Michael Carrick pulled out of Fabio Capello’s England squad with an ankle injury, which we believed would keep him out for the first couple of weeks of the season. Wes Brown and Paul Robinson have announced their retirement from International football, with seemingly inferior players getting chosen ahead of them for Capello’s World Cup squad (Carragher and Green).
However, despite the supposed injury, Carrick was a surprise name in the starting line-up in yesterday’s 3-1 win over Chelsea.
As our players went to collect their winners medals and shake hands with a whole host of football somebodies, Capello confronted Carrick.
“I thought you were injured,” he said. “It would have been nice if you called.”
Carrick didn’t linger. After travelling all the way to South Africa and then not even getting a minute on the pitch, I guess Michael didn’t see a reason to call the increasingly unpopular England boss!
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serves capello right, snubbing england’s 2nd best passing midfielder for some shite citizen barry.
Hope Capello realizes the error in his ways and approaches carrick with hat-in-hand.
Spot on. Capello’s a twat, he could’ve made a general call to see how the injury was and then found out it was fine. Like Capello, I was shocked to find Carrick starting but then again I’m just a fan not bloody England manager
Serves him right for playing a crap and unfir Barry, and a fat Lampard insead of Scholes
Capello is a fool
Didnt even pick Smalling, Rodwell, Cleverly, Downing
He should also have picked Owen, who is still England’s second best striker
I was shocked that apello was shocked to see Carrick
Just due to the fact that I seen Carrick on live tv training 30 hours before the kick off of the charity shield
i tink ferguson hyped him gettin injured so tat he wuld not play in the meaningless friendly nd tat way he can be fit nd fresh for the upcoming season….
@sayyid
what has smalling done to deserve a call up??, Maybe cleverley could have got a call up and Rodwell deserved one. Downing didnt have the best of season at Villa either and didnt deserve a call up
Wheres the video?
@ aig alex is god
totally agree with u abt smalling, seems like another hyped up kid…
nd rodwell does deserve a callup, according to me he was better than wilshire
haha… In Your Wrinkled Face .. you fool! lol!
eh, and where is that video from the headline?
@singh
too early to say he is hyped. needs more time and has to learn from Vidic and Ferdinand. Can only improve. has time on his side. Wont come to that judgment this early
Who knows what Capello actually said, looked to me like he did his best english tourist impression and just gestured and shouted really loudly.
@aig alex is god
ya tats correct but u vil hve to agree tat he was really hyped up when he signed up for us…
v hve to take into account tat he used play for non professional teams few years back nd his sudden rise brought him into the spotlight,,, hve to see how r his nerves bcs adjusting frm team to united is not a easy task……..
nd u were true abt him learnin frm vidic nd ferdinand bcs he has to control his nerves nd not give up penaltieslike the one in pre season……
em, where is the video please?
The video of carrick and capello
http://www.caughtoffside.com/2010/08/09/england-boss-questions-injured-manchester-united-star-carrick-video/?
@singh
Thats true but when both Fergie and Wenger were interested in him he surely had something good about him. Since his signing though he didnt do very well for fulham either and had a bit of error prone start for us. Will learn with experience. Lets give him some time.
Scott’s last paragraph sums it up for me.
yup….he as a great height nd is well built…… hope he stays fit throughout the season then he vil get odd chances in league nd league cup
Yes that was a very poor world cup, but i still believe capello is the best man for the job. He needs to rebuild and fuck off terry and ashey cole from the squad! My only reservation is that terry was still in his team for wednesday. he doesnt deserve to wear the badge
call ur ass capello. use ur phone to dig ur own ass.
nice one carrick i say.
Capello couldn’t even be arsed ringing the ginger genius himself.
Bigphil – Exactly mate, gets Baldini to call him. Who the fuck does Capello think he is the arrogant fucker? Like you say takes him out there and does not give him a single minute. All the hype from the media was about the shite Barry who cannot even keep the ball and is about as mobile as me at the minute after two weeks away pissed every night. Fuck him Micheal concentrate on rediscovering your form at United.
Singh – How the fuck is Smalling hyped? He was playing non league 18 months ago and is only 20. Give the lad a chance for fuck sake.
Fuck me some United fans are so impatient its laughable.
@King Eric
dude did ya read my last comment, did i say ge doesnt hve a future here??
i had said bfr tat smalling was hyped a lot, vich u know happens to all the players signin for utd nd made him look as if he could walk into the united playin 11……..
nd u tink im impatient, nowhere i hve criticised scholes or giggs or our other veterans who can still get mam of the match awarda la scholes in yesterdays match…….., i stand for our academy to produce talents like in fergie fledglings again than takin the short way out by signing from outside
I agreee with king eric.Smalling has only played one game for us and people are saying he is over hyped.I have a feeling he would be our next ferdinand.Just be patient guys.
Singh – please write in proper English not text-speak, which is soooo annoying and soooo silly.
Capello and England can go fuck themselves.
Considering Carrick played absolutely sheeeiite last season, I was amazed he was even on the plane to SA.
He’s a likable chap and a decent player, but I still maintain he hasn’t the quality needed for a central midfield position at OT. He reads the game well, closes space, but will never dictate a game, never impose himself on the opposition, never crunch into a tackle, never lead the team when they’re looking rudderless, never get forward & create/score as much as is needed from a central player at Utd.
I expect a deluge of abuse from people saying Mickey C is a great lad, but that’s not the point; we’ve got very high standards at Utd and there’s been a gaping hole in the centre of the park since Roy left.
Fletch has been incredible in his development, Hargreaves WAS inspirational at times, Scholes is still trying his damnedest, Anderson had a couple good games, Gibson is relatively young (though I wouldn’t be massively hopeful) and finally, Cleverly who looks the best prospect in the middle for quite some time.
Don’t get me wrong, I like Carrick, and I realise Roy Keanes don’t grow on trees, nor is there an abundance of ‘those kind of players’ anymore, but I reckon it would be a good time to trim the squad. Ferguson seems to have lost the ruthlessness he’s shown in the past, though he’s rarely proven wrong so I’ll still cheer Carrick if he walks out this day week against Newkie.
I was shocked that I was shocked that Carrick had a brilliant game yesterday : )
I cant believe anybody on this Page has described Cappelo as a Twat.Philistines the lot of yeah!
I can think of many more ways to describe him.
I loved Sir Alexs comments on this “I got my lines mixed up” or something to that effect.
More likely he did not want Micheal wasted twice and his confidence further reduced bye being selected for that shower and not getting played.
Jig3000 – Fair comments mate but perhaps just maybe Fergiue actually rates Carrick and has nowt to do with losing his streak. Look how he fucked Foster off.
@singh – he didn’t say you said he didn’t have a future here so stop with the bull. Smalling wasn’t hyped in the slightest and still isn’t, he’s a down-to-earth kid with lots to learn so get off his back.
@singh – you are also an idiot, you say we have to recruit from within instead of signing other youngsters.. and you mention Giggs! Get off your high horse, he was a City player before he came to us.
i thought carrick was excellent. who cares what capello thinks. fergie should convince them all to retire from international football. normally playing for your country means playing at the highest standard. this rule does not work with football.
i am surprised capello knows who carrick is
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Football365.com sum up his performance well, “we watched Michael Carrick do his best ‘if I do absolutely nothing ambitious then nobody will think I’m rubbish’ schtick.”
I have to say he is one of the most limited players I have ever seen to hold down a regular spot in the midfield of a top team. Very slow, gets given so much space because he plays so deep, predictable and has absolutely no flair. Shooting is poor, he is very weak in challenges, mainly passes the ball very simply around.