Michael Carrick was clapped out of last season as the big saviour for Manchester United with 12 Premier League wins in 17 games. A few months later, the same man is patted on the back and thanked for the attempt. 1 win in 10 Premier League games stands as the most disastrous start to the season in decades. We allow ourselves to ask whether Ratcliffe could not have just given the job to Solskjaer.
Because it was between Carrick and Solskjaer. One with a stint at Man Utd as an assistant coach (for Solskjaer), the other head coach of Man Utd, who English Goal named Best Man Utd coach since Ferguson, whom Unitedinfocus praised earlier this year with: “The Norwegian is without a doubt the club’s most successful manager after Sir Alex Ferguson.”
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The job fell to Carrick, the temporary assignment was carried out in a masterful manner. Then came everyday life after a permanent contract and pre-season pre-season, Carrick proved to never get off the starting block with the United players.
Zero confidence in the players, a Michael Carrick who now seems more afraid of losing, than last season: This game we win, lads, everything else is unimportant.
If Manchester City are stripped of titles after extensive breaches of Financial Fair Play rules, Manchester United will suddenly have three Premier League titles (11/12, 2017/18, 2020/21). The last one is then Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. In 2019/2020, Solskjaer led United to a 3rd place in the Premier League with City at the top. In the 2020/21 season, Solskjaer led United to 2nd place behind City.
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Had Solskjaer entered the 2021/22 season as the reigning Premier League champions, not a jaw would have considered “our man” too easy and forced a dismissal, on November 21. United were then in 7th place in the Premier League table, twelve points behind Chelsea at the top. As the reigning league champion, Solskjaer would have had peace of mind going forward.
This is the coach Ratcliffe and the gang had the opportunity to bring in in January. We are convinced Solskjaer would have delivered as his former assistant, Carrick, in the second half of last season. As a permanent coach, “our man” would probably have shown he does not get stressed by having to deliver through a whole season – and delivered.
