He is allowed to be frustrated and feel empathy you know?
Carrick testimonial | Sunday June 4th 14:30 BST
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He is allowed to be frustrated and feel empathy you know?
You would be surprised at how accommodating other people can be given the circumstances.
It's also likely they prefer the change seeing as part of the logic is avoiding peak transport (of all types) due to overlapping events.
At whoever decided that it'd be a good idea to hold another high profile event in the city on the same afternoon as one that is already planned.
Can't you sell them to someone going to the benefit concert instead? Might be a big ask but better than them going in the bin.
You are being a little harsh if you don't mind me saying.
Maybe so, I just found it a little tasteless seeing someone moan about the inconvenience a concert for such a good cause has caused them. It's being done in nothing but good faith and for a fantastic cause and he's moaning about it disrupting his train time and costing him £40. I still think a little perspective would go a long way.
As I say I think you are being a little harsh.
I am with you , dont think it was one bit harsh.
To be fair, it's going to be more than £40 as he will have to buy a new ticket. He's allowed a little moan. Let's not forget Carrick's testimonial is for a good cause as well and the last minute change in time will probably cause some returns and a few more empty seats.
Has he actually contacted the rail service he bought the ticket through yet though?
I love him.. He mentions Fergie in his description for no reason. just throws the name out.. and then uses #Ferguson.
Proper legend.
Vote corbyn nationalise the railways, more community policing, power to the people. Where is Carrick donating the money to? Should be a good night I mean afternoon.
It will be fine, fans are being asked to get to the ground at 12:30 on wards for security checks, the match wont finish till gone 4pm
The concert goers will arrive while the match is on and it will have started before the football fans are leaving, in theory it should work out just fine.
I am 100% sure given the circumstances the train operator will allow you to use the tickets on an earlier service. Just threaten to take it to twitter which could be a bit of a PR disaster for them. Surely anyone with common sense should see that this is 2 charitable causes and allowances should be made.
Love this man.
Yup. Always complain on Twitter. You usually get a DM from the company within minutes (or hours) and free shit or what you wanted!
It's worth signing up to Twitter for £40 imo @Whatsername
I have never been to a testimonial before.
Is it just like a normal match day or are there pre or post match presentations/speeches or something like that?
Is it just like a normal match day or are there pre or post match presentations/speeches or something like that?
This is going to be the best testimonial ever..
Fergie didnt namecheck Evra.. Somebody call suicidewatch.
EXCLUSIVE: NEVILLE'S TRIBUTE TO CARRICK
Ahead of this weekend’s Michael Carrick testimonial, former Reds club captain Gary Neville pays enlightening tribute to a player of undying commitment to the cause and a driver of high standards…
"When I first heard Michael Carrick had signed for United, I already knew what a good player he was because I’d just been with him at the 2006 World Cup. However, you don’t know how any player will adapt to being at United, so none of us were sure how he’d settle – and it was certainly a bold move to come in and take Roy Keane’s squad number!
"Straight away and over the following years, even amongst my friends and even when we were winning leagues, there were challenges to convince people about how good a player Michael was, and how important he was to the team. Those battles never took place within the dressing room, though. One of the biggest compliments you can pay Michael is that the team-mates around him had huge appreciation for him. He made everybody play better.
"Paul Scholes is the best person to speak to about Michael because he would admit that he got the best out of him, making sure that Scholesy was served the ball with the correct angles at the correct times, making the team tick. Michael did the unseen things, really. You never saw him crunch into a tackle, panic or go to ground. The sign of a good player is that they always look in control, and Michael was always in control. His composure never wavered.
"What people may not understand is the quiet, introverted passion that he holds for Manchester United. When we won leagues, Michael would be the one singing the most and going home last from the parties; the one that would look the happiest and most joyous behind the scenes at having won a trophy. On the pitch, in front of the crowds, he’d maintain his composure, but behind the scenes he showed how much he loved the club. Believe me, he absolutely loves United.
"There’s this thing about football fans where they almost have to see players bleed out on the pitch, see you screaming, shouting, grabbing the badge before they understand that you’re actually passionate about the club. With Michael, the passion was there but it was displayed in completely different ways. He was signed, but he grew to love the club as much as any of the ones who had been here for years. I don’t think externally that has ever been put out there, but it’s important that message comes across. He is absolutely committed to the club in a way in which only people who have played with him would know.
"He’s also an incredible role model. I can think back through my United career and when I think about the greatest professionals, I could point towards my brother, towards Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and towards Michael Carrick. Everyone was a professional under Sir Alex Ferguson but then beyond that, there were people who never made a mistake, never did anything wrong.
"Michael would always do every single rep in the gym, every single inch of every warm-up; he made sure he ate every single thing right, did absolutely every single bit of pre-activation, was always in the gym with the fitness coaches and sports scientists, always did the hydration tests, did absolutely everything by the book and set an incredibly high standard not only for himself, but also in the dressing room.
"They’re the sort of things people may not understand when they haven’t worked with him. He’s as professional as they come. Any young player at United now would look up to Michael and realise: that’s how you get to the end of a career looking how he looks, performing how he performs, as fit as he is. He’s brilliant. When you’re a young player coming through, you want to be able to look up in the dressing room and see somebody who has been there, who can almost be a father figure to comfort you on the pitch, someone who can settle you down. Michael does that without even knowing.
"He provides that comfort blanket for people around him, and the likes of Luke Shaw or Marcus Rashford, if they want any idea of how to create a 12, 13, 14-year career at the highest level, just look at what Michael does every single day from the moment he comes into training to the moment he faces the cameras post-match. Even when results fall below the standards of Manchester United, you always see him come out and do the interviews afterwards and handle himself perfectly; he never hides away.
"I think it’s taken a long time for Michael to be appreciated for his level of performance and the importance to the team and squad that he has, to this day. I think he brought the 2016/17 season back on track for United, at a point earlier in the season where, at times, the team needed stability and control. That changed every time he played, and Jose Mourinho recognised that he brought something to the team that isn’t always visible.
"I think when people come into the club, even coaches, it maybe takes them some time to understand that the team is just better with him in it. He composes everything, sorts everything out, makes sure there’s a balance, serves passes into strikers with a perfect weight. There were more obvious contenders for the club’s player of the season award, but Michael, for me, was the player who brought the season back on track and brought some order back to Manchester United.
"He’s a brilliant player and as a person, I just can’t speak highly enough of him. If there’s just one complaint I can have about him, it’s that he’s asked me to play in this testimonial, and the biggest compliment I can pay him is that if it was anyone else I’d have said no! He’s probably the only person who could possibly get me back on the Old Trafford pitch. I desperately wanted to say no to him, because after Scholesy’s testimonial I swore I would never set foot on that pitch ever again in a pair of boots, but when Michael rang I didn’t feel I could say no to him because I like him that much."
Ahead of this weekend’s Michael Carrick testimonial, former Reds club captain Gary Neville pays enlightening tribute to a player of undying commitment to the cause and a driver of high standards…
"When I first heard Michael Carrick had signed for United, I already knew what a good player he was because I’d just been with him at the 2006 World Cup. However, you don’t know how any player will adapt to being at United, so none of us were sure how he’d settle – and it was certainly a bold move to come in and take Roy Keane’s squad number!
"Straight away and over the following years, even amongst my friends and even when we were winning leagues, there were challenges to convince people about how good a player Michael was, and how important he was to the team. Those battles never took place within the dressing room, though. One of the biggest compliments you can pay Michael is that the team-mates around him had huge appreciation for him. He made everybody play better.
"Paul Scholes is the best person to speak to about Michael because he would admit that he got the best out of him, making sure that Scholesy was served the ball with the correct angles at the correct times, making the team tick. Michael did the unseen things, really. You never saw him crunch into a tackle, panic or go to ground. The sign of a good player is that they always look in control, and Michael was always in control. His composure never wavered.
"What people may not understand is the quiet, introverted passion that he holds for Manchester United. When we won leagues, Michael would be the one singing the most and going home last from the parties; the one that would look the happiest and most joyous behind the scenes at having won a trophy. On the pitch, in front of the crowds, he’d maintain his composure, but behind the scenes he showed how much he loved the club. Believe me, he absolutely loves United.
"There’s this thing about football fans where they almost have to see players bleed out on the pitch, see you screaming, shouting, grabbing the badge before they understand that you’re actually passionate about the club. With Michael, the passion was there but it was displayed in completely different ways. He was signed, but he grew to love the club as much as any of the ones who had been here for years. I don’t think externally that has ever been put out there, but it’s important that message comes across. He is absolutely committed to the club in a way in which only people who have played with him would know.
"He’s also an incredible role model. I can think back through my United career and when I think about the greatest professionals, I could point towards my brother, towards Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and towards Michael Carrick. Everyone was a professional under Sir Alex Ferguson but then beyond that, there were people who never made a mistake, never did anything wrong.
"Michael would always do every single rep in the gym, every single inch of every warm-up; he made sure he ate every single thing right, did absolutely every single bit of pre-activation, was always in the gym with the fitness coaches and sports scientists, always did the hydration tests, did absolutely everything by the book and set an incredibly high standard not only for himself, but also in the dressing room.
"They’re the sort of things people may not understand when they haven’t worked with him. He’s as professional as they come. Any young player at United now would look up to Michael and realise: that’s how you get to the end of a career looking how he looks, performing how he performs, as fit as he is. He’s brilliant. When you’re a young player coming through, you want to be able to look up in the dressing room and see somebody who has been there, who can almost be a father figure to comfort you on the pitch, someone who can settle you down. Michael does that without even knowing.
"He provides that comfort blanket for people around him, and the likes of Luke Shaw or Marcus Rashford, if they want any idea of how to create a 12, 13, 14-year career at the highest level, just look at what Michael does every single day from the moment he comes into training to the moment he faces the cameras post-match. Even when results fall below the standards of Manchester United, you always see him come out and do the interviews afterwards and handle himself perfectly; he never hides away.
"I think it’s taken a long time for Michael to be appreciated for his level of performance and the importance to the team and squad that he has, to this day. I think he brought the 2016/17 season back on track for United, at a point earlier in the season where, at times, the team needed stability and control. That changed every time he played, and Jose Mourinho recognised that he brought something to the team that isn’t always visible.
"I think when people come into the club, even coaches, it maybe takes them some time to understand that the team is just better with him in it. He composes everything, sorts everything out, makes sure there’s a balance, serves passes into strikers with a perfect weight. There were more obvious contenders for the club’s player of the season award, but Michael, for me, was the player who brought the season back on track and brought some order back to Manchester United.
"He’s a brilliant player and as a person, I just can’t speak highly enough of him. If there’s just one complaint I can have about him, it’s that he’s asked me to play in this testimonial, and the biggest compliment I can pay him is that if it was anyone else I’d have said no! He’s probably the only person who could possibly get me back on the Old Trafford pitch. I desperately wanted to say no to him, because after Scholesy’s testimonial I swore I would never set foot on that pitch ever again in a pair of boots, but when Michael rang I didn’t feel I could say no to him because I like him that much."
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Good stuff from Gary Neville. Must admit I never knew Carrick was particularly passionate about the club, though I always assumed he had to be something like a model professional.
Great article, and there's hardly anyone more qualified than Gaz to judge about the commitment to United. I simply don't understand why Carrick has always been underrated even in terms of his dedication to the club. I've heard and seen a lot about the appreciation for the likes of Evra, Rio,... (of course they totally deserve it), hardly for Carrick. Even later arrivals like Herrera or Rojo are considered by many here to show more love and passion towards the club than him
I just watched the SAF video and bought tickets to the match on impulse, I have exams the following week but I'll regret for the rest of my life if I don't get to see them in the flesh at least once.
So pumped
So pumped
turning out to be quite the event for quiet little Carrick, isnt it. Even Rooney never got this
Marcos Senna at OT.. Ballbag was right..
turning out to be quite the event for quiet little Carrick, isnt it. Even Rooney never got this
To be fair to Rooney, he took one for the team and allowed it to be another pre season friendly.
Ya both Rooney and Ferdinand.. these should never be pre season friendlies. A testimonial should he more of a fun game.
So Berbatov is going to play under Fergie 
If anyone in the cafe remembers how bitter he was towards Fergie when he left United
If anyone in the cafe remembers how bitter he was towards Fergie when he left United
VDS
GNeville/Brown---Ferdinand---Vidic---Evra
Carrick/Fletcher
Park/Hargreaves------Scholes-----Giggs
Berbatov/Saha-----Rooney
Sub: Silvestre.
Nope, GNeville/Brown---Ferdinand---Vidic---Evra
Carrick/Fletcher
Park/Hargreaves------Scholes-----Giggs
Berbatov/Saha-----Rooney
Sub: Silvestre.
highly doubt Silvestre will play, unless at RB. Nice to see Salgado and Senna is going to play. So, no Tevez eyh. Still hoping CRonaldo would make last minute surprise appearance.Isn't it the other way around? Those were the dark daysSo Berbatov is going to play under Fergie
If anyone in the cafe remembers how bitter he was towards Fergie when he left United
but if I remember correctly Berbatov have given good comments about SAF and Manchester United since he left.Not really, he said that Ferguson lost my respect, and that he said bye to all team mates, didn't talk to Ferguson.Isn't it the other way around? Those were the dark days
Here:-
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...as-lost-my-respect-says-Dimitar-Berbatov.html
I see. I remember wrongly. Yeah, their falling out is not nice though.
Oh well, that's in the past though.I'm not worried, SAF and many players since then have shake hands eg. Roy Keane, Beckham, etc, even with Arsene Wenger.
Surprised that Hargreaves is gonna play under SAF.
Tickets bought, can't wait to see the boys and SAF.
Gonna dedicate time to watching Scholesy one last time
Gonna dedicate time to watching Scholesy one last time