Europe's gone. And Omar Barada I don't think you figured this out. You know Europe? You know Europe? You said a couple of years ago that Man United can survive on Europa League football for the next three years.

54:51I found that appalling, but you said that. Europe brings money in. Even Thursday night football, games at Old Trafford, it brings money in. Champions League brings a lot more. No Europe cripples a club. You can back this shit here, but I'm telling you now, if you don't act in this international break, by the time you do act, Europe will be gone. Fifth place is Chelsea and Everton. Well, sixth place is Europa League, probably, right? That is an eight point gap. Eight point gap. Seventh place is a seven point gap. 7 point gap. Fourth place is a 10 point gap. Our next game is Liverpool. 10 points becomes 13 if Liverpool beat us.

55:43But if everyone else wins, 8 becomes 11. 7 becomes 10. Two more game weeks of it going wrong. Europe's gone. As soon as 5th and 6th is 10 points, it's gone. You won't get it back. So answer me this, and I'm going to read some of your comments. What is it in the last three weeks that has made you think we're going to bounce back and win a load of games? And that's the only question you need to answer because that's clearly what the board think. It's clearly what Carrick thinks. It's clearly what the owners think. Look at Europe. Look at where we are. What in the last few weeks has made you think we're going to go and win a load of games because I just can't, I can't see it.

56:32And Europe is the thing that's the business thing. Europe is tens of millions of pounds. Look at that league table. We need to go and win eight of our next 10. I can tell you for free that's not going to happen. There is nothing from the Villa game or the Roma game that makes me think we're going to go and win at eight of our next 10 and start playing really good football. I just don't see it. There is a chance that changes with a managerial change. but it won't change with what we've got. So I'm worried about how bad this season gets. And I'm worried that they're writing off Europe completely because it looks like they are.

57:07Daniel says, United is building on a fire and instead of trying to put it out, board and ownership are getting marshmallows and watching on. They're expecting a miracle that won't happen and not changing things will get worse. Craig says, I wish we could just be competent football club. Only way to do that is to get rid of the owners. Stel says, his name was Ruben Carrick. He'd be sacked. Oh, mate, Stel. I mean, I'm just not, I'm just going to say this and move on to the next one. if Michael Carrick was Ruben Amrum or Eric Ten Hag in that situation, I genuinely think you'd have ex-players swearing and throwing chairs on mainstream media.

57:40How they reacted to Ten Hag and Amrum when they weren't in a relegation fight, imagine if that was the case. They'd be, you know, you'd be getting headlines like, what are we supposed to do? Celebrate a late equaliser that keeps us in the relegation zone. It's embarrassing. This is not Man United. The football's terrible. The players are only responding to the fans. They've given up on the manager. It's absolutely embarrassing. He stood on the touchline, scratching his beard. A late equaliser against Aston Villas to keep us in the relegation zone. It's a disgrace. This man needs to go. He doesn't understand Man United Football Club.

58:11That's what happens if you're a foreign manager and never played for Man United. The fact is that Palace know relegation financially ruins them, so they have to make a change. Glazers told us last week that results don't matter, says Patrick Lynch. The lack of urgency and sense of emergency at the club is unbelievable, says Ben. Crystal Palace are on the verge of sacking their manager, by the way, says Emily. We are swanning along in a la-la land with the three Stooges. It's incredible. Thank you, Emily. I hate losing, but we have to implode to get better, says Ndiba. I never thought I would say it, and I'm happy to have the conversation with anybody.

58:39I'm not saying it for effect. When that Dorgoo goal went in yesterday, there was a massive part of me thought that this is not going to do us any good. One point doesn't help us at the moment, but a draw seems to be enough to keep Carrick in a job. If we'd lost the game, I don't mind about that point, if it had led to change. 18th and clapping players off the pitch make it make sense as DJ. I'll never criticise our match-going fans in relation to the opinions they have. I don't really like booing Deleuze because I don't think it's his fault that he gets picked. But if they want to sing and whatever, you know, I don't really understand it, but allow it.

59:14If we moan about the owners, players and the gaffer, but what about our bloody fan base? The fans represent the standards and some of us have non, says the United Front. Bored of screwed Carrick, he deserves the payouts as TVM. What I would say is like, when I went to, took Seb to his first game last season against Brentford, we were fucking shocking in the first half. Really, really bad. Came out in the second half, we won 2-1. Both goals you celebrate because you're part of a vibe, you're part of an atmosphere. I think when you're at a game, it's theatre. You get lost in the moment. Thousands of other people.

59:46You're there to be entertained. You've paid your money. It's cold, you know. I totally understand why Old Trafford erupted when we got an equaliser. The bigger picture will take care of itself tomorrow. But for that moment, you're in amongst it, watching it live with thousands of other people. It's absolutely natural to celebrate. I wouldn't call fans embarrassing for celebrating that goal. I really wouldn't. I think when you've been to games, that's just what happens. You get sucked in. I think if you actually polled most of those fans, whether they'd sacked Carrick this morning, I'd still expect a good 70, 80 % to say yes.

1:00:18board have screwed Carrick he deserves the payouts to TVM boo Dolo and sing for the guy that picks him says Dino we can't get any other managers they don't want to manage United and Carrick won't leave us with no ones as Magic they do want to manage Man United Barada and Wilcox just want to protect themselves Ben says jokes about Deitch but I take him over Carrick I need a sip of water here

1:00:42the board can't find a replacement the same reason why Carrick got the job in the first place as Anil Carrick put his finger in the air to indicate how many Premier League games he's won so far this is sensible advice I never thought I'd be watching a relegation team says Ndibwa well nobody did it's absolutely fine to keep the manager in a relegation fight but nobody predicted we were a relegation team so who's responsible we knew the summer transfer window was shit and people still put us in the top six we're in the bottom three how is it not the manager's fault then if with a shit transfer window you put us in the top six and we're in the relegation zone.

1:01:18You can't blame the shit transfer window. He thinks the tribal chief with the finger, says Chris. We are the same team as last year, minus Casemiro, and they were different makers in most games, says Plough. They're cowards. They don't even have the balls to come out and admit they're keeping him. Just briefing nonsense about Emery to the media, says The Bird. Rival fans laughing at us as well, says Blaine. Roy Keane's comments post-match was spot on, says Carrick. Talks a lot without saying anything. Training character. Good lads, but we're 18, says Rajaf. Reports this morning indicating and we're considering bringing in a coach from Bayern to help Carrick out.

1:01:48Yeah, it's not a very good source though, Glenn. Haven't stuck with managers yet. Sorry, it's now, says Paul. This channel is the only thing keeping me sane throughout this club. I generally don't know how much more of these owners I can take, says Al. I mean, it's therapy, isn't it? And Debo says, the Barada Wilcox. Axis is the downfall of the club. Real fans struggled to find joy yesterday. Carrick will go down with the ship and the Glazers are the iceberg. Jason says, this would never have happened with Woodward. Slazy says, the defence is so bad. Stevie Wonder and Stephen Hawking would tear through it.

1:02:17But they weren't last year, mate. It's the same defence. When, I don't know whether it was Phil or Gary Neville said, that defence will get you relegated. No, that defence got us third place. So why doesn't it do it now? They didn't celebrate like that against Roma, says Luke. If Omar did nothing, you would just say you don't care. We've covered that sup and I've sat you down on that. I think you're forgetting it's football at the end of the day. It was a thrilling game, says 3G. Mate, and if you were, if you were entertained by yesterday, absolutely fine. But 10 games in, we're in the relegation zone.

1:02:47We're talking about that. Not talking about an entertaining four-all draw against Aston Villa. We're talking about the bigger picture. Man United's squad is basically the same other teams, not to shift the owl. The players are still with him, though. It's just the senior players letting us down. Your star boy, Bruno, being front of the queue, says Rochelle. Yeah, I don't understand this. The players are still with him, bollocks. Just because we didn't lose to Villa because of a foul on their goalkeeper. the players wouldn't be with him if we'd lost that so I don't think the players are with him if the players are with him why are they going down 2-0 every game?

1:03:21every half now yeah I don't see that

1:03:35if my left back was making us concede four goals in two games I'd play someone else it's not an anomaly it's a pattern why are the coaches okay with it? says Bulbas. Are you Karikau no matter what happens now, says Thomas. No, no, I don't believe in absolutes. So if we won our next eight games, I'd assess it. I reassess it. But I don't have a problem in saying like I'm Karikau because it's just very obvious. I mean, that would be enough. There's no context anyway, but that would be enough. I don't have any guilt saying a manager should be sacked for that. I don't see that wrong. yeah I don't there's a lot of trolls in the chat saying that Carrick's been sacked he hasn't been sacked so don't get excited about trolls in the chat do you think we should integrate artificial intelligence into VAR over the people running it says King 7th I've done a video on VAR people just to say we would be in relegation zone without Bruno now we're in the relegation zone with Bruno says Anil I just can't imagine them sacking Carrick because they would have to admit they were wrong oh yeah And Ibu, it's just self-preservation.

1:04:43You could see it in Berardi yesterday. He's not a United fan. He's celebrating because he's keeping himself in a job. Have a look at Sebastian Honus and Roger Schmidt and they would be good for United as United Way 7. There's plenty of managers out there. Emily Derry says, Carrick has lost the dressing room. That's why we had players like Martinez and Bruno say what they said. No wonder the players look lost after Carrick team talks, says Emily. Mark, the club is starting to become a circus, says Sahim. It's always been a circus, mate. I'll not, there's just more clowns in it now. I'll not watch another game if Till Carrick goes says Mandrake Rafa Ferdinand is the most disgraceful person I've ever seen won six Premier League so he'd expect standards but goes on to celebrate 18th says Rajaf yeah because his friendship with Carrick and his relationship with the Glazers is more important than the standards at Man United I mean that's how I see it with that Rajaf Rowdy says what is the solution Raniuk and Vivel team up Conte or Keane bang some heads save us from the drop we're in a relegation fight

1:05:42welcome to the members club Ben Vibor says if you told any of the Carrick in us in August after 5-2 that we'd only get five points till mid-November they would all be Carrick out we've also conceded the most goals across all European competition how is that allowed as well says Alex people called out Mark for celebrating a win against Brentford by scoring two goals in added time now they're calling out for not celebrating a draw in a similar way says Vibor but mate I literally predicted this yesterday the bots will be out everybody should be united in the fact that Man United are in the relegation zone and it's unacceptable where you point the blame is up to you but that's unacceptable but what will actually happen is fans will point the blame at me or somebody else in the fan base and they'll start fighting amongst each other I've got absolutely no responsibility for that and neither have you and neither is any other content creator or ex-player but that's what will happen because that's what they do The next, guarantee, the next two days, there's going to be stuff coming out and arguments between fans about stuff.

1:06:43It's got nothing to do with fans as to why we're there, but that's what they'll do. They'll distract. Rival fans and top reds agree. Scary, says Cap or Die. The club will keep Carrick as long as the fans sing his name, says Spencer. What are the odds Big Sam coming in, says Sean. Look, if people want to sing Carrick's name, absolutely got no problem with it. My only question is, why? why do you think he is the right man for Man United? Pointing at that. What have you seen in the last three weeks that we haven't seen? And why is he not responsible when he picks the team? And why didn't you predict at the start of the season that we'd be in a relegation battle because of that summer transfer window?

1:07:21Because nobody did. He is responsible. How much responsibility you want to put on him, he is responsible. He's a very, very bad manager. He's also a shield to the real people who are responsible, which is Wilcox, Barada, Sir Jim Radcliffe and the Glazers. You can't get at them while Carrick's there because he shields them. So Carrick needs to go. It's as simple as that. And anybody that wants him to stay is inadvertently saying stick with Wilcox, stick with Barada because keeping Carrick keeps them in a job. It's as simple as that. Right, I've got to go because I've got to go and do a bit with Gerrard now on Overlap Daily.

1:07:56But look, we're back at two o 'clock, eight o 'clock show tonight. I don't expect a live reaction to a sacking because we're an incompetent club. The only sacking that's going to happen today is Crystal Palace sacking their manager, a point behind us in the relegation zone. So Crystal Palace on that there can sack their manager because their standards are not being met. Even though Crystal Palace, I predicted, would go down at the start of the season. The video is there. I said Crystal Palace will go down this season. It's not a very good squad. They'll go down. So I predicted they'd go down, but they're still going to sack their manager for being where I predicted.

1:08:31I predicted Man United would be in the top four but apparently third from bottom is fine so Crystal Palace have standards to sack a manager of a team that I thought would go down but Man United won't sack a manager for being in the relegation zone when I put us in the top four we're in the mud we're in the mud as a club speak to you in a bit take care

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How is Michael Carrick still in a job? It’s something Goldbridge cannot comprehend. Man Utd are still sitting 18th, and other managers have been sacked for far less. Could the upcoming two-week international break prove to be make-or-break for Man Utd? Mark certainly isn't holding back as he questions the club's direction and the decisions being made behind the scenes. Join us this morning for all the latest Man Utd news, reaction and updates!

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