[quote=ForemanMichael Carrick is a big joke. Pass him the ball and his first reaction is to return (rebound) it back.
This guy has to stop the flow of the ball, cant make a pass in motion..
The team now heavily depends on crosses from the wings.
A creative midfielder is what the team needs[/quote]
This is what I've been saying about Carrick for years! I have never watched any Man Utd game where Carrick plays where I don't curse and scream at the screen at some poitn during the game - frankly I never used to watch him at Spurs but there must have been something Fergie saw to splash 17M pounds then - at least Berba's 30M pounds came to good last season.
Anyway, the thing about Man Utd is when we take the lead we'll never play good football until the other team equalizes so I've gotten my head wrapped around that. Now that we have drawn City and am sure Fergie will never play a first team squad in the 3rd round, suffice it to say that I see us being bundled out of the tournament at Etihad - perhaps that will finally convince Fergie that we need a creative midfielder.
Somehow Newcastle managed to lose 3-0 in the one game where they had the highest hopes of winning out of the 3 against City,Utd and Chelsea - all thanks to the red card that was kept in the pocket and hitting the post 3 times.Chelsea have more confidence playing away from home since their fans are less to make them tense. That could have been thrown away by David Luiz.
Impressive wins for City and Arsenal - what more can I say?Once we're done with Dec I'll revisit my prediction of how the table will look like in May. Back to CL
Impressive
BEER IS LIVING PROOF THAT GOD LOVES US AND WANTS US TO BE HAPPY!