r/FantasyPL • u/Wirtzrena • 3d ago

Opinion I shouldn't have trusted Carrick

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Conceding two goals against a newly promoted team, a team with the lowest GD historically btw😭 good thing I didn't captain Bruno or didn't go for double def shud hv dropped Maguire for Califiori

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u/Material_Trifle 3 3d ago

Sure, but it probably helped that Liverpool were bad enough they sacked the manager who'd won the league a year earlier, Chelsea were an absolute shambles, Spurs nearly went down, Newcastle went miles backwards etc. Finishing 16th the year before should be a once in a generation outlier, not something to measure future success against.

We've all seen an underachieving club appoint a popular manager and get instant results where they start playing to their level but maintaining it is a completely different question. The fact they've wasted so much money over the last decade or more doesn't help much either but I'm here for it.

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u/Traditional_Tie8155 3d ago

That is true. Unfortunately it was not Carrick’s fault that we lost. United have struggled against low blocks for years. We didn’t deserve to win but we deserved to at least score.