He was a surprise omission from Roy Hodgson's squad, and now, as Back of the Net's Paul Watson reveals, things are about to get even worse for the Geordie midfield metronome...
Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick has suffered a huge blow with the news that he wonâÂÂt be allowed to watch this summerâÂÂs European Championships on the widescreen TV in his house in Wilmslow.
Carrick was so confident that he wouldnâÂÂt be included in the England squad for Euro 2012 that he told the FA several months ago that he didnâÂÂt want to included as a substitute, but now that decision may haunt him as his summer plans lie in ruins.
The former Spurs man had been working on an elaborate scheme to turn his lounge into a home cinema for viewing events in Ukraine and Poland, but he has been stunned by the news delivered late last night that wife Lisa Roughead has lined up a summer schedule of back-to-back reality shows, programmes about people getting makeovers, rom-coms and costume dramas.
âÂÂItâÂÂs clearly a setback,â a downcast Carrick told FourFourTwo.com.
âÂÂOver the course of the season my primary focus was obviously the Premier League title, but you also have your own personal ambitions.
âÂÂIâÂÂve made no secret of the fact that I wanted to create a little cosy den in the living room, possibly with a little beer fridge in the corner, and watch Euro 2012.âÂÂ
Carrick had initially believed he would be able to soften the blow by negotiating a settlement that would allow him to at least watch England games and attractive group games like Holland vs Germany and Croatia vs Spain, but even this now seems unlikely and he may have to fight for his place on the sofa watching the final.
âÂÂTo be fair to the missus [Lisa Roughead], sheâÂÂs drawn up a mean schedule â IâÂÂm finding it hard to pick holes in it,â Carrick admitted.
âÂÂI imagined thereâÂÂd be no debate about me watching Spain v Republic of Ireland but Lisa has quite rightly pointed out that it clashes with âÂÂ2 Broke Girlsâ on E4.
âÂÂAgain, I was keen to see EnglandâÂÂs potentially pivotal final group game against Ukraine, but how can you argue with âÂÂ50 First Datesâ on UK Gold? YouâÂÂd have to be made of stone not to enjoy Adam Sandler and Drew BarrymoreâÂÂs light-hearted take on anterograde amnesia.
âÂÂIâÂÂm almost starting to think I should have just agreed to represent my nation in the competition.âÂÂ
Editor's note: this isn't a serious accusation and all quotes are fictionalised. But you knew that, because you're not stupid.
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