BLAME GAME HAS NO WINNERS
By the time you’re reading this, Michael Carrick will probably have been sacked. If not, it will happen soon enough. Who to blame? The people have spoken. Acknowledging supporters after Manchester United did their usual and got pumped by Bournemouth to send the latest patsy handed the reins towards the door marked “Do One”, Carrick was applauded by the Stretford End, and Old Trafford’s stands east, south and north. A proud man walking, as Claudio Ranieri once described the fate of the manager who knows the end is approaching. Among the paying public, on the long list of those held responsible for the latest betrayal of a legend, Carrick is towards the bottom. If even on it. Those heading the list felt their ears burn in a atmosphere crackling with mutiny.