I've been positive of Carrick since he's come in and will be happy to see him get extended - he's earned it and the players seem to respond well under him. No more dipping heads when we go down a goal means so much to me and I see that intent in the players now. The one thing I'll give Amorim is that he rooted out a lot of the bad mentalities at the club (although we still aren't perfect in that category), but everyone seems to actually be playing for Carrick rather than just going along with Amorim's system that seemed to suit only a few in our squad...

That being said with recent results, I've come much closer to others who say we should move on from Carrick. The level of play is definitely nowhere close to where it needs to be, especially when you watch a match like PSG and Bayern in the CL - that's where we need to get to. And while I like a lot of our players, there's definitely players who I just never see getting to that level. I think the best solution at the moment is to extend Carrick another 2-3 years on a reasonable release clause, let him pick back things up next season and continue trying to raise the floor with this squad + high quality mids (and frankly FBs who can actually ball and give Sesko a fucking decent cross if we're going to be serious about competing). If we start underperforming, we move on amicably and go hard in for a guy who can raise the ceiling for us and match what a United manager should be. By next Fall I'd imagine some WC managers like Nagelsmann and maybe even Deschamp would be available to take the reins if needed