This is a clear Indication that; -Michael Carrick has nothing to offer this club. - Wins are based on individual brilliances. xG For (Red line): Shows how many quality scoring chances United created per game on average under Ruben Amorim. It started strong (around 1.7-1.8 early on), peaked dramatically around games 15-20 (over 2.5), then declined noticeably after Michael Carrick was employed . • xG Against (Black line): Measures the quality of chances conceded. It was volatile but relatively contained early Under Ruben Amorim (often 1.0-1.7), dipped nicely in the mid-season, but has risen sharply toward the end Under Michael Carrick, hitting 1.64 recently. The vertical line marks the switch from Ruben Amorim to Michael Carrick (around game week 20-21). This is the inflection point: United were generally creating more and conceding less (or at least stabilizing) under Amorim in this rolling view, with a post-transition decline in creation and a recent defensive regression under Michael Carrick. Amorim’s tenure had strong underlying numbers (often leading the league in xG creation at points), but results were mixed, after his departure (after Carrick was employed). Under Michael Carrick, results improved in terms of points, but the underlying data (as shown here and in other analysis) has been more mixed or worse in xG terms compared to Amorim’s later games — more reliance on finishing or defensive solidity rather than dominant chance creation. This only means it might get more worse on the long run. Also, Under Michael Carrick, the xG against rose heavily compared to that of Amorim’s era and that indicates that the opponents often found the net or dominated chance creation more. xG is a better predictor of future performance than raw goals, so this means that overall, it’s a classic “process (Amorim) vs. results (Carrick)” story for United this year. Ruben Amorim’s tenure was obviously better in the sense that the future holds consistency and dominance in matches but with Michael Carrick, it’s been a decline in every analyzable data and metric and that is not looking great. Every data will keep pointing to how the games under Ruben Amorim were improving game after the game but that may not be seen by every Manchester United fan, the Carrick supporters act ignorant to these statistics and facts because they prefer results to process. They’d rather skip the process and get the short term results which would definitely come hunting back when the times comes. ➡️ Ruben Amorim’s Hightest xG for was 2.5, his lowest xG against 0.9-1.0 ➡️ Michael Carrick’s Highest xG for is 1.75, his lowest xG against is 1.64 😳 (almost up to his highest xG for which is very bad) These are facts that you may or may not find useful but that would not mean the facts are not there, you can choose what to do with them.