Manajan Manchester United Michael Carrick yana fuskantar ɗaya daga cikin gwaje-gwajen mafi ƙalubale na kakar wasa sa lokacin da ƙungiyarsa ta tafi Fulham ranar Lahadi, a watsa shirye-shiryen kai tsaye a Sky Sports Premier League daga karfe 4 na yamma, da fara wasa da karfe 4:30 — kuma matsin lamba ya ƙara zafi sosai bayan sha'anin rashin cin wasa biyu a jere a Premier League.

Rushewar da ba ta bar wata uzuri ba

Rashin cin wasa a gida da Brighton & Hove Albion a tsakiyar mako ya kasance sakamakon da ya damu sosai. Kyaftin Youri Tielemans ya amince bayan haka cewa da zarar ƙungiyarsa ta ci burin biyu, sun daina fafatawa — kuma hakan ya bayyana. Tun kusan minti na 20, Brighton sun karɓi iko a Old Trafford, kuma har da shigar Bruno Fernandes, Kobbie Mainoo, Bryan Mbeumo, da Matheus Cunha bai iya juyar da faifan wasan ba.

Carrick, wanda tun dawowa sa ga kulob a watan Janairu ya kasance yana nemo dalilan fata ko bayan sakamako mawuyaci, bai samu wannan damar a wannan lokaci ba. Babu wasan ɗaiɗaiku da za a iya bayyana, babu inganta tsarin da za a nuna — kawai ƙungiya mai gajiya da ta ɓace da sauƙi a hannun baƙi.

Raunin kare da ya ƙi ɓacewa

Sa'ad da Carrick da ma'aikatansa suka fara zuwa, ingantawar da suka yi nan da nan a tsarin kare United ta sami yabo mai yawa. Nasarorin kan Manchester City da Arsenal sun nuna yadda kwantocin Steve Holland, Jonathan Woodgate, da Jonny Evans suka inganta ladabin layin baya da tsarinsa.

Wannan amincewar yanzu yana fama da gwaji. United sun ci burin biyu a wasanni uku daga huɗu na Premier League a wannan kakar wasa. Kan Brighton, ɗaya daga cikin burin ya fito daga kuskuren mai tsaron raga Karl Darlow, amma babban hoton — rashin tsari da sadarwa a duk faɗin layin baya na huɗu — shi ne abin damun da ya fi girma.

Matsayin baya na hagu ya kasance babbar ciwon kai ga Carrick. Luke Shaw ya rasa wasanni uku saboda ɗan rauni, kuma da la'akari da shekarunsa da tarihinsa sanannen na raunuka — duk da samuwarsa mai kyau a kakar da ta gabata — rashin daukar baya na hagu na manyan matakin a lokacin taga canjin bazara yana ƙara yin tsada. An yi amfani da Noussair Mazraoui a wannan matsayi ba tare da gamsar da kowa ba, an fi son Patrick Dorgu a fitowar derbiya Manchester duk da ƙarancin kwarfinsa, kuma ba ya bayyana cewa yaron Harry Amass ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin amsa ta dogon lokaci.

Shawarwarin canja wuri da ke dawowa wa United hari

Rashin sayarwa a wannan bazara ya iyakance ikon United wajen ƙarfafa ƙungiyar. Amma masu sukar za su nuna cewa raunukan da sanannen na kulob — musamman a matsayin baya na hagu da gaba — ba a magance su yadda ya kamata ko a cikin irin waɗannan iyakoki ba.

Da sanin cewa Benjamin Sesko yana ɗauke da rauni a ƙafar ƙyalin a duk lokacin bazara, daukar ɗan lokaci na ɗan wasa na cibiya zai iya raguwa wa Mbeumo da Cunha, dukansu waɗanda suka kasa sake samun nau'in wasan da suka nuna a ƙarƙashin Carrick a kakar da ta gabata. Amfani da su a matsayin wani irin ɗan wasan gaba bai amfani ɗan wasa ko ƙungiya ba.

Wannan tashin hankali — tsakanin iyakokin ƙungiyar da shawarwarin da aka yanke don magance su — ya bayyana ne ya kunna amshi mara daɗi da aka ji a Old Trafford bayan rashin cin wasa da Brighton. Ga masu goyon baya da yawa, hakan ya ɗauki nauyin sanannun alfajirin ƙarya: farkon da ke sa fata a ƙarƙashin sabon manaja, sannan dawowar ga zagayen raguwa iri ɗaya.

Makomar Carrick ƙarƙashin bincike — amma yanayin yana da mahimmanci

Tattauna makomar Carrick bayan 'yan wasanni kacal a sabuwar kakar wasa yana da wuri sosai. Tun dawowa sa a watan Janairu, United sun tattara mafi yawan maki na Premier League fiye da kowane kulob. Lokutan rashin sa'a — daidaiton Ainsley Maitland-Niles mai marigayi wa Everton, yanke hukunci na VAR mai cece-kuce wanda ya yi tsaye ga burin Manchester City — ya ɗan gurbata ra'ayin mutane.

Duk da haka, idan United suka sha kashi a Fulham, tambayoyin mara daɗi game da ikon Carrick wajen dakatar da wannan raguwa za su ƙara ƙaruwa. Ya cancanci yabo don abin da ya kawo a kakar da ta gabata da tausayi don ƙungiyar da ya gada. Amma a ƙarshe, dakatar da fadowar — ko da a wasan da ya fi kyau maimakon nasara a Craven Cottage — yanzu shine aikinsa mafi gaggawa.