James Olley

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395 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 1 Sep

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He didn't trust them.

I think at times he almost didn't like them.

There were some players that he didn't like in terms of he was exasperated by what he felt was their lack of quality.

And I think that was kind of, you can see that in the players' performances, that they knew the manager didn't trust them or have faith in them.

Whereas Carrick, he clearly trusts the players.

And the players are responding, aren't they?

They've got a sense of freedom.

I think Patrick Dargu was the obvious example.

Dargu was really poor under Ameren.

Terrible.

And Amri made a couple of comments that suggested that he wasn't a fan at all.

So I think we'd all written Darga off as an expensive one.

Not that expensive, but still, £28 million flop from Lecce.

But Carrick has just given him confidence, given him some recent life into him.

And he's scored an amazing goal at the Emirates.

He's scored a winning goal against City in the Derby.

So, you know, Patrick Dargou has kind of embodied what Michael Carrick's done.

He's given the players confidence, a bit of freedom, and that was there in the performance yesterday.

I think that when I mentioned trust before, I think it's also the player's trust to carry his coaches now.

And I don't think he trusted Amarim, his coaches.

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