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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: United is broken guardian readers react to michael carricks sacking - The Untold Story

Manchester United fans hold up a protest banner while waving green and gold balloons during the Premier League match between Manchester United and Aston Villa at Old Trafford
Manchester United fans hold up a protest banner while waving green and gold balloons during the Premier League match between Manchester United and Aston Villa at Old Trafford. Photograph: Catherine Ivill/AMA/Getty Images

“As a United fan who was around for the early 90s seeing Carrick go is a sad end to a horrible situation. He was the only likable thing about the club … I took my eight-year-old lad to Old Trafford for the Brighton game in the FA Cup in January and I’ve never experienced a more toxic atmosphere at a football ground. The fans deserve better … Better owners, better attitudes, better standards. Nothing will change with the setup of the club today and we are in this macabre holding pattern of failure, hope, anger and disappointment” – Chris

“Wilcox, [Berada] and [Jim] Ratcliffe should have fired themselves. They are the common denominator of all this failure. [Mauricio] Pochettino will last 12 months if he’s lucky” – Deb

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