Michael Carrick - den mest undervurderte spilleren i Premier League?

[H. Specter]

Hva synes vi om Carrick i dag da? For min del var han banens beste. Spesielt i førsteomgangen var han helt rå, midtbanegeneral som eide hele spillet. Ufarliggjorde trusselen Suarez kunne utrette. Helt fantastisk posisjonering, og et overblikk av en annen verden. Utvilsomt Englands beste midtbanespiller per dags dato.

 

Enig! I første omgang var Carrick outstanding.

[archanios]

På sitt beste er han heilt fantastisk og han får heilt klart utnytta styrkane sine betre når han har folk rundt seg som bevegar seg mykje, er kjappe i beina og så vidare, slik som m.a Kagawa og Cleverley i dag. Då kan Carrick ta seg litt betre tid, prikke dei rette ballane samt at han får meir rom å bevege seg i.

[Schweigaard]

Poor man's Alonso.

 

Neida, Carrick er veldig god han. Helt klart undervurdert av "mainstream" fotballfans - men kan huske å ha lest mange klager på han fra Utd-fans de siste sesongene.

[Latias]

Neida, Carrick er veldig god han. Helt klart undervurdert av "mainstream" fotballfans - men kan huske å ha lest mange klager på han fra Utd-fans de siste sesongene.

 

United-gutta finner alltid en syndebukk når ting ikke går veien. Rooney under City-flørten, Evra store deler av forrige sesong, Young på starten av denne sesongen og Valencia per dags dato. Husker spesielt starten av 09/10-sesongen da Carrick bommet på straffe og vi tapte mot Burnley, da var det en god del folk som ville ha han ut døra på OT.

 

Carrick har som tidligere nevnt ofte en seig start på sesongen. Denne sesongen har han dog vært på topp siden første spark på ballen. Grunnen til dette kan være at han for en gangs skyld har hatt en rolig pre season. Sier litt om hvilke ambisjoner gutten har når han takker nei til EM-troppen hvis han ikke fikk garanti om spilletid.

 

Synes Carrick skulle ha fått MoM i går. Pure klasse.

[Latias]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpWq5_pk9Fo

 

Deilige mann. PLs beste midtbanespiller.

[Latias]

 

The forgotten man! Soleklart beste midtbanespilleren i ligaen.

[Alt-Ctrl]

Carrick var STOR i dag!

[Latias]

Jepp. Uniteds beste for min del (DDG scorer også høyt for redningen på slutten).

[Alt-Ctrl]

Carrick og DDG var vel de eneste i andreomgang som gjorde det bra. Resten får stryk, eller så vidt bestått.

[kandinsky]

@EPLStatman

Only 8% of Michael Carrick's passes have gone backwards this season - the fewest % out of all Midfielders to make 1000 passes or more #MUFC

[Latias]

@EPLStatman

Only 8% of Michael Carrick's passes have gone backwards this season - the fewest % out of all Midfielders to make 1000 passes or more #MUFC

 

Men han spiller jo bare støttepasninger bakover på banen!

 

"Michael is the most under-rated and under-valued player in the league," Ferdinand said. "No-one else could play a pass like he did for Javier's goal. It has to be the ball of the season. But I am sure no-one will talk about it. It will be swept under the carpet and all the talk will be about other players who maybe do a little bit more explosive things than Michael does.

 

He is laid back and plays at his own pace, so he always goes un-noticed. But he is valued highly by each member of our squad, don't worry about that.

 

With Scholesy not playing as many games the responsibility has gone to Michael and he has handled it superbly. You just wish players like that didn't have to go through their careers searching for accolades. You would like to think people would give them out. That hasn't been the case with Michael, which is unfortunate."

 

Rio.

[Latias]

http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/manchesterunited/id/1761?cc=5739

 

Olly Syrus. Now there was a player. Even the name was epic. He sounded like an extra from Clash of the Titans; with a surname like that, he could at the very least have been a cousin of Odysseus.

 

But Olly wasn't a Greek god; he was one of the midfielders in my second season at university, a year in which we achieved relegation from the first division. The year before, we, St. John's College, had won the league championship by a point, defeating the second-placed team away from home in our final match. We won that game by a goal-to-nil, and felt as heroic as the hobbits at the end of that trilogy.

 

So Syrus was unlucky. He was a spectacular player, but came to our team at the wrong time. Nine of our title-winning team graduated at once, leaving only a gaggle of callow freshman, a couple of us and him, the warrior for the cause. Syrus was two-footed, capable of being both elegant and abrasive, as likely to dribble through traffic as he was to play a subtle but decisive ball through the lines. And that was his curse: to be obviously brilliant in a sub-standard team.

 

And that, by turn, is Michael Carrick's problem. You see, Carrick is not obviously brilliant. If you watch a musical about the Victorian era, he is the chimney-sweep. Understated, therefore underrated. He is every back four's Jiminy Cricket: he is the defence's conscience, reminding them to track back when they lose direction. And that's his problem.

 

See, Carrick's job is inherently unsexy. He's the guy that makes sure that all his drunk friends get home safe from their big night out. He's a gatekeeper. He's a traffic warden. And maybe that's why he doesn't sit as swiftly or deeply in the affections of the most committed Manchester United fan as someone who is more obviously passionate. Like, say, Roy Keane.

 

Michael Carrick is no Olly Syrus. His veins don't burst from his neck when he tackles. The more I think about it, Syrus was our college's Roy Keane. He charged into each tackle like he cared. But Carrick?...Carrick is all elegant, angles, picking off opposition passes with the dispassionate precision of a paediatric surgeon. And that's unsettling -- to have a midfielder so apparently diffident at the heart of one of Europe's most energetic teams.

 

Yet Carrick, at the beginning of the 2006-07 season, was precisely what Manchester United needed. Replacing the reassuringly buccaneer spirit of Keane, he was the patient deep-lying playmaker who enabled his team to break Chelsea's stranglehold on the Premier League. It is highly arguable that he, more than any opposite player, helped to precipitate the departure of the Portuguese master from Stamford Bridge.

 

This is why, at the close of the 2012-13 season, Carrick's nomination for PFA Player of the Year should be treated with respect, if not adulation. In the words of Nate Dogg's famous chorus, he is in the midfield in order to "regulate": and, throughout this crucial season for his club, he has consistently done that.

 

Gud så deilig at han endelig begynner å bli satt pris på. Bedre sent enn aldri.

[Latias]

Manchester United's winning run since Michael Carrick returned to the team is no coincidence

 

Godt å ha gode gamle Carrick tilbake!

[G27]

Det er jo ikke tull engang. Carrick har stått for trygghet etter at han kom tilbake.

Endret 9. desember 2014 av G27

[Jakobk]

Carrick er class! Føler at Carrick er bedre offensivt enn Blind, blind slår mer korte støttepassninger, og velger ofte enklere løsninger.

Endret 9. desember 2014 av Noctua.

[Espp]

Jeg driter i hvem som spiller av Carrick og Blind. Liker begge to. Vil absolutt påstå at Carrick er en klasse over, men han er tross alt 6-7 år eldre

[Jakobk]

Jeg liker også begge, men jeg håper at Blind spiller mot svakere lag, da han er en mann for fremtiden, og ikke på nivå med Carrick ennå. Så kan heller Carrick spille mot de store kanonene med den rutine og trygghet han har. På sikt så kommer jo Blind til å ta over helt. Har troa på at han kan bli pure class! Carrick er faktisk hele ni år yngre, da Blind er 24, og Carrick 33.

[Espp]

Nå vet ikke jeg hvordan LVG er på rotering, noe SAF var en legende på - men han burde satse på kontinuitet til ting begynner å sitte. Akkurat nå er Carrick bankers siden Blind er skadet, når han er tilbake burde han velge seg ut en av de for å skaffe kjennskap og trygghet i bakre rekker.

[kandinsky]

Carrick er class! Føler at Carrick er bedre offensivt enn Blind, blind slår mer korte støttepassninger, og velger ofte enklere løsninger.

Jeg ELSKER Carrick, men han har ikke bidratt offensivt siden Bondevik-regjeringa.

[kandinsky]

Gammelt intervju, men allikevel. Liker hvordan han rødmer i 9 minutter straight.