Comments on: Will Tottenham regret selling off Carrick to Manchester United?

By: Paul Ring

Paul Ring — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 18:52:42 +0000

Carrick is a good player about to become a great one, As a united fan Im delighted he is with us. He adds poise and a super range of passing and you would expect the partnership with scholes to be excellent at retaining and passing the ball but where’s the bite?

By: Hasan

Hasan — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 17:31:40 +0000

wow, I expected a big-time backlash. Here’s to Carrick playing well at United.

By: Mehdi

Mehdi — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 23:25:40 +0000

Carrick was arguably the Spurs’ best player and I’m sure they will miss him this season. Their attack mostly originated from his creativity. I hope he stays away from injuries and I’m sure he’ll be a good red devil player. After all, he’s still young and can only get better playing alongside great players like Giggs, Rio, rooney, ronaldo…

By: onespursfan

onespursfan — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:56:04 +0000

“it was the most stupid decision in a long line of stupid Tottenham decisions.” Quote DaveK

Im not sure the word stupid is apt in this case. You know no-one at Spurs wanted to sell him (including the majority of fans who appreciated his passing skills, almost Hoddle reminiscent). He wanted to go, and could not be persuaded to sign a new contract (unlike Hargreaves who has another 4 years on his). He was offered loads more money, yet still refused. I would like to think that we could have negotiated a further 1 or 2 years, depending on whether we could get through to CL, and then allow him to go. We would then have had an opportunity to provide a world class replacement if we had achieved CL status, a much better position to be in compared to now.

Do you really think Spurs acted in a stupid manner to let him go, where after this season, he would still go, and yet we would get nothing for him? A la Campbell? Of course not. That is the difference with Bayern Munich, they can play hardball for at least another two years before they agree to his request.

I do agree with all your other comments, including “Many Tottenham fans did not rate Carrick” cos a lot of them really don’t know what makes football the Beautiful Game – you explained it so well. I think they will soon (if not already) realise their mistake.

osf

By: Spurs

Spurs — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:06:52 +0000

Hey Davek!MC wanted to go to MU!!!!. We can’t do anything to stop a player that want to leave! Are you a spurs fan? Did you follow the transfer news? we tried to stop him but MC wanted to join the red devil!!

By: DaveK

DaveK — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:02:54 +0000

Many Tottenham fans did not rate Carrick because they said he could not tackle. However, his reading of the game puts in the right place at the right time to make numerous interceptions without resorting to the Roy Keane bloodthirtsy crunches that Utd. fans loved so much. In reality you are getting a player who will re-gain posession as much as Keane ever did and make the killer passes for your forwards. The short answer is yes he will help Utd. to the title while we at Tottenham head in the other direction. For me it was the most stupid decision in a long line of stupid Tottenham decisions.

By: steve

steve — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 14:50:48 +0000

This is all so short termist. Michael is a brilliant player, who will, once he has settled at Man U, provide them with more goal scoring passes than anyone else at the club since Beckham.
Yes we will miss him at Tottenham, but I wish him much success.
I believe he will help Man U to the title!

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 14:38:38 +0000

I am getting sick of this story – It was Carrick who wanted to go to Man U. When a player has made up their mind there is nothing you can do. Why don’t the press quote in context?