31 Mar 2026 12:59:29
{Ed's Note - Shappy has posted a new article entitled, United's Manager Choice: Upgrade or Trust Carrick?
1.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 14:01:58
Unless Enrique/Tuchel becomes available, trust Carrick imo.
The more important thing is recruitment, in my opinion, and we are already hearing stuff about players' and agents' reluctance to take United seriously until they confirm who their permanent manager is going to be.
So I think it needs to be sorted soon. Hope we can beat Leeds and Chelsea in the next two games to pretty much guarantee Champions League, and announce Carrick as permanent manager.
2.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 16:23:35
Shappy, what do you think of Filipe Luis' brief coaching career?
3.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 17:24:41
I don't think that the perfect manager is out there so my guess is it will be Carrick as Head Coach, rather than manager, with the club's recruiting department trusting itself to build on last summer's excellent trading. Not ideal, imo, but the one thing we absolutely don't want is to get rid of someone who's doing a decent job, only to appoint yet another expensive failure who will want the power to rebuild the squad again in their own image.
Right now, we have some good players, and we have a club that is surely aware of the profiles it needs to continue the progress. Why change that?
4.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 18:16:44
I hope the club are less shortsighted than some fans.
I stood in the stands at OT when SAF was giving his speech on the pitch about supporting Moyes, knew it would be a disaster, said so on here. We had some telling me Moyes would win the league.
I wrote many posts about Ole, but the emotion of it got to many fans, insisting he was right for the club. He made an utter mess, yet some now change the narrative so he was amazing.
If the club lacks ambition, goes down the emotional route, it's a major error. How many times did I read there was no alternative to Moyes or Ole.
The club lacked ambition in its appointments, made little effort to plan, and timing then became an issue. This summer there are potential managerial opportunities, yet some want the comfy slippers of the ex Boro manager, whilst at the same time both Liverpool and City could be changing, and I can bet City won't be hiring downwards.
The club needs to decide its path. Last chance this summer. Another failure and chances are we will lose at least some of our pull. No to Carrick, not ever to Southgate. Wake up, see what is in front of us.
5.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 19:10:38
I guarantee, RM, that whoever City get next, they will be hiring downwards. If you have the best, the only way is down.
6.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 19:11:42
Didn't give a name, Red Man, that you think the club should get.
7.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 20:16:00
Gds
Let's see, but if we keep Carrick and they get Enrique, where do you think that will put us? Behind them.
Dsg. Simeone, as said before, has the character and personality to stamp his authority on the team, and has broken the Barca-Real monopoly, which is every bit as impressive as what SAF did at Aberdeen.
Beyond that, Enrique, Nagelsmann.
8.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 21:11:32
Carrick would not be my choice, and I hope we can do better.
Simeone is the highest paid in the world, and is not leaving Madrid. He would be my 1st wish.
We don't know that they have not sounded him out.
Enrique has a job at the best team in Europe. A team he built, he may not want to leave. It's on record we have spoken to his advisors.
Nagelsmann has a job and won't talk to any club until the WC is over. He has a contract for 2 more years, so he won't be available to take pre season, which is not ideal.
So, if they are not available and Pep doesn't want to move across the city, then imo there is not better candidates than those 4.
Poch will be finished early enough in the WC, but has he the ability? I always thought so, but he's not done as well as I thought he would.
Carrick is what some will think is a safe bet. I'm not so sure, but I think he has as good a chance as some that are linked at this stage, imo.
I hope we get an inspired choice, but who knows. We'll have to see out this season and take stock then, I hope.
No rush to appoint anybody before then.
Great move by Spurs, imo.
9.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 21:41:07
What if Diego Simeone, considering he is going into his 16th season managing Atletico Madrid, doesn't want to join us?
10.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 23:39:56
Never been overly impressed with Nagelsmann, and when you look into some of the things away from the pitch at Bayern... It's not great reading.
I also think De Zerbi is an awful appointment for Spurs, another one I've never been impressed with.
11.) 01 Apr 2026
01 Apr 2026 10:47:16
Caolan, I think now Spurs will stay up and do a lot better next season. I think they would have gone down without the change for sure.
12.) 01 Apr 2026
01 Apr 2026 11:26:33
De Zerbi traditionally hasn’t hit the ground running in a lot of jobs, due to the supposed complexities of his system. If he makes them hard to beat and plays on the break, they’ll nick a win or two that they need, but that goes against everything we’ve seen in his career so far.
13.) 01 Apr 2026
01 Apr 2026 13:01:41
Really, Caolan? 1st 8 games for Marseille 5 songs, 2 draws.
1st 8 for Brighton 3 wins, 3 draws.
Repeating that will keep Spurs up, no doubt. So you are badly informed.
14.) 01 Apr 2026
01 Apr 2026 13:17:59
Didn't win any of his first 5 Premier League games at Brighton. At this stage of the season, he could relegate them if history repeats itself.
Vastly overrated manager. He will combust within 18 months and be out the door.