Talk of the Devils: The Athletic FC's Manchester United show

It has been reported heavily throughout the week, but Thursday morning brought official confirmation from Manchester United that they have terminated the contract of head coach Michael Carrick. Mauricio Pochettino is now expected to take charge but, as Henry Bushnell reports, he may yet continue in his role with the USMNT for two games against Haiti.
The very public nature of Carrick's dismissal brings yet more questions for those in senior executive roles at the club, as well as the owners. Was this just fairly normal, albeit unsavoury, football industry practice, or should it have been handled better?
Carrick managed just 16 league games in this spell in the job; an uplifting end to the last campaign, securing Champions League qualification, could not have been in greater contrast to the start this time around. We look at what went right and how it unravelled so quickly.
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Here we are again... Mauricio Pochettino was tipped to be Manchester United's preferred candidate for the job of head coach should Michael Carrick depart and we understand a deal is now progressing.
David Ornstein joins regular Talk of the Devils team members Ian, Andy, and Laurie for another live stream to consider how this may play out.
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Talk of the Devils sprang into action to go live AGAIN, just 24 hours after our reaction to the Aston Villa game. We react to news published by The Athletic that Michael Carrick is expected to be sacked as Manchester United's head coach.

Laurie Whitwell, David Ornstein, and Adam Crafton wrote that he is set to be relieved of his duties, with USMNT manager Mauricio Pochettino emerging as a potential frontrunner to replace him.
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Manchester United and Aston Villa played out a truly remarkable 4-4 draw at Old Trafford. It may well have been a terrific spectacle for the neutral viewer, and it was a rollercoaster for partisans, but the result does little for United and Michael Carrick.
Early goals in each half, all featuring individual defensive errors, plunged the home side into two massive holes... that they then played themselves back into the game twice is commendable. But, this performance and result, like many this season, falls a long way below the expected standard.
The picture is bleak; United go into the November international break in 18th place in the Premier League, just a point above Crystal Palace in last. Can Michael Carrick realistically continue as head coach?
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Get ready; this is what it's like to podcast after a Manchester United victory... it's been so long we can barely remember, or in Cerys's case literally can't, but Roma and their fans were sent packing from Old Trafford on Tuesday night.
Matheus Cunha fired the rocket after Michael Carrick lit the half-time fuse on an explosive second half performance, one where we saw everything we've been missing from the team and the squad this season. Tireless running, aggressive pressing, brave passing, clinical finishing, and the occasional stroke of luck, too... yes, really.
To be honest, all of those things were missing in the first half of the same game, too. The danger man we identified in our preview, Donyell Malen, scored a penalty to put the Giallorossi two up inside twenty minutes and it all seemed to be carrying on as it has this season so far.
Thankfully. It didn't. Let's see what happens next.
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