15 Oct 2026 22:52:47
Again, to remind you, Carrick is not the Manager, he's the Head Coach. He had no say in whether Rashford returned or not. It was a fait accompli because the club couldn't sell him. So, what would you expect him to do when the club forces Rashford, or indeed any player on him?. Throw a hissy fit? Send him to the reserves? Or try to make the best of it? And, if the last of these 3 options - which is the only realistic one for someone making £300k+ per week - then why start out by telling the player, or indeed the press, that he's unwelcome.
The blame goes to the club, and if players are downing tools because of Rashford then they're a load of unprofessional t****, who don't deserve to wear the shirt.
16 Oct 2026 01:20:55
I think option is you force him out by telling him you won't be playing and will be with the youth team. Will his ego have taken it, probably a no. Or maybe just have taken the 10 million Barca wanted to negotiate to. I would have sold him for free just to get him
Out and wages off the books.
Remember we only want players who want to play for United, we keep getting reminded of this whenever we are interested in a player.
Rashord made clear he does not want to play for us anymore.
100% blame goes to the Wilcox and co, I don't think as a player I would want rashford in the squad and I'm sure after publicly saying I want to leave the club he's back in with the number 9 shirt and starting games straight away. I can understand if squad harmony was affected.
16 Oct 2026 03:08:22
If he isn't good enough and/ or interested enough he doesn't play. End of!
I don't care if he is on a million a week.
16 Oct 2026 07:59:48
That's fine Keefy, I agree.. but you can't start out assuming that before the season has started.
My point is that people are blaming Carrick for welcoming Rashford back. He had no choice. The club left him with that as the only viable option.
16 Oct 2026 10:16:33
Carrick most certainly did have
He also had the choice to put Rashford on the bench and not put him on.
Or do what Amorim did
Instead he put other players noses out who got us to 3rd. He put Cunha on the bench to play Rashford in Europe.
Frankly Carrick is a weak coach and this just proves it.
16 Oct 2026 11:41:39
agree red man, a player who has his number taken walks straight back into the team without having to earn his spot.
alot of questions were asked why barca haven't bought him, some were saying they were stupid to send him back to us. how wrong they were
players playing 90 minutes every week while not performing
only a matter of time before carrick is gone anyway, maybe after the beating we get sunday will make it sooner. and the Sunday league backroom staff along with him but whoever signed off on making him the perm manager after saying they were not going to needs to be sacked also.
whys it only the managers getting sacked.
16 Oct 2026 13:04:55
B0lg
I watched the Madrid forward leave Rashford jogging, it was everything he did before. Then Rashford jumped out of the way in the 2 man wall, an absolute basic do not do and they hit the bar.
I cannot fathom how people see Rashford in the team and if Carrick had any cohones, which he doesn't clearly, in summer he would have said I am not prepared to integrate him back in so you better sell him now. The fact Carrick is pushing other players out of position and even benching them for this Fraud and utter disgrace to the shirt is a symbol of how poor and weak Carrick is and of the issues at the club. I called for Wilcox to go and if he thinks Rashford could easily be reintegrated then he is every bit as bad as everyone thinks.
{Ed025's Note - im with you Red Man..
16 Oct 2026 13:35:03
100% agree, it was Carrick's decision to start Rashford.
If i was Cuhna, Mbeumo, and Sesko i would be properly pi**ed off with Carick. Between the three of them they hit over 30 goals last season, then Rashford walks back into the the club he wanted to leave and immediatley gets a starting place, it's a f**ing joke!
I would bench him end of!
16 Oct 2026 15:52:58
Start him on bench. Or at a push, start him at 9 until sesko is fit. The club kept him in lieu of another striker, so play him there.
But to start the season, he should have started bench and then come on to prove himself. Beginning the season with a starting spot, push out cuhna from the left, was crazy and sent the wrong message to the squad.
Carrick is weak and clearly will not be the manager for long.
But change to DOF first and let them fix the mess.
16 Oct 2026 17:53:10
But how do you know if that in training he was looking fantastic and warranted a starting place, was miles ahead of the rest and Carrick see that, hence put him in . We won't never ever know. of course the haters can summise.
17 Oct 2026 00:26:15
I think the past tells us he doesn't train well.
17 Oct 2026 10:34:08
JSU
He clearly wasn’t training well at Barca or Villa. Barca rather spent an extra 50m they didn’t have on Gordon. Villa preferred Garnacho. Enough said
17 Oct 2026 10:41:34
I would have been fine with leaving him on the bench at the beginning of the season but maybe he was simply showing more in training than Cunha, who had a tougher summer. Fact is Rashford worked hard at the beginning of the season and played reasonably well up to the final pass or shot. Cunha has been bang average.