Carrick, I’m begging you ... be fucking reckless for once and TRY THIS.😭
We struggle to score & keep clean sheets because our midfield isn’t compact enough ... it gets cut through way too easily, like butter. And the cohesion between midfield & the front line just isn’t good enough.
It may be an unpopular opinion, but IDGAF: the problem is playing Bruno as one of the CMs.
Play Bruno as a false 9. Cunha–Bruno–Mbeumo front three.
A false 9 still has to be a striker. He drops deeper to disrupt the defence, create overloads and link play, ... but he also has to finish.
Bruno can do ALL of that there better than he can playing CM for the team.
Carrick, JUST DARE IT. 😤
Thank you, Bruno, for that interview. Without it, I doubt he’d ever have been benched.
But now, imagine we win convincingly today without him. What'll be next for Bruno?🤔 #MUNBOU
Who the fvck in the right mind made this spineless fraud his club captain?😟 Martinez should’ve been benched after that interview, and Bruno needs to be nailed to the bench for a combination of bad performances & his interview. If the manager takes all the responsibilities, then he needs tobhave all the authorities too. Carrick, I don’t care how many games you’ve got left ... grow a pair & do the right thing.
A lot of you, the love for Bruno has blinded you to the truth. I said it before, and everything happening now proves my point.
Bruno has somehow become the dictator of Manchester United, wielding far too much power despite being the worst captain in the club’s history. He’s been a factor in the downfall of more than four managers. He needs to go in January, regardless of what happens to Carrick.
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Bruno Fernandes: “I think sometimes we have to be more brave under pressure.” [@footballontnt]
I fvcken love Licha. However, I'll say it as it is.
Rooney’s right.💯
Licha can be correct about the ownership & the lack of investment. Fans are already saying that loud enough. Players don’t get to air it on live TV nine games into a season after another defeat, then act like they’ve just shown “passion.”
That interview wasn’t leadership. It was loser talk: lashing out, making excuses, and pointing upstairs b/c the results aren’t there. Martinez himself has had shocking moments this season that have nothing to do with Jason Wilcox or the board. Blaming “the club” for a performance that wasn’t good enough is just deflection.
The praise he’s getting is telling. Plenty of people want to hear a senior player confirm their grievances so they can stay comfortable in victim mode. It doesn’t make the comments professional or helpful. It runs through the senior spine of this squad. The ones who won’t leave, the ones who set the tone, and it does zero favours for new signings trying to settle into a dressing room already full of noise.
If it’s real passion, show it on the pitch. The players they have are more than capable of better results than what’s on the table. Creating public issues in October & undermining the manager and teammates only makes those results harder to get.
Internal conversations exist for a reason. This wasn’t that.
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"We're NOT going to agree on everything!" 🙅
Goldbridge REACTS to Rooney saying Martinez was wrong and argues that BRUNO FERNANDES should be calling out Jason Wilcox! 🤯 👀 #mufc
"We're NOT going to agree on everything!" 🙅
Goldbridge REACTS to Rooney saying Martinez was wrong and argues that BRUNO FERNANDES should be calling out Jason Wilcox! 🤯 👀 #mufc
Funny how quick people are to point fingers when it’s time to take responsibility for their own failures. If we did our fvcken job on the pitch & cared about the fans half as much as we care about defending ourselves, this whole conversation would look very different. Do your fvcken job on the pitch first. Then question everyone & everything else.
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We missed seven chances against Atletico!
Honestly, no manager could succeed with that many missed chances
📹 [@primevideosport ]
At Old Trafford, against the worst team in the league, with Spurs down to 10 men, and we STILL got outnumbered in midfield & dominated all over the pitch.
I fvcken love you, Carrick, but there’s no defending this. You’re out. #mufc
🚨 Fred on Solskjær and Ten Hag: “There are some coaches who are 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 tactically but 𝗕𝗔𝗗 with the group, and there are some who are very good with the group but are tactically 𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗣.
“For example Solskjær was very good with the group but tactically he had Carrick and McKenna as his assistants - so much so that they went to the Championship and got promoted with their teams so they helped a lot… he was more about uniting the group.
“Ten hag was tactically a very good and intelligent guy, but with the group he was crap. He couldn’t manage it man. He would fight with everyone.”
[@CharlaPodcast]
🚨 Fred on Solskjær and Ten Hag: “There are some coaches who are 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 tactically but 𝗕𝗔𝗗 with the group, and there are some who are very good with the group but are tactically 𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗣.
“For example Solskjær was very good with the group but tactically he had Carrick and McKenna as his assistants - so much so that they went to the Championship and got promoted with their teams so they helped a lot… he was more about uniting the group.
“Ten hag was tactically a very good and intelligent guy, but with the group he was crap. He couldn’t manage it man. He would fight with everyone.”
[@CharlaPodcast]
Manchester Cheaty ... Imagine cheating your way through a season & still only scraping 4th in 2015/16.😂
Makes Leicester’s achievement even more remarkable.
Bruno Isn’t the Agenda.
Because I’ve been critical of Bruno for so long, some people seem to think I have a personal agenda against him. I don’t. I genuinely like Bruno, and honestly, I feel bad for him too. With the attacking numbers he’s produced, he should have had more trophies.
I’m not trying to get Bruno out of the team. I want Manchester United to get the best out of Bruno without sacrificing the balance of the team.
I’ve been saying: try Bruno as a false 9. Let him operate higher, with Mbeumo and Rashford/Cunha running beyond him, while keeping a proper midfield behind him.
But if Carrick doesn’t want Bruno as a false 9, there’s another option: build the midfield around his risk taking.
Bruno is an elite creator, but as a CM he constantly looks for the killer pass, plays forward early & aggressively leaves his position to press. When those passes are intercepted or his press is bypassed, United can suddenly have midfielders caught too high and huge spaces opening through the centre. Then the deeper midfielders are chasing transitions from behind, defending 2v1s and 3v2s instead of protecting the defence.
Look at how Arsenal & City protect their creators. Their attacking midfielders operate within structures built around positional discipline, rest defence and immediate counter-pressing. If the killer pass isn’t on, they can recycle possession rather than constantly forcing the action.
So if Bruno stays in midfield, give him a true No.6 who stays home, a disciplined 3-2 rest defence, and an immediate counter press when possession is lost.
The answer isn’t asking Bruno to stop being Bruno. It’s putting Bruno in a structure that protects the team from the risks that come with his game.
I don’t want Bruno to fail.
I want Bruno to thrive & Manchester United to thrive with him.
Carrick, if you somehow survive this international break, DARE to try this against Spurs.
Baleba fit? Play him. Not ready? Santos.
Mount can rotate with Tielemans/Mainoo when needed.
And if Bruno doesn’t work as a false 9, DON’T drop him back into midfield. Sub him for Sesko or even Rashford.
Rashford/Dorgu can cover Cunha. Lacey can cover Mbeumo.
We’re stacked. Stop forcing players into roles that hurt the balance. Put them where they’re best, build the team around that, and let them cook. 🔴🔥
I honestly can’t remember a referee/VAR call this universally accepted as WRONG. United fans, City fans, neutrals, pundits ... everyone agrees.
At this point, the impressive part isn’t that they got the call wrong; it’s that two officials with multiple replays, slow motion & every possible angle still managed to reach the dumbest conclusion in the stadium. Everyone else saw it. They had every tool available & still somehow missed it. That’s not officiating; that’s incompetence with a replay button. 🤡
All the credit Carrick built last season is gone now. I defended this man against the Amorimists, rival fans & pundits, but this loss is 100% on Carrick.
Hopefully he finally learns to be braver with his selections. Although, judging by how many opportunities he’s already had to learn & somehow keeps making the same mistakes, I’m not exactly holding my breath.
I understand not starting Sesko. Fine. But once we got the red card & had a numerical advantage, there was ZERO excuse not to bring him on earlier. What was he waiting for!?😟 An offside goal?😠 An invitation from the referee?😠
And please, spare us the transfer window excuse. We had more than enough quality to beat Hull, Everton & 10 man Manchester City. This wasn’t a squad problem. This was a Carrick decision making problem.
I’ve defended him plenty. Now he can take the criticism. And frankly, after this one, he can get absolutely thrashed for it.
