Carrick In DANGER? More TRANSFER Setbacks! Man Utd Transfer News

Hello, everybody.Welcome to the United stands.I'm Mark Goldbridge.This is your latest Manchester United news and transfer news.And if we've got a busy show for you tonight, it's opinions, really.It's an eight o 'clock show.

Is Michael Carrick in danger?I've been asked to speak about this.I mean, I'm happy to bring topics in, but I've been asked to speak about this.It's sort of a bit of a growing trend on social media in the Man United fan base, where quite a few people are starting to say that Michael Carrick is being set up to fail inadvertently or on purpose.Are they going cheap, knowing that next summer they might need to sack him and spend big on a proper manager?We will discuss that.

Also this Tyler Adams story, this lad, the German youngster who we've been linked to, we'll talk about that as well.A very interesting reaction to something that's happened on social media today that I've also been asked to look at as well.It is your show and I do think the Carrick discussion is going to take us into the transfer window and what's going to happen over the next five weeks as well.So fasten those seatbelts, get ready for the United stand tonight.It's going to be strong opinions and I think there's going to be a lot of disagreement, which I like as long as it's respectful.But before we delve into all of that, we are actually sponsored by Manscaped tonight and it's the Lawnmower 5 .0.

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Link in the description.Get the QR code.Sorry, use the discount code TUS15.Right, lots to get into on the show tonight.I've been asked to talk about this.Look, first of all, Tyler Adams, I want to talk about that.

Obviously, we'll talk about this striker.And I want to address, is Michael Carrick being set up for danger?Is he being set up to fail?I want to ask that as a question, actually.Let's do a poll.Is Carrick, so basically, I've seen it more and more.

Is Carrick being set up for the sack?I've even seen some people saying, it's really obvious what's happening.It's a bit like what happened with David Moyes.They're not spending big.They've linked us to big players like Tremini, Tenali and Elliot Anderson.And this is just like David Moyes when we were looking at Fabregas and Kroos and there was somebody else.

we looked at as well and we didn't get them.We ended up with people like Fellaini, Santos, Tillemans.Are they going cheap?thinking that in a year, and look, to be fair, Jack Cassidy said, I've been saying this for weeks.Maybe you're right.Maybe you're right.

Maybe they're already looking to next summer thinking we'll have to spend big next summer.Let's not spend the money on a guy that we're going to end up having to sack.There was no one better than him this summer.It's a short term fix.Don't spend money.Do you genuinely believe that?

Let me know.We're going to delve into it and I'm going to give you my thoughts as well and on the Tyler Adams stuff.But before we get all into all of that, I just want to drop this in.Very, very hot off the press.I'll forget if I don't do it now.So, a little bit of fun at the start of the show.

You might have heard of Rory Jennings, Chelsea Rory.He's been on That's Football before.He's not pretty, he's not adverse to a bad opinion.He did predict that Erling Haaland was going to flop when he signed for Man City.And he has predicted a lot of other things as well.Sometimes right, sometimes wrong.

But I was asked to do this as a personal favour.Would you react to what Rory Jennings has said that John Stones is better than Rio Ferdinand?I said I would and then I've been given a list of winner stays on centre -backs here.So Rio Ferdinand or John Stones?

Rory Jennings has said that John Stones is better than Rio Ferdinand.He's the second best centre -back in Premier League history behind John Terry, apparently.OK, so as one of the biggest football communities in the world, let's do it.

Jon Stones or Rio Ferdinand?Well, it's Rio Ferdinand.Jon Stones is a decent centre -back, but I can only speak honestly here.

When I think of top centre -backs, the top five centre -backs in Premier League history, I don't put Jon Stones there, whereas I do put Rio Ferdinand there.So Rio Ferdinand is better than Jon Stones, in my opinion.It's not red -tinted glasses.You'll figure that one out in a minute.But I would definitely say Ferdinando over John Terry.Quicker, good on the ball, reads the game really well.

And I think that he is just a better player than John Stones.

And I think he did it in a team that was without doubt one of the best teams the Premier League's ever seen.So Rio Ferdinand over John Stones for me.The next one I got asked was Rio Ferdinand, so Van Dijk's next.This is tough, this is tough.I do think Van Dijk's a very good centre -back.I think he's done a brilliant job at Liverpool, but I just feel the longevity of Ferdinand puts him ahead of Van Dijk.

Van Dijk's injury and the last couple of years, although they did win the league a year ago, I just personally think Rio's a better player than Van Dijk.I've been up and down about this over the years.Sometimes I think it's Van Dijk, sometimes I think it's Rio, but I actually just think the longevity comes into play, so I'd say Rio over Van Dijk.

John Terry or Rio?Well, Vidic isn't on my list.If Vidic was on my list, I'd put Vidic over Rio.I prefer that type of a centre back.

So I like a centre back.They don't need to be mega fast.They don't need to be amazing ball players.I want people who will head a bowling ball if it comes into the box.I want people who will literally go into a tackle where they've only got a 10 % chance of winning it and put their body on the line.And that's the type of centre back and a leader and that's the type of centre back Vidic was.

So I always preferred Vidic to Rio.But this is not Vidic -Rio.This is John Terry -Rio.And John Terry is a Vidic type of centre back.So unless I just go red tinted glasses, I would go Terry over Rio.I never would have done this when they were both playing.

But now they've both retired, I think I think I would say John Terry.I've got a few more to do as well.What about Vidic or John Terry?Well, I'd put Vidic ahead of John Terry.

I'm ridiculously knee -sharp.this.I don't think Vidic gets the credit he deserves.I think he was an amazing centre -back.

Yes, he had a couple of bad games where he got put on his arse by Torres, but, I mean, when we had Vidic at the back, and John Terry was the same for Chelsea, cross came in the box, he'd win it.People think Maguire's good in the air, and he is, but Vidic was just unbelievable.He would win absolutely everything.

So, look, I think that We've got, yeah, so I would put Vidic ahead of Terry.Vidic versus Sergio Ramos.

I think it has to be Ramos.It has to be Ramos, doesn't it?I'd love to say Vidic.And I think when we're talking about Terry's and Vidic and Rio and Van Dijk, we are in the same equation as Sergio Ramos.

But I do think that we're talking about a different level here.Winning things for your country, winning things consistently for the biggest club in the world.He could score goals, he could pass, he could tackle.I think I would say Ramos.Ramos or Cannavaro?I just loved Cannavaro.

I loved Cannavaro.I think that, you know, in the 2006 World Cup, he was immense.I think he was a brilliant centre -back for somebody so small.I'd probably still say Ramos over Cannavaro, if I'm being honest.Maldini over Ramos?

Maldini.I think...I don't...There's no point throwing...I mean, there's another...There's Nesta here.

There's Piquet.Puyol.Tiago Silva, I mean, no, no.Maldini.Maldini has no peers for me. I think he's the best defender I've ever seen, whether it's centre -back, left -back, quick, good on the ball, attacking, defensively, brilliant reader of the game.

No, no one's better than Paolo Maldini for me.So there you go.Little quick diversion there, but nothing to do with United in a way, but yeah, just something a little bit different.Okay, let's get into this show.So from one opinion to another, give me a little bit of time actually.So look, what's going on is that a few people, and as one of you just said in the comments there, A few people are saying that Michael Carrick is being set up for the SAC and they're using the transfer window as evidence.

So I've seen a lot of this.You've probably seen it yourself and basically I'm going to answer whether I think it's true and you can do it as well.So the theory is we're not spending big money because they don't trust the manager.

So obviously we have a wage structure and obviously we don't want to spend any more than £80 million on a player.But the theory is, if we had a Pep Guardiola or a Thomas Tuchel or a Jose Mourinho, we would spend it.because they would demand it and there would be confidence in the manager.So the theory is they're not spending big money because they don't trust Michael Carrick and they think that they went with Carrick because he was the only option available and they think that in a year's time Carrick will be gone so United are keeping millions back for the next manager.

It's a theory, right?And to be honest with you, with all theories, the ones that have legs do tend to grow.And to be fair, 75 % of you do say that they're setting him up for the sack, which is something a little bit different.Are they setting him up for the sack?Well, of course they bloody well are.This transfer window is abysmal.

Today, I know Beth was talking about it earlier, we got linked to Tyler Adams.Tyler Adams cannot be the third midfielder.You cannot sign Tillemans, Santos and Tyler Adams.With all due respect to Tyler Adams...Jael Gomez, these and Edison, they cannot be the third midfielder.That's crap.

It doesn't mean they're crap.That's just crap as the third midfielder.You can't sign three players for 40 million quid or 50 million quid.It's crap.You know, the third midfielder has to be somebody that gives us excitement, gets us on the edge of the seat as a signing.It can't be Tyler Adams.

So those types of stories.And I must admit, I don't believe that story.

I didn't get to watch the 2 o 'clock show today, so I don't know what Beth said, and I haven't really been on social media much today.But I personally have heard nothing about Tyler Adams to Manchester United, and I personally, complete opinion, because I've asked nobody, I think it's bollocks.I think it's total nonsense that we're in for Tyler Adams.I don't think we're in for Tyler Adams at all.Why would you talk to Kone and then go for Tyler Adams?It doesn't make any sense.

He's a good reasonable Premier League midfielder, but it's not the third signing for Manchester United.However, that sort of thing only fans the flames of the people who think Carrick's been set up to fail.

It only pours petrol on the fire of the fire that Manchester United are looking to next season already and looking not to spend much this summer in preparation for next summer.And hold on a minute.Hold on a minute.Whoa, your horses.Let's get real here.Do you think this football club is incompetent and deceptive enough to go, this window's been terrible.

Let's start planning for next summer and potentially spending big with a new manager.I mean, come on, they got rid of Amrim halfway through a season.

They got rid of Ten Hag three months after backing him.So they can make these types of decisions.Of course they can.But I do think that Carrick being set up to fail and Man United spending big

in preparation for replacing him with a big manager next summer are two very separate things.I do not think that it's a bad thing that this is starting to circulate around the fan base.I don't think it's a bad thing at all.Because it's a bad thing for the board.

And it's not something we've started.So, you know, we're not getting the blame for this, just we're reacting to this.

It's not good for Manchester United at the end of July to have their own fans accusing the board of potentially looking to replace Carrick next summer already and not spending on him and backing him this summer.I see it as a good thing.

I think it's great.I think it's brilliant.I think more people should talk about it because, you know, Carrick's the victim and the board is to blame.And I'm always going to be a big fan of that.And do you really think that they're backing him?For whatever reason, do you think they're backing him?

Because I don't.I don't think he's been backed.I don't think the quality of the players anywhere near that we're signing.

And let's not forget some of them we haven't signed yet.I don't think this summer anywhere near befits what Michael Carrick needed at all.So, you know, I'm all for it when people are coming up with these theories because it just puts the pressure and analysis.And look, I know for a fact the board will hate it.They will hate the fact that they're trying to spin this into a positive summer and people are actually coming up with theories that they're spending cheap because they know they're going to need to sack Carrick in a year and spend big again.

They'll hate that.They will absolutely hate that.And it might spark them into action.So, ultimately, if this story sparks them into action, great.

However, I do not think United are holding back the millions in preparation for a new manager next summer where they might need to spend big.I don't think that.Because I genuinelythink that Jason Wilcox and Omar Barada think they've made a very good move in giving the job to Carrick.I genuinely think they think Michael Carrick is going to take us back to the big time.And I genuinely think that they think Michael Carrick can can work miracles.

So and that's just incompetence.And I think our board's incompetent.So I don't actually think they're clever enough to think that let's keep £100m back and use it next summer and buy Carrick mediocre players.I don't think that.And I also think the big reason I don't think it's true is that Jason Wilcox and Omar Barrada surely have to be on their last life.It's like bloody Sonic the Hedgehog, isn't it?

You know, when he falls and hits the spikes two times, you've only got one life left.I don't think Wilcox and Barada have another sacking in them.I think they'll be getting sacked.So I don't think that they are deliberately going cheap on Carrick, thinking we might need to replace him and bring somebody else in who's more expensive.I don't think that.What I do think, and where I agree with 76 % of you, is that they're setting him up to fail.

I think they want him to succeed.I think they believe he can succeed.And I think they think they're doing a good job, but they're not doing a good job.

And I think they are setting him up to fail.And why that differs to the other theory is I don't think they're deliberately setting him up to fail.I think they're incompetently setting him up to fail.I think they think they're doing a good job, but I don't think they are doing a good job.And I think that The biggest clue for this would be understanding Manchester United Football Club and analysing the last 18 months.Because when you analyse the last 18 months, which was basically when Amrim came in, I think the red flags have been absolutely firmly planted in the sand.

I don't think them red flags have come down.at all.I think that 18 months to a year ago was when we finished, wherever we finished in the league, 15th and we lost the Europa League final.So that was horrific.And then from 12 months ago to today, I still think there's loads of red flags.Obviously the Amram era, which ended in January, so that's six months.

And then the last six months under Karrick, I think there's red flags there.Even though we did a good job, I think there are red flags of unsustainability.Bruno Fernandes broke the Premier League assist record and we finished.

There's three things that I think are really scary, but were hugely positive, right?And we haven't factored this in at all.And this is why I think they've failed Carrick so far, because there's three things that got us third place that in my mind may not, well, probably aren't going to happen again.

Bruno Fernandes broke the Premier League assist record and we got third place.What's the chance of him breaking the record again?Very slim.So can Bruno keep that up next season, this season?Hard, very, very hard.Casemiro was a huge part of us getting third place.

He was absolutely brilliant under Michael Carrick.

Defensively, one of the most busiest defensive midfielders in the Premier League and was scoring us loads of goals.He's gone.He's left.

And then Harry Maguire.who we needed because De Ligt was injured and Martinez was injured.

Harry Maguire actually up until the last month of the season where he started to get exposed, if you think about it.

But for three months, Harry Maguire had this renaissance that nearly took him to the World Cup.Can he do it again?And they're the red flags for me.Harry Maguire helped us out at the end of last season, but even he was falling off in the last month.Can he do it again?Can he do another season of this at that level for us twice a week?

Kazumiro won't be here and Bruno's got to break the assist record again.We finished third place.It was brilliant.Third place was fantastic.But the ingredients for that probably aren't there anymore.And then you look at the summer transfer window and you go, well, it's not particularly brilliant.

So, yeah, I think they probably are setting him up to fail.That's my theory.

That's my fear.Definitely.But I don't think that they are purposely going cheap, thinking we'll keep money back for next summer.I think they they think Michael Carrick might produce another miracle.

And I think he's probably going to have to, if I'm being completely honest.Emily Derry says Berrada and Wilcox are incompetent, but the other part of it is the parameters they've been given to succeed are near impossible.

The last two seasons are subject to heavy revisionism as well.It's the lies, Emily, isn't it?It's the projections of success.Omar Berrada talks about winning a Premier League title.Well, he's going to have to win a Premier League title on an Everton budget, and that doesn't get mentioned enough.He thinks we're going to win the Premier League in the next year or two.

But he's going to have to do it on an Everton wage budget, on an Everton transfer market, transfer budget.If the theory is true or turns out to be true, the Amazon documentary is going to be very interesting.

United Equal Mugs says Max.I mean, I've got to say, Max, when the Amazon thing came out, I was like, that'll be very interesting to watch in a year's time.And then you start to think, well, no club wants to be embarrassed.And yes, Manchester United will be being paid good money by Amazon, and they will have creative control.But you can't polish a turd.If United get turned over 4 -0 by Man City,

that gets covered.And Man United can say, we don't want that in, we don't want that in, but you can't change the result.

So, you know, I hope Man United haven't been so naive that they think because they've got creative control, they can control the narrative.

You can't control the results.You can't control if things go badly, and it will be caught in 4K.

So that's always been my theory and your theory that because we're putting ourselves in front of the cameras for 12 months, we would surely go out and buy big players to make this series more exciting.

I mean, so far, what is it about this Amazon documentary that's exciting?You know, if we'd done this the season that we brought Ronaldo back, it's gold.It's absolute gold.If we'd done it the season we bought Pogba, it's absolute gold.But We've not really done anything, have we?We've not really done anything in the market that's going to make people go, I want to watch that.

Now I'll watch it, and you'll watch it, because we're United fans, but people would watch it if Ronaldo had signed.

People would watch it if Pogba signed, who aren't Man United fans.Are people really going to want to watch another year of Maguire, another year of Shaw, another year of Deleux?Telemans and Santos.I don't think it's an exciting summer going into a one -off documentary, which surprises me. I actually did think we would do a couple of big major deals.Wish we could make Carrick manager and sack those two idiots in charge of recruitment.At least it would be on him if it doesn't work out, says Chris.

And Irish Beckham says, I'm sick of this ownership.Best in ass.JJ says the vibe to me is so Jose's second season.at the moment.

I think it was his third season because his first season he won the Europa League and the Carabao Cup.His second season he finished second.It was his third season where he got sacked.Look, sometimes familiarity hits.This transfer window does not remind me of Mourinho's first summer, or Ten Hag's first summer, or Van Gaal's first summer, or even Aram's first summer.This reminds me of David Moyes' first summer, and it reminds me of Jose Mourinho's last summer.

And both of those summers ended up with the manager being sacked before the end of the season.Now, hopefully, hopefully, history won't repeat itself.But honest question, honest answer.This summer reminds me of Moyes.and Mourinho's last.And the reason it reminds me of them is because neither manager, Moyes, to be fair to Moyes, I didn't want him as manager, but he didn't get backed.

And Mourinho in his final summer did not get backed.And I feel like Carrick is not being backed.

Now, Michael Carrick could probably sit in front of the...Well, he will.Michael Carrick will sit in front of the cameras and say he's very happy because he's already done it.But I don't give a shit.I don't give a shit.We're Man United fans.

We care about this football club.We're entitled to our opinions.Michael Carrick can say what he bloody well likes.He has not been backed, in my opinion, at all.I think it's an absolutely pathetic transfer window so far for a new manager who is not rated.Remember, this is not Thomas Tuchel.

This is not Jose Mourinho.This is not Carlo Ancelotti.This is an ex -playervery little experience who got sacked by Middlesbrough who did a good job as an interim.

He is very, very, very inexperienced and he is definitely not somebody that has played Champions League football and Premier League football in relation to being a manager.So I think the transfer window is shocking.Absolutely shocking.And somebody said that Santos and Tillemans are good signings because they're experienced.don't remember Santos being experienced in playing in the Champions League.And Thielemans playing in the Champions League probably amounts to one year and years ago when he was at Monaco.

So I think it's a pathetic transfer window.for a new manager, whether it's Moyes, Marino, or Carrick.

Our ownership and board are a dumpster fire, says Pete.I think they're backing him to their expectations.What failure in our eyes is very different to what the board see as failure.

We want more than them.

Absolutely.Absolutely, Nick.I'm not standing up to applaud you, although I do think it's a good comment.My hip is hurting.No, absolutely.

And that's why In regards to the theory that they're holding money back for next summer when they sack him and get a better manager, I don't think they're doing that.But I don't think they're backing him.But I agree with you.I think in their eyes, they think they are backing him.They're just incompetent.It's failure in our eyes, because we have standards and we know we're real.

In their eyes, I think they think they're doing a good job.I think Sir Jim Ratcliffe thinks he's doing a good job.I think the Glazers think they're doing a good job.The problem is, if you go to work tomorrow, And your boss has low expectations and low standards.They probably finish every day going, I've done a good job.Whereas you might look at them and go, they've done a shit job because they don't match your expectations and standards.

And that's the problem we have.As many of us know.being long -term Manchester United fans, we have expectations of what Manchester United should be, just the same as a Real Madrid fan, just the same as an Arsenal fan.

The reason Arsenal fans were out there a decade ago saying, vengar out, is because they hadn't won a league title in over 10 years, and they felt the club was getting worse.And that's where all the vengar out stuff started.And 10 years on, they're winning the league.The reason some of us aren't very happy is because we know where this club should be and we haven't been in a title race for nearly 14 years.But we have people in power who think they're doing a good job because their expectations don't match ours.I don't think they want to win the league.

I don't think they're bothered that they've not been in a league title.As I said at the end of the season, out of Arsenal, Chelsea, Man City and Liverpool, we're the longest without a Premier League title now.All those clubs have won a Premier League more recently than us.

It's embarrassing.It should be an obsession, but it's not.I wouldn't be surprised if this board is chasing a Plan Z pipe dream of theirs like Cole Palmer and leaving us in the stressing in the dark.

I have to be very careful here, Pokey Champ.I have to be very, very careful here because I agree with you in the sense that the way...Well, do I?Actually, you know what?I don't like sitting on the fence.But look, It almost feels like it's been such a bad window that there's got to be something or some things in the next few weeks that make us go, that's good, that's good, that's good.

That's where I would agree with you.I don't think there's a Cole Palmer.I don't think there's a, because I think it would have been a Morgan Rodgers.You know, Carrick likes Morgan Rodgers.Wilcox likes Morgan Rodgers.We still didn't do it.

He went to Chelsea.So I don't think there's a Cole Palmer or aknow, a massive signing.But I think there might be a reasonable signing coming or two, because if there isn't, it's a shocking window, isn't it?

Same thing over and over.I'm tired of this, people, says Dylan.

Well, until we change the ownership, I think it will be a constant rinse and repeat.It's the cycle, isn't it?People like yourselves, constant PR.

We're not in for a believer.Maldini is the best defender of all time.Him or Luke Shaw, says Robert.You ruined it.I think we've just had a glimpse of how we're going to replace Bruno when the time comes, says Joe.And if they set in Carrick up to fail, they should have got a better manager.

It's not like they weren't any around, says Mike.Adams, Santos and Tillemans would be an appalling window, says Andy Drew.My God, this depressing.But the worst part is there are people who will say it's good.Andy, look, I suppose in any society, you've got your idiots, your intelligent people, your people who call things out, your people who put up with things.That's the diversity of behavioural types, I suppose.

But there are fans in the United fan base.If you serve them up a pile of shit and tell them it's chocolate mousse, they'll smile and eat it and say it tastes lovely, unfortunately.

Who do you think the third midfielder signing will beat, says Viraj.

Kone.I still think Kone.I think with United, they've backed themselves into a corner with Kone.They've held talks with him.It's well known they want him.And they've missed out on so many players.

The majority of the fan base would beokay with Kone.I think it would be Kone.I think it would be Kone, yeah.

Best in crap signings, says Mojo.Hope you're doing well, pal.And Mike says, my gran's better than Tyler Adams and she's dead.Rest in peace.Talking about people who are dead, Zippy's dead.If anyone knows about Rainbow and Zippy and George and Bungle, Zippy's dead.

Died today.

um well not not the puppet he was never alive anyway but uh the bloke who did his voice is dead um apparently he's going to get cremated with zippy which i think's harsh i don't think the puppet should get cremated i think someone else should just copy his voice but um i made that bit up but that hit me hard you know as i said when kevin keegan died last week that hit me hard as well I was not expecting that.

But I wasn't expecting Zippy either.It's almost like they're treating Carrick like a caretaker manager, says Porto Rock.I like that.I like that.Porto Rock, I like that.I think that is a very short but very profound statement.

It does feel like they're treating Carrick like he's still an interim.You're right.You're right.It does feel like that.It really does.That's why it reminds me of the last season of Mourinho and the first or the only summer of Moyes.

It's it does feel like Carrick is still an interim, like it doesn't feel like they want to go out and give him big signings.

It feels like a cheap Poundland summer, doesn't it?Noah said a Swedish news outlet has linked Bergweld to United.Have you heard anything and would you take him for 50 million?Let me see.something here.76 % of you think the club are setting Carrick up to fail, by the way, which is a very, very, very, very big message to the board, and they should take it on board.

Either or, Bergweld or Kone.We'll come back to that one.Thank you, Noah.

Not only Carrick in trouble, United are in trouble also with these owners, says Anders.Mate, look, I know a couple of Spurs fans.I haven't taken the bet up because I just don't want to.They've said they've been watching Spurs in pre -season.When you look at the depth of squad they've got and what they're going to do, sorry, what they want to do with their attack, they will obliterate Man United in the Premier League this year.

I mean, the fact that Spurs fans think that is bad.Ultimately, whether it's going to happen or not, the fact that they think they're going to do that to us just shows how shit we are.Spurs nearly got relegated.Spurs nearly got relegated.We've had two months of a summer transfer window and Spurs fans are looking at us and going, we're going to finish above you.So, I mean, look, I would hope United will still finish above Spurs, but they're very confident.

These lads I know are very confident.

They're like, we've already got a very good midfield anyway, because we've still got Ben Tanker, we've still got Conor Gallagher, still got Sar, you add in Tonali, you add in Fernandes, they've got Van Geck at the back now, they've still got Van der Ben, they've still got Romero at the moment, they've still got Spence, they've still got Adoge.I don't know whether they've replaced their goalkeeper, but they do need to do that.

And they're looking to bring a couple of players in.And remember, they're not playing in Europe.They've got no Europe.So...and Deserby's style of football is very energetic.So, their theory is, as long as they're in touching distance with top four at Christmas, they'll blitz it in the second half of the season.

And they're using us as the example.They're going, look at United in January, they weren't doing that well, but they were only, how many points were we off fourth place under Amrim?Was it three or something like that?So they're like, They're going to blitz the second half of the season.Demian, thanks for being a member for 24 months.95 Traces, time for protests, especially with the Amazon documentary.

I mean, you're right, it would be a good time to do protests, but I don't think there's any prospect of that.Mike says, what I want to know is, apart from being cheap, are these players what Carrick is asking for or being scouted?It's an absolute mess.

Carrick gone by November.I don't actually think they'll sack Carrick, Mike.I really don't.I think they'll stubbornly stick by him, no matter how bad it gets.

But yeah.Nick P says, rest in peace Bill Oddie from yesterday.Yes, yeah, I know who Bill Oddy is.

Well done.Not well done on dying, but well done on the message.Nick P. Rest in peace for Bill Oddy.I was just trying to think what I knew him from.Springwatch, probably.You know, there's your anti -wildlifest, which I'm not.

I just don't like pigeons.But weirdly, I think Bill Oddy probably did.

And no one's suggesting that's the reason why he's not around anymore.But why have we gone down this hole?Rest in peace to Bill Oddie.I think he used to appear on children's TV a lot as well.I really always knew who he was.But only for Springwatch.

The Goodies.I never watched that.Talks of Xerxes' lone move to Juventus has madenow.I mean, look, I hope Xerxe goes.

I think he's become mildly irritating in preseason, which I don't like that because I like Xerxe, but I think he needs to go.And I will always be honest.I always liked Xerxe.Well, I still do like Xerxe, but I've had enough now.I think it's not even his fault.People will say you always liked Xerxe and now you're being quite harsh on him.

But football's harsh.Football's ruthless if you want to win.Pep was always ruthless at Man City.Sir Alex Ferguson was always ruthless.

I think some of us fans of a certain age are fundamentally ruthless because you'd come back for pre -season and Yap Stan was getting sold because he fell out with the Neville's, wasn't it?Or Van Nessaroy was getting sold because he fell out with Ronaldo.Or Roy Keane was getting sold because he said something about the youth.Or Beckham was getting sold because Sir Alex had had enough of the glamour.So Sir Alex used to be ruthless with world -class first -team players.I ain't got no problem with being ruthless with bench players.

So I do like Xerxe, and I'd love to see him do well at Juventus.Or Roma or wherever.But it irritates me because that's a sign of a lack of ambition, because we are two years into the journey now and it's not worked.

And Omar Barrada himself said, if after one or two years it's not working, we'll get rid of players.Well, fucking do it then.You know, it's not rocket science, just bloody do it.And if we remove Xerxe, it means we'll bring a striker in, which is, you know, obviously at least another transfer.Can we talk about right back?We just have De Loa as of now, since Mazraoui plays as wing back.

No, no, no, Melroy.We've got Yoro.It's like a new signing.We've got Yoro now.Yeah.Joe says the hypocrisy stinks.

Fernandez snubbed because he weren't desperate for United, but Rashford settled on despite making it clear he wants out.Best in class.Oh, mate, don't, don't listen.

Basically, anything that comes out from the club, ignore it.We only want players that want to play for Manchester United is bollocks, you know Rashford wants to play for Barcelona They just don't want him but we're bringing him back.

So you're absolutely correct and there's nothing wrong with that I actually think it's a stupid theory to have anyway that we only want players that want to play for Man United How's about we convince people to play to play for Manchester United?

You're telling me if somebody like I don't know Xiao Neves was available and he was thinking about going to Real Madrid Man United will go where he doesn't want to come to us.

Well, maybe have a chat with him, maybe persuade him, maybe tell him the story.Stupid, isn't it?

Rags Football Club says, if we hypothetically don't get another midfielder who's starting in midfield, Bruno will, but Mainu, Tillemans and Santos can't all start.We will sign another midfielder, Rags.We have to.But if that new midfielder signed and got injured for three months, who would play in the midfield?You would have to play Santos and Either or Mainu or Tillemans.You wouldn't be able to play Mainu and Tillemans together.

I think it would be a problem.I don't remember Carrick signing his contracts as Kiel.He did.He definitely did.

Yeah, he definitely did.Thanks for calling it out, Mark.Absolutely disgraceful.summer transfer window, says Marumeni.Mid -August, we will hear Carrick as the squad he wanted.This is Man United, and we're being outspent by Spurs.

Thomas Valentino says, I don't understand INEOS.Too expensive gimmick.We only spent 35 million total this summer, around 85 million in signings, but 50 million from Hoyland and Mason Greenwood sales.

We need to act like a big club again.Malroy, thank you very much for your super chat.Carvelio says Paul.And Marlowe says, only reason United want to sign Adams is that they want a bigger commercial part of the fast -growing American market.Business over football again, says Marlowe.Um, I, I, I, Marlo, I actually disagree because if we did want to do that, then why don't we go and buy the teenager from Mexico?

Why don't we go and buy Vinicius Jr. from Real Madrid?Um, there are, there are opportunities for Man United to go and buy players from markets that are going to, you know, explode our value.Why not go and get Sano, uh, Sano from Japan?Um, there are decent players out there from decent Markets that we could exploit and we still won't we still don't do it.So I don't I don't I don't think that Marlowe I don't think we're going to talk I don't think we're going to Tyler Adams anyway But I don't think we're intelligent enough to go and buy players from North America or South America or Japan or Mexico Which is also North America, but I don't think with that so I don't think with that intelligence anymore as a football club United DK says are they refusing to back Carrick because they know he wasn't their primary manager candidate But results made it impossible to give it to others You see, the theory develops.

I don't think so.I think Carrick was their guy.This is very similar to what happens in American sports a lot, says the Hand of Throne.The team is treated as a financial asset rather than trying to win.Well, we do have American owners.And time and time again, we get American viewers saying that United follow a very similar model to franchised NFL sides, of which one of them is owned by the Glazers.

If you follow NFL, there are really popular teams that won't win or get near winning a Super Bowl for a long time.

But Dallas Cowboys, San Francisco 49ers, they don't win for ages because there is no relegation.But they're massive franchises.The worst thing we could do is have the Glazers in charge of this football club.

They do have a very NFL mentality.Emily Derry says, I think last season we were fortunate to hit third.When you deep hit, the last two, even three seasons could be summed up with one word, instability.Speculation about owners, managers, stadium.Look, I'll say this, right?And we're all entitled to our opinion, but let me just say this, right?

I think Michael Carrick and that team getting third place deserve praise, and they got it.But I agree with Emily.I think we were very, very, very fortunate to get it.

because there was a lot of things that fell into place.Liverpool fell off a cliff and no one thought that was going to happen.Chelsea had more turmoil than us and Spurs fell off a cliff as well.

So three teams fell off.Then most teams were playing in Europe until April when we were playing one game a week.

And then on top of that, Britainhad a weird season where he broke a record and had an amazing season.Casemiro was playing for a move in the World Cup and sort of found his best form in the United shirt.And Karrick played a system that a lot of these players liked.

And we also won a lot of games by one goal.Now we deserved it.I'm not saying we didn't deserve it, but we deserved it.I genuinely do think there's a lot of holes in what we did last season.Playing one game a week, being very reliant on Bruno, less than 50 % possession in most our games, counter -attacking football.Casemiro was key and is no longer there anymore.

Harry Maguire had a very good end to the season.Can he do that again?It was almost like the perfect storm for United and we got third place.I don't think we can replicate that.I think we need to change a lot.to get back into third place again.

And I don't think we've changed enough.So I praise what we did.No one can take that away from us.But I do agree there was a lot of things that went in our favour for that to happen.It's hard to see how it happens again.Also hoping to pull rabbits out of a hat sounds rhetorical.

Furthest thing from backing a manager to me, says Pokey.

And Nectario says, my biggest concern is the squad's fitness level and sharpness dropping off once Carrick took over playing once a week.I mean, look, yeah, I do agree with you on that.I think the first two games against Man City and Arsenal under Carrick was very energetic.And I think those were the two best games we played.But after that, it became very lethargic.You look at the Spurs game.

I think we would have lost if Romero hadn't been sent off.You look at the Palace game.I think we would have lost if Lacroix hadn't been sent off.I think the Everton game, one breakaway goal when they were absolutely dominating us and we won that game.So there was a few games that we won that I thought we were slightly fortuitous as well.But look, the past is in the past.

We can still have a very good season.I just think it needs to be different.and that's why I think the transfer window was so important.I mean, I will say this, what's, is this squad better or worse than it was last season?I would say it's a very good question.Is Santos and Tillemans replacing Casemiro and improving your midfield or is Santos and Tillemans replacing one player?

Do Santos and Tillemans replace Casemiro collectively Or does one of them replace Casemiro and one of them makes the midfield stronger?And let's not forget, Agaté is out injured for a long time as well.So we've lost two midfielders and we brought two midfielders in.

Are we better, the worse or the same?And the fact that that's a debate is a problem, isn't it?We have the same squad that finished last season.We've just replaced Casemiro and Agaté with Santos and Tielemans.Now, are we slightly better?Are we slightly worse or are we the same?

It doesn't matter.We're not profoundly better.And that's poor.

And I don't think, I mean, I don't think we can judge Santos.It's way too early.I think Tielemans is a good signing.But Casemiro was one of our best players last season.So I would say we're probably, hopefully, about the same.We might be worse.

Hopefully, we'll be better.But there's not a lot of difference between how we finish the season and where we are at the moment, with three and a half weeks to go.And that's not what a transfer window is meant to be.You look at what Spurs have done, they're a very different team to what they were last season.

And I think United, in third place, you're not looking to tread water, you're looking to close the gap.And we're almost the same team as we were at the end of last season.Uri Tilleman's official says, hello, I'm the best midfielder in the world.Everyone will watch the documentary.Respect my name.

OK, sorry.Sorry I didn't remove.Oh no, they've gone already anyway.Someone did a super chat to say very little.

Ray says, we tried to sign Bleyber for 70 million last summer and tried to sign Semenyuk for 65 million in January.So we have really only spent 15 million of this year's budget.Fair points, Ray.Fair points.Roosh says, it's so obvious they're choosing not to invest.They are copying Arsenal and Spurs and transfers will remain mid till we get the new stadium.

Well, the only thing I would say about that, Roosh, is that at least with Spurs and Arsenal, they were building the stadium.We haven't even fucking started yet.

So we've not even started building the stadium and we're already cutting our cloth accordingly.This isn't only about sabotaging Carrick.It's also a question of sabotaging the Champions League.

I will say this to you every fucking week from now until the end of next season.I can't, I can't begin to imagine another season without Europe.I don't want the Conference League, but I'll take the Europa League.I cannot do another season without Europe.It's fucking awful.Imagine Bruno's shock transfer requests as one and only.

I'd laugh and cry and laugh and cry.because the club would be in meltdown and they'd have to do something.If Bruno came back from his holiday and said, there's a transfer request, there's no ambition here.

If he did a Rooney from 2011, I'd love it, because they'd have to spend, they can't lose Bruno.If Bruno came back and said, I ain't fucking staying here, this is a shit window, I want to go, United would have to go and buy some players.But I don't think Bruno would do it.Would you have kept Casimiro knowing what you know now?Oh, what a question.OK, now what a question.

Would I have kept Casimiro knowing what I know now?

I mean, look, without being a hypocrite, I do think that Casimiro was spent.I think a lot of his good performances last year were about the World Cup and getting a move this summer.You know, I do think he had the old Willie Anne effect where he knew he was out of contract and he knew the World Cup was coming and I think he was very motivated.And in the year, season before that, we saw what Casimiro can be like when he's not motivated.So I would have been very much on board with removing Casimiro.Absolutely on board with it.

Would I have kept in knowing what I know now?No, for the reasons I've just said, no, I don't think it was a good idea.I don't necessarily think it's a great idea to keep Maguire, but I understand that more than keeping...No, I think Casimiro needed to go.Yeah, he needed to go.

And I wouldn't have him now, knowing what I know now.Because we should just buy a fucking midfielder, you know?How's about we buy a midfielder?I don't remember.that, Olat.Please give us more.

Thank you very much.I'm very tired today.I'm looking forward to finishing off.I watched The Inbetweeners last night and fell asleep, so I've got the second half to watch.Manchester!Manchester!

No, Henry, no.

I think it's just lazy journalism offering up hope when they know nothing.And look, to be fair, those journalists talking about Lewis Hall, they're just saying if he's available, Man Utd would be interested.

I can say that about, shall I do it now?If Brantthwaite was up for sale, Man Utd would be interested.And we would.It's the same.Doesn't mean we're signing Brantthwaite.This mediocrity reminds me of when Arsenal were building a big new stadium.

I wonder if the Qataris would consider a cheeky five billion bid, says Downsey.

We're not for sale when we're selling, when we're building a stadium.

Jamie says, I'm scared, Mark.This window makes me want to cry.And Christian says, hope you and the family doing well in the morning show.

You talked about an AMAS sale.Is this type of sale the new dividends for Glinneos?Yes.This is what scares me, is that all these young players we're buying, we may never see them in a United shirt.You loan them off to a championship club and you flip them for a bit of profit.I always said that, though.

I've been saying that for two years.I don't think we're signing young players for the first team.I think we're signing young players to loan and...Look, let's see if I'm right.

That Thompson, he'll go on loan to a championship club and in a year or two, we'll sell him for about five to ten million pounds.I think that's exactly what we're doing.I think we're scouring Premier League clubs for youngsters that are close to, like, getting called up to first team for experience.And we grab them, we say come to Man United, and then we loan them, and then we sell them.Emile, welcome to the Members Club, thank you very much.And opinion on Mount playing DM in certain games.

I mean, look, Mason Mount played well in the pre -season games as a DM, and he played well against Brighton in a meaningless game as a midfielder.Can Mason Mount play midfield at the Etihad and then go and play midfield at the Bernabat?No, it would do a job in games that don't matter.

But when it matters, he will be injured anyway.Marlow says Spurs was top of the league after game four week last season, and then it went to shit.I see the same happening to us this season.

I definitely think we'll have a very good start to the season because the start of the season is easy.

But the longer the season goes on, if this is If our summer doesn't improve, I think it's scary.So Jim will buy another bench player from Chelsea because he invested in Clearlake, probably De Lappe, says Noah.He's not invested in Clearlake, is he?

Nick P says, it's really disheartening when we were sat here wanting more than you see a mainstream opinion like Tillerman's is an inspired United signing.Great window, says Nick P. And who to blame says it's crazy that we're selling the players that have only played two to three seasons and we still have the Rashfords and Shores on the books.And Tabiz says, there's no way that Glynios would fire a yes man.It won't happen.Yeah, well, I've always said this about Carrick.He's another Oli, isn't he?

He's not going to be somebody that says anything bad.So I don't think they would sack him until they absolutely had to.

Yusuf says, trust you and all are well.Our faith in this ownership is so scary.

Since Ineos failed to steady a mid -table French club, why expect Sejim to revive a global giant like ours?Chaos, not vision, awaits as fans.It's a fair point, though.You know, Ineos took over Nice and fucked it up.

They then take over the biggest club in the world and have to compete against some of the biggest clubs in the world.I mean, why would they know what they're doing?I think Simon Jordan talks a lot of shit, but I remember him saying that right at the start.He said their track record in sport is terrible.Why is it going to be good at Man United?And it always sticks out to me that he said that right at the start.

Their track record in sport is abysmal.Why are they the saviours of Manchester United?Why do they know what they're doing?And it's a fair point.

Look, Sir Jim Radcliffe deserves a lot of respect.He's a billionaire and he's done, you know, incredible.But, you know, the United stands got over 2 million subscribers over the last 10 years as a community were incredible.But you stick us in a different genre.and ask me to take on the best players of Fortnite, I'll get absolutely battered.

And that's what I mean.Just because you're excellent at one thing doesn't mean you're going to be excellent at another.And I think that's the fear, isn't it?They don't know what they're doing.I still don't get when they're going to spend the 100 million Champions League money.That's on top of our usual budget, says Shaheen.

Sloane Brand says in Ollie's first summer window.He got Dan James eight weeks before the window shut Wamba Saka six weeks before and McGuire three days before watch them do Santos Tillman's and overpay three days before the window shuts Can we talk about done that about right back as well?

Why is Twitter so obsessed with belay versus Godzilla?I don't know I don't I think they think if they talk about it united will do it But I mean United are fucking incompetent, but if they start lookingat Twitter for transfers, we're really in trouble.

We're really in trouble.The issue is who's going to call the board out if we fail next year?Too many journalists and social accounts are in their pocket.The club doesn't care.You're right.There's a lot of so -called content creators in the club's pocket.

It amazes me when people come on here and say you're the only ones calling out the club.I can't understand why everybody's not calling out the club every bloody second of every day.I can't believe we're the minority.It makes me laugh.

And the journalists ain't worth the paper they fucking write on.

They're so scared of losing access, they won't say a bloody word.What do you think about Yoro at right backs, says Gorzilla.I mean, if it works, it's like a new signing.

But I mean, I'll tell you this for free.And I'm very, very big on this.And big is the operative word.Lenny Yoro is six foot three.It's not impossible.but you don't get many right backs who are six foot three.

So, for me, it's probably just a pre -season plaster, while my Masraoui's away.

Yeah.Thank you so much everybody for tuning in.I can't do an after show today.Could I do an after show today?I think there was something I was gonna say.I've forgotten what it is.

There was something I wanted to talk about and I can't remember what it is now.Oh yeah, I know what I was going to talk about.Remember in COVID when I used to do...Us, I used to play Among Us in COVID.I can't remember what channel I did it on, it might have been Twitch.

When we flew on holiday last week, I was downloading some stuff for Seb on the iPad because you're on airplane mode and he said there's a TV series of Among Us.I said, what's it on?He said, Amazon Prime.So I downloaded it all.And he came and sat next to me on the plane.And because normally what I do when we're flying as a family is I book myself in the seats with loads of leg room.

And I put them at least six seats away, six rows behind me so I can have total and utter relaxation.It's just, you know, I find it's better for me in the long run.My oldest daughter had a bad ankle and she said it was, you know, after about an hour, she said, you know, she wanted to stretch her ankle.So I said, oh, we can swap seats for 10 minutes.So I went and sat next to Seb and he had Among Us on and I watched it and it's very good.I really enjoyed it.

I'm just, you know, it's the after show.So I yeah, I remember I've not played Among Us since Covid and I've never thought about Among Us since it.

But, you know, They're only about 10 minute episodes as well, so it was very good.That was a joke about the plane seats, by the way.

Although if I was flying to America, I would pay for myself to be first class, and not anybody else, because I just think it's a waste of money.But I like it.I think business class is an absolute waste of money.It's a lot of money, business class, for six hours where you could just sit there.So, yeah.But I quite like this, I like the privacy of business class because you can mess around with your seats, you can close the door, you can order what you want.

But I wouldn't pay it for anyone else.

Because I'd see it as a massive, I don't see it as a waste of money when it's being spent on me. I actually enjoy it.You know, I enjoy the privacy, I enjoy that I'll have another glass of champas.I'm like, it's a gym, champas!Even though it costs, and I don't even want to say how much it costs because I can't remember, you're literally sitting on a plane to New York for seven hours max.

And by the time you've been for a piss and you've listened to the safety stuff, it's probably about six hours.For what you pay, it's quite a lot of money.But I'm worth it.I enjoy it.At no point have I ever thought this is a waste of money when it's for me.But if I add my wife and kids in there as well the whole time it would ruin it for me because i'd be going it's just not worth it it's not worth them having that at that price when i could save quite a lot and put them at the back um so i'm a bit of a glazer i'm a bit of i am a bit of a sir jim i've become i've become sir jim radcliffe i'll have everything but no one else can it's not worth it i've literally become what i've always despised um No, I'm joking.

When we went to New York last November, it was a bit of a birthday treat for my wife because we'd been planning it for years.And we did both go business class.And there was only about half of the journey where I was thinking I could have spent this money on a lot of other things if we'd just sat in economy.But she really enjoyed it.Apart from at one point there was a kid who was crying and I said, we're only business class, we can't eject a kid into the sky, we just have to put up with it, put your headphones on.

What will make you stop supporting the club?No, no, no, no, no.

I would never stop supporting Manchester United because the reason I support Manchester United is no longer here and my loyalty to Manchester United is why I support them.So, you know, the Glazers could sink us down to the National League and I would still support Man United.So, you pick your club, that's the way it is, isn't it?I'd love to think we'll win the big prizes again.I can't guarantee that.Steven says he's already got a terrible feeling about this season.

Look, if 10 is we're going to win the league and we're going to do really well in the Champions League and zero is we're going to get relegated, at the moment, I'm I'm five or six.I think, I think we will get top five.

I just don't know how at the moment, but I think we'll get top five.I remember last season, I didn't think, I predicted we won't get top five and we did.So maybe I should do it again, but I think we will get top five, but it's going to be competitive.The thing that worries me is that it is so reminiscent of Mourinho's last season.

He finished second against the odds.He did really well.And then we needed to spend, And the club went, no, we're happy with what we've got.

And he was gone by Christmas.And it is quite reminiscent of that.And you should all remember it because it wasn't that long ago.It's reminiscent of a manager overachieving with a squad that wasn't that good.And then instead of being backed, they went, we'll stick with how it is.And then what happened is everyone behind us came past us and Mourinho got the sack.

And my fear is if we're standing still in third, what about Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs?

They could all move past us and then he's in trouble, isn't he?I don't think we're closing in on Man City and Arsenal.I think we can forget that.I think third is about the best we can do at the moment.But what if everyone else moves past us?

That's when the shit starts to hit the fan.And the problem with Man United is, is that you can actually see the mistakes happening because it's repetition.I mean, look, fucking hell.Michael Carrick literally is Oli.A Portuguese manager gets sacked.An ex -player comes in as an interim.

He does quite well and he gets the job.So it's not that far -fetched to go, this reminds me of Mourinho's last summer, where he'd done a good job and then he didn't get backed.Oh, here we are again, making the same bloody mistakes.It's almost like United's board are goldfish.They can only remember the last six months.Anything before that, they've completely and utterly had a brainwipe.

Robert McCormack says Man United will finish top five.I am with you on that one.at the moment.Paulo says, a season where Carrick gets sacked by Christmas, save your Southgate come...Oh my God.And this is the thing.

This is the thing.Things could get worse.They could definitely get worse.This is why I really do not want to be hearing Carrick out at any point this season.Because if we don't hear Carrick out, We've definitely got back in the Champions League.And if we do hear Carrick out, that means people think we're going to get fucking God knows who to call whoever.

And the reality is, what if it gets what if it getsthan Carrick?What if it is Southgate?So no, I don't want to hear Carrick out once this summer, this season.

If we don't hear Carrick out, we'll be back in Champions League this time next year.Which isn't enough, but it's better than not.Great show tonight, everyone.Thank you so much.Stay safe, take care.I will speak to you on the 10 o 'clock show tomorrow.

Have a great evening.Thank you very much.