‘Man Utd need to decide who will be in charge against Bournemouth’published at 23:01 BST 21 October
FT: Como 4-1 Manchester United
Simon Stone
BBC Sport Manchester United reporter in Como
I think Michael Carrick is almost struggling for answers at the moment.
I don’t know if it’s the angriest he’s been, I think he’s been quite forceful in his pre-match press conferences with the media lately, I have been on the wrong end of that. He does it in quite a calm way, not like Sir Alex Ferguson but I think he’s trying to be on the front foot and today is just a really bad day.
I immediately thought when he went to the fans, acknowledging them like he did, hands in the air, four or five times, was a bit like Ole Gunnar Solskjær who did something very similar after a 4-1 defeat to Watford. He admitted that he knew at half-time in that game that his time at Manchester United would come to an end.
Now, United have flown straight back after the game so presumably there will be a lot of thought going on on that plane as it heads back to Manchester. But, first of all, Manchester United need to decide who will be in charge of that game against Bournemouth on Sunday, and Bournemouth aren’t in brilliant form, they won the last game, but they have only won one game this season, and they are playing tomorrow night so Manchester United should be really looking to win that game even though Bournemouth have a fantastic record at Old Trafford.
Do Manchester United give Michael Carrick that game and see from there, or do they think we need to make a change?
