A ‘gentle glow’ is still lingering over Michael Carrick’s Manchester United but, with seventh-placed Fulham coming to Old Trafford this weekend, are we now entering a run of games that will give us a clearer indication as to whether he has turned the team’s fortunes around?
Tactically, there aren’t too many obvious concerns, but Fulham are a big strong side and physicality will be paramount. Because of that, Patrick Dorgu may be a big miss.
Ruled out for an estimated ten weeks with a hamstring injury, the young Dane has put in some powerful, intense performances recently and is showing glimpses of real potential.
There are a few variations Carrick can implement in Dorgu’s absence, but it puts a little more onus on the fitness of Luke Shaw. The team will also rely on the experience of Casemiro, Harry Maguire, and Bruno; with the Brazilian’s departure this summer confirmed, do the club need to hang on to their other veterans?
Just like Brighton was a “truer test” than Liverpool, which we also happened to win and nothing changed beyond that.
No single game is a “true test”. I want to see consistency. The “true test” is if we see a genuine improvement after 10 games
Entire-Gas-7651 on
Literally just finished the last one – brilliant
Japples123 on
Anyone else have to turn the volume way up when Carl talks?
UnitedTestosteron on
Every single game will be a test until he fails and everyone will talk about how Carrick failed the test.
InternationalClock18 on
Unfortunately the no ads podcast were the only reason I had an athletic subscription so this change is going to mean I cancel and listen on a different platform
hambodpm on
Yes
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Educational-Shock232 on
Yes
PunkDrunk777 on
No. It don’t like we sat back in our last two games and now we test ourselves on the front foot
Lazy analysis
255BB on
Yep, we will beat them 5-0.
thecolorkevin2 on
Just win 5 games please so that dude can cut his hair. 3 to go. 😭
RedFlagFlyingHigh92 on
Absolute joke that the Athletic has shoved ads into a paid subscription service. Genuinely what is the point of subscribing if you can find the articles anyway and their podcasts on their own app have multiple ads per hour?
Forsaken_Club5310 on
Yes.
Carrick has done a wonderful job against City and Liverpool!
We have struggled against deep blocks for years, inherently a good deep block is hard to break down.
The big challenge is do we look as dominant when we have the ball? and can we turn that dominance into victories?
Icegaze on
If we beat Fulham convincingly, the goal post will shift again and people (the media mainly) will put another caveat.
I’m just enjoying the ride. Impossible to predict anything, even if it were Tuchel or Ancelotti at the helm.
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A ‘gentle glow’ is still lingering over Michael Carrick’s Manchester United but, with seventh-placed Fulham coming to Old Trafford this weekend, are we now entering a run of games that will give us a clearer indication as to whether he has turned the team’s fortunes around?
Tactically, there aren’t too many obvious concerns, but Fulham are a big strong side and physicality will be paramount. Because of that, Patrick Dorgu may be a big miss.
Ruled out for an estimated ten weeks with a hamstring injury, the young Dane has put in some powerful, intense performances recently and is showing glimpses of real potential.
There are a few variations Carrick can implement in Dorgu’s absence, but it puts a little more onus on the fitness of Luke Shaw. The team will also rely on the experience of Casemiro, Harry Maguire, and Bruno; with the Brazilian’s departure this summer confirmed, do the club need to hang on to their other veterans?
Three pods in a week? Can’t believe it.
I’m so ready.
https://preview.redd.it/hrrouylmiagg1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=2d2793abd6c95d1ea77bec3a4510745d72fcd8ba
Just like Brighton was a “truer test” than Liverpool, which we also happened to win and nothing changed beyond that.
No single game is a “true test”. I want to see consistency. The “true test” is if we see a genuine improvement after 10 games
Literally just finished the last one – brilliant
Anyone else have to turn the volume way up when Carl talks?
Every single game will be a test until he fails and everyone will talk about how Carrick failed the test.
Unfortunately the no ads podcast were the only reason I had an athletic subscription so this change is going to mean I cancel and listen on a different platform
Yes
/Pod
Yes
No. It don’t like we sat back in our last two games and now we test ourselves on the front foot
Lazy analysis
Yep, we will beat them 5-0.
Just win 5 games please so that dude can cut his hair. 3 to go. 😭
Absolute joke that the Athletic has shoved ads into a paid subscription service. Genuinely what is the point of subscribing if you can find the articles anyway and their podcasts on their own app have multiple ads per hour?
Yes.
Carrick has done a wonderful job against City and Liverpool!
We have struggled against deep blocks for years, inherently a good deep block is hard to break down.
The big challenge is do we look as dominant when we have the ball? and can we turn that dominance into victories?
If we beat Fulham convincingly, the goal post will shift again and people (the media mainly) will put another caveat.
I’m just enjoying the ride. Impossible to predict anything, even if it were Tuchel or Ancelotti at the helm.