Joe McGrath discussed Paul Scholes’ criticism of Manchester United interim manager Michael Carrick after their 2-1 defeat by Newcastle, on The Devils’ Advocate podcast: “Paul Scholes coming afterwards talking about how United have been rubbish for the past four games. I think what Paul’s said, when you look at it, he’s probably right – United haven’t been that great the last four games. But that doesn’t matter, as long as you’re getting results. But why highlight it as soon as United trip up once? I don’t get it.”
Gaz Drinkwater added: “The tone of that was very strange. It was almost like he’d had this agenda against Michael Carrick, and finally, he had the opportunity to criticise Michael Carrick, and it seemed a little bit barbed. It seemed a little bit like there was something festering there. And I’m like, you guys used to die for each other on the pitch.
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“I’m not saying that you should blindly back your man… but it seems so weird the way these pundits, at times, thrive off the negativity of Man Utd.
“It’s unfortunate. It was Michael Carrick’s first defeat in charge of Manchester United and it was at Newcastle… We’ve had such a good run of form that we could afford to lose a game and still be third place in the league.”
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