The caretaker manager spoke about his future, the United academy and how important the FA Cup is not just in terms of winning a trophy but to the near future of the club.
Fletcher says that the FA Cup is an important trophy as it is an opportunity to also get into Europe.
On the academy, the caretaker boss says that "this club's built around the academy" and that Carrington has an incredible record. He added that Mainoo is in a good place and that he's spoken to the academy graduate.
"We've got some amazing talent" says Fletcher once again, in regards to the academy. He says that he sees a lot of humble young players who aren't perfect but are learning.
The ex-Red believes that too much is asked of young people in society and that it's about helping them through their mistakes and that they will take time through their development.
Fletcher wants his team to be able to deal with disappointment, which is what they faced in the draw to Burnley on Wednesday night.
He also spoke about the challenge by Kyle Walker on Patrick Dorgu in which it looked like the Burnley player stamped on the United man after a foul. Fletcher that he hopes Walker's intent "was to get the ball" but feels that VAR should've taken a look at it citing that they had no issues in reviewing Martinez's goal that was eventually ruled out for a foul on Walker. "Those two situations were massively influential in the game."
Fletcher clears up the fact that he hasn't spoken to Sir Jim Ratcliffe but has spoken to both Omar Berrada and Jason Wilcox. "There's been no thoughts over my future."
Final Thoughts
I thought he spoke well in his second presser. He gave some good answers and didn't look out of place behind the mic.
Even if there were talks between him and Sir Jim over his future, I doubt that Fletcher will tell us about it. There's been talk that United might wait until after the derby before deciding on what to do about the manager situation until the end of the season.
Fletcher did impress in his debut in the dugout which may have caused the club to delay their choice on whether to keep him or hire someone else.
I thought he did well at Burnley. How he set the team up, his selections, positions of certain players, going for the win and more, was all spot on. I don't think he could've done any more with those players and with the VAR decisions, goal-line clearances, hitting the post twice and a couple of good saves.
There was much encouragement despite the disappointing result.
He spoke a lot about the academy in this presser. Him giving Lacey a chance may indicate that perhaps there's more opportunities for the academy in the future should Fletcher remain in charge.
I like that. It was one of the main criticisms I had of Ruben Amorim as he hardly used the youth. The academy is who we are and the fact that he hardly used it was a major issue with him.
The United academy is who we are. I love the fact that Fletcher is talking a lot about it and how amazing it is. Every other day we hear of a talented youngster from the academy who has the potential to do great things. Lacey is one of them and he gave us a glimpse at Burnley.
We may not even need to sign players if we give the youth a chance as we may already have what we need.
What I also liked about him talking about youngsters in general is about how they will make mistakes as we've seen with the likes of Heaven and Yoro, that they will need help, and that they will take time to develop. We cannot expect them to be the finished article straight away which is what a lot of people seem to expect given the impatience in the fan base.
NO ONE is great instantly. Things take time.
He may also be talking about himself indirectly (or directly?) as he is a young manager. He will take time to develop and get to the level that he will want to reach. Fletcher may also be telling everyone that there will be ups and downs with him in charge for however long that is. We've already had a down with that draw at Burnley.
If they have the right guidance and time, the youngsters cane be as great as we hope they can be. Impatience really kills though.
The incident with Walker and Dorgu kind of went unnoticed. Upon first look, I didn't notice much either. After the replays though, it seems clear that Walker did stamp on Dorgu but quickly tried to cover that up by shaking hands with the United defender.
Why VAR didn't look at that is anybody's guess because they do tend to look at everything to the minute detail to the point where they make decisions which are usually wrong, based on the smallest infringement.
Martinez's goal should've stood. Fletcher is right to bring that review into question along with the Walker incident. Both did have a BIG effect on the game as that ruled out goal would've brought us level earlier on which could've changed things. Walker probably should've gotten a red card which would've impacted the game as well in a positive sense for United to a point where we might have won the game. He's lucky Dorgu didn't make more of that than he did.
The inconsistencies with VAR and the officials in general kill the game.
Darren Fletcher | Image: Michael Regan/Getty Images via Manchester Evening News