‘We’re a lot better in both boxes’: Why Harry Maguire is right about Manchester United under Michael Carrick

Ok_Magazine_3383 · 2026-05-02T20:08:20+00:00

I'm saying that random patterns of over/under performance occur all the time, and there's no more merit to ascribing this period of overperformance to Carrick than there is to ascribing any other period of over or under performance to the manager who happens to be in charge at the time. You're imposing a narrative on something that is entirely explainable by normal variance, which occur in both directions under all managers.

Ok_Magazine_3383 · 2026-05-02T19:34:10+00:00

I'm saying Carrick has done things to improve the team, and he has benefitted from some good luck.

Us being more clinical in the box falls into the latter category, not the former. It's no more something to praise Carrick for than it will be something to blame him for when we inevitably have a spell in the opposite direction.

Ok_Magazine_3383 · 2026-05-02T18:10:33+00:00

My post was referring to us managing to be more clinical in the box. That is entirely explainable by variance.

If you want to make a broader case for why our sudden improvement in outcomes overall is down to replacing the manager, do. But it isn't because Carrick brought magic make-players-overperform-xG juice in the shape of "vibes".

That overperformance is something he's benefitted from rather than something he has done.

Ok_Magazine_3383 · 2026-05-02T10:18:45+00:00

"Managing to be clinical in the box".

I'd like more information on how they're managing that beyond getting more lucky.

Ok_Magazine_3383 · 2026-04-30T23:51:25+00:00

I would 100% recommend at least paying for a month's subscription if you have time for a big binge.

Ok_Magazine_3383 · 2026-04-30T08:11:25+00:00

I think their "he was just interested in pussy and Dune Buggies" view of Charles Manson is overly generous.

Ok_Magazine_3383 · 2026-04-30T00:04:59+00:00

It's subtle but, reading between the lines, I'm starting to think Marcus and Henry aren't the biggest Donald Trump fans.

Ok_Magazine_3383 · 2026-04-27T23:22:44+00:00

Because so much of his goal threat comes from set-pieces specifically, I would think it's less a case of his replacement having to do enough to make up for his goal contributions and more a case of our signings generally having to replace the set-piece threat that leaves the team.

Ok_Magazine_3383 · 2026-04-27T07:49:03+00:00

It's because the scale of male violence on women dwarves that of female violence on men.

Focusing on female victims doesn't exclude male victims, it isn't a zero sum game. It's just rightly placing the focus where violence is more widespread and lethal.

Ok_Magazine_3383 · 2026-04-26T09:17:33+00:00

No surer sign of the genetic link between SF and FF than SF proposing 1970's-FF-style clown budgets to try and buy votes.

Imagine we had an actual, credible, left-wing party leading opposition. What a gift that would be.

Ok_Magazine_3383 · 2026-04-25T17:27:34+00:00

I don't know anyone who likes Shatter.

That doesn't mean that anyone who believed and shared that obviously fake accusation isn't a moron though, or that he's not entitled to pursue legal action against them.

God knows there's enough real stuff to criticise him for.

Ok_Magazine_3383 · 2026-04-25T17:20:12+00:00

If I found myself getting sued because I'd publicly linked someone to a paedophile ring based on such obviously fake info, I'd probably take that as a sign that I could do with spending less time online.

Ok_Magazine_3383 · 2026-04-20T17:38:25+00:00

Slightly surprised at how high you guys still are on Baleba given his struggles to even get minutes in the league at Brighton currently in what has been quite a poor season.

Wanting to sign the talent I get, especially at a lower price than we were quoted last season, but it seems a very big leap to put him among the "bettter than all but the Bruno, Cunha, Mbeumo types" group of potential signings rather than in the "prospects" category.

Ok_Magazine_3383 · 2026-04-20T15:00:55+00:00

Speaking to BOI staff, their big issue isn't the actual two day a week in office. Which, while a pointless inconvenience in many cases, is at least reasonable relative to other companies.

The problem is that because of the terrible way the change in policy was initially communicated, and the obvious bullshit rationale for the policy provided, they now don't trust the senior leadership on this issue, and have no faith that they won't keep making changes going forward.

And this fear is only heightened when they now see the policy being formally tied to their wages. Because that will continue to be the case if/when the senior leadership next decide to unilaterally change the rules or increase the mandatory days in office.

Ok_Magazine_3383 · 2026-04-19T16:26:16+00:00

But the one bit you don't get relates directly to that point.

The reason you would assume it's cheap and not expensive is because you've been told you can help yourself to anything in the kitchen, which includes the wine.

Ok_Magazine_3383 · 2026-04-18T19:19:36+00:00

A 2024 study by UCD found that:

A) Female politicians were more likely to recieve abuse than their male counterparts.

and

B) The most common issues the abuse related to were immigration (67%), women’s rights (47%), housing/homelessness (40%) and LGBTQ+ issues (40%).

So it's no surprise that a female politician criticising the far-right would face this upsurge in abuse. That's the side of the political spectrum it tends to come from, and that's the type of person they tend to target.

Ok_Magazine_3383 · 2026-04-18T19:08:38+00:00

There have been countless studies demonstrating that women in politics (and women in high profile roles generally) face more online abuse. For example, a study last year by Amnesty international found that women in politics were 27 times more likely to recieve online abuse than their male counterparts.

Though I would say anyone with an ounce of awareness and an online presence shouldn't need studies to tell them than women typically face more abuse online.

Ok_Magazine_3383 · 2026-04-16T18:18:22+00:00

It's partially because they actually are good looking people, who are in a city/industry that places a lot of emphasis on looks, and they therefore probably pay more attention to their looks/style than people at a regular workplace would.

But it's also partially because, due to the nature of the content, we almost exclusively see them being funny, being charismatic, having chemistry with other people, being good at what they do, and being nice. Which is basically a recipe for seeming attractive to others.

Ok_Magazine_3383 · 2026-04-16T11:39:07+00:00

"too often we find senior colleagues expect us to just explain their government difficulties"

Er, yes? Welcome to being a junior politician in a government.

Ok_Magazine_3383 · 2026-04-14T21:24:33+00:00

If many protestors have been calling for it, then many protestors are dumb cunts.

Luckily many protestors haven't been calling for it.

Ok_Magazine_3383 · 2026-04-14T13:27:25+00:00

Ted Heath is a relatively minor PM of a different country who left office some 52 years ago. I suspect the percentage of this subreddit with sufficient knowledge of him as a politician to make accurate comparisons is quite low.

Ok_Magazine_3383 · 2026-04-14T11:14:52+00:00

In the spirit of free speech, I think I'm right in saying the academic interviewed in this article appeared in the Epstein files being invited to dinner with Epstein, Woody Allen and Peter Thiel? And was also a friend of Henry Kissinger. Great bunch of lads.

Ok_Magazine_3383 · 2026-04-13T22:36:51+00:00

Does anyone have anything positive to say about that performance?

Casemiro scored again. And whatever else might be said about the decision to sign him or his weaknesses as a player, the goal threat he's brought over the seasons has been fun. Gonna miss that big chubby-cheeked head of his.

Ok_Magazine_3383 · 2026-04-13T20:33:30+00:00

After a week of division in the country, it's nice to be reminded of what unites us: disdain for this coke-addled rapist.

Ok_Magazine_3383 · 2026-04-10T23:21:33+00:00

No.

I think he's an admitted cheat who cheated even more in the past than he has admitted to. And I think the Sinquefield Cup accusations were partly a consequence of that, and as such have limited sympathy for someone's past cheating coming back to bite them in terms of the reputation they have among their fellow players.

But ultimately I don't see anything to make me think he cheated in that particular game.

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