Fernandes gamble leaves Carrick to carry the can for United’s institutional failures

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Leaving out his captain was doomed to fail but so are the club under its current leadership, and the fans at Old Trafford know that all too wellDropping your captain, the man that has held the team together for most of the past five years, is a bold move from a man whose job is on the line. It was very much a make-or-break decision from Michael Carrick to leave out Bruno Fernandes against Bournemo

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