22 Oct 2026 10:20:40
According to reports this morning carrick has Sunday at home to Bournemouth to save his job. My question would be why? We've seen enough evidence now to suggest it's not working, players calling him out, tactics non existent, nothing defensively or in attack yet if we win Sunday all is ok again. This just smacks of the amateur way we are run, we could win Sunday against a team who plays tonight and is near the bottom of the league like us, but what will that tell us?? We've got Chelsea, Roma and villa all up next and all games we will lose on current form so 1 win in 13/14 is enough for our owners.
Any proper run club would have him and Wilcox gone but yet we will stumble on, reports of possible January signings now surfacing to try and quell the masses. It's all bs and if someone doesn't get a grip soon then next seasons Manchester derby could be in the championship!
22 Oct 2026 10:45:03
The "build on Leeds" comment was unbelievable to me. We have been so bad that the Leeds game is seen as something to build on. It was a horrible game that was slightly less horrible than previous games. Where is the ambition?
22 Oct 2026 10:45:25
Tim_99 - of course he's going to win on Sunday and paper over the cracks so he lives to fight another game. If they (the board) are going to do something then react and get it done now and stop wasting more time before the season is a complete write off!
22 Oct 2026 11:07:17
Wouldn't be so sure. Bournemouth has a good record against us lately.
22 Oct 2026 12:34:34
The only reason to remove him immediately is if we have the right man ready to step straight in.
We don't want to have another interim manager, every time we have it has ultimately ended badly for us. We should be learning from that mistake.
With it unlikely that we could have someone permanently in place by Sunday it makes no sense removing Carrick now unless something seismic happens. However, I would expect that the club will be putting out the feelers in earnest now for a replacement. In an ideal world they would probably want to wait until the next international break to bring in a new permanent manager who can get settled while players are on international duty and get his coaching team into place.
I doubt they will have that luxury. If things keep spiralling, they will probably have to move Carrick on and maybe have an interim for a 2-3 games before the international break. I expect that will be either Steve Holland or Darren Fletcher.
22 Oct 2026 15:18:57
Young manager needs to be in control and the players working for him. They clearly are not. So the club has to decide, are they going to remove players like bruno, Martinez, rashford etc and build again with carrick and a younger squad who know he is the man in charge.
What anout carrick tells you that he is good enough to do that?
So likely we are just waiting for patience to run out, maybe one more big embarrassing loss in a game we expect to win?
Just sack the DOF and start the process.
22 Oct 2026 13:14:55
I honestly think that Carrick is still in the job because it's the third consecutive managerial disaster driven by our new best in class directors.
ETH was given a one year extension, new coaches were appointed, and he was sacked a few months into the season.
Amorim was pushed for against the wishes of the director of football, forcing him to resign. They pressured Amorim to take over halfway through the decision despite his warnings that this would make it harder for him to succeed. They bought players specific to his system, only to demand that he change his system, before sacking him at Christmas.
They brought Carrick in under the strict condition that he was an interim, and that they would take the rest of the season to identify the right manager. Ignoring the mistakes made with Ole, they decided to give Carrick the permanent job. A transfer spend lower than newly promoted teams followed, and Carrick's start to the season has been painfully embarrassing.
Any competent club would admit their mistakes, get rid and try to salvage their season. United are resisting this because they're afraid that the axe won't stop with Carrick. Ratcliffe and Berrada are protecting their little minion Wilcox.
{Ed025's Note - i tend to agree Danny..