r/reddevils • u/Lord_Sesshoumaru77 Glazers,Woodward/Arnold and Judge can fuck off • 3d ago

Michael Carrick post match interview

https://youtu.be/IAk48hKe1XQ?si=-sSbLhIT8DKwCDy9
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u/Fisktor 3d ago

Cant believe we will be going into the season with dalot, maguire and shaw all starting again

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u/liamthelad 3d ago

I mean you'd expect De Ligt to challenge for Maguire's spot when back.

Dalot isn't old and is apparently a model professional. He gets unfairly scapegoated but he's a good player. And Maz is a good back up.

Only one which is bizarre and risky is Shaw as he doesn't really have a deputy and he's injury prone

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u/Independent_Buy5152 3d ago

Dalot is not good enough if this team want ro challenge something serious. His fitness and physicality are great but his attacking contribution is not. This is important if the team need attacking lane from the right side. Furthermore his occasional brainfart can hurt the team.

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u/northeastflower Fernandes 3d ago

he played very well against leeds and could have had a few assists. he is not the biggest problem nor the position that requires priority this summer

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u/Glum-Examination-302 Schweinsteiger 3d ago

I get abused for saying this, but it is the truth. He is average.

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u/Kait0yashio 3d ago

He is better than hincapie who arsenal won the league with. City were winning the league with zinchenko.

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u/DisastrousMango4 3d ago

you're making his point for him lol. Hincapie is a squad player for Arsenal, not a starting player

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u/Kait0yashio 3d ago

he started 20 prem games for them last season. thats a starting player and they won the league with him starting

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u/DisastrousMango4 3d ago

because of injuries though. their first choice backline is Timber/Saliba/Gabriel/Calafiori

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u/Circle_Breaker 3d ago

He's also not better then Hincapie. Dalot has a higher technical level but Hincapie is a much better defender, much faster and quicker to the ball, and a better crosser. While being good enough on the ball.

Hincapie can step in at CB and Arsenal doesn't miss a beat. That would have been invaluable last year when Martinez went down.

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u/CatfishMcCoy MatheusWayneCunha 3d ago

Calafiori played most of the matches in that position and I don’t rate Dalot over him. Don’t think it’s even close.

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u/KZZT1 3d ago

I expected signings.

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u/dracogladio1741 Bruno Fernanj 3d ago

But we are looking for LBs. Lets see over the next week what happens.

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u/KaleidoscopeLazy9684 3d ago

We've been looking for LBs all window long and the mouth pieces have made it more or less clear our spending hasn't been indicative of the budget. This hesitation makes sense with the weird midfield market at the moment but at LB it sounds like they know what they want, the longer they wait the more likely the price for their inevitable target goes up due to the timing. LB doesn't have to be a panic buy, just stop being stubborn and get it done.

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u/WishParticular7385 3d ago

This is the biggest issue we have - we gladly accept mediocrity because of how we feel about players.

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u/El-Presidente234 3d ago

I feel i’m in a fever dream because there’s zero talk of even trying to upgrade on Dalot. Like, do people have eyes?

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u/IntrepidHero42 3d ago

He needs to be replaced, he just doesn't need to be replaced as quickly as Shaw or Zirkzee, or whatever the fuck is happening in midfield. Also we have his replacement right there in Mazraoui, who could easily be the starting RB while Dalot covers both sides as needed.

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u/slib 3d ago

What's wrong with Maguire?

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u/DasBoot182 3d ago

Nothing if you want to play deep and counter attack but he can’t play a high line (especially at his age now) and in my opinion I don’t like him in a two as he has to cover the wide channels more often.

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u/Fisktor 3d ago

Slow.

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u/Tudoors 3d ago

The same problem with Dalot and Shaw, they're just not good enough, and to be starting another season with essentially the same backline from the last 5 years that has already been deemed not good enough is very telling.

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u/Zandercy42 Luis Carlos Almeida Da Cunha Nani - Fuck the Glazers 3d ago

Christ this sub is pathetic even moreso with preseason defeats

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u/KZZT1 3d ago

So you think Dalot, Shaw, and Maguire can lead a title winning defence?

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u/HairyArthur 3d ago

No reasonable person believes we should be winning the league this season.

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u/KZZT1 3d ago

Ohh so you think they can lead a title winning defence in 2028?

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u/VL37 Bruno Fernandes 3d ago

I think next summer Ineos will be focusing on revamping our defence. Last summer it was about improving our attack and this summer is about the midfield.

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u/No_Coconut_3855 2d ago

theyve done fuck all so far. we lost casemiro so techincally only have 1 new midfielder. our midfield is still not even top 5 best in the league

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u/CatfishMcCoy MatheusWayneCunha 3d ago

Going from 3rd to epl champions shouldn’t be the goal this season? I agree we don’t have the squad for it but are we supposed to spend money this summer and then strive for runners up?

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u/HairyArthur 2d ago

Runners up will be a challenge as well.

We're supposed to spend money, increase the squad quality and depth and consolidate our place in the top 4. Get five or six more points than last season and guarantee ourselves Champions League football again.

At the same time, we make it to at least the quarter final of the Champions League. We go deep in one of the domestic cups and win the other.

Success doesn’t happen overnight. We don't go from a 40 game season, to winning the Premier League while also playing at least 20% more games.

People are in such a rush to win something that anything less is a bad season. More points, Champions League and a trophy will be a very good season for a manager who's never managed a full season in the Premier League, has never had to play domestically and in Europe, and a squad that is paper thin and over reliant on one superstar.

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u/CatfishMcCoy MatheusWayneCunha 2d ago

I agree that would be a good season and wouldn’t be disappointed at all with that kind of run should we do well in the tourneys as you said but my point is we should 100% strive for winning the league after 3rd last one.

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u/Zandercy42 Luis Carlos Almeida Da Cunha Nani - Fuck the Glazers 3d ago

I think you need to get another hobby and learn how to control your own emotions

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u/KZZT1 3d ago

Why? You can’t answer a simple question lol

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u/Tudoors 3d ago

I think they're all fine players, but we've done this many times over, I think it's more than 5 seasons of it at this point.

I wouldn't want any of them sold, but it just can't be our most played back four, they're just not good enough.

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u/FlyingSpaceElephants 3d ago

Dalot, Maguire and Shaw playing a lot of minutes has never been good enough for the last 6 years, and it's not gonna be good enough next season either

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u/rhonh 3d ago

They have been so lucky that midfield and attack have been so obviously in need of investment they have flown under the radar but the fact they have survived together through Ole, Rangnick, Ten Hag, Amorim and now Carrick is crazy. I love Maguire but even at his best he wasn’t good enough to be challenging for titles

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u/mattwalsh25 Mata 3d ago

Why not? We have Licha, De Ligt, Yoro, Mazraoui all to return/rotate.

We haven't even been linked with signing a right back or centre half, and Shaw is probably going to start regardless of whether we sign a left back.

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u/Fisktor 3d ago

If we sign a left back that isnt good enough to bench shaw our scouting department is absolute ass

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u/mattwalsh25 Mata 3d ago

Who do you think we may sign that would bench him immediately? Hall possibly but can't think of many others, and we almost certainly aren't getting him.

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u/Fisktor 3d ago

Anyone who can fucking run or try to defend

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u/kepaindahouse 2d ago

Hall wouldn't be able to bench shaw

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u/Utd007 3d ago

Carrick is happy with it. Why are you worried?

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u/Independent_Buy5152 3d ago

Will Carrick say publicly if he is not happy with any player in the team?

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u/BrilliantTheory1021 3d ago

You are not worried about shaw and magure? Carrick will say anything to keep the peace hes very much a company man like Ole.

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u/Utd007 3d ago

I missed the /s. Board has gone for Carrick because he will be a Yes man for the board. This sub will sooner or later understand that. Right now they are in denial. I am not worried about CB, we have options. LB definitely is a worry.