WAYNE BARTON ON MONDAY: Michael Carrick must be ruthless to turn the tide
21.09.26, 10:31 Updated 21.09.26, 10:33 7 Minute Read
Wayne Barton
Before Manchester United’s trip to Fulham, Michael Carrick stressed that fine margins had stood between his team’s start to the season being perceived as a good one rather than a poor one.
A 1-1 draw at winless Fulham means this five-game run can be filed alongside the worst starts in United’s Premier League history, yet peculiarly backed up Carrick’s point. It may be the message the manager is preaching publicly, but privately, he is going to have to make some ruthless decisions if he is to turn that momentum back on his side.
That fact has proven to be a difficult one for United supporters to stomach. They were delighted to see the club finish in third last season - it was a big overachievement from where the club were flailing under Ruben Amorim, even if most followers of rational mind understood that it had something to do with a very poor standard across the Premier League rather than a sudden overnight increase in ability from players they have witnessed underperform for years on end.
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Wayne Barton Chief Manchester United Correspondent