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Goldbridge on Carrick's exit: sympathy isn't a case to stay

The United Stand host accepts the dismissal but argues that another managerial change cannot repair the decisions above the dugout.

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0:00Goldbridge announces Carrick's dismissal and says removing him is the correct decision.
1:14He cites United's bottom-three position and one win in ten to challenge arguments for keeping Carrick.
3:57He recalls opposing a permanent appointment after Carrick's interim spell.
8:00He argues that assembling coaches and executives without shared working experience has undermined United's direction.
12:16He asks chat about United's outlook and doubts the leadership can deliver title contention.

Mark Goldbridge draws a line between feeling for Michael Carrick and wanting him to remain Manchester United manager. In his reaction to the dismissal, the distinction is blunt: "I can say it's sad for an individual to be sacked; I can't say it's wrong for him to be sacked."

The United Stand's monologue drew about half a million views since yesterday. This time, unlike the sarcastic sacking announcement we reported here earlier in the week, Goldbridge opens by saying Carrick has officially gone.

He calls it the correct decision, citing United's position in the bottom three and a run of one win in ten matches. He also challenges suggestions that supporters broadly wanted Carrick to stay, recalling his own doubts about turning the interim appointment into a permanent one.

But accepting the dismissal isn't the same as endorsing the people making it. Goldbridge questions squad choices and selections, then turns to Sir Jim Ratcliffe's approach to assembling coaching and executive teams. His complaint is that United keep putting together people without an established working relationship and expecting a coherent football operation to follow.

The argument goes beyond whether the next manager can improve the scorelines. "Results without performance and vision lands you here," he says. By the closing discussion with chat, his concern is whether the club's leadership can build a side capable of challenging for titles at all.

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Channel: The United Stand
Subscribers: 2,320,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 9,251,921
Channel views, pace per day: 1,314,987 (on a normal day: 1,513,180)
Video published: November 12, 2026
Video views so far: 502,121 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 561,203

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The reaction passed half a million views before its first full day was over. Comments were already several times above the channel's usual first-day total.

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2,320,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

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views per day

1,314,987

typical day: 1,513,180

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