Nadim Onuoha

What is he doing that's making those players perform to a better standard?

If it's about, say, the way he is a head coach or it's about the motivational thing,

If Carrick's not going to be the best guy going forward, then maybe now they're looking for a manager who also has those traits.

Because, for example, you could bring in a dictator for next season and maybe the players' performance will dip.

But instead, it seems like here's somebody who's coaching the players up to give them a style of play which they like, which they enjoy, which they can buy into.

There's a boost in confidence.

And it seems more than anything that you stick into the football side of things.

Maybe that's the profile of manager that they do want next.

And if they can't find somebody that has a bigger status or whatever than Michael Carrick that has that

style then maybe Michael Carrick is your man because I think it's fair to say that you know in these recent weeks we've seen them play better than we probably have done in perhaps two or three years.

Poor season.

I think the Champions League thing, the fact that they are in the top eight, that's mission accomplished, isn't it?

It wasn't exactly the most beautiful thing in the world to see, but they did manage to functionally do it.

I think the fact that they are in eighth will cause probably some issues further down the road.

And as for the league itself, I think the fact is they're not in control.

If Arsenal win the games that they need to win, and more importantly, win that game against Man City in a couple of months' time,

then the title will likely be there.

So City aren't favourites in that either.

So, you know, this League Cup game, League Cup final against Arsenal could go either way.

So in some ways it hasn't been a vintage Man City season because we've seen so many imperfections, but they're still technically involved.