Daniel Farke has briefed his Leeds United players on the mindset they can expect from Manchester United, and wishes the Red Devils were visiting Elland Road in better form.
As it is, they arrive without a win in five matches in all competitions, and only one Premier League win all season.
Farke says it would be bad for English football were Carrick to lose his job, but is more concerned that the situation could make the visitors more rather than less dangerous in Sunday's 2pm kick-off. Those sort of considerations, he says, do come into his pre-match thinking.
"The soft skills to take into the game are important – knowing where they are, where the club is, where the thoughts are, knowing what chance a game provides after perhaps not the best run to win momentum back," commented Farke.
"I'm always a bit more respectful when a club comes (into a game) after a loss or after a difficult spell because I know it myself, we are more on it to show a reaction and to win the momentum back.
"I prefer normally to play against a club who is coming perhaps after a run of six, seven, eight wins in a row.
"Of course, they would come with confidence, but sometimes they underestimate the opponent a little bit.
"This won't be the case at the weekend, and for that, I can't say I'm particularly happy the (opposing) club hasn't won for a few games.
"We speak about also this topic because I want my players to be aware where they are, where the mindset of the opponent is and what the wider context is.
"It’s important in the preparation to be aware of all aspects. This is at least how we try to prepare our players without overloading them."
Games between the cross-Pennine rivals have an unusual ferocity, and although three or four staters could be experiencing it for the first time, Farke has not felt the need to forewarn them.
"It's more or less the other way around," he commented. "I have to make sure that they're not over-motivated.
"At the moment, I don't have the feeling at all (that they are).
"So for that, it's relatively easy work for me, hopefully, to find a good mix."
A case in point came in last season's game at Old Trafford in April, when Martinez's red card for pulling Dominic Calvert-Lewin killed Manchester United's momentum as they sought to recover from two first-half goals by Noah Okafor.
Then, the Red Devils were enjoying an excellent second half of the season, but now Carrick faces going the same way as Amorim.
"We have a bit the tendency in football that we have more or less in society," said Farke when asked about former Middlesbrough coach Carrick's situation.
"Everything has to be quicker, everyone is doubted a bit more. Everyone comes and out with negativity and likes.
"I don't like this development in in our society, not at all, and we have the same in football, so we won't be able to avoid it.
"We don't have too many young British coaches and managers in the Premier League, and right now we have a really young, promising manager who has done an excellent job at Middlesbrough,. He came in last season and helped a lot to stabilise the club. He has done amazing job.
"Right now, after six gamedays, when they didn't have a horrendous start but somewhere in mid-table, the criticism starts. I don't like it.
"I think we should back our young British managers. I have a German passport but I feel half-British."