Now that Carrick is the favourite to become our permanent manager, same people who defended Amorim for 14 months despite watching how horrible we were under him, finish closer to relegation than top 4, being horrible to watch and turning us to a joke of a team are now “concerned” about Carrick’s lack of experience.
Make it make sense.
Amorim came in with the “system” hype, the “trust the process” crowd. The process? 14 losses in his first 27 PL games, a GD that looked like it got hit by a lorry, and a team that had zero identity beyond hoping Bruno scored a screamer. But because he spoke well in press conferences and used a 3-4-3, the Amorimsexuals were convinced we were 2 transfer windows away from being City.
Now that Carrick is about to become the permanent manager, I'm hearing “he’s only interim material”, “he’ll get exposed”, “we need a proven winner”. Where was that standard when you supporteda guy who was getting1 leaguewin per month??
Carrick deserves this shot for 3 reasons:
1. He knows the club: He’s been here as player and coach through SAF, Mourinho, Ole, Rangnick. He understands the weight of the badge better than a manager who treated OT like a layover.
2. The players respect him. You saw it under Ole and even in his 3 games as caretaker in 2021 and his 15 games so far this season.
3. He’s pragmatic, not ideological. Amorim’s biggest failure was forcing a system on players who couldn’t execute it. Carrick adjusts. That’s what you need when your squad is mid-rebuild and confidence is short.
Is he Pep? No. But neither was Amorim, and at least Carrick won’t spend 14 months telling us "we have to suffer” before changing anything.
So to the clueless fans doing 180s: you spent a season calling anyone who criticized Amorim a hater. You told us to be patient while we got battered weekly. Now you want to gatekeep who’s “United enough”? Sit this one out.
If Carrick fails, fine - we move on. But at least give the man a fair crack before you crown the next foreign savior who’ll leave us worse off.