Manchester United Weekly Podcast

Six points from a possible 15 (despite the slip of the tongue in the intro!) to start Manchester United’s season. 10 goals conceded in four games. These are two of the many stats that sum up the dire start to the 2023/24 campaign for Erik ten Hag’s team and once again we are left asking, is this a fair reflection of the team? And where the answer in previous games might have been no, perhaps this time, the answer is yes. Brighton & Hove Albion rode out the early dominance of United and then raced away after half-time. Young Hannibal scored a fantastic long-range goal to reduce the deficit, but that was about it for United’s response. On the Manchester United Weekly Podcast this week, it's time to dissect it. Hosts Harry Robinson and Jack Tait review defeat to Brighton, preview a glamorous trip to Bayern Munich, compete at Guess the Player and give you your regular Academy Briefing. Patreons get ad-free, early access to this episode plus the usual bonus section where we decide whether Ten Hag will be here in 12 months time and plenty more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the most enjoyable episodes we've had the pleasure to record. We talk, in chronological order: Antony and the ramifications for football as a whole Patience with Erik ten Hag Social media use in football Our United memories - how we became Reds, our first Utd memories, first games at Old Trafford, favourite United moments and even our all-time XIs. Whether there are any non-United players we follow? Jude Bellingham - in detail How football fandom changes when you leave England, and how match-going Reds view the 'global' support United Through Time and Harry's upcoming book The Men Who Made Manchester United Saturday's game against Brighton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Questions from our Patrons, answered here, on Amrabat, UCL, TRA and kits. To become a part of the Manchester United Weekly Podcast Patreon community, sign up for between £1.50-£10 a month and get early access to ad-free episodes every week with a 15-20-minute bonus section. And during international breaks, you'll get the chance to shape what we talk about in the form of these Patreon mailbag episodes. www.patreon.com/ManUtdWeeklyPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It has become an all-too-familiar feeling walking out of the away end at the Emirates and across the bridge past those big Arsenal letters thinking ‘what could have been?’ ‘how close was that?’ and, really, more than anything, ‘for fuck sake’. For a second successive year, an Argentine celebrated with intensity and passion as United appeared en route to a famous victory. Last year, Lisandro Martinez’s brilliant header was made futile by a 90th-minute winner checked by VAR. This year, Alejandro Garnacho’s wonderfully composed one-on-one finish was ruled out for the tightest of offsides and Declan Rice’s 96th-minute deflected strike won it for Arsenal. Gutting. On the Manchester United Weekly Podcast this week, Harry Robinson and Jack Tait discuss some positives, several pieces of significant off-the-pitch news (most of it bad), and a 10-goal thriller for the Academy, plus several deadline day signings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*Patrons get 25 minutes extra* Manchester United’s start to this season is confounding. Erik ten Hag’s Reds appear constantly on the edge of breakdown, and always close to defeat, too, and yet six points from the opening nine is a respectable beginning to any campaign. Old Trafford stood in shock as United conceded twice in four minutes against Nottingham Forest, but there remained a sense of confidence and defiance, and justified it proved for a 3-2 comeback victory followed. Further injuries have followed to deepen the sense of crisis in M16, but it’s an away trip this weekend, to Arsenal. Back to London, where our record has been so poor recently, for a huge challenge at the Emirates. On the Manchester United Weekly Podcast this week, Harry Robinson and Jack Tait preview Sunday's match at Arsenal in detail today, as well as looking back on the Forest fixture. They also play Guess the Player, give you your extensive youth round-up with a double-digit win for the U21s. Patrons will get a 25-minute bonus section on transfers, the Old Trafford atmosphere, Ten Hag’s tactics and loads more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One cloud has cleared. Mason Greenwood will not play for Manchester United again. Several more remain. On the Manchester United Weekly Podcast, Harry Robinson and Jack Tait discuss defeat in North London, Mason Greenwood and preview Saturday’s match against Nottingham Forest. They play Guess the Player, give you your regular Academy briefing and answer questions like ‘has everyone reacted after two games of the season?’ ‘how do United move on from here?’ and ‘have referees set a dangerous precedent?’ In the Q&A, exclusive to our Patreons, the Reds talk about who’d win a Premier League 5-a-side tournament, what kind of work they're both up to at the moment and the three steps to make MUFC competitive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

That was a rusty start to Manchester United’s Premier League season! And a lucky one, too. On this edition of the Manchester United Weekly Podcast, hosts Harry Robinson and Jack Tait review Ten Hag’s season-opening tactics, the open midfield, the underwhelming wingers, an impactful Sancho substitution, Andre Onana’s competitive debut, and loads more. We’ll play Guess the Player. We’ll give you your regular, extensive Academy round-up. We’ll preview Saturday’s match at Tottenham Hotspur and our Patreons will get an extra 10-15 minute chat dissecting the game in further detail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who'll win the Premier League? Who will be Manchester United's most improved player? Who will become the fans' scapegoat? Hosts Harry Robinson and Jack Tait give their predictions for these questions, and many, many more in the latest episode of the Manchester United Weekly Podcast. The two Reds preview Monday night's Old Trafford encounter with Wolverhampton Wanderers, discussing the impact of a new manager for the Midlands club. They consider who should start up front and on the left-wing, and what they're expecting to see from the game. Then they talk the likely exit of former-captain Harry Maguire, who looks set to join West Ham for £30m, assessing his potential replacements in Jean-Claude Todibo and Benjamin Pavard. After giving all their season predictions, Harry announces the title of his first book: The Men Who Made Manchester United. Released on 25 September with Pitch Publishing, it brings you the definitive history of Manchester United before Sir Matt Busby's post-war halcyon days. Inside are tales that will make you squirm, laugh and cry: the transfer fee of two freezers of ice cream, the tragic death of a young footballer and his forgotten family, the fight for the right to unionise, Edwardian Cockney Reds and the pelting stones of the angry residents of Budapest. It is the story behind the club's name and colours, the building of Old Trafford, the founding of the PFA and the creation of the Academy. It's filled with tales that will fascinate and entertain. You can pre-order now here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's it like interviewing Manchester United's newest signing? Harry Robinson tells co-host Jack Tait in the latest episode of the Manchester United Weekly Podcast. The two Reds review the signing - United's most expensive of the summer - and consider what would be a good season for the 20-year-old Dane Rasmus Hojlund, who arrives from Atalanta. They also look at the club's recent pre-season fixtures, provide an extensive Academy round-up (including action from Hong Kong, Croatia and Northern Ireland). Plus for our Patrons, a 20-minute bonus Q&A discussing the Mason Greenwood situation, season expectations and loads more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The ninth season of the Manchester United Weekly Podcast begins with extensive analysis of the club's first two summer signings, Cameroonian goalkeeper Andre Onana and English midfielder Mason Mount. Hosts Harry Robinson and Jack Tait consider the departing David de Gea's Old Trafford legacy, a new United captain, some notable departures and Erik ten Hag's pre-season tactics and how they illuminate what might change in the new campaign, which is just over a fortnight away. The two Reds play Guess the Player and Harry provides a thorough update on an array of changes at the Academy enacted since the end of last season, including new managers for both the U21s and U18s. To get access to our Patreon-only Q&A for just a couple of quid a month and hear extra chats about Kobbie Mainoo, strikers, tactics, Sofyan Amrabat and loads more, head here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Harry Robinson and Jack Tait react to FA Cup final defeat to Manchester City. Patreons get an exclusive Q&A heavily focused on transfers, including Rosmus Hojland, Mason Mount and many others. You can sign up from as little as £6 a month here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does it need any introduction? Hosts Harry Robinson and Jack Tait preview the first all-Manchester FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 3 June 2023, kick-off at 3pm. Manchester United v. Manchester City - how does Erik ten Hag set up for this one? That's what we're talking, and more. Enjoy. And good luck for Saturday - enjoy it wherever you're watching from. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy end of the Premier League season. Manchester United climb above Newcastle in the campaign’s final week to finish third after entertaining but unpolished victories over Chelsea and then Fulham. Erik ten Hag’s post-match message was clear: there is one game to go. On this bitesize start-of-the-week episode of the Manchester United Weekly Podcast, Harry Robinson and Jack Tait discuss United’s final two league games, consider how close United Women came to a first WSL title and a couple of other bits and bobs. Later in the week, the two Reds will take some more time to preview Saturday’s FA Cup Final. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harry Robinson talks live from Old Trafford with Stretford End season ticket holder Nathan Thomas, who has spent the last few years working for the Manchester United Foundation. The two Reds review United’s performance at half-time and full-time, revelling in an unpolished but highly enjoyable victory that secures Erik ten Hag’s side qualification for the UEFA Champions League. Nathan also discusses which United players have stood out for their Foundation work, including one Brazilian midfielder’s recent attempts at a distinctly non-Brazilian sport! www.Instagram.com/manchesterunitedfoundation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Manchester United need only one point to secure UEFA Champions League qualification via a Premier League top-four finish after results elsewhere went in their favour and a piece of Brazilian brilliance from Casemiro enabled victory away at AFC Bournemouth. In the Women's Super League, United Women scored in injury time to keep the title race alive and achieve a first league victory over rivals Manchester City. There's plenty to talk about. In our bonus Q&A available exclusively for Patreons, we try to name as many of Sir Alex Ferguson's final matchday squad a decade on, discuss Weghorst and Sabitzer's future, strikers, and how United can possibly overcome this City juggernaut in the FA Cup final. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On a glorious sunny Saturday afternoon at Old Trafford and in a rare 3pm kick-off, Manchester United delivered with 18-year-old Alejandro Garnacho sealing a deserved victory in a must-win game as the Reds close in on that top four spot in the Premier League and Champions League qualification. Three games remain, away at Bournemouth and at home to West London duo Fulham and Chelsea. Two more victories will secure it. If they are as comfortable as Saturday, that’ll do. Wolves hadn’t a single shot on target while United had nine, and should have scored more. Erik ten Hag aptly reviewed: “Again we make the goalie of the opposition the man of the match.” Down at Wembley on Sunday, things were not so rosy. A world record crowd watched Manchester United Women’s first FA Cup final but the Reds couldn’t convert a dominant, expectation-shattering first-half display into an advantage and instead it was relentless winners Chelsea who were clinical and won it 1-0 with Sam Kerr scoring in a third consecutive FA Cup final. When the tears dry a little, attention will turn to the WSL title race between the same two sides. On the Manchester United Weekly Podcast this week, Harry Robinson and Jack Tait review the Women’s FA Cup Final (1-10 minutes), the men’s victory over Wolves (10-35 minutes), the end to the Academy season, some loanee highlights and loads more. Enjoy the show! In the Patreon-only Q&A, we talk Harry Kane, Michael Carrick and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Champions League qualification is edging closer. A disheartening draw at Tottenham Hotspur threatened to derail matters slightly but a well-deserved victory at home to high-flying Aston Villa restores Manchester United’s grip on a spot in the Premier League’s top four, captain Bruno Fernandes scoring the decisive goal. United Women took on Villa, too, in a brilliant weekend for the club all round, Millie Turner scoring a 93rd-minute winner to maintain United’s title hopes and keep them three points clear at the top of the Women’s Super League. The U21s played out an entertaining 2-2 draw with Spurs while the U18s’ frenetic late season fixture schedule continued with a thrilling 4-3 win away at Sunderland including another goal for the exciting young prospect Shea Lacey. All of that is reviewed on the latest Manchester United Weekly Podcast with hosts Harry Robinson and Jack Tait. Enjoy the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bald is best! Hosts Harry Robinson and Jack Tait revel in penalty shoot-out victory over Brighton & Hove Albion at Wembley that has earned Manchester United a spot in 3 June's FA Cup final. It felt for a long time like a game set to be decided by a moment of genius or a mistake, and that was the case. United’s penalties were infallible. Brighton... well, they eventually missed. It’s been quite the week. The most disheartening of performances and defeats in Seville sent us out of the Europa League, and then this. Also in today's episode, news of defeats for the U21s, back-to-back wins for the U18s and a huge update in the WSL title race. Plus plenty of noise from a euphoric Wembley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On a Premier League weekend with more banana skins than Mario Kart, injury-struck Manchester United avoided theirs away at Nottingham Forest. Bruno Fernandes and Christian Eriksen — a late addition to the starting line-up — purred in midfield. Antony's tenacity and confidence have earned them the plaudits, as well as a good goal and a fine assist. Now Erik Ten Hag’s side travel to Sevilla requiring victory to reach the Europa League semi-finals. They’ll return to England straight after and prepare for an FA Cup semi-final at Wembley against perhaps the in-form team of English football: Brighton. Round one of the United v. Brighton FA Cup semi-final has gone to the red corner. Manchester United Women made history on Saturday evening. It was difficult but in a classic cup tie, Marc Skinner’s side prevailed thanks to a clinical Rachel Williams finish, a 3-2 victory taking them to their first-ever major final where they’ll face Chelsea in mid-May. On the Manchester United Weekly Podcast with Harry Robinson and Jack Tait, we talk about all of the above, play guess the player, review an U18s Manchester derby, discuss relegation for one loanee and goals for two others and answer questions in a free bonus Q&A about Victor Osimhen, injuries, rotation, Maguire and loads more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harry Robinson reacts from Old Trafford, Jack Tait from Chicago. It went from very sweet to bittersweet and then bitter. Plenty to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices