"Manchester United STINK": ESPN FC dissects the Como fallout

A blunt Short accompanies a wider panel debate about Michael Carrick, Bruno Fernandes and responsibility for United's defeat.

Channel: ESPN UK Story of October 23, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 65,870 views a day, 9.9 times a normal first day on this channel (6,654).

‘Manchester United STINK’ 😳

Manchester United's loss to Como has given ESPN FC more than a scoreline to pick apart. Across ESPN UK's uploads, the discussion has moved from the performance to the relationship between manager Michael Carrick and Bruno Fernandes, with a particularly blunt Short reducing the verdict to "Manchester United STINK".

That clip has reached about 80,000 views, with an estimated first-day audience nearly ten times the channel's usual start for Shorts. Its comments also arrived almost four times faster than usual. Viewers debate whether responsibility belongs with the players or the manager, while several focus on the delivery of the criticism itself.

The broader discussion follows Como's 4-1 Champions League win. Kay Murray hosts a panel featuring Ale Moreno, Stewart Robson, Jürgen Klinsmann and Frank Leboeuf in a separate, fast-starting analysis of the defeat and Fernandes' reaction.

Leboeuf's position gets its own Short, whose title accuses Fernandes of having "BETRAYED" Carrick. Another panel upload goes further in a different direction, arguing that Fernandes should leave United. The blunt verdict is only the shortest version of a much longer argument about where the club's problems lie.

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The numbers

The Short's unusually fast start sits alongside strong viewing for ESPN UK's longer discussion of United's defeat.

the video's first day

usual first day here

6,654

this video

65,870

subscribers

1,610,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

1,069,602,257

views per day

2,367,299

typical day: 823,719

the video

views

80,611

likes

1,214

comments

171

days online

2

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

AFTV

1,840,000

Tifo Football by The Athl…

1,820,000

The Overlap

1,800,000

ESPN UK

1,610,000

FOX Soccer

1,580,000

Overlap Daily

1,550,000

As of October 23, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.