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Alongside Wayne Rooney, Micheal Carrick has completed the collection of every domestic honour in the English game. His intelligence and awareness were highlighted by former Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal who labelled him his "trainer coach during a game". His importance to the team performance was constantly praised by former teammates Gary Neville and Paul Scholes, as well as European peers Xavi and Xabi Alonso. His unassuming style, however, also led to a lack of attention from successive England national team managers in favour of all-action midfielders such as Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard, a fact noted by Carrick's former club and national team captain Wayne Rooney. Carrick formed an effective partnership with Paul Scholes with Carrick playing in a holding role and Scholes alongside him as a deep-seated playmaker. This midfield partnership contributed to a change towards a continental playing style embraced by manager Alex Ferguson and assistant Carlos Queiroz which relied on passing and keeping possession in contrast to the more traditionally direct and all-action style of English football.
Our team are starting to look like the Manager. Comfortable on the ball, good on the eye, keeping the ball, probing, tiring out the opposition. That is why we score so many in the second half of a game. The top teams also need that X factor, the killer punch like Messi did at Barcelona and Rooney at ManU, that quickness around the box. We have Chuba, Archer, Forss, McGree. It‘s a great formula for a great team.
Alongside Wayne Rooney, Micheal Carrick has completed the collection of every domestic honour in the English game. His intelligence and awareness were highlighted by former Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal who labelled him his "trainer coach during a game". His importance to the team performance was constantly praised by former teammates Gary Neville and Paul Scholes, as well as European peers Xavi and Xabi Alonso. His unassuming style, however, also led to a lack of attention from successive England national team managers in favour of all-action midfielders such as Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard, a fact noted by Carrick's former club and national team captain Wayne Rooney. Carrick formed an effective partnership with Paul Scholes with Carrick playing in a holding role and Scholes alongside him as a deep-seated playmaker. This midfield partnership contributed to a change towards a continental playing style embraced by manager Alex Ferguson and assistant Carlos Queiroz which relied on passing and keeping possession in contrast to the more traditionally direct and all-action style of English football.
Our team are starting to look like the Manager. Comfortable on the ball, good on the eye, keeping the ball, probing, tiring out the opposition. That is why we score so many in the second half of a game. The top teams also need that X factor, the killer punch like Messi did at Barcelona and Rooney at ManU, that quickness around the box. We have Chuba, Archer, Forss, McGree. It‘s a great formula for a great team.
