Carrick's passing ability is good, not great. He lacks mobility, reaction slow and doesn't perform well under pressure. Play against weaker team he can have his own sweet time to pick passes, playing against high tempo team like Barca, he is doomed. Teams(M.City,Barca,R.Madrid) that are performing well and scoring a lot of goals  play high tempo 1-2 and constant movement off the ball. United midfield with either parring Carrick/Park/Giggs/Fletcher is like 6/10 rating on speed and the passing between them is not sleek or brilliant. Giggs is the best among the four and he is what 37/38 of age? The creativity and movement off the ball is horrible.

Anderson possess more pace and penetration but lacks passing and often loses the ball. He does link up well at times. Then there is Tom Cleverly...man we are robbed from watching if this kid is the real deal or not. Very impressive show from him till the injury hit him.

Admit strikers are dipping in form, but what can they do if the service is poor? Collect the ball from half way line and dribble past 6 players and then release a 25 yard screamer? Yes, only if I can plug PS controller to my TV and do that yesterday against Basel, FCUK!