"SOMETHING IS ROTTING!" Jay Motty shares FRUSTRATION towards Man United's hierarchy!
Jay Motty on Man United's chaos after Como: Carrick is a symptom, the hierarchy is the disease
talkSPORT speaks to Stretford Paddock host Jay Motty about Man United's heavy Champions League defeat to Como, their tactics and selection, and the post-match friction involving Bruno and Carrick. Motty sees Carrick struggling but argues the deeper problem is the club's chaotic hierarchy, while also questioning the players' responsibility and hunger.
- The system or tactics are not the key; if players do not run, you will not win; United pressed man-to-man in the second half and conceded from that — Responding to questions over the tactics, he stressed execution and running as the fundamentals.
- Carrick looks like a man searching for a plan that can work — United's personnel and tactical set-up against Como were strange, with players in unsuitable roles, and this is not the first time it has happened under Carrick.
- Carrick has to do better even with the injuries, because the team looked flat and seemed not to know what they were doing; he looks under huge pressure and possibly near the end — Missing defenders earns some sympathy, but United have produced this flat display more than once this season, and Carrick looked dejected on the sideline.
- Bruno was wrong to question the coaching staff after the game; the players must take responsibility too — The problems cannot all be put on the manager, and Bruno's annoyance at being substituted may have shaped his comments.
- Carrick looks out of his depth and more fans are concluding he is not the right man; but the real rot is above him, with Carrick a symptom rather than the cause — The hierarchy has lurched from one bad decision to another with Ten Hag, Ashworth, Amorim and now Carrick, and he does not trust them to appoint the right replacement.
- United have not changed much from last season, and although Casemiro's exit and injuries have hurt, the squad cannot handle two games a week and the team was not prepared, so the energy has drained; he can accept defeats but not opponents looking more up for it and fitter than United — There was no major refresh after last season's run, and the demands of a two-game week have exposed a lack of depth, fitness and intensity.
- United were unprepared for Como, and being caught cold in Europe for the second game running was unforgivable; they knew Nico Paz was Como's most dangerous player but gave him too much freedom, while Como were well prepared and United had no answer — Como at home on a big night were always likely to start aggressively, yet United were slow out of the blocks again and could not handle Paz or Como's organisation.
- Bruno publicly questioning the coaching staff and Carrick then pushing back at the captain turned a bad on-pitch display into an off-pitch mess; with the season barely started, the talk is already about the next manager, and the top five and Champions League prospects look grim — United were knocked out of the Carabao Cup at home by Brighton after leading 2-0 and have lost back-to-back Champions League games, so the season is already unravelling.
- If the players need Conte to come in and kick them up the backside before they play for United, they should be sacked; the desire to play for United and in the Champions League should come from within — They are well paid and should have pride and hunger; he understands why fans want Conte, but he is not Conte's biggest fan and the debate itself deflates him.
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Uh but of course Manchester United is the big story today. Um we >> just ask me if I if you had any United messages. >> Have we had any United messages? >> A few. This was save anymore embarrassment just shut United down the worst run club in the world. >> Is that from a United fan? >> Anonymous. So I don't know that that's from but there there's some others but okay that's the one I chose to read. >> Yeah, Mr. Mischief. Um, so anyway, in light, we paid you to Bruno Fernandez comments after the game last night, seemingly questioning the coaching staff's tactics. Michael Carrick spoke to the media after that defeat and responded to what Bruno Fernandez said. >> We actually were half pressed man-to-man the second half and ended up conceding a goal from that. And um, there's a little bit on whatever system you play, whatever tactics you play, if you don't run and you don't run forward and you don't run back, you ain't going to win. >> Pretty damning stuff. Um he's back probably sooner than he would have liked. Jay Motty, host of the Stratford Paddock on YouTube. Hello Jay. >> Hello Jay. >> Hi lad. You okay? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Not too probably better than you today. Um yes. So I mean look there were some weird things going on in terms of personnel and tactics. But certainly in personnel there's a a bit of square pegs in round holes going on last night. Not for the first time from Michael Carrick's point of view. He looks like a man searching for a plan, doesn't he? That will work. Yeah, I mean I do have some sympathy with him because obviously we are missing some key players, missing quite a few defenders, but even so even with that, you have to admit that he needs to do a little bit better. I think that's safe to say. The the team just looked flat yesterday. They didn't look like they knew what they were doing. And I know you've had you played the the audio of him responding to to Bruno Fernandez's comments, which I don't think are helpful. And I think the players have to take some responsibility themselves. They can't just be putting it on the manager. I don't think that was the right attitude from Bruno. You could see I was in como and you could see how annoyed he was when he got substituted. So I don't know if that's played into these these comments as well. But Michael Carrick just looks dejected. He looks done in for one of a better word. And yeah, it was just a real flat performance for Manchester United and obviously it's not the first one we've seen this season, is it? So yeah, he's under a lot of pressure. I can understand why. I do feel sorry for him. I do, you know, I love Michael Carrick for what he did as a player and even last season what he did as a manager, but it's it's beginning to look like this is the end game for Michael Carrick. It really is and it's a shame. But it's just not happening, is it? Mark's been in touch. Typical Man United and Bruno. Get this poison out of our club. Rashford, Bruno, Martinez all need to go. Unfortunately for Carrick, he's run his course. Get Conte in to blast these players into shape, but the ball board also need to back him. It sounds confused. That sounds like a confused angry message. Are the fans angry and confused? >> You were with them in the stadium last night. So, what was the consensus? Are they Are they done with a manager or do they think, you know, they did they have some like a bit like you? Do they have some sympathy for what he's having to cope with? >> I think most fans always, you know, have some sympathy for Michael Carrick and have some love towards him because of the state the status he's got within the club. But I think most people can see that he looks out of his depth. And no matter whether you think Michael Carrick is the right man or not, and I think more people are coming around to the idea that he's not, you've got to look above him. I know I sound like a broken record when I come on your show and I say this all the time, but something is rotten at Manchester United and it's not Michael Carrick. He's a symptom, not a cause of the problem. You've got Inos, you've got Jason Wilcox, Omar Bara who don't know what they're doing. It's obvious. Look at the the decisions they've made with Eric Tenhag, with Dan Ashworth, with Ruben Amarim, with now Michael Carrick. Does that seem like a structure or a setup that's built towards success? Or does it seem like people who are just throwing a load of mud at the the wall and see if any of it sticks? They're just going from one sort of bad decision to the next. And I think before you even look at Michael Carrick, I think you got to look at the people above him because the short long is I don't trust them if Michael Carrick does leave. So bring in the right replacement because they're just clueless. They really are. >> What what's changed from the run of games uh from the end of last season that took you into the Champions League. What I mean, look, there's not there's not a lot of personnel changes. There are maybe a couple of key ones, but you tell us you watch the team all the time, Jay. >> Well, you're right. There's not that many changes. Casemiro is the obvious one. him leaving. Big personality, scored a lot of goals, obviously played his part in the games as well. You look at some of the injuries we've had. That's not helped us. I'm not trying to make excuses here because believe me, I'm done with excuses, but you're asking a question. So, I'm trying to just give you an answer. I think a big part of it and it's again, it's not the whole part because we lost the opening day, but having two games a week, we haven't got the squad for it and we haven't been prepared for it and the energy just looks like it saps out the team. And look, listen, I can stomach losing games as a Manchester United fan, right? I always lose games under Sir Alex Ferguson. There's nothing wrong with that. it happens. What I can't stomach is the fact that other teams look more up for it than us. Other teams look fitter than we do. That that's inexcusable to me. That's one thing that you should never be able to sort of defend. We should be fit enough and and sort of enthusiastic or energized enough to go toe-to-toe with any club. And you look at Ko last night because they've almost become a footnote in a four a 4-1 win. They were fantastic. Yeah, >> they look like a well drilled, fit, cohesive team that knows what they're doing, is playing for each other, playing for the fans, doing the things you want to see from your club, and then you you sort of compare that to what you're watching from Manchester United, and it's the polar opposite. So, yeah, there's just a com combination of factors. You can look at the personnel, you can look at the manager, you can look at the ownership, they've all got the part to play, and when you put it together, you end up where United are with what is it winning seven games or whatever it is. >> I mean, it's they seem pretty unprepared for what Ko were going to do. They would have spent a fair bit of the last week talking about Ko and the way they play. It was obvious they were going to come out the traps. They're playing Manchester United in their little ground on the lake. It's a huge It's a huge night for them. So you would have So to get caught cold again in Europe for like the second game running was pretty unforgivable, wasn't it? >> It really was. And this I'm a you know me. I'm just a simple football fan who likes watching football. But even I know Nico Paz is one of the most dangerous players they've got. And yet they just seem to sort of give him a free reign at times. You see that the way they were cutting through us, it was just genuinely like they didn't know what to expect and and Ko have done their own work, were up for it and played the game the right way and Manchester United didn't have an answer for that. And now you've got this situation which has just made matters worse. Somehow things even got worse postmatch where you've got Bruno Fernandez blaming the manager and the staff and the manager pushing back and having sort of thinly bailed digs at Bruno Fernandez who let's not forget is the captain of Manchester United. I mean, it's just become it's gone from just a Shambolic team performance to shambolic off the pitch as well with the reaction. And I I just worry where this season's going. We're sitting here in October and you're already looking at who's the net man who the next manager is going to be. What you know, what we're going to do this season is top five beyond us already. Even though there's so much season to left in the season to play, you're already out the Carabal Cup after losing at home to Brighton despite being 2 up. The Champions League is looking precarious now because you've lost backto-back games. I mean, the season's unraveling. It's only just started. It's just it's utterly bizarre. It really is. >> And just one final one. Dodi was on with us earlier on and we sort of floated the idea that Antonio Ky could come in and he said, "Well, if he does, those players are in for a shock." Do you think that's what they need? Do you think they need that sort of manager to come in and and and you know, we know it was like at Tottenham, he doesn't mess about. There'll be no veiled criticism from him. It'll be as direct as it comes. So, what do you make of that? It seems that overtures have potentially been made both ways. >> I mean, if the players need Antonio Conte to to give him the kick up the backside to make him play for Manchester United, then they want sacking. Seriously, you shouldn't need Kante to come in and make you want to play and make you have the energy and the desire to play for Manchester United Football Club. That should come from yourself anyway. So, I get the point. I understand that Cont is going to come in. He's a bit of a taskmaster. Maybe you need someone like I'm not I'm not his biggest fan to be honest with you, but I understand the sentiment. But that just deflates me that we're having this argument. Do they need a conte or someone to come in to get them playing? They shouldn't need that. They should have a bit of pride. They should want to play. They should want to play Champions League football. They should want to get to a Champions League final. They should want a challenge for the title. That that should be motivation enough. They're getting paid enough to go for it. So, yeah, I understand why people want Conte, but that's that tells its own story that we're looking at someone like him to try and get a tune out of these players. >> Um, just finally, just very quickly, what does it do for your numbers on the Stretford Paddic? I mean, do you do you do better in good times or better in bad times? You find more people come and visit you to watch. >> To be honest with you, I know people always ask me this, we do better when we do better off on the pitch. So, obviously, we don't do very well. We don't do very well numbers wise. >> There's no hate watching going on. It's a shame. >> No, there isn't. Cuz I'm we're all sulk lot. We're sort of sulk when we lose. So, there's not much in terms of dramatic content not running and raging the way we should be. So yeah, when we, you know, when we're on that run last season or we beat see in the FA Cup final or under Ollie when we had some good moments as well, we tend to see more views. But just from a fan point of view, just, you know, from a sort of mental well-being point of view, it just be nice to be able to talk about good things rather than having to to chat about United going for another manager or underwhelming or, you know, the season being over in October. Yeah. So views and just everything. It's it sort of goes downhill when United are bad. >> Good. Well, good to talk to you J. Thanks very much. >> Thanks, lads. That's Jay Mottly there from the Stratford panel and I know his pain because you so do you Charlie you've been in these situations for when your team's taking up so much of your head space and you really don't want it to you know simply because you know >> it becomes too big and it's the thing that's supposed to be the sort of most fun thing in your life that you're most >> passion becomes the thing that gets you down more than anything else >> becomes depressing Paul you know there we are seven different managers Bruno Fernandez has played under Paul >> wow way >> he's been Solar Carrick Rangik Tenhog Narroy Ruben Amry him. Darren Fletcher into him and then Michael Carrick. >> There we are. So you sort of go >> I think Ky would have an impact if he went in there. I think he will. >> I'd suggest getting a new defense for the first time in four or five seasons. That seems to be the problem to me.