Michael Carrick

[ario adi nugroho]

masih ga abis pikir kelakuan si wasit,,
ngapain si pake ngasih kartu merah???
kayanya carrick ga perlu deh dapet kartu kuning ke 2,,
lagian dia kan ngejauhin bolanya ga di lempar jauh,atau di tendang,,
cuman di senggol dikit ke belakang,,
payah deh wasitnya..

[hendiplast]

Carrick driven by cup ambition



Michael Carrick has admitted he is a changed man thanks to life at Old Trafford.

Carrick freely accepts that when he moved north from Tottenham in 2006 the thought of winning just one medal was enough.

Yet it did not take much time surrounded by the serial trophy hunters at Manchester United to alter Carrick's view.

So, although the England midfielder has three Premier League titles, a European Cup and a Carling Cup winners' medal in his collection, he retains a fairly strong hunger to beat Aston Villa in Sunday's Carling Cup final.

"Without doubt I am a different player than I was when I arrived," he said.

"I used to dream about winning a trophy and I was lucky enough to win the Premier League in my first year.

"That was great and before I might have settled for it, relaxed and thought, 'That's me'.

"But pretty much straight afterwards, before we went away in the summer, we lost the FA Cup final.

"It made me wanted to win something else to put that right.

"Ever since then, as soon as I have won something, I have wanted more.

"Winning is a great feeling but the desire to achieve extra is the thing that drives you on."

United intensity

That intensity is one of the reasons Carrick has no intention of looking back, even though he has been part of the most prolific period of gathering silverware that United have ever known.

"Your career is not about what you have done over the last few years," he said.

"It is about the future. That is what is so great about the people at this football club.

"The appetite of people like Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville - and not forgetting the manager - is incredible and it rubs off on everyone else.

"When I have my feet up in the front room in 10 years' time maybe then I will look back and say we had a good spell.

"Right now I want that spell to go on as long as possible."

The Carling Cup may not have the prestige of the Premier League, FA Cup or Champions League but it offers Carrick and his team-mates a potential place in the history books.

In all their years, Manchester United have never successfully retained a cup competition.

After Ben Foster's penalty shoot-out heroics against Tottenham last season, that is exactly what the Reds will do if they overcome Martin O'Neill's men.

"It would be nice to do and we have got ourselves into a good position," observed Carrick.

"But that is just a by-product of the main aim, which is winning the game and picking up that medal."


NME

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Carrick: MU Memang Lapar



MANCHESTER, KOMPAS.com - Gelandang Manchester United (MU), Michael Carrick, menilai timnya selalu memiliki daya juang tinggi di setiap kompetisi. Ia pun yakin timnya bisa mendulang berbagai gelar pada akhir musim ini.

Pada awal musim, tak sedikit yang meremehkan MU bisa mendulang gelar. Mereka menilai kepergian Cristiano Ronaldo justru menjadi bumerang bagi "Setan Merah".

MU memang sempat limbung. Toh, mereka bisa melewatinya. Buktinya mereka mampu bercokol di puncak klasemen Premier League saat ini. Selain itu, mereka mampu memberikan perlawanan para pesaingnya seperti, Arsenal dan Chelsea.

"Setan Merah" pun meraih hasil positif di Liga Champions. MU mampu membuat sejarah karena pertama kalinya menyingkirkan AC Milan dari Liga Champions dalam lima pertemuan kedua kubu.

Fletcher yakin timnya akan terus melaju tanpa teradang. Baginya, tim memiliki kepercayaan diri dan keyakinan bisa menggenggamn juara. "Kepercayaan diri ada di sana (pemain-pemain MU). Kami bermain bagus dan telah melangkah cukup baik," ucapnya.

"Saat yang baik untuk menggapainya tetapi kami belum mengakhirinya saat ini. Masih ada delapan laga lagi. Kami perlu menjaga hasil positif hingga akhir pertandingan. Aku yakin kami akan terus melaju sehingga tidak ada cara untuk melepaskan kaki kami dari pedal gas," pungkasnya. (SKY)

[an_setanmerah]

Peran-Carrick bareng Fletcher, meski kadang Carrick masih perlu kasih jalan buat the ginger prince Scholsey, semakin berwarna menjelang akhir musim 09/10. Fletcher memang lama kelamaan jadi pilihan utama Fergie, tapi satu tempat sisa di tengah lebih cenderung dirotasi antara Scholes dan Carrick. Jadi pertanyaan gw, dengan semakin santernya berita tentang comeback-nya Hargo, apa Carrick masih akan berbicara banyak di musim depan?

Carrick bukan pemain baru, dia udah masuk skuad ManUnited dari tahun 2006. Tapi permainannya cenderung stagnan. Kadang terlihat kurang "hidup". Carrick bukan tipikal hard-man semisal Keano atau yang masih aktif kayak Fletch, yang aksi bertahannya, tackling kerasnya, atau persevearance-nya di atas rata-rata, sehingga ketika mereka ikut nyerang jadi bikin team member yang lain jadi semangat. Apa karena posisinya di lapangan tengah yang, menurut Inside United di edisi Des'09 adalah seorang playmaker, meski digambarkan sebagai complete midfielder, makanya Carrick jadi keliatan "biasa"? Di posisi yang sama ada Scholsey, tapi terus terang meski sudah usia, kualitasnya Scholsey belum bisa dilewatin Carrick.

Hehe, keliatannya kok kayak nyudutin Carrick yah? Bukan itu maksudnya. Dia elemen yang perannya nggak kecil. Carrick punya attacking sense lebih kalo dibandinging sama defensive mind-nya. Carrick seorang playmaker, tp dari lapangan tengah, bukan dr 1/3 lapangan lawan, dan itu yang membuat dia "lebih".

Menurut gw SAF bakal kesulitan juga buat milih Carrick kalo memang Hargo balik lagi (Simpati gw buat Hargo, dengan kualitasnya yang diatas rata-rata dan United beruntung punya pemain seperti dia yang darahnya "merah"). Kayaknya lucu yah, posisi mereka nggak sama tapi kenapa Carrick jadi harus merasa terancam? Permainan Hargo lebih mirip ke Fletcher, tapi bakal jadi kesalahan fatal kalo Fletch dikasih kesempatan main lebih sedikit. Kalo keduanya dimainin bareng, dengan asumsi Flecth bermain di depan Hargo, terus yang paling rasional buat di-sideline-kan ya Carrick. Scholsey nanti cuma main buat satu musim aja, jadi nggak terlalu rugi (meski gw agak takut karena belum ada yang bisa ngisi tempatnya, Carrick perhaps?) kalo dia nggak dimainkan full. Terus Carrick dikemanain?

[fredrian.seven]

How a night on Barcelona's carousel put Michael Carrick's career in a spin
22nd April 2010 - dailymail.co.uk

During the January transfer window, Harry Redknapp sat in his office after a game in the Barclays Premier League and was asked by a friend about the possibility of re-signing Michael Carrick for Tottenham.

‘I would love to have him here... I would do it in a flash,’ said the Tottenham manager. ‘But there is no chance. Alex wouldn’t let him leave.’

On Saturday Redknapp brings his team to Old Trafford for a crucial game for his team and for Manchester United. Carrick may well line up for United but, equally, he may not. It has been that kind of season.

As such, Redknapp may harbour a little more hope of taking him back to White Hart Lane one day in the future.

A player who was perhaps at the peak of his powers when he signed a new contract before the 2008 Champions League Final, Carrick remains part of the first-team picture at Old Trafford. Two years shy of his 30th birthday, time remains on his side.

Nevertheless, Carrick is currently missing a little of his lustre. He has missed recent crucial games against Chelsea, Manchester City and Blackburn. As the season has reached its thrilling climax at Old Trafford, he has not been noticeably absent.

‘The competition here is always fierce,’ reflected Carrick recently. ‘Your career is not about what you have done over the last few years. It’s about what you do now.’

The United boss, Sir Alex Ferguson, has three category of players. Those he can’t leave out of his team. Those he would rather not. And those he will rotate throughout the season.

Carrick arrived after the 2006 Germany World Cup with a view to making it to the first list. Indeed, he got there on the back of his astute passing and positional awareness developed under Redknapp’s care at West Ham a decade ago.

But Ferguson’s faith seems to have dwindled a little. These days he finds himself in a first-team holding pen alongside players like Dimitar Berbatov, Nani and Ji-Sung Park. For a player who made such strides after joining the club, it cannot be a nice feeling.

‘You need your squad at this level,’ said Ferguson when asked about Carrick recently. ‘Not everybody can play every week. Michael or any of the other players are no different.’

Despite the United manager’s attempts to accentuate the obvious, it is clear that

Carrick’s cause has not been helped by some of his performances in the really big games.

Ferguson is well aware of the need for his players to perform consistently well over a season, but in his heart it is contributions on the important nights that ultimately define them.

To this day, Ferguson remains irritated about his team’s failure to step up to the plate when losing the Champions League final to Barcelona in Rome last May and it is very much the case that Carrick — in the absence of the suspended Darren Fletcher — was among the culprits.

Barcelona’s mesmeric midfield passed the ball around him all night at the Olympic Stadium and if the final in Moscow 2008 saw Carrick at the peak of his powers, then the same occasion a year later only served notice of a change in his standing.

Certainly this season has not seen the best of a player who, just 18 months ago, looked like developing in to the quick-passing, long-striding, rangy midfielder that United so desperately needed on the pitch.

Carrick has played plenty of games, 28 in the Premier League so far, but the statistics reveal just two goals and one assist this season.

Against Bayern Munich in the Champions League recently, Carrick endured two of his less memorable nights. In Bavaria, he was anonymous.

Afterwards Ferguson launched a furious verbal assault on his team in the dressing room of the Allianz Arena. His main complaint was United’s failure to keep the ball and use it well. Along with the likes of Fletcher and Paul Scholes, this was supposed to be one of Carrick’s strengths.

At Old Trafford in the return leg things got worse. It did not escape Ferguson’s notice that — amid the drama of Rafael’s sending off and Arjen Robben’s stunning winning strike — it was Carrick’s mistake that allowed the Germans to score and gain a foothold in the tie before half-time.

Tellingly, Carrick has not featured in Ferguson’s team since that night. United say the Geordie is not injured. Even at 68, when Ferguson acts, he does so ruthlessly.

Ferguson is a long-standing fan of Spurs midfielder Luka Modric and defender Gareth Bale — a player he almost bought from Southampton three years ago. If Redknapp did wish to launch an audacious bid for Carrick then he may yet have some
limited bargaining power.

For now the Tottenham manager must hope Carrick does not return to prominence with a match-winning performance at Old Trafford. Carrick himself will just hope to be back in the team.

[hendiplast]

World Cup could be United tonic for Carrick



Michael Carrick is hoping to use the World Cup to rescue his United career.

The England midfielder’s Old Trafford future is under serious threat as Sir Alex Ferguson looks to return United to Premier League supremacy.

Carrick found himself on the fringes as Fergie tried to hold off Chelsea in the race for the title and could find himself on the way out as the United boss firms up his plans for next season.

With Rafael van der Vaart, Luka Modric, James Milner and Joe Cole all on Ferguson’s radar, it is becoming increasingly likely that Carrick – who won three successive titles in his first three years at the club – could be the one to make way.

The 28-year-old former West Ham and Tottenham star still isn’t guaranteed a place in Fabio Capello’s World Cup squad.

With Gareth Barry facing a race to be fit for the tournament, it could present Carrick with the chance to put some gloss on a season that petered out disappointingly at club level.

He will be well aware that Nicky Butt’s impressive form in the 2002 World Cup saw him earn a starting berth at United the following season.

Carrick will have to hope he can do the same – or at the very least put himself in the shop window for potential suitors.

It has already been mooted that he could be used as a makeweight in any deal to bring Modric to Old Trafford, even if Harry Redknapp insists the Tottenham playmaker is not for sale.

Carrick came under criticism for the size of his fee following his £18.6m transfer from Spurs in 2006 but silenced doubters by immediately helping United to their first title in four years.

A year later he was a pivotal part in their Premier League and Champions League double and again in their third successive title in 2009.

But he struggled to find consistency last season, with Ferguson saying he was a notoriously slow starter as he toiled in the opening weeks of the campaign.

By the end of the season he found himself left out of the side for Scholes and Darron Gibson as Ferguson finally appeared to lose faith in him.

NME

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Michael Carrick ready to take his last chance after fluffing his lines at Wembley



Michael Carrick fluffed his lines in his World Cup audition against Mexico and is praying for one more chance to get on the plane to South Africa.

The Manchester United midfielder was given an hour at Wembley on Wednesday but failed to produce the goods before making way for Tom Huddlestone.

Carrick, 28, is now desperate for Fabio Capello to hand him a last opportunity to impress in Sunday’s friendly against Japan in Austria.

‘I don’t know whether I’ve done enough to be in the squad,’ he said. ‘It’s not for me to say. We’ll just have to wait and see.

‘It’s a different situation to what we’re used to, but that’s what it is. You’ve just got to hope your best has been good enough.

‘I don’t think you can get yourself too worked up. You’ve just go to do your best then it’s up to the manager. If you’re putting pressure on yourself, it’s not going to do you any good at all.

‘You don’t think about possible rivals. You’re going out to play for your country and you’re part of the squad.

'If you go out thinking about rivals and stuff then you’re going to have a problem, so that is not something that comes into your mind when you’re on the pitch.

‘The boys have not really been talking about whether they’re going or not. We’ve been busy training and working hard and you’ve just got to stay focused on the job.’

Capello has promised to deliver the news to each player personally, almost certainly with a phone call. He said: ‘It could be a long day, but that’s just how it is. You’ve got to deal with it.’

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2010/

[hendiplast]

Why Carrick isn't central to Fab's plans



Michael Carrick received a hint as to what he needed to achieve to become an England regular when he made his international debut in 2001.

His first cap also gave him a glimpse into the future and the potential frustration that would face him for both club and country.

The United midfielder, then plying his trade at West Ham, made his England bow nine years ago when he came on as a sub in a friendly against Mexico at Pride Park.

The man he replaced was Paul Scholes. The Reds schemer was a regular and had scored after just three minutes against the Mexicans.

It was clear that as an England creator in midfield you also needed goals in your locker to keep ahead of your rivals.

Scholes did that with a record of 14 goals in 66 appearances for Glenn Hoddle, Kevin Keegan and Sven-Goran Eriksson.

Scholes’ scoring contribution was eventually matched by his successor Frank Lampard after the United star retired from international football in 2004. The door opened to replace the Mancunian for Lampard because, as well as his ability to unlock defences and create for team-mates, he had goals to beef up his CV.

To date it has been 20 in 78 appearances. It has left Carrick (right) very much in the shadows. Though he has proved he can be a top-class creative midfielder, he just hasn’t supplied the goals.

Duck

Scholes and Lampard’s dominance for England in the inventive role has meant Carrick has been reduced to just 22 caps in nine years. He has yet to break his scoring duck for England.

It has become clear he is very much down the pecking order at England level when it comes to the starting XI. Of his 22 appearances, only five have come in competitive matches.

Three Euro 2008 qualifiers for Steve McClaren, an outing in the 2006 World Cup for Eriksson and a World Cup qualifier under Fabio Capello has been his lot apart from friendlies.

When he played in the defeat by Ukraine in Dnipro last October it was his first competitive start for three years.

Where Scholes was the man in possession when he first made the squad now it is the Lampard and Steven Gerrard ticket that is blocking Carrick’s progress.

Last season, even at 35, Scholes overshadowed Carrick in the middle of the park both with goals and level of performance at United.

It left him sweating on his inclusion in Capello’s final 23 with some predicting he would miss the cut.

He made it, but whether he will get the chance to make an impact looks difficult.

The fact Capello has only started him in one competitive match so far doesn’t augur well for the United man.

NME

[Supernan]

Ga tega gw liat Carrick sampe pergi, dia motor kebangkitan MU tiga usim ini di lini tengah!

Sunderland make £7million move for Manchester United midfielder Carrick

By Colin Young Last updated at 2:21 AM on 10th July 2010


Sunderland are weighing up a £7million bid for Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick.

Stadium of Light supremo Steve Bruce is preparing to raid his former club for fellow ex-Wallsend Boys Club player Carrick as he looks for an immediate replacement for captain Lorik Cana.

The Albania midfielder stunned the Wearside club earlier this week after engineering a £6m switch to Galatasaray, two days into pre-season training and just a year after joining the club from Marseille.

Carrick, who moved to Old Trafford from Tottenham for an initial £14m four years ago, would be ideal skipper material for Bruce, who has Michael Turner, Lee Cattermole or Craig Gordon as alternatives to take the captain's armband.

United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is prepared to listen to offers for the England midfielder, who turns 29 at the end of the month.

Wallsend-born Carrick, like Bruce a boyhood Newcastle fan, struggled to hold down a regular place at Old Trafford last season, starting only two of the last nine games as they lost their title to Chelsea.

Despite losing Cana, Bruce does have cover in central midfield following the surprise emergence of Jordan Henderson and David Meyler from the academy. But Meyler is out until Christmas at least after suffering a serious knee injury against United in May.

Cattermole, Kieran Richardson, new signing Cristian Riveros and highly rated teenager Jack Colback are other options, but Bruce wants an experienced campaigner for the start of the campaign.

Sunderland have also made a £6.5m bid for Schalke's Germany international Heiko Westermann while Argentine defender Marcos Angeleri is training on Wearside as he waits to complete a loan move from Mexico.

Rennes' Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan is under consideration but Wigan have priced Charles N'Zogbia and Maynor Figueroa out of moves to Sunderland.

[Redsbusby]

Hah?? Carrick ke Sunderland??
Nooo, jangannn duluu.. Kasiannn ahh. Dy tergolong pemain bagus, sayang aj kemaren2 lagi cedera! Dy cukup vital di lini tengah United selama beberapa musim nihh. 1 thn lg deh paling tidak..