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

I read it as 2 year contract + 1 year extension.

I don't know if contracts are worth much these days. You could have a 10 deal and get booted out after 6 months.

Anyway, he's at United. Pressure is a way of life.

so give him a longer contract then, if contracts are meaningless.

My personal opinion is you can't go into a season with a manager out of contract at the end of it - unless you know and are planning for their departure.

It would be human nature for that to impact their decision making, to some degree. A part of the reason ETH had his extension triggered that summer.

Maybe it doesn't have an impact this summer or this season, maybe - though imo there will be a pressure on Carrick to earn the trigger or a new contract this coming season now. But next summer if he is still on the same base 2 year deal? You are asking players you are looking to sign to be convinced to play for a guy you don't know if you want to still be there in 12 months? I think that makes the job harder.

As for why i think it can influence his decisions and the impact that can have… that gets into a whole area of performance quality, tactical evolution and setting oureslves up for long term success. Which, to be fair, doesn't seem to be a conversation many in here want to have or simply utterly disagree with me on.

And then people said to me we needed to give carrick the job not do a proper interview process cause of the lack of faith that would show (I disagree) but are these same people happy with a 2 year contract? Does that 2 year deal not immediately say 'We are not sure of you at all and you need to prove next season that we have not made a mistake'?

If the only thing you care about is the result of any given single match, then a 2 year contract, or even 1 year contract, is absolutely fine and makes sense.

When you see Real going back to Jose 10 years past his peak I think that tells you all we need to know about the current market for managers.

Happy with Carrick getting 2 years or 2+1. Listening to TOTD from yesterday Laurie Whitwell says there was discussions with other candidates/their agents so that confirms Carrick wasn't just made as the easy choice. IMO the lack of quality, available/gettable alternatives means Carrick is the best man right now for the job. Also happy to hear they will be adding to the coaching team. Alot of positive news today

Fine, thats you impression. I wont get into a conversation with you on it then cause your stance is im simply arguing in bad faith.

Sesko the only doubt for Sunday.

I've been a vocal negative nancy about it but 2 years isn't too bad plus any new players know who they will be playing for, will make filtering out players who aren't up for the challenge easier.

12 months ago most LFC fans would've given Slot a ten year deal. 12 months on and they'd have him gone by the end of this month. Or several months ago even. Did all the players being signed by that club last summer have huge faith in the manager being there long term. Bet your ass they did. Do they have the same faith now....not so much I'm thinking.

Carrick has 2 years. We'll know by Christmas if he'll last the season. And then we'll know if he gets a second. And that's pretty much the same regardless of who is appointed.

Decisions, decisions. Opinions, opinions. Jesus, this hurler on the ditch craic is really stressful. Thank God I'm not the manager.

Every manager appointment invariably "ends in tears", it's just a matter of when that happens. Average life cycle of a manager at a club these days is what, 2.5yrs? 2+1 seems a reasonable enough contract then.

Sure Amorim only got 2 years and he was ripping the whole thing up and installing a brand new system of play with very specific player requirements, that we didn't have when we hired him.

2+1 is the sensible play financially, much as I hate it, we are on the same manager merry go round everyone else is on now, the days of 27 years of Fergie followed by 6 years (!!!!!) of Moyesie are long in the rearview mirror.

Carrick was one of my favourite United players ever, I hope he rips it up and is here for 20 years.

The way he played the game suggests he should be good tactically given time and we see how he has brought the calmness and measured style he played with to his managing.

Big Michael

and, imo, we were under pressure to make a decision on keeping or sacking Amorim this coming summer as a result of that.

Wish they had decided he needed surgery a bit earlier tbh!

Think you're just been a drama queen now Mitch.

It's always gonna be a decision every year on every manager it be silly if the club if they didn't review the manger at the end of every season. It just means less mess when it comes to paying him off and if he has a good season next year then reward him put some faith in him.