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IrelandCarrick's exit leaves Adam McKola questioning United's decision-makers
Three reaction uploads take him from an Old Trafford draw to reports of Mauricio Pochettino's appointment.
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MAN UTD SACK MICHAEL CARRICK!
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- 0:00McKola reacts to reports that United have decided to sack Carrick, with the club in the relegation zone.
- 1:05He distinguishes Carrick's legacy as a player from his assessment of this season's management.
- 4:15He argues that ownership and senior executives also bear responsibility for United's repeated mistakes.
- 5:12Pochettino, Nagelsmann, Howe and Conte enter his discussion of possible replacements.
- 7:11He questions whether summer recruitment addressed the squad's most important needs.
Adam McKola returned from Manchester United's draw with Aston Villa with more than the score to digest. His reaction from Old Trafford focused on United dropping into the relegation zone, despite salvaging a point. By the next upload, the conversation had moved to Michael Carrick's reported dismissal.
That desk-side reaction, "MAN UTD SACK MICHAEL CARRICK!", was the most-watched of his three new videos, reaching roughly 35,000 views. McKola separates Carrick the player from Carrick the manager: he calls him a United legend while judging this season's management a failure. His sharper question is whether the executives responsible for previous decisions should choose the next coach.
He works through Pochettino, Julian Nagelsmann, Eddie Howe and Antonio Conte as possibilities, then returns to recruitment and the gaps he sees in the squad. Viewers pick up that thread, asking about spending on managerial changes rather than a left-back or backup striker, and whether another appointment can solve problems above the dugout.
The follow-up, "POCHETTINO: NEXT MAN UTD MANAGER!", reacts to reporting by David Ornstein. It has the strongest viewing momentum on the channel now, with about 23,000 views in its first fifteen hours. The managerial discussion has already moved from a shortlist to a specific reported choice.
The channel's subscribers remained unchanged over the week, while its daily viewing is running below half its usual level. Nearby in size, The Good, The Bad & The Football has had a much busier week and added subscribers. For McKola, the useful continuity across these uploads is his insistence that changing United's manager does not end the discussion about who builds the team.
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So we have money to burn by sacking and hiring new managers but not get a left back or a backup striker?
@tx4809See it on YouTubeThank goodness the internet wasn’t around when SAF was appointed.
@DonWan47See it on YouTubeWe're spending more on severance packages and signing new managers than we are on players it feels like.
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- Adam McKola
- Subscribers
- 150,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 64,625
- Videos published this week
- 3
- Video published
- November 9, 2026
- Video views so far
- 34,780
- Views on its first day
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