Micah Richards

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.

If he was getting results while in his formation, then it'd have been fine.

There was times where United were...

That word in it, everyone says, there or thereabouts.

And then every time it looked like it was going to get into the top four, they'd lose or they'd draw.

Now it's different.

So, yeah, he'll be gutted when he reflects and thinks, if I would have just been less stubborn with the players that Man United have got now and coming up to the summer, he just could have built something special.

No, because financial fair play was just changing around that time.

So, yeah, I understand that.