Michael Carrick ya yi ikirari a bayyane cewa Manchester United dole ne su ƙara adadin wasannin da ba a ci musu kwallo ba idan suna son ceton kakar wasa mai taɓarɓarewa — amma matsalolin tsaro na ƙungiyar na iya ci gaba na ɗan lokaci.

Yayin da yake magana kafin wasan UEFA Champions League da Como a ranar Laraba a filin Giuseppe Sinigaglia, Carrick bai yi ƙoƙarin kare rikodin ƙungiyarsa ba lokacin da aka tambaye shi kan batun. Ya ce: "Kun yi daidai sosai. Ba zan iya musantawa ba." Ya ƙara da cewa: "Akwai sassa na wasanmu da dole mu inganta don sauƙaƙe abubuwa. Ina cikakken sani da hakan."

United sun kiyaye ragar su a wasa ɗaya kawai cikin wasanni 10 a kakar wasa — a cikin nasara akan zakaran Azerbaijan, Sabah FK, watan da ya gabata. A cikin mulkinsa na farko na wasanni 17, Carrick ya samu wasanni shida kawai ba tare da sanya kwallo ba, yayin da magabacinsa Ruben Amorim ya samu tara cikin wasanni 63.

Bangon tsaro da ba zai samu kwanciyar hankali ba

Kiyaye daidaito a layin tsaro ya zama kusan ba zai yiwu ba. Carrick ya samu damar yin amfani da layin baya ɗaya sau ɗaya kawai a kakar wasa — haɗin Diogo Dalot, Harry Maguire, Lisandro Martinez, da Luke Shaw waɗanda suka fara a nasarorin kan Ipswich a Old Trafford a ranar 30 ga Agusta da kuma Everton mako mai zuwa.

Kafin tafiyar Como, Carrick ya kwatanta labarun raunuka a matsayin "gauraye." Matthijs de Ligt, wanda ya zauna a gefe na watanni 11 bayan tiyata a bayansa a watan Mayu, an shelanta shi "lafiyayye kuma a shirye," amma mai tsaro dan Holland ya zauna a kujerar maye a wasan Leeds ranar Lahadi lokacin da Martinez ya bar filin wasa da rauni a cinya wanda ya hana shi tafiya Italy.

Cikin rashin Martinez, Carrick ya koma ga Noussair Mazraoui — wanda yawanci ɗan gefen baya ne — don cike matsayin tsakiyar layin baya. Leny Yoro ma yana waje saboda dakatar da shi, yayin da Shaw bai warke ba kuma ana tsammanin zai rasa wasanni bayan hutu na kasa da kasa na Nuwamba — wani dogon lokaci fiye da kwanaki 10 da Kobbie Mainoo zai rasa.

Matsalar dan gefen hagu da ba a warware ta a lokacin rani ba

Rashin lafiyar Shaw ya fallasa raunin bayyananne a gefen hagu na Manchester United. Bayan ya fara duk wasanni 38 na Premier League kakar da ta gabata da farkon uku na wannan kakar, ɗan wasa mai shekara 31 ya taka filin ne sau biyu kawai tun daga nan, kuma adadin wasannin da ya rasa na iya kai lambobi biyu kafin ya dawo.

Lokacin da Dalot ya fara a matsayin dan gefen hagu kan Leeds, ya zama na biyar daga cikin 'yan wasa daban-daban da suka fara a wancan matsayi ga United a wasanni shida kawai — ban da Shaw, ba ɗayansu ake ɗauka a matsayin dan gefen hagu na asali ba.

Harry Amass, mai shekara 19, wanda ya maye gurbin Shaw a cikin kakar da ta gabata a bugu, yana jiran damarsa a tawagar farko. Carrick ya ba da alama cewa jira na iya zuwa karshe nan ba da jimawa ba. Ya ce: "Yana cikin gwabza." "A wani lokaci, 'yan wasa matasa suna buƙatar dama. Kawai samun lokacin da ya dace."

United sun nuna sha'awar ɗan wasan kasa da kasa na Algeria Rayan Ait-Nouri — suna hulɗa da Manchester City a rana ta ƙarshe ta kasuwar — wanda ke nuna cewa giɓin a wannan matsayi an gane shi kafin kasuwar ta rufe. Kasuwa ba ta cika ba, kuma sakamakon hakan yanzu yana a fili.

Carrick yana kare ayyukan kasuwar rani

Kasa kawo ƙarfin tsaro ya haifar da zargi ga Carrick da daraktan wasanni Jason Wilcox. Akwai tausayi ga Wilcox a duniyar kwallon ƙafa, wanda ake cewa an ba shi kasafin kuɗi da yawancin mutane suka ɗauka bai isa ba don biyan bukatun United.

An tayar da tambayoyi game da ko fam miliyan 50 da aka kashe wajen siyan Andrey Santos daga Chelsea ya kasance mafi kyawun amfani da kuɗaɗen da ake da su. Tare da Santos zaune kusa da shi a taron manema labarai na Talata, Carrick ya amsa da hankali: "Dole mun yanke shawara a lokacin rani. Mun yi abin da za mu iya kuma muka yi mafi kyawu a cikin yanayin da muke ciki," in ji shi. "Wannan mutum kusa da ni yana ɗaya daga cikin mahimman sassa. Ina farin ciki da shi."

Tarihin tsaro na United yana saɓawa na Arsenal, waɗanda suka samu wasanni bakwai ba tare da sanya kwallo ba cikin wasanni 11 a kakar wasa wannan yayin da suke neman taken Premier League — kodayake Arsenal suna da gwajin su a Laraba lokacin da za su tafi takawa da Bayern Munich a Jamus.