You're really coming off as a Herrera fanboy. Throughout his career Carrick has been fantastic at reading the fame and intercepting passes. He was crap today. So was Herrera. Its ok to criticise your favourite player when hes useless.
Football is not all about accurate passing, I think Van Gaal had an impact on you man, we've been calling for more attacking approach, taking risks, Herrera took them, his passing was off in very windy game, starting second game in two and a half of month, despite that he always tried to win the ball back and was successful in doing so, but people just get angry with every misplaced pass and every missed chance, so they are overreacting and dont see the good things.
Carrick started as a fecking captain and again showed like throughout his career he shits himself in big games, we desperately needed a leader to try to win this game and the fella was hiding all game, unable to impose on the game both offensively, trying to play some crisp through balls from deep, dictate the play like he can when the team's on top and defensively, we struggled to press as a united and as a result of it we were always two steps behind particularly in the first half. As I said earlier Mata and Fellaini weren't helping at all. Lack of movement and mobility killed us over last months or so, before we had looked very solid defensively, ie the defensive record, and looked consistent dominating the ball unlike today, alst game and the game before, but it has been about will and determination recently which showed only a couple of players and that let us down
..so I dont take anything from carrick he was consistent decent player for United for many years but he was always good when other players were good around him and his defensive contribution was always overrated. Never looked like raising the game of the team when the team was down, that he showed again today and with his legs gone, HE showed he was useless today, not Herrera who looked like the only player with Young on the pitch trying to do something, give credit where it's due.
We have so many passengers these days, not game raisers but it can partly be eliminated by managers tactics and motivation, we by no means have worse team than say Leicester but look much worse as the team lacks strong personalities who will give their everything, look at Drinkwater, the fella not one of the most talented players in the league but is part of the great two men midfield set up at Leicester.. Let Carrick retire, release Rooney and start again with some players who likes to play for the badge and show some hunger to win games, they dont need to be big names but give them chance to make their names for themselves like Fletcher once did.
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