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2-0 up at Old Trafford. Lose 3-2. And somehow Carrick’s answer is to keep pretending this his style of 4-2-3-1 is sustainable.
That’s coaching failure.
The two biggest problems with Carrick’s United are staring us in the face: the intensity of the football is nowhere near good enough, and the creative output of his structure is fucking appalling.
I hate the way once we go down the whole team switches to give Bruno the ball… it’s like everyone turn off their brain
Has Lammens ever conceded from a rebound? He seems to always punch the ball to his players every time.
So far it seems like we are trying to score with crosses, which is ironic as we don’t do that when Sesko is playing.
It's another matchday and another day to feel disappointed. Fifteen minutes in, all I see is the same boring football with no clear plan to create chances. It's still very much counter-attack based.
MICHAEL CARRICK’S FOOTBALL HAS NO INTENSITY.
MICHAEL CARRICK’S 4-2-3-1 HAS NO IDENTITY.
MICHAEL CARRICK’S ATTACKING STRUCTURE IS ABYSMAL.
MICHAEL CARRICK HAS TURNED BRUNO INTO THE ENTIRE ATTACK.
MICHAEL CARRICK FOOTBALL IS BORING.
2-0 UP. 3-2 DOWN. NO ANSWERS.
CARRICK OUT.
Carrick has inherited a squad with more athleticism, more depth and more attacking options… and somehow the football has become slower, less intense and less creative. What exactly are we coaching here?
Amad + Mbeumo on the right. Dorgu on the left. Bruno between the lines. Sesko through the middle.
Width. Pace. Movement. Multiple threats.
And we already know what Amad + Mbeumo can do together. That partnership was one of the most exciting attacking relationships we had last season.
So why the fuck are we dismantling something that already worked?
That is an attacking structure.
And this is exactly why Carrick’s system is inferior for this squad.
His 4-2-3-1 sacrifices width, intensity and attacking relationships just to squeeze everyone into positions that don’t maximise them.
Amorim’s 3-4-2-1 actually connects the squad.
It gives us structure AND freedom.
We had the personnel for it. We had the attacking relationships for it. We had already seen it work.
We should have built on that this season instead of ripping it apart.
Maguire, De Ligt, Martínez, Yoro, Heaven. None are flawless individually, but three at the back covers their weaknesses far better than two in a back four. Yoro was improving, Heaven was improving… and Heaven could even carry the ball into midfield. So why keep exposing them?
And our full-backs? Dalot, Mazraoui, Amass… none are currently good enough to demand a starting spot. Dorgu gets a pass because he’s still developing.
Three centre-backs gives you defensive cover. With the current setup we are exposed on the flanks and the inexperience of our defense is being exploited
Santos, Tielemans, Baleba… now you’re talking about pace, athleticism and aggression. Add Kobbie Mainoo or Ugarte and suddenly you have the legs and physicality to control games instead of constantly reacting to them.
And that finally frees Bruno.
Put him at ten.
Let Bruno fucking create.
And when he needs a rest, Cunha takes his place. We actually have the depth to rotate our creative players without completely changing the structure.
Then attack.
Compare that with Amorim’s United. Whatever you think of Amorim’s overall results, his structure at least created more natural attacking relationships, more width, more bodies between the lines and more ways to create chances. Under Carrick, Bruno increasingly looks like the emergency generator for an entire attack.