Micah Richards

He still said he's innocent, is what it is.

But the whole thing, it was just, the whole theatre, it was just, what was the point?

I don't get it.

He wasn't allowed to play, so what's the point in travelling?

Nonsense.

We said this, though, didn't we, with Ameren?

Yeah.

just put players in their preferred positions and then try build on that because he obviously wasn't getting backed with the players that he wanted.

So revert back to what the players know.

Carrick coming in and when he did his first game, win, lose or draw, like,

What people don't need to understand, what people need to understand is sometimes you need someone who is just calm, who is respected and knows the club and got a good relationship with the players.

And I know a lot of X-Men United players are saying, not Carrick.

And my sort of opinion on that was he might not be long-term for five, ten years or whatever or next...

Fergie but he can be that person to stabilize things because he's so calm in the moment plus he has quality plus I always said if you give it to Carrick I believe you'll get Champions League because the players respect him he knows what he's doing and the fans will take to him because he was a player of the club and

Yes, he might not deserve at the time a three, four year deal, but he did deserve the chance and he's taking his chance and I'm happy he's taking it because they needed that.

We all knew that.

He was a good manager and he will continue to be a good manager somewhere else.

He probably learned a lot from that job.

Yeah, but when you're that stubborn, Gaz, you can't be stubborn in the Premier League at one of the biggest clubs in the world.

It just can't happen because you get scrutinized every single week.