Ahead of our League Cup semi-final clash with Manchester City, Michael Carrick has ranked it as the lowest priority for United, whose aim he believes is to win the the Premiership and the Champions League.
“Our first aim in 2010 is to win the league again,” said Carrick. “It’s always been the first thing we’ve set out to do and to win four in a row would be amazing. Then there’s the Champions League. Given how tough it is to be successful, our record over the last few years has been very good. We also want to do well in the Carling Cup. We want to get our hands on as much as possible. This season has been strange with some odd results. But it’s a vital time, the manager has stressed that to us, although most of us have been here before. We know how important it is. It’s always three more vital points or the next round of a cup, so every game becomes more important.”
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It might be a case of letting us know that they think Shitty are gonna beat us …..and they dont care…..WELL WE FUCKING DO SO BEAT THE FUCKING BASTARDS WILL YOU…!!
I agree with Carrick,League has to be number 1 priority followed by the Champions League.In all fairness winning the Champions League seems like a step too far this season. Not much bothered about the League Cup, no one cares much about it now.So lets go on a winning run and make it 4 in a row
This statement has made me so fuckin angry!!Yeah It goes with out saying that the league is more important the league cup you silly cunt!?!.(I cant help feeling like were being let down gently for a possible defeat)We are owed a performance after the heartless,guttless and FUCKIN UNACCEPTABLE one we all witnessed on sun!! Show us against shitty how much it means to you and i bet its still not half as much as it does to me.AAAAAHHHHHHHH feel like throwing my laptop at the wall.UNITED TILL I DIE
@zapruder77
Why are you having a go at Carrick? he isnt wrong. How much will you celebtare if we win the league cup. It will be forgotten very soon. A league win will be remembered for years. 19th win and 4th in a row.Carrick isnt wrong. Ok. We play shitty and whichever team SAF puts out should show some steel and fight but our main aim should be the League and not thinking about how we can preventing shitty from winning a trophy. The moment we think that way, we are in big trouble.
whatever mayb the priorities unless sir alex plays a settled midfield we r gonna win nothing .back in the ninties we had beckham,scholes giggs, keane starting eveery game . i dont remember them being worn out after 2 consecutive matches. that was the reason for their success too…they knew each others well , that kind of team chemistry isnt there today coz 1 batch of players never play together 4 even two consecutive matches….. if they r feeling tired then let the subs replace them rather than changing the whole team. atleast carrick, fletcher , valencia shuld start all matches.
n i dont understand why michael owen isnt given enuf chances to prove himself. he is loosing his touch while being kept on bench….. he shuld start ahead of baerbatov.
berbatov is sure skillful but those skill he produce against teams that play poor only.Against the likes of chelsea,liverpool and teams whose defenders show more appetite they wont allow berba to pull off those ficks coz he wuld have lost possession even b4 the thought of such a trick passes thru his mind…. just bcoz he costs 30million he shuldnt b given start every time… he got enuf time to improve n hes 28…..
against fulham owen started but he solely cant b blamed.he whole team played badly … wen midfield fails to create chances then hws strikers supposed to score. he shuld b given more chances
sir alex needs to stop this fucking rotation …. players r not babies to get tired n sick after a match.then think about 1990′s team.hw did they perform well????
its not about preventing citeh winning a trophey its about UNITED winning it, try telling the players that won it last year that it didnt mean anything to them, especially the younger ones like jonny evans etc
Ulster red
i am not denying that but is carrick wrong?how the fuck are fans assuming by what he said the we will lose on wed and he is making an excuse.with the injuries we have had dont you think the brum game on sat is more vital?
given one or the other only a mad man would pick the carling cup over the title, maybe im going with my heart rather than head hoping to win as much as possible, and also by reaching the final would mean beating citeh which would be great, carrick isnt right or wrong in what hes saying imo
@ aig alex is god
you have missed the point completly of my post,and more annoyingly not read it correctly.have a think about it son and ask yourself what is the point of carrick stating the OBVIOUS about which is more important (prem or cup)i never said he was wrong,we all no the fucking answer and certainly dont need patronizing after the utter shit i witnessed against a 3rd division team!! and then ask yourself does this mean there not gonna try as hard to win on wed!! And another thing i dont want us to beat shitty just so they dont win a trophy,i want us to win because this is our LOCAL DERBY if you hadnt noticed!! next you will be calling me a glory hunter WTF
personally i would prefer to focus on the league rather than the cup. However, i just don’t think my achy breaky heart could bear losing to leeds and shitty in the same week.
Fuck me. Now people think United players are expecting to lose against Citeh. I have heard it all.
Carrick “We also WANT TO DO WELL in the Carling Cup”. How the fuck is that saying he thinks we will lose? Only a fool would think that the league and Europe aren’t the priority.
Since that result on Sunday there are dozens of names on here I have NEVER seen before. Strange.
carrick also states that EVERY game is important now, that includes wedensday against citeh
Zapruder 77.
Ok.whom were you calling a silly cunt in your first post? It is a local derby but if sir alex has one eye on the team for saturday he isnt wrong.all i want is whatever team that plays to show fight,something i said in my previous post.it may or may not be enough over the 2 legs.
I never call any united fan a glory hunter or abuse united fans nor am i calling you a glory hunter.
Ulster Red – Alright mate. Can you imagine the stick I have had about Sunday living where I do? The worst I have ever encountered. I work in a school and I have had it from the kids, 6th formers and teachers for 2 days solid now. Cunts.
@alex is god
ER CARRICK……remember the man who made the statment at the top ov the page
king eric
i thought about it on sunday belive it or not, thinkin ” fuck me hes goin to get some stick” thers quite a large leeds following over here aswell mate, im too young but they had a good era in the sixties or something, which has alot of people of that age supporting them…cunts
Guys,
The semi-final is now in doubt due to the extreme weather conditions and may be postponed.
Zapruder 77
you say on one hand he is stating the obvious.then you call him a cunt.does that make sense?.he has said the carling cup is important so i dont see any reason for you to have a go at him considering he didnt even play on sunday
Zapruder 77
you say on one hand he is stating the obvious.then you call him a cunt.does that make sense?.he has said the carling cup is also important so i dont see any reason for you to have a go at him considering he didnt even play on sunday
get your fucking priorities straight Carrick, the league isnt over till may, take every game at a time, BEAT FUCKING CITY…
FFS, getting our excuses in early? Just beat the fucking Bitters, Carrick.
blackburn villa called off
@ alex is god
I my friend explain in a previous post why i called him a cunt (for being patronizing) ok they maybe you should tell me what to think and say coz you seem to be a authority on opinions
Ulster Red
That was called off early in the afternoon before our game was called off. How come the Stoke Fulham game is still on?
IS it freezing only in certain parts in the UK?
aig
didnt know that, is our game against citeh off??? its snowing real bad apparently in the north west of england
zapruder
Ok. Feel free to have a go at our players and call them cunts.I disapprove of that and the fact that some of our fans are assuming that we will lose the game beforehand.You are free to express your opinions. never seen you before coz if you have been posting or reading comments regularly you will see that i always have a healthy argument with United fans and never abuse them.
Ulster red
Tomorrows game is off. First leg rescheduled on 19th Of jan and 2nd on 27th jan which is 4 days before the game at the Emirates on the 31st
aig
the word “argument” instead of discussion says to me all i need to know.
zapruder77
yeah it was discussion and not arguement. forgot that it is not an oral disagreement.make whatever you want to of that. the fact that you have deviated the topic completely shows you know you shouldnt have said what you did.
Anyways sorry for wasting you time
People say League OR League Cup, but we can surely win both, like we did last year. We have more than 1 team of 11 in our squad, even without some of the youngsters. A trophy’s still a trophy, City haven’t won one of those for 33 years… imagine if they won this, and imagine if (worst comes to worst) we didn’t win the league or the Champions League. It’s only 3 games, and I for one will celebrate if we won it, just like I did last year. And again if worst comes to worst at least we won’t have a trophyless season.
Must of been a slow news day when they asked Carrick to state the obvious. I dont understand the need for player or managers to state what their priorities are.
United should go to win everything. Coming out with this does seem to be to a “well if we dont win its because were more focused on the league”
What he should of said is ” every game is as important as the next.especially when its a derby”
ps Owen coyle is a d*ck
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/league_cup/8440292.stm
Game is postponed.
Hey United people, let’s not get too abusive here and have everyone think we’re rattled. Nor should we get too hung up on a player’s routine answers to an innocuous question. Personally I think of course the Prem is the priority, but right now I really, really do NOT want citeh beating us. Winning is a habit, and United need to keep totting up trophies to maintain momentum – and prevent others from getting in on the act. I have never dismissed the Lge Cup, even when Matt Busby disdained it. Look at how Liverpool kept picking up these ‘minor’ trophies in their hey-day in the ’70s and 80s, it was part of the way rivals felt outgunned and the dippers looked indomitable. They understood the value of the Lge Cup then, just as Mancini clearly does now. Do we not want to see the famous counter click up to ’35 Years’?
cheers aig, was really looking forward to this game!! must of been a bad drop of snow at the wastelands
United40 – Rotation has worked well for United. As soon as we have a bad result rotation is shit. I do agree however that whenever possible Fletch and Carrick/ Ando should start every league game. As should Valencia. The game is very different to it was in say 1994.
The real reason the citeh game is off and the stoke game went ahead is because citeh are scared of the trouncing that we were going to give them. you know what they say about a wounded animal, the worst thing that could of happened for them is for leeds to beat us because there is no way fergie would of let us lose to 2 of our biggest rivals in the space of 4 days.
i would like to win the UCL rather than league
the red devil army – Really? Not for me mate. Number 19 all the way. It would make my year to go one better than the dippers.