article_snippet.sent: Michael Carrick has made nine competitive starts for England, and the majority have been ordinary at best.
article_snippet.sent: Michael Carrick played in the match against Ecuador in the 2006 World Cup, in which England were saved by a David Beckham free-kick, and was then dropped and replaced by the more energetic Owen Hargreaves for the quarter-final with Portugal.
article_snippet.sent: Michael Carrick played against Ecuador at the 2006 World Cup but was dropped for the quarter-final with Portugal .
article_snippet.sent: England have won just four competitive matches when Michael Carrick started, including against Poland .
article_snippet.sent: Michael Carrick (left) played in the 2-0 defeat by Croatia which went a long way to England missing out on Euro 2008 .
article_snippet.sent: England have won four competitive games in which Michael Carrick has started — against Ecuador, and then San Marino, Poland and Lithuania, all at home.
article_snippet.sent: Equally, in less than one year, between May 30, 2009, and May 9, 2010, Frank Lampard scored more goals for club and country than Michael Carrick has in Michael Carrick entire career.
article_snippet.sent: Steven Gerrard took slightly longer — outscoring Michael Carrick in entirety between October 24, 2007 and December 13, 2008.