23 Oct 2026 06:20:46
In the past I've always tried to back the manager for as long as possible but it's clear the players don't want to play for Carrick.
When your captain comes out and speaks publicly about his tactics, you would think it's the thoughts of many of the players, so I don't see the point in delaying the inevitable.
What I don't like is that the players, who have always failed to deliver a functional high press btw, have completely rejected a different type of tactic. Player power is clearly rife and not giving the manager a real chance.
Therefore, the next appointment needs to have a strong character with a CV that they can't question. It has to be Conte for me.
What a mess my club has turned into. There is a sham club across the city but there are sham owners inside our boardroom.
23 Oct 2026 09:24:19
Park
Unfortunatly i'd very much doubt conte would even be in the running. He would call someone out within a month.
This board and ownership won't be questioned if there was any sense wilcox would be gone.
Instead he will pick eddie howe who was lucky to last the season at newcastle.
Players that have had upteen chances under different managers will get another go! until we have a full clearout it will be rinse and repeat.
23 Oct 2026 09:27:40
I'm not sure it matters at this stage. This club is badly broken and if I was a player I'd be asking my agent to get me out and it's a big risk for a quality manager to take on right now. Give it to Phil Brown for all I care.
23 Oct 2026 09:57:00
Lets not kid ourselves, it will be someone who is another yes man or not good enough. Kieran Mckenna or Southgate come to mind.
The club will appoint to its level, which is a midtable team with no aspiration. No doubt SJR or Wilcox will make a statement trying to gaslight the fans into thinking it was a good decision.
Sick of this ownership, the players and the club as a whole at the minute.
23 Oct 2026 11:25:28
Howe is the only realistic and sensible option.
Not a sexy name so many here will deride the choice. But he's the only logical choice right now. Nobody else worth their salt would want it.
And I think the last thing we need is another "master tactician" like Nagelsman confusing the clearly very basic players we have.
23 Oct 2026 13:12:31
Eddie Howe really isn't good enough and if we go down that path we will be no better off in a years time.
23 Oct 2026 11:56:00
Eddie Howe is no better than Carrick. Conte is mental. He'd be off in 2 months with a strop. Nagelsmann would be a major risk. The only credible successor to steady the ship and to progress the cub would be Unai Emery.
23 Oct 2026 13:42:00
Howe isn't good enough for what exactly?
We don't have a squad capable enough to win trophies or implement complicated strategies. Someone like Conte or Naglesman would run into the exact same issues Amorim did. Players that don't have the ability to do what's asked of them.
Our squad is at a level where they should be battling for the last CL place. That's where we are. The only way we'll improve is by getting regular CL football and bringing in a director of football/scouting team capable of identifying quality players early in their career.
Howe has proven that he can get results with limited squads. His approach is simple, but far more competent than Carrick's. Howe and a proven director of football could help lay the foundations for bringing in an elite manager a few years down the line. People need to stop buying into the club's BS that were a big club. We're not. United are not equipped for an elite manager. Howe is the level we're at.
23 Oct 2026 13:50:35
To move on its need to remove Wilcox. Let Vivell pick the next manager. The choices Wilcox has made, have failed drastically.
23 Oct 2026 15:57:07
Vivell and nagelsman?
I think the whole coaching staff will need to go, so it would be a very big change.
They will desperately want a turn around in fortunes.
23 Oct 2026 17:01:09
DB,
The current coaching setup isn't good enough. If Carrick goes, then whoever the new manager is, will bring in their trusted coaching staff.
23 Oct 2026 17:30:48
Did I just read Howe is no better than Carrick?
23 Oct 2026 18:00:22
What under strength squad did howe have success with? .
Eng rb eng lb now a barca lw aresenal cm Liverpool striker. He had plenty of good players. Yes he got them playing well for a coule of seadons but imo he should have done better with that team than he did not withstanding the fact that he did pretty well. But never as high as 3rd.
He would be a seady eddie.
Might be a decent shout short term to take over mid season he seems like a good calm charachter he is used to working in a nuthouse restricted environment.
He would not be my choice but neither was carrick ole or eth so that in itself suggests Howe has a good chance of getting it?
Id rather go with naglesmann or conte and let a looney run the asylum for a bit it might be just what the doctor ordered.