Carrick's measured delivery

If anyone was in the slightest of doubt Michael Carrick's press conferences are going to be different to Ruben Amorim's, Friday's will have dispelled them.

Carrick just is not the type of character to get drawn into slanging matches, to make jaw-dropping statements or fan the flames of controversy.

Wayne Rooney says there is steel to Carrick's character, which I do not doubt is true.

However, I suspect Carrick has one version of himself for the dressing room and training pitch and another in front of the media.

He responded to my questions about the weight of opinion around United politely and clearly. But he could not have done a better job at shutting the conversation down.

Equally, whatever he thinks privately about Roy Keane and his comments relating to his wife, Lisa, he is keeping them to himself.

Carrick will be judged on results, not what he says in press conferences. I suspect he is quite happy with that.