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An explanation from Harry Robinson about our absence over the last month.
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The latest Manchester United Weekly Podcast with Harry Robinson and Jack Tait reviews a 3-0 loss at home to Tottenham Hotspur, ponders what it means for the manager and team going forward and why it happened after positive signs against Crystal Palace and others.
There’s some positivity, too. Three wins for Academy sides, two for United Women to start the season and a survey of match-going fans on Old Trafford. We’ll discuss it all and play Guess the Player.
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Host Harry Robinson reviews a frustrating but encouraging 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace, with audio from Selhurst Park. Plus, there's insight into LIFEBLOOD - the new MUTV documentary series Harry's presenting on the Academy. And the return of the WSL, Guess the Player and much more.
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Three goals and three points on the road for Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United alleviates fast-building pressure at the first possible opportunity after the international break. Was that a truly impressive performance or just a slight improvement on what came before, or was it even the same as previously seen, only again a lesser opposition? That’s the key big-picture question to answer on the latest episode of the Manchester United Weekly Podcast, as well as discussing the individual performances of goalscorer Marcus Rashford and goalmakers Joshua Zirkzee and Amad.
Hosts Harry Robinson and Jack Tait chat through all of those things and much more, including a five-star victory for the U18s and questions from our ever-supportive Patrons. Plus, we play Guess the Player and our man on the ground Ivan attends the United Legends match to chat to Anders Lindegaard, Phil Bardsley and Danny Simpson.
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Hosts Harry Robinson and Jack Tait react to Manchester United's 3-0 defeat to Liverpool, debating Erik ten Hag's future, and that of midfielder Casemiro.
This game was previewed as the clashing of a new Dutch force in English football, Arne Slot of Liverpool, against a stalling one, one that’s hinted at getting going but never ridden smoothly. Erik ten Hag’s United project, given a lifeline with that magical May day at Wembley when the FA Cup carried the scarlet ribbons of MUFC, is under the most intense scrutiny again. Because this was all too familiar: an open midfield, a blunt attack, a humiliating defeat to a rival. There’s plenty to dissect.
As well as talking Liverpool, they'll compete at Guess the Player, give you an extensive Academy Briefing with a new coach, contract, signing and several loan moves to tell you about and wins for the U18s and U21s and we’ll answer questions from our Patrons in a 15-minute bonus section for them.
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Hosts Harry Robinson and Jack Tait are reviewing Brighton, previewing Liverpool, playing Guess the Player, giving you the Academy Briefing with three big wins to tell you about, answering questions from our Patrons and talking transfers: Manuel Ugarte, McTominay, Hannibal, Pellistri, Oyedele, Sekou Kone. Lots to get into!
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After Manchester United opened the Premier League season with a late victory over Fulham thanks to new signing and substitute Joshua Zirkzee’s tidy finish, hosts Harry Robinson and Jack Tait review the last seven days at Old Trafford.
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The two Reds — one watching from the Stretford End, the other from Chicago — discuss the atmosphere, a change to the Stretford End, United’s performance, Ten Hag’s 4-2-4 formation and its impact on the full-backs and wingers, and plenty more.
Paul Scholes gives us his insight on Kobbie Mainoo, we reflect on Mazraoui’s impressive debut, Ruud van Nistelrooy’s United return, give you the Academy Briefing, play Guess the Player and preview Saturday’s away game at Brighton.
Our Patrons get a bonus 10-20 minute Q&A with a deeper look into United’s midfield, consideration of Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho’s situations and lots more.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introduction
01:30 New season atmosphere at Old Trafford (plus the key change in the Stretford End and how it might help the team)
10:30 Ten Hag says it’s a “good foundation” for the rest of the season - do we agree?
11:45 What tactical differences did we see vs Fulham?
The trade-offs of inverted full-backs
27:20 Guess the Player - Clue One
28:00 Kobbie Mainoo’s development
32:40 Paul Scholes on Mainoo
38:50 Guess the Player - Clue Two
40:00 Patron-only Q&A, 20 minutes - ad-break for normal subscribers
40:30 Academy Briefing
43:55 Guess the Player - Clue Three
44:40 Brighton (a) preview
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Harry Robinson and Jack Tait are reviewing Saturday’s Community Shield defeat at Wembley before discussing the deals for the Bayern brothers Matthias de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui. They play Guess the Player, with an exciting new format for this season, provide a short Academy Briefing and Patrons get a bonus Q&A before we preview the opening game of the Premier League season: Manchester United vs Fulham at Old Trafford on Friday night.
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Two and a half months since euphoria at Wembley, we head back under the arch. The same opponents again. A Manchester derby. Not quite a heavyweight rematch. The Community Shield rather than the FA Cup. But a game with meaning, a chance to lay down a marker, to use that old football cliché: to notch a statement victory.
In this episode of the Manchester United Weekly Podcast, hosts Harry Robinson and Jack Tait preview Saturday’s derby and make their predictions for the season as a whole. There's also unrivalled insight into the new crop of Academy players entering U18s football this year and our Patrons get a bonus Q&A with plenty more topics to debate.
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Plus, we have the first part of an exclusive chat with Paul Scholes, who's playing in the next Legends match on 7 September, against Celtic Legends at Old Trafford. The second part will come in a couple of weeks, with Scholes discussing Kobbie Mainoo in detail.
Our Patrons get an extra 20 minutes of conversation on fixture congestion, United Women and whether there's any chance United could be involved in a title race and, if so, for how long.
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Hosts Harry Robinson and Jack Tait come together to watch Manchester United’s final friendly of pre-season, against Liverpool. While watching the game, they go through the key talking points of a busy summer, including in part one:
Erik ten Hag’s contract extension
A new coaching set-up, including the much-loved Ruud van Nistelrooy
The signings of Joshua Zirkzee and Leny Yoro
The implementation of a new football structure above Ten Hag with Dan Ashworth and Jason Wilcox joining Omar Berrada
Stand-out performances in pre-season from Amad
What next for Toby Collyer and Harry Amass
In this episode, Part Two, recorded in the second half, the two Reds talk:
More transfers, including what Leny Yoro was like on his first day at the club, with insight from Harry, who interviewed him for United’s club media
How Zirkzee could fit into the team with Hojlund and Bruno, and why his signing reminds us of Mason Mount last summer
Speculation around a major Academy transfer, and another awaiting confirmation
What this 3-0 defeat to Liverpool means, if anything
Our Patrons get an extra 30 minutes of conversation on the EUROs, Olympics, transfers, De Ligt, Ugarte and much more.
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Watch Harry's Day in the Life video from interviewing Leny Yoro here
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Hosts Harry Robinson and Jack Tait come together to watch Manchester United’s final friendly of pre-season, against Liverpool. While watching the game, they go through the key talking points of a busy summer, including:
Erik ten Hag’s contract extension
A new coaching set-up, including the much-loved Ruud van Nistelrooy
The signings of Joshua Zirkzee and Leny Yoro
The implementation of a new football structure above Ten Hag with Dan Ashworth and Jason Wilcox joining Omar Berrada
Stand-out performances in pre-season from Amad
What next for Toby Collyer and Harry Amass
In Part Two of the episode, recorded in the second half, the two Reds talk:
More transfers, including what Leny Yoro was like on his first day at the club, with insight from Harry, who interviewed him for United’s club media
How Zirkzee could fit into the team with Hojlund and Bruno, and why his signing reminds us of Mason Mount last summer
Speculation around a major Academy transfer, and another awaiting confirmation
What this 3-0 defeat to Liverpool means, if anything
Our Patrons get an extra 30 minutes of conversation on the EUROs, Olympics, transfers, De Ligt, Ugarte and much more. Sign up for as little as £1.50 a month here and help support the show in our tenth series.
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Harry Robinson has good news... the Manchester United Weekly Podcast is returning for a tenth series, coming very soon. Listen to find out what to expect from the first two episodes.
While we wait for the start of Series 10, Harry reads an extract from his book The Men Who Made Manchester United, released last autumn. You can hear the introduction, prologue and first chapter as a taster.
Gary Neville calls it "a great background spanning almost a hundred years on the men who made everything that followed possible. A must-read for any Manchester United fan."
"At a time when money is king in football, this is an important insight into just how humble the beginnings of Manchester United were. These are human football stories but they also provide a slice of Manchester’s social history," says John Murray, BBC Football Correspondent.
Andy Mitten labels it "a fine book with incredible attention to detail as Robinson unearths and examines long-forgotten United stories."
Michael Crick says: "Harry Robinson's new book on the first 70 years of Manchester United is just brilliant... one of the best in the 1000 United books on my shelves. Robinson hasn't just done loads of painstaking research, with sparkling new details, he's also a great storyteller. It just flows from page to page."
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Soak it in. Enjoy. Up the Reds!
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Manchester United approach FA Cup final week off the back of two wins in five days. It’s enough to stop the slide, but not to prevent the Reds from a worst-ever Premier League finish. The time for full dissection will have to wait with Wembley on the horizon.
On the latest episode of the Manchester United Weekly Podcast, hosts Harry Robinson and Jack Tait review wins against Newcastle United and Brighton & Hove Albion, discuss Erik ten Hag’s recent attitude, a galvanising post-match speech, talk the U21 and U18s POTYs, an embarrassing season-ender for United Women and Marc Skinner’s new contract before previewing a second consecutive FA Cup final against Manchester City.
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Host Harry Robinson (now dried off!) reacts to Women's FA Cup victory and the men's 1-0 home defeat to Arsenal. Plus, another U18s final, and Newcastle (h) preview.
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A humiliating defeat that was coming. And it should have come some time ago. Crystal Palace 4-0 Manchester United. A low ebb in Erik ten Hag's rollercoaster of a United era.
Hosts Harry Robinson and Jack Tait review a woeful performance at Selhurst Park, the incredible (contrasting) away fans' support and what it means for Ten Hag's future.
They answer questions from Patreons, discuss Harry's exciting new project with the Academy and tell you about another upcoming U18s final. There's news on title-winning U21s in the women's Academy, the upcoming Women's FA Cup final and we play Guess the Player. There's loads more, too!
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Two games at Old Trafford, many very familiar signs, and more goals aplenty. Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United future remains uncertain at best. If this is his audition for the future, there are plenty unconvinced. A 4-2 win against Sheffield United with the proud highlight of a 250th Academy graduate in Ethan Wheatley but then followed a disappointing 1-1 draw with Burnley. Hosts Harry Robinson and Jack Tait react to it all and discuss the Academy, plus answer questions from our Patrons.
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Hosts Harry Robinson and Jack Tait review Sunday’s dramatic FA Cup semi-final against Coventry City, debate Erik ten Hag’s future, discuss the upcoming U18 Premier League Cup final after last week’s interview with Nick Cox and look ahead to home games against Sheffield United and Burnley as United look to grasp something from the league season. Plus, draws against Spurs for both United Women and the men’s U21s. And, Guess the Player!
In the Patreon Q&A, United and England... both, or neither? And EURO 2024. Sign up to become a Patron here and help support the show into its tenth series...
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Harry Robinson is joined on the Manchester United Weekly Podcast by Nick Cox, Director of Academy, to discuss the Under-18s being crowned champions of the U18 Premier League North. Find out what Erik ten Hag said to him and lead coach Adam Lawrence, what the philosophy behind the achievement has been and what it means for the future. Harry explains the key to the success from his point of view, too.
He's then joined by the excellent Ameé Ruszkai, lead women's football writer for FootballCo, to talk about United's hugely significant victory over Chelsea. They had never beaten the Blues before and have now done so in an FA Cup semi-final. Who's in the final? What are United's chances? And what does the win do for manager Marc Skinner's future?
Finally, CJ Joiner joins the show to give some insight on the club he supports, Coventry City, ahead of the men's FA Cup semi-final on Sunday afternoon.
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First he was ours, now he’s the nations... Kobbie Mainoo, emerging England star. The young Manchester United midfielder is the headline-maker of the international break and the pressure and focus will step up a notch as he returns to the club game, with Erik ten Hag’s side visiting Brentford on Saturday evening.
On the latest episode of the Manchester United Weekly Podcast, hosts Harry Robinson and Jack Tait are discussing Kobbie’s excellence, Alejandro Garnacho’s first Argentina start and other key international headlines while previewing that Brentford game, answering Patron questions, playing Guess the Player, giving you an Academy Briefing and looking ahead to the back end of the season overall.
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