Manchester United Thread 25/26 - Teamtalk/Transfers/Gossip Mod Note in OP 12.02.26

As much as I hate to admit it. Carra hits the nail on the head here.

Can Carrick bring the team to Juventus Napoli PSG Real Madrid or Barca and win comfortably or to Hearts Celtic insert random far away team and dominate.

Next season the two objectives should be top 3 league finish again and win the champions league with the latter being the primary.

INEOS will have to spend big and sell off the clutter. Champions League and it being the new/current format for the first time will need high quality incoming players and a drive to finish in the top 5 at the very least in the league format. Buy the best available to beat the best and finally once again be the best team in European football by June 1st 2027;and set the team up to win the Premier League in May 2028.

They've been absolutely clear they will not speak to anyone before the end of the season.

So I assume we've had zero actual conversations.

If we finish second and third under Carrick and recruit the right players to push for league win I'd say that's job done. Comparisons to ole are lazy and silly just two former players that's all.

Their input in finalising or prioritising player recruitment, helping to convince or assure players, is probably helpful way before preseason even just planning preseason and being ready to go.

Depends who it is. At this point I don't think nagelsman would be willing to get involved in the back ground. And his coaching staff also in use, so the first week or two or three of preseason us a mess.

But then you're hiring for 3+ years, so where's the priority.

Realistically we're not winning league titles for another 2-3 years at least.

You always like to think that the people running things never had any doubt about Fergie. Or Arsenal never had any doubt Arteta would deliver a title.

I also like to think there are a lot of managers capable of just given time and support.

The most important relationship is between the board and the manager. If that relationship is solid and trust is there then it goes a long way.

Ineos have to believe whoever they appoint will win a title, but not by himself - they have to also believe that the squad needs serious investment and improvement.

I think in the modern game the manager is less important to the overall vision of the team, tactics, set-up etc, and I even think Ineos have shown that someone like Wilcox can and does have influence when required. If Carrick is hired as a "vibesman" with a decent team around him then maybe that's not a bad hire - the players certainly seem to have responded to his management style, with some of them going on record saying they want him to stay.

I don't think Carrick is the right man for the job based on the performances of the team. However, if it was up to me I would still have Amorim in charge as I felt and still feel he had us trending in the right direction so make of that what you will.

With Carrick, the results have been beyond anyone's expectations and he deserves huge credit but when I watch games I see the trend going the other way and it doesn't feel sustainable.

I blame the board though who have us in this position. Fair enough we have champs league this season but I wonder how we will feel this time next year if we stick with Carrick.

It's a massive summer. We have to get the midfield right and we need fullbacks at a minimum. Wingers too really.

yeah I wonder what people who are underwhelmed with Carrick actually wanted from him, when you consider the state of the current squad.

What more could he and his staff have done? What subs was he not making that he should have made, specifically - not just "he should have made subs earlier because reasons"

What different tactics should he have employed in what games? United were struggling against low block teams, the midfield was being walked through because of the state of the personnel there imo, not tactics or the manager, there were times when he had to select wildly inexperienced defenders (yoro and heaven).

He put Bruno where Bruno should be played and he's having the (half?) season of his life, he's getting a tune out of Sesko, he's making mostly the correct decisions in the big games, bloody hell he's beaten Arsenal, City and Liverpool - to me that bodes extremely well for playing big sides in the CL.

I firmly believe that if the club goes some way to fixing the midfield then Carrick will have as good a chance as any serious candidate, ie not Enrique or some other unachievable target.

OGS failed because he was failed by the club and recruitment.