Gab & Juls Show: Will Carrick get the Man Utd job full time?
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
I'm Gab, he's Jules. Cloudy skies over West London, but certainly not over the red half of Manchester as they win the Manchester derby. That's going to be our main talking point. Obviously, we'll be talking a lot of AFCON in the second segment. That was remarkable. Bayern Munich on pace to break records.
What was the significance of Manchester United's win over Manchester City?
What else is new? Arsenal drawing, but extending their lead in the table. How about that? Yep. So, tons of stuff to get into. Oh, and Real Madrid. I think this might be Florentino's worst week, certainly since his second term as president. But let's start at the Manchester Derby. It's 2-0, and it's pretty much, I thought, it looked... like a completely different United. I know it's a cliche. I don't like cliches. And you can say it's the new manager bounce. But then again, they already had the new manager bounce with Darren Fletcher. It just looked like there was a level of organization. And I guess not that they were disorganized under Amarim, but a level of organization, a system that people are familiar with.
They're actually in their better positions. Yeah. And a level of calm and almost like a quiet confidence from Michael Carrick's team.
Yeah. And we need to start by obviously praising Manchester United and Michael Carrick before criticizing Pep Guardiola.
That's what I was doing.
You were right. Yeah. Because it was City's worst performance by far this season. Terrible from Guardiola to the players. But credit to United. You're right, the 4-2-3-1 to go back to that, to put Bruno Fernandes in his best position as that number 10, to have Mbombo. All the decisions in terms of team selection that Carrick made, Mbombo as a number nine ahead of... I don't know, Kunia, Cesco, Zergsy, to have Dogu on the left and Ahmad on the right. For example, in that front four with Bruno, Mainu back as a starter, his first start in the league this season, obviously was good with Casemiro. Even, I don't like Harry Maguire, but Maguire and Alessandro Martinez together against Erling Haaland. All of that worked.
What I liked maybe the most is the intensity and the passion that they showed, which had been sometimes there with Amorim, but this time...
How is Michael Carrick's performance influencing his chances for the Man Utd job?
you could tell they were really up for it.
Yeah, I don't like to talk too much about the metaphysical, psychological side of football because I think we over-egg it too much, but it was definitely there. And I think, and let me ask you this because I asked a question in the column. I think we both agree, I'm putting words in your mouth, Diogo Dalo should have been sent off, yeah? Yeah, after 15 minutes. Okay, so if he gets sent off, it's possible that they don't win the game. Absolutely. But do you think it would have affected the way they played other than being down to 10 minutes? In terms of intensity, in terms of vibe that Carrick gives off?
No, yeah, you're right. Probably not. You would have probably played deeper with a lower block, but keep that intensity in. All the duels, they were on top of everything, winning the first one, winning the second one, fighting for everything. And at some point I thought, okay, they're going to run out of gas at some point and maybe sit in the last 20, 25, 30 minutes. Yeah. would just come back into the game, score one, and then he'd be very tense and things like that. But no, never. They kept going and going. And again, and I think Guardiola is right, and I'm not trying to defend him, but to have played on the Tuesday against Newcastle away in the League Cup semi-final first leg, when United obviously had a whole week to prepare, even with a new manager, I think took his toll.
But then, we can then criticize Guardiola for the team selection after anyway.
Yeah, no question about that. I would imagine, we didn't say it, Ryan Shirky on the bench.
How is he not starting? He's beyond me.
There's another factor too. Erling Haaland had 14 touches in this game, three in the opposition half. And you look at the guys who were out there, Certainly in midfield, you expect a midfield trio of Rodri Foden and Bernardo Silva to be able to control the game and to provide regular service.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:05–0:24
2
What was the significance of Manchester United's win over Manchester City?
0:24–2:16
3
How is Michael Carrick's performance influencing his chances for the Man Utd job?
2:16–4:35
4
What were the key tactical changes made by Carrick in the Manchester Derby?
4:35–49:18
5
What were the major incidents during the AFCON final between Senegal and Morocco?
49:18–52:32
6
Why did Senegal walk off the pitch during the AFCON final?
52:32–54:58
7
What were the reactions to the disallowed goal in the AFCON final?
54:58–1:00:54
Speakers
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