Mick McCarthy

18 on target.

Carrick can't go in there and instil his Middlesbrough virtues, which was heavily possession-based, bring teams onto you and then hit them.

They cannot do that against... He's not going to have instilled that in them in that many days.

And they can't do that against Manchester City anyway, because they'll get battered.

Now, if they go out and play Man City in the way that Fletcher has been setting them up, go and attack...

which everyone talks about this more attacking style, they'll still get battered, but it might be a bit more.

They might score a goal or two themselves.

Obviously, we're expecting to have Brian and Bumo back.

Ahmad's back as well from AFCON.

We don't know if they'll start the games, but you'd hope they would.

So I can see goals.

I think Man City, they need a win.

Maybe it's a bit much to call it must win, but for their title credentials, if Man City had drawn the last three, if they'd won those three, they would be top of the Premier League right now.

So they can't draw or lose this game.

I think Man City have to go and win.

They're odds on, touch of odds on to do it.

Good record, of course.

Recently, I think United have scored two goals at home to City in the last six matches.

That's over 550 minutes of football.

City are susceptible at the back, aren't they?