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Great signing.
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Yeah we've done really well to capture his signing ahead of all the other top 4 clubs that were chasing him.
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That has nothing to do with it.
Tell me this, who was after Carrick before United signed him? Or Valencia? Or Hernandez? and so on.
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Nobody was after Carrick cos he wasn't great, and still isn't.
And, as I've pointed out previously - United can afford to spend big money on beefing out the squad cos they've got world class players all over the park, whereas we don't.
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I don't think Carrick's great myself but he has 4 league titles and a Champions League to his name since he joined whilst being ever present in Man U's midfield so he must be doing something right.
Hate to use this phrase but it's horses for courses, i think we need a ball playing midfielder more than Man U/Chelsea/Arsenal do hence our interest in Adam.
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Carrick has not been 'ever present' in Utd's midfield. As such, your point about him winning trophies merely reinforces Ryan's point about them having a strong first team. Having that base enables them to top up the squad with players like Carrick.
I'm skeptical about Adam. If you discount his penalties, he scored two goals last season, and only one of them was in open play. He offers nothing defensively, so can't have been bought to help out (or replace) Lucas. In which case I can only assume he's been bought to replace the outgoing Ming, because he plays in a position which we are currently over-subscribed for.
Having said that, he has a nice highlight reel, and did manage to stand out in some very big games for Blackpool last season, so let's hope he can do the same for us.
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2006–07: 52 appearances
2007-08: 49 appearances
2008-09: 43 appearances
2009:10: 44 appearances
2010:11: 43 appearances
"Squad player" Michael Carrick, are you sure ???
You don't necessarily need world class talent all over the pitch.
As Mark1975 pointed out, Man U have quite a few players that aren't world class, but they still perform well, serve a purpose and allow the world class talent to express themselves.
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You appear to be trying to prove a point you were arguing with a few posts back.
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And that is?
You said Carrick was a squad player for Man U...factually incorrect.
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David N'gog played 38 games for us last season.
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A lot of them in the Europa League or from the bench. Admittedly Carrick was left out at the start of the season, but that aside, he's been a regular since he joined from Spurs.
It's usually been Carrick playing with another...Scholes/Giggs/Fletcher/Anderson.