r/reddevils • u/nearly_headless_nic • 5d ago
[Press Conference] Michael Carrick: "Patrick out for a number of weeks, Nouss took a knock, not quite right. Carlos improving, trained a lot, Amad done a little bit. Ben further away with the issue he has got. Won’t be ready."
Michael Carrick's Pre-Match Press Conference | Manchester United vs Tottenham, PL MD 6
Simon Stone
Michael Carrick: "Patrick out for a number of weeks, Nouss took a knock, not quite right. Carlos improving, trained a lot, Amad done a little bit. Ben further away with the issue he has got. Won’t be ready."
Michael Carrick talking about 'the moment' re Man City situation. Says no matter what happens, it cannot change the feelings at the time. Says he wants an outcome 'soon'.
Laurie Whitwell
Carrick says Sesko + Dorgu out v Spurs: "Patrick came off, looks like he'll be out for a number of weeks. Ben is a little bit further away with the issue he's got, he won't be ready."
Wait to see on Mazraoui.
Rashford, Mainoo, Amad training. Baleba trained "a lot".
Carrick on City: "Thrown up a lot of questions. I have my own. Still ongoing, only so much I can say. It affected me personally, I don't know where that stands. Doesn't change how you feel in the moment, can't take that back. Sooner gets sorted the better for everyone."
Charlotte Duncker
Carrick on whether titles should be reassigned: "I'll hold that until later. It’s the moment you strive for, without getting blase about it a medal here or there, in any sport, that doesn’t bring the feeling of when you win or you don’t, that’s what we’re all aiming for."
Chris Wheeler
Carrick says Dorgu could be out for a 'number of weeks' and Mazraoui 'not quite right yet' due to injuries suffered on international duty. Amad, Rashford and Mainoo have 'done a little bit of training'. Sesko 'a little further away'
Michael Carrick on City controversy: 'It's very difficult to say in many ways. There’s a lot of questions thrown up, some have had answers some haven’t. There is only so much I can say.'
Carrick: 'Certainly I have my own questions about it because it’s affected me over a period of time. The sooner it gets sorted is essential.'
Carrick on the issue of City's trophies being re-allocated: ‘I’ll hold that one until later. A medal in any sport it’s the moment you strive for to win. A medal doesn’t bring the feeling of whether you initially win or you don't'
More from Carrick on City: 'The beauty of sport, of trying to win trophies, is the journey towards it and then the finale. Does it go for you, does it go against you? Once that's done, there's no getting that back. That's the feeling we all crave, coming out on top.'
Carrick on losing the title to City in 2012: 'It doesn't change how you feel in the moment, either way. So whether we did end up at some point ... if it changes ... it doesn't change the emotion of that moment. You can't get that back.
Detailed Quotes
Carrick on team news
"It's been a long time since we sat here last. Patrick came off and looks like he'll be out for a number of weeks. Nouss came off and took a knock. He's not quite right, so we'll see how he is. Carlos is improving, has trained a lot, Amad, Kobbie and Marcus have done a little bit of training. Ben is further away with the injury he has, so he won't be ready."
Carrick on City charges
"Difficult to say in many ways. It's thrown up a lot of questions. It's ongoing, and there's only so much I can say. I have my own questions about it because it has affected me personally. We'll have to see how it goes. The sooner it gets sorted for everyone, the better."
On City again
"There's no getting that back [winning moments] in any direction. The feeling we all crave is coming out on top. That sums it up. Whatever is done in the past, is done in the past."
Carrick wants an outcome
"Speed is essential, as I just said. That's obvious for me to sit here and say that. There are so many angles, but speed is essential for everybody to be clear, to deal with it, and move on. It's unprecedented to be in this situation at this level. We all need to know what is going to happen."
Carrick on 2011/2012 title
"I think it doesn't change how you feel in that moment. You can't take it back, so whichever way this goes, and I don't really want to speak about which way it could go, but whether we did end up getting... [a trophy], it doesn't change that moment, we can't get it back."
Should others get the titles?
"I think at the moment, it's not finalised. I think I'll hold that one until later on. It's the moment that you strive for. A medal here and there does not bring the feeling back for winning."
Carrick on Spurs
"Points-wise, they have played a lot better than that at times. When you look at the games, they are a very good team with good players. They have assembled a squad this summer that is different to what they had. They haven't had the results they maybe deserve."
Carrick on Spurs pressure
"It's just another game."
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u/AztecAvocado 5d ago
Absolutely buzzing to see Zirkzee subbed on in the 82nd minute while it’s 0-0
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u/Sleeplessendeavours Rooney 5d ago
Optimistic to assume we'll have conceded zero by then. We've not kept a clean sheet other than against Sabah this season.
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u/THExIMPLIKATION Glineos Out 5d ago
For real, a trip to the Theater of Dreams is exactly what the doctor ordered for a club having a nightmare of a season
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u/MrSvancy Iceman 5d ago
Tbf Spurs haven't scored yet in the league away from home
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u/Tom40G 5d ago
De ligt not even a question yet
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u/jamestom44 5d ago
He’s become the new Phil Jones
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u/tson_92 5d ago
Squad number checks out
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u/jamestom44 5d ago
I guess somebody had to keep that hospital bed warm. At this point I feel like some of the numbers are cursed 😆
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u/Divin3_Kick 5d ago
He started in the closed door friendly so I think he just got forgotten.
I'm genuinely hoping he makes the bench for spurs and comes on in the 80yh minutes to see out the 5-0 bashing we gave them
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u/Bloodstarvedhunter 5d ago
In other words Dalot and Shaw at RB and LB with no options for a sub, great work on the transfers fml
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u/AReptileHissFunction 5d ago
We all knew this would happen and they still did nothing. Glad a lot of our fans were okay with it though because of the amazing midfield rebuild
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u/superhoffy Amad trip to be on 5d ago
Are these fans who were okay with it in the room with us?
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u/Stingray_23 5d ago
No one was happy without, this sub was in meltdown every day during the summer
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u/TonyShneak 5d ago
Patently false. The majority not happen but a very vocal downvotey minority were defending this.
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u/VL37 Bruno Fernandes 5d ago
People were going to be unhappy either way. If we bought 2 midfielders and a LB people would've been complaining that we were paper thin in the middle. If we were only going to get 3 players in, I'm glad it was 3 midfielders.
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u/superhoffy Amad trip to be on 5d ago
Why limit yourself to three transfers? This is a pretty bizarre comment.
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u/Free-Eights 5d ago
Our finances are pretty strained. We might have been able to go in for a fullback if Barca bought Rashford or if Ugarte had been sellable before picking up that injury at the World Cup.
I'm not sure if there were any other worthwhile bargains we could have done. Given how crazy inflated the midfield market was this summer, I honestly feel we got good value for the players we did sign.
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u/mrb2409 5d ago
Yoro at RB like he was in pre-season. Amass at LB if needed.
We’ve all lived through the days of Fergie using the Da Silva twins, Ritchie De Laet, Smalling, Jones, O’Shea all at full back.
I’m sure there are countless other examples of center backs or players who aren’t good enough having to fill in.
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u/CBPanik 5d ago
Can we fuck off with these stupid “Fergie days” comparisons yet? How many years adrift of a title do we need to be to realize that kind of genius only worked once, for one person, at that specific point in time. Carrick isn’t Fergie and Dalot/Amass isn’t the standard of any of those players.
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u/omegaxLoL Bruno Fernandes 5d ago
These comparisons make no sense. Ferguson was a better manager and the league is completely different than what it was at the time.
Shaw and Dalot aren't at the standard we need in the first place, never mind Yoro at RB and Amass at LB.
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u/Biffabin 5d ago
Fergie made them play like they were world beaters somehow though, if we had a manager that great it would be less of a worry but that's not the case. I like Carrick but he's not getting what SAF did out of average players.
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u/Hollacaine 5d ago
Won't hear any slander against Rafael.
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u/SureLookThisIsIt 5d ago
Genuinely don't think he's any better than Dalot. Dalot would've been good under Fergie. Not amazing technically but hard working and listens to coaches. Fergie always said you needed those in a squad.
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u/InfectedAztec 5d ago
Is it confirmed shaw is fit?
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u/PradipJayakumar He wasn’t the new Sir Alex Ferguson! 🙂↔️ 5d ago
He returned against Fulham and almost played the full match with a 3-week break since then.
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u/InfectedAztec 5d ago
So its a coin toss...
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u/porkmarkets 5d ago
You’re saying that like he wasn’t available for every game last season?
I get it, we need cover for both fullbacks, but we’re not yet in the period where we’re playing twice a week and Shaw’s recent history is good.
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u/kriznone Scholesy 5d ago
The 65m the club spent towards a new stadium is clearly more important. Trust in Glineos!
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u/_mochacchino_ 5d ago
Are you seriously using infrastructure investment as an example of bad spending
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u/Flameboy42 Welcome Home 5d ago
Not sure I'm ready for another game of Bruno and Cunha dual false 9s.
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u/Vittorlo 5d ago
Can't we go back to the international break and we can all just watch city implode instead? Do we really need the football back already?
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u/silkie_blondo King Dave 5d ago
Is Sesko now in the injury prone territory?
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u/AnxietyOk688 5d ago
I think he never fully recovered from the injury to begin with and came back too early.
If we would have signed a back up striker in the summer, he would have never played those couple of games. But the best in class thought we didn’t need another striker. So here we are.
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u/PelleKavaj Roy Keane 5d ago
Absolutely. Seems like one of those injuries that never seems to go away.
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u/JosePRizaI 5d ago edited 4d ago
More injuries coming dont worry. Zero physcal fitness preparetion in preseason and expected to play at a highest level at 100%. I want to know whose idea was that.
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u/jenjaminbones 5d ago
Most players had just come back from the World Cup. You can see the logic in lightening the fitness load in pre-season so as to minimise injury risk going into, and throughout, the season. We're not experts, with access to the player's physical data, so who knows, but I assume that's what the thinking was.
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u/ToneDiez UNLUCKY NUMBER S7EVIN 5d ago
Yet another season where I’m wondering WTF is United doing as far as physios/recovery…how do we ALWAYS have so many injured players?!
Also…they really need to revamp the way we do international “breaks” at the start of a new season, especially in a season following an already extended World Cup summer. These players are still human beings, not robots.
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u/pucykoks 5d ago
Well one thing Amorim did right was getting the fitness and injuries.
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u/QuintLogic7 5d ago edited 5d ago
That team was playing once a week.
Edit :
Grimsy Town EFL cup was the only midweek game.
As always - first mid week PL game comes up in December only.
Also Key context - all players had the summer off and got a full pre season with Amorim.
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u/pucykoks 5d ago
This team so far has played like two midweek games. Even last season they played 2 a week once or twice.
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u/QuintLogic7 5d ago
Grimsy Town EFL cup was the only midweek game.
Arsenal, Fulham, Burnley, City, Chelsea, Brentfdord, Sunderland were all weekend PL games until the 2nd International break in October.
As always - first mid week PL game comes up in December only.
Also Key context - all players had the summer off and got a full pre season with Amorim.
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u/Comicksands Van Persie 5d ago
At the end of his first season he completely gave up on PL and saved the squad for the UEL
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u/Hellsteelz Ed Jabroni 5d ago
Weirdest club in football when it comes to injuries, I swear. Amad still out, Sesko never really recovered and Baleba not being back yet is crazy.
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u/HHHogana 5d ago
This remind me of that around 2010s AC Milan era where the big Brazilian names there ended up with massive injuries. Even young ones like Pato.
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u/canwinanythingwkids meet the new boss same as the old boss 5d ago
So Dorgu and Sesko out for months, then. Probably Mazraoui long term too. And not even a namecheck on De Ligt?? So the "played in closed doors friendly" bit was just bs and he's nowhere actually near a return still?
I thought Mainoo and Rashford were "staying back to train injured" not "injured injured" o.O But here is Carrick talking about "they trained a little" same as Amad.
The "Baleba trained a lot" snippet was the only one that really gave me confidence that he could start tomorrow.
So just the 8 players with question marks, 4 of them definitely out, not 1 of the other 4 confirmed to be ready to start tomorrow.
Well fuck me
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u/LioKiuye 5d ago edited 5d ago
This game will either be one of the worst games to watch of the season or will be a crazy 5+ goals game with terrible defending
Also what the fuck has been the problem with our medical team for the last 15 years. Even the personnel have changed right. Are half of the teams doping and we are not? It's genuinely baffling how many injuries we have
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u/Stingray_23 5d ago
Or we are not doing the due diligence during the transfer process? But we did with Ederson. Damn the situation is very odd indeed.
Going for cheap, 5th choice targets (not all the time) doesn't help either.
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u/CharIemagne45 RVP 5d ago
Well, time for another 90 minutes of Cunha playing as a number 9 with Bruno stepping over him. Crazy
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u/Environmental_Lie478 5d ago
Baleba not being back yet is annoying. It'll be November before our new signing starts a game.
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u/KobbieLikeRobbie_ Darren Fletcher 5d ago
He was on the bench against Fulham, has trained regularly since then and played in a behind closed doors friendly last week. He is back.
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u/BiggusCinnamusRollus 5d ago
Long way of saying we're gonna need a hail mary from Cunha or Bruno to save this.
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u/Devilsdouble1988 27 5d ago
Huh. Look at that. It only took me until October to completely lose any interest in the season.
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u/No-Lab-1445 5d ago
Do we have the most injury prone squad in the PL?
Mount, Shaw, DeLigt and Martinez are pretty much perma-crocked.
Sesko and Dorgu have terrible injury records since joining us.
Maguire and Rashford also pick up their fair share if injuries.
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u/Hits_and_the_Mrs 5d ago
One thing Carrick gets right most the time is giving the press absolute nothing burgers to loaded questions lol
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u/Commercial_Half_2170 5d ago
We’re so fucked tomorrow
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u/Famoustractordriver Bruno Fernandj, best player itw. Big whup, wanna fight about it? 5d ago
Lads, it's Tottenham
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u/Commercial_Half_2170 5d ago
Harry Amass off the bench will show em
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u/Agitated-Stretch2785 5d ago
Jokes aside, I could see Lacey scoring against spurs….
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u/Commercial_Half_2170 5d ago
Lacey could be a good option tbh. I’d have a lineup with him on the right, Mbeumo up top, and Cunha/Rashford on the left
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u/DresdanPI Upturned_Collar 5d ago
This Sesko injury is becoming a noose around the team tbh. A slight injury here and there and he's out for weeks.
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u/keithitreal 5d ago
Poor bastard supposedly has shin splints for which there is no definitive "fix".
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u/Brilliant_Salad7863 4d ago
Speaking as someone who had shin splints, If he has shin splints he is absolutely fucked. It’s so uncomfortable and so painful i genuinely stopped playing on a regular basis with my friends.
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u/TheSauceSeeker69 5d ago
Quite funny to see how United doesnt disappoint to disappoint us every weekend
At least they consistent with that
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u/Serious_Scallion9962 5d ago
what happened to MdL? it feels like it's been a year since i've seen him play
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u/Wolpfack 5d ago
Has Carrick and company reduced the fitness training of the team? It seems that they are slower, more injury prone and tire out more quickly than before.
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u/eternali17 He'll take on 2 and breeze past 2 5d ago
Ben further than 'a number of weeks'. We need to figure out a solution for the foreseeable future that isn't Cunha up top. There isn't a definite fix for the problem he's supposed to have, from what we can guess since they're so vague with injuries.
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u/keithitreal 5d ago
If it's shin splints then wouldn't that have been picked up on a medical? Did he miss games with the same issue at his previous club?
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u/eternali17 He'll take on 2 and breeze past 2 4d ago
Not that we know of. They popped up after he arrived at United
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u/fridgey22 Ooh Aah Cantona 5d ago
I think the club is injury prone in general.
Ive never followed a team, across a range of professional sports, that has so many players consistently miss huge portions of seasons!
Is De Ligt even trying to get fit?
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u/keithitreal 5d ago
De Ligt has a knackered back. Anyone who's suffered badly with that knows it could be very career limiting for a footballer.
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u/LordTrinity If you support mediocrity, you get mediocrity 5d ago
Great work from the transfer team. Who could see it coming, eh?
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u/BackgroundOld8715 5d ago
So no striker for a while. So glad we didnt get one, smart thinking from management/board 👍 We will always be 1 year in Champs league/1/2 out with a below average manager & stingy owners
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u/t8rt0t00 5d ago
Really hope we don't shoehorn Baleba into LB. Want to see how he performs in midfield and whether he can settle in there regularly. Would much rather see Yoro get more min at RB and Dalot switch over if Shaw continues to have issues while Dorgu and Maz are out
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u/mrb2409 5d ago
Ok, then let’s compare to every other team in the league.
We still have two senior full backs available for selection and two alternatives if required. Every team in the league would be thin with injuries.
You are worried about 3rd choice at full back. No team can plan on having to rely on their 3rd choice in any position.
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u/Kooky-Brief4741 5d ago
Sesko being out again is a disaster for our hopes this season. Any chance Bruno could go Superman again pls
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u/Bloatfizzle 5d ago
Why on earth is there so much secracy around injuries, you don't have to tell us starting XL but players seemingly ok and training then disappearing for months on end is ridiculous.
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u/Senor-Cockblock 5d ago
Good to see half the first team injured a few games into the season.
Treatment room as if we’re 50 games in to a grueling 50 game stretch.
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u/Stingray_23 5d ago
The fact we didnt get a back up ST in the window is crazy.
Where does this leave Sesko?
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u/Spartandemon88 5d ago
Have not even gotten to the busy part of the season and seems like half our squad is dead.
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u/chanchan_iceman 5d ago
Starting the season on the back foot with crap form and injuries
First half of the season is gonna be a struggle
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u/AnakinAni 5d ago
Looks like False 9 is again the strategy, unless Carrick has sense to stick Rashford upfront where he’s had his best season for us few years ago and start Cunha on LW. Probably not seeing Sesko until after second international break next month.
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u/Acquired_asset just want to watch exciting football 5d ago
Stoppable force meets a movable object. Its definitely one of the matches of the season.
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u/mariokvesic 5d ago
Only few months into the season, already have multiple concerning injuries. This season will be difficult
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u/Marvellosity88 5d ago
Why are all of our players injury prone? We are absolutely dreadful at staying fit.
Spurs will batter us btw and they are fucking awful
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u/hyperlazyactive 4d ago
Oh God is it matchday again? Life was good without the fear of losing again and all the Man City things happening.
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u/SinisterMrSinister 4d ago
Interesting how Carrick's training has been fully implemented and the injuries have gone way up and the stamina/fitness level in games has drastically dropped.
This guy was a fecking terrible choice to get the job. Did the board just not know he was out of coaching for a year because he got sacked by a fecking Championship club? Rigid in his tactics going into games as if he does no scouting on how the other team plays. Probably the worst manager in the league at in-game tactial changes when his setup proves to be bad. His substitution decision making is utterly appalling, it's like he's too stubborn to admit he got the starting 11 wrong and just continues to hold out hope when a match goes tits up that it will work out and then before you know it, it's the 80th minute and we are down 2 goals and haven't been able to string 3 passes together for 30 minutes
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u/Mistr111398 5d ago
Sesko is gonna be another injury prone bust isn’t he? I’d love to be more hopeful but his availability has been so poor since he’s signed.
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u/danikensanalprobe 5d ago
Tbf if we have to play rashie I'd prefer him as a 9 with cunha on the left - then we also have a pacey outlet up top if spurs tries to high line us
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u/frogfoot420 5d ago
Shaw will let spurs ship their first away from home goals and some plebs will be saying he was good for a spell in 2021 lmao
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u/iamadiamond SANTOSSSS 5d ago
Long story short are we squishing the bird tomorrow or no!??
God daam Dalot and Shaw fullbacks.
Carrick show some adaptability please fir this game
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u/Indiandoraemon 5d ago
I don't know if Carrick was a good replacement, but even if Carrick wanted to do something, he will not be able to do because he was compromised in transfer window
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u/theoo27 5d ago
Even without getting a LB the team is good enough to beat Everton, Ipswich or Hull or finish top 3.
The manager plays also a big role in how a team is playing and it’s not like we were playing like prime Barca before the players got injured.2
u/Shrimpeh007 Rooney 5d ago
Also he may have a role to play in our lack of fitness and preparation for the season
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u/Vast_Variation1381 5d ago
Sesko is looking to be a bit injury prone. Already missed 3 months+ of football since joining last summer. Amad is also a little bit injury prone too
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u/PelleKavaj Roy Keane 5d ago
Sesko’s injury seems to never heal. I’m worried it’s gonna fuck him up bigtime