15 Oct 2026 19:34:42
What route do the club go down if they decide to replace Carrick?
Conte, the top level experienced manager.
Nagelsmann, who I think would be a risk. Not an elite manager for me. Flattered to deceive in other 'big' jobs.
Hurzeler, another risk.

Probably on par with Amorim, although Amorim had actually won something.
Howe, the steady Eddie who I fear would be another yes man for the board.
Anyone else? I'm actually a bit stumped when it comes to any other names.

1.) 15 Oct 2026
15 Oct 2026 19:59:45
Its a tough one 2toms.
Conte is my choice because he is the best fixer. Short term.
He will organise motivate and improve what we have.
Fabregas would be more of a long term option but i doubt he'd leave como mid season.
Naglesman is an interesting one. Again quite devisive. Hurzler doing great at Brighton like de zerbi and potter.

I do like him he is a very intelligent guy and very engaging. A great option you'd think but won't leave Brighton mid season and will cost a fortune in compensation.
Get a fixer in for 18 months like conte and if that works for longer than that then all the better.

2.) 15 Oct 2026
15 Oct 2026 20:36:07
That list probably highlights the mistake we made letting Amorim leave.

3.) 15 Oct 2026
15 Oct 2026 20:51:08
jd, I don't think Amorim was the answer. We played some absolutely dreadful football under him

I'd go for Conte. He would at least be entertaining and throw some fudge into the players who wander around the pitch.

4.) 16 Oct 2026
16 Oct 2026 10:41:37
This was the discussion we had last year, every manager brings risk, and the club is such a mess. Hurzeler is doing well at Brighton & Hove Albion, in the club with an anaesthetic eye for talent.

5.) 16 Oct 2026
16 Oct 2026 11:32:32
I pressed send accidentally.

Would Hurzeler be able to step into one of the biggest jobs going? Conte would, but given the state of things, how long would he last before blowing a fuse? And Howe, another uninspiring chap, I don't see him being a solution.

We believe we are one of, if not the biggest club, yet we appoint a Technical Director who appears unqualified, a COO who hadn't done that role before, and before Red Man says it, a Manager who failed at Middlesbrough.

Until we fix those basic problems, the chaos will continue.

6.) 16 Oct 2026
16 Oct 2026 11:34:53
doesn't matter who is in charge as manager when the club can't move on players that shouldn't be anywhere near the team.

add that with a dof who sees himself more as a coach and has admitted himself he likes to interfere, that is all we need to know about how this club is ran

inoes are just as crap as the glazers, woody and the rest before them

until the club is ran for footballing purposes we could have PEP or klopp.

even prime fergie.

the manager ain't the issue, when players who are still here that can't play football get new contracts and 4 and 5 chances.

carrick should never have got the job, but he was the cheap option, like our window was. he may not be fit for purpose but that squad is shocking and it will tell when we finish bottom half this season yet again.

and until the club stop making money worth the owners sticking around, this is where we are at,

we might get the odd cup run, but major trophies is a longgggg way off.

7.) 16 Oct 2026
16 Oct 2026 11:36:13
RA was stuck up his own backside. He was adamant that his 343 formation would eventually work, no matter the cost.

8.) 16 Oct 2026
16 Oct 2026 13:40:23
Hurzeler, Howe or Nagelsmann. In that order of preference for me. All 3 require higher intensity from their teams which is what we seem to be lacking most. Simeone would be good too but never going to happen.
Carrick looks like he's had enough anyway.

9.) 16 Oct 2026
16 Oct 2026 14:07:11
Howe is my top choice. He's someone who does the basics right. Our squad struggles with complexity. You could see that under Amorim. They just couldn't rap their heads around the system.

I'd bring in Howe for a few years to steady things, get persistent champions league football, and recruit players of a level needed to attract an elite manager. Obviously, it's not foolproof because our finances are hamstrung by debt. But Howe has a good team that know how to get results in the EPL with limited resources.

10.) 16 Oct 2026
16 Oct 2026 14:26:10
insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results.

Changed manager, changed players. Nothings changed.

United are doomed until the ownership changes. Until there is no more revenue to Syphon out the club the we are stuck.

Depressing.

11.) 16 Oct 2026
16 Oct 2026 15:50:03
If the club decides to replace Carrick then I only want it happening one of two ways.

Either they replace him with a permanent manager in the middle of the season, or he stays until the end of the season and we replace him then.

What we need to do is stop this cycle of temporary managers. It keeps setting ourselves up to fail. We bring in a temporary manager and either things get worse in which case what was the point of changing, or they improve and we paint ourselves into a corner with having to potentially hire the temp full time.

12.) 16 Oct 2026
16 Oct 2026 17:50:28
We could just have 2 interims per season, one till Christmas one after sure there are enough ex players in the MU Retirement home to suffice the next 5 years like that.

13.) 16 Oct 2026
16 Oct 2026 19:34:57
I've said it before, and I have no idea if it would be possible, but I'd try and get Emery from villa.

14.) 16 Oct 2026
16 Oct 2026 20:35:34
It doesn't matter who the manager is imo. The way the club is run, as soon as the tough gets going the manager is gone.

Nothing will change until the ownership changes and we get the right people in running the club properly. We've tried to top quality managers, the up and coming managers and were still here having the same debates.

Berrada is no better then Woodward, wilcox is no better then murtaugh. These guys are just yes men, picking up and handsome wage and telling us what we want to hear every now and again.

We could get jesus Christ in as the next manager and he couldn't turn these sour grape into wine.

I honestly hate match days now. Yeah we will have a good half here and there, but this isn't the Manchester united I love.

Bad owners, bad people running the club, second rate players, treating our loyal staff and fans badly. We've been slowly become a second rate team who have lost ambition and happy with champions league every few years. But oh well we will have a new stadium soon, that will paper over the cracks.

15.) 16 Oct 2026
16 Oct 2026 22:33:26
we re no longer a club with long term planning - it worked to a degree with Chelsea so I would sort of reluctantly go with Conte and hope that in 18-24 months when it all blows up its finally enough for SJR and glazers to pack up too.