He needs to dribble more - it's clear as daylight that he has it in his locker.
Saying that, though, he has been brilliant so far. MOTM for me.
Saying that, though, he has been brilliant so far. MOTM for me.
Alas poor Carrick...WTF has happened?
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Playing very very well. Great ball control, if anything his passing has been the off part of his game today, which is bizarre.
Now if only he took a shot now and then.
Now if only he took a shot now and then.
Yes. He has so much in his locker that he doesn't use. Every time he moves forward with the ball in space he looks good cause he has nice vision and a brilliant pass. Decent dribbler too
Thought he was great again, people have mentioned how much scholes is helping Carrick, but I think Carrick is more than doing his part with his shielding. It really is such a shame that he's come out of his shell in the last year or so and not earlier. My united poty and I really hope england stick him in the heart of the midfield. They'd be nuts not to.
This. He really is a cracking player.
With a Scholes in form, Carrick just excels and can play to his and the others strenghts. Very very good performance today
if he isn't selected for the euro's as a starting player, it will be one of the biggest feck ups in English football that I can remember. feckers like Scott Parker, Gerrard, Gareth Barry, Lampard ETC would have had the english press creaming themselves over a Carrick like year this year, but since he doesn't score a lot of goals, the media ignore him. Even Scholes has picked up more calls to be selected then Carrick ffs!
Henry Winter seems to be a big admirer of Carrick's this season but alas he seems to be in the minority outside of United. Carrick's got no chance of going to the Euros unfortunately (for him)
Too many sideways passes.
I still wish he'd shoot more, he's got a rocket of a shot when he takes a pop.
Too scared too much. Carrick's weakness is his mentality. He plays better with Scholes mostly cos he can defer responsibility to Scholes which takes the pressure off of him. The main thing holding Carrick back is confidence, or lack thereof. He tends to get riled under pressure not because he's a bad player but because he looses faith in his ability to deal with people getting up in his face and often plays hurried or rash passes. If Michael Carrick only believed in his abilities half as much as the likes of Gerrard or Lampard do he'd be a totally different player.
I don't agree with any of that at all. He was fantastic even before Scholes' return and confidence doesn't seem like a problem for him in the slightest.
Yep dodgy start, but he was the pivot before Scholes came back. Many of us were rightfully worried when he was suspended for the Basle away (or was he injured, can't remember), he was well established as one of our most important players by that stage (December?).
His been on form all season long. I'm glad
When?
The very short Anderson/Cleverley show, which lasted....5 games, maybe?
Edit: More like two games until Cleverley got injured against Bolton, dodgy was harsh. It did look like he'd have a tough time for a while.
He has been brilliant.
Edit: More like two games until Cleverley got injured against Bolton, dodgy was harsh. It did look like he'd have a tough time for a while.
He has been brilliant.
How can he have a 'dodgy start' when not playing?
Jesus, I'm agreeing with you. Dodgy was a bad phrase, but in the league, it looked like he wasn't getting a sniff.
He has been sensational this season.
He has been sensational this season.
I'm not trying to argue with you, I just don't get it. As soon as his season started he was brilliant and hasn't looked back.
There was a period when he was seemingly fit but wasn't making the team. Fergie came out with the usual "slow starter" talk.
Now I only watched a grainy stream but in that second half he seemed to switch off and I don't recall seeing him in good positions for the second half goals.
Not a scapegoat Carrick post I am genuinely curious to find out if people thought he had a good second half? I reckon he's starting to get a bit tired. He looked a bit lethargic in the second half.
Not a scapegoat Carrick post I am genuinely curious to find out if people thought he had a good second half? I reckon he's starting to get a bit tired. He looked a bit lethargic in the second half.
He played quite well IMO. Scholes was below par, which affected Carrick and (more importantly) the team as a whole. His legs went completely around the time we scored our fourth.
The pass for Nani in the first half which Nani failed to keep in was one of the best passes i've seen from a non-scholes player in years.
I actually thought it was one of his poorer games today. His passing wasn't all that and defensively he was a little slow. But as someone else said, Scholes wasn't up to scratch either.
Got a bit of stick on the Guardian today:
Think he and Scholes had poor games throughout, Carrick's probably allowed one given how crucial he's been this season. Some tiredness (maybe mental) is a fair shout after the long run of rapid fixtures he's played.
It was another game this season where we had no control in midfield. With Everton overloading the middle (it wasn't just 3 vs. 2 as Osman and Pienaar played incredibly narrow) the whole team needed to defend better. I know we didn't have the options from the bench to shore up the midfield but I thought Rooney could have dropped in when we went 4-2 up. None of that excuses the defence crapping out as they did though. So many individual mistakes.
It was another game this season where we had no control in midfield. With Everton overloading the middle (it wasn't just 3 vs. 2 as Osman and Pienaar played incredibly narrow) the whole team needed to defend better. I know we didn't have the options from the bench to shore up the midfield but I thought Rooney could have dropped in when we went 4-2 up. None of that excuses the defence crapping out as they did though. So many individual mistakes.
Scholes and Carrick both have problems if they are given little space and are put under a lot of pressure.
Everton understood that today and gave Scholes almost no room to operate which essentially took him out of the game.
Carrick suffers a bit from the same problem even though I sometimes feel he is even easier to control then Scholes.
When put under pressure he often resorts to his back passes and playing it save.
Which isn't really a bad thing as long as our wingers step up and produce the creative output which they did today, especially Nani.
In the end it was our defensive naivety that cost us the game and some really sloppy defending plus mistakes from Rafael and Evans cost us the win.
Everton understood that today and gave Scholes almost no room to operate which essentially took him out of the game.
Carrick suffers a bit from the same problem even though I sometimes feel he is even easier to control then Scholes.
When put under pressure he often resorts to his back passes and playing it save.
Which isn't really a bad thing as long as our wingers step up and produce the creative output which they did today, especially Nani.
In the end it was our defensive naivety that cost us the game and some really sloppy defending plus mistakes from Rafael and Evans cost us the win.
It's definitely a bi-product of losing Fletcher for the season. He and Fletcher are the two senior big men in our midfield.
Agree with this. Was thinking to myself we need to take Scholes off. He looked shot. Change came too late obviously and should have been Giggs off when he was taken off. Before Jones would have been the better sub but with us needing a goal Giggs should have been on.
Thought Carrick did well enough today. Can't think of much he did wrong and can think of quite a few things he did well, particularly attacking.
Average today. Had much better games.
Our best player today I thought.
Yeah, I thought he played well.
He's had a cracking season overall.
He's had a cracking season overall.
Yup, seemed quite quick for some weird reason.
Out best player by a distance.
Also dispelled the myth that his only defensive qualities are in making interceptions.
Nonsense, expectations must be so low that he gets praised for that invisible performance.
He put in a great shift. Needs help though.
Ferdinand and him were our only two players who can leave this game saying they haven't played poorly.
Another good game from Carrick.
Scholes was better than he was against Everton but not quite on his game. We were horribly out-numbered in midfield, though, with Tevez dropping deep and Nasri/Silva tucking in.
Scholes was better than he was against Everton but not quite on his game. We were horribly out-numbered in midfield, though, with Tevez dropping deep and Nasri/Silva tucking in.
One of our better players tonight. Showed some fight.