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No Question About That - a Manchester United podcast

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No Question About That is the original independent fan-published podcast covering Manchester United. Hosted by Ed, with contributions from Dan, Tom, Wayne, Dharnish, Adam, Jamie, Dominic and Isabel. NQAT covers the latest games, news, business, politics and fan culture at the world’s greatest football club. There are two main shows each week, a tactics show, and a football finance pod. If you are interested in supporting the show and accessing the weekly exclusive bonus episode, check out NQAT Extra on our Patreon page or subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Supporter funded episodes are ad-free. NQAT is also available in video on YouTube. Hit that subscribe button, leave a rating and write a review on Apple or Spotify.

  1. The Tactics Show: Review of the Season Part 2

    1 day ago

    The Tactics Show: Review of the Season Part 2

    #1011 | Ed and Dharnish continue their tactical review of United’s season, covering the period from early November to Ruben Amorim’s January sacking. This period included a run of inconsistent, often drab matches saved only by United’s success from set-piece finishing. Then the turning point: 4-4 against Bournemouth, possibly United’s best attacking performance under Amorim, and a shift toward a back four. Only for Amorim, inexplicably, to return to a back three against the wishes of the club. 00:00 Part Two Overview 01:19 Set Pieces and the Autumn Run of Results 03:14 Why Was It Going Wrong? 05:14 Bournemouth 4-4: Amorim's Best Football 10:53 Back to a Back Three and the Wolves Debacle 14:20 Amorim's Sacking: Press Conference and Why He Failed 14:47 Could Amorim Have Found a Higher Ceiling? 24:17 Final Verdict and What Comes Next If you are interested in supporting the show and accessing a weekly exclusive bonus episode, check out our Patreon page or subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Supporter funded episodes are ad-free. NQAT is available on all podcast apps and in video on YouTube. Hit that subscribe button, leave a rating and write a review on Apple or Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    29 min
  2. The Tactics Show: Review of the Season Part 1

    2 days ago

    The Tactics Show: Review of the Season Part 1

    #1010 | Ed and Dharnish begin a three-part season tactical review, covering the start of the campaign through the autumn and setting up later segments on Ruben Amarin’s downfall and Michael Carrick’s resurgence. There’s a review of early matches including Arsenal, Fulham, Burnley, City, Chelsea, Brentford, and a damaging loss at Grimsby. Why did Amorim lean into long balls, why wouldn’t he move away from his beloved 3-4-3, and why did he insist on playing his best players out of position ... or not at all?  00:00 Intro and Season Overview 01:18 Early Season: Amorim Ball 04:13 Grimsby and The Low Point 12:06 Attack Clicks and Set Pieces Saving Amorim 12:58 Pressing & Defensive Issues 19:39 Three Wins in a Row and Brighton 22:18 Transition to Part 2: Amorim's Downfall If you are interested in supporting the show and accessing a weekly exclusive bonus episode, check out our Patreon page or subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Supporter funded episodes are ad-free. NQAT is available on all podcast apps and in video on YouTube. Hit that subscribe button, leave a rating and write a review on Apple or Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    26 min
  3. United Inc: Third Quarter Results

    5 days ago

    United Inc: Third Quarter Results

    #1009 | Ed and Jamie review United’s Q3 financial results, noting slightly better-than-expected revenue, improved operating profit versus last year’s loss, and a wage bill at its lowest share of revenue in about a decade, alongside raised guidance. However, United face weak liquidity - around £60m cash- with the revolver credit up to £260m, ongoing outflows for historic transfer fees, and the continuing constraint this places on squad rebuilding. There’s a discussion around the confirmed costs of hiring and firing Amorim (£16.7m compensation plus a £5.2m write-off), the need to refinance roughly £750m of debt amid uncertain interest rates, limited progress on the new stadium, and a Betway training kit deal reported at £20m per year. Player sales continue to be important! 00:00 Introduction and Q3 Headlines 02:11 Financial Results Deep Dive 07:11 Cash, Debt and Transfer Budget 12:51 Carrick and Summer Strategy 16:37 Amorim Compensation Costs 19:37 Debt Refinancing and Stadium Update 26:47 Sponsorship: Betway, DXC 31:53 Player Trading If you are interested in supporting the show and accessing a weekly exclusive bonus episode, check out our Patreon page or subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Supporter funded episodes are ad-free. NQAT is available on all podcast apps and in video on YouTube. Hit that subscribe button, leave a rating and write a review on Apple or Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    49 min
  4. One Thousand Episodes

    25 May

    One Thousand Episodes

    #1000 | Ed and Paul reminisce about 1000 episodes of Rant Cast/NQAT, from its origins as a weekly phone call, to committing to recording every week, and then the expanding NQAT universe over the past couple of seasons. The conversation turns to United’s post-Fergie decline and Ed Woodward, the Glazers’ ownership, Ratcliffe’s restructuring, and optimism about Michael Carrick’s steadying impact, squad depth, transfers, and a Champions League schedule next season. 00:00 Introduction 00:27 The Lost 1000th Episode 02:00 Sunday's Game vs Brighton 03:48 Origins of the Podcast 05:47 How the Show Grew 10:10 YouTube and the Expanded NQAT Universe 13:58 Football Finance and Data Nerd Communities 19:25 United's Decline Since The Fergie Era 21:06 The Ed Woodward Years 25:57 Ratcliffe, Ineos and the Cultural Reset 39:14 Next Season: Squad Needs and the Summer Window 46:47 Michael Carrick  01:04:47 Wrapping Up If you are interested in supporting the show and accessing a weekly exclusive bonus episode, check out our Patreon page or subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Supporter funded episodes are ad-free. NQAT is available on all podcast apps and in video on YouTube. Hit that subscribe button, leave a rating and write a review on Apple or Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1hr 11min
  5. Liquid Football on the South Coast

    25 May

    Liquid Football on the South Coast

    #1009 | Ed and Dan recap United’s comfortable win over Brighton on the South Coast. There was a little bit of liquid football to close out the season in an upbeat mood. With no Casemiro in the squad and Cunha on the bench, Patrick Dorgu and Mason Mount started in what could easily have descended into an end-of-season dead rubber. Instead, this was the best way to close out the campaign, including Bruno's record-breaking 21st assist of the season. 00:00 Introduction 02:05 Carrick's Tactical Choices: Mount, Dorgu and the Midfield 03:25 What Do United Need in Midfield? 11:04 Dorgu: Big Spaces Player and the Right Profile? 16:21 The Squad Vibe and Carrick's Man-Management 20:16 Guardiola vs Fergie 30:49 England Squad: Tuchel's Selection 40:51 Summer Transfers: Fernandes, Tonali, Ederson If you are interested in supporting the show and accessing a weekly exclusive bonus episode, check out our ⁠Patreon page⁠ or subscribe on ⁠Apple⁠ Podcasts. Supporter funded episodes are ad-free. NQAT is available on all podcast apps and in video on ⁠YouTube⁠. Hit that subscribe button, leave a rating and write a review on ⁠Apple⁠ or ⁠Spotify⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    52 min
  6. NQAT Extra: It Had to be Carrick

    22 May

    NQAT Extra: It Had to be Carrick

    Ed and Dan break down Michael Carrick's appointment as Manchester United head coach on a two-year deal: why the job went to him over the alternatives, and what comes next. Sixteen games into the interim spell, the results speak for themselves. The floor has been raised, and his methods are not complicated: a back four, Mainoo restored to the team, players returned to roles they recognise, and Amorim's pressing scheme abandoned. From there the conversation turns to what's next. Does Carrick have a ceiling that meets elite Champions League sides? How does the summer midfield rebuild dictate whether United play the way Carrick really wants next season? And what does success look like? 00:00 Carrick's Record and the Reaction Online 02:52 Previous United Managers 10:08 What Carrick Has Done Differently 18:52 Midfield Profile - What United Need 34:31 Carrick's Character and Management Style 36:35 Champions League and What Success Looks Like 40:38 Summer Transfer Window - Who Should United Sign 45:40 Wrapping Up If you are interested in supporting the show and accessing a weekly exclusive bonus episode, check out our Patreon page or subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Supporter funded episodes are ad-free. NQAT is available on all podcast apps and in video on YouTube. Hit that subscribe button, leave a rating and write a review on Apple or Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    49 min
  7. NQAT Extra: Guardiola's Legacy is Built on Sand

    19 May • Subscribers Only

    NQAT Extra: Guardiola's Legacy is Built on Sand

    Pep Guardiola is leaving Manchester City after a decade and 20 trophies, and the eulogies are already being written. This episode makes the case the eulogies won't: that the football was real, but the context was a fraud, and you cannot separate one from the other. The argument runs in three parts. First, the coaching. Guardiola is brilliant, but he has only ever managed elite squads at elite clubs, including a City platform that was already a winning machine when he arrived in 2016. Second, the money. Sheikh Mansour's 2008 takeover didn't just buy one title. It compounded into everything that followed, including the appointment of Guardiola himself. Then the legal record. Three episodes in 15 years. The 2014 FFP settlement, which a genuinely innocent club doesn't agree to. The 2020 UEFA ban, overturned at CAS on time-barred charges and an evidentiary gap City themselves engineered through non-cooperation. And the Premier League's 115 charges in 2023, including the Roberto Mancini double-contract that's signed on the same day, by the same person, with a secrecy clause attached. The consistent thread, across all three, isn't a technical accounting dispute. It's obstruction. Plus: the "global" fanbase that can't fill a youth final, the sponsorships that turn out to be Abu Dhabi paying Abu Dhabi, the conscience that speaks for every cause except the one that pays for it, and the press that mostly looks away because access is the product. The Premier League verdict has now been sealed in silence for over 16 months. The bunting is going up anyway. This is the version of the story the parade won't tell. 00:00 Introduction 01:11 The Football Was Real 03:14 The Money 05:21 The Legal Cases 13:14 The Fan Base 15:19 Guardiola's Conscience 17:01 The Press 19:47 Conclusion

    22 min
  8. Bruno's Twentieth

    17 May

    Bruno's Twentieth

    #1007 | Ed and Dan review Manchester United’s 3-2 win over Nottingham Forest in the final home game of the season. More than 4 xG created, 29 shots taken and Bruno Fernandes’ 20th assist. Plenty of entertainment on offer. It's Michael Carrick’s 11th win of his short tenure, but he's found a way for United to keep emerging victorious from these narrow-margin games. It was a day when Casemiro said farewell to Old Trafford, Luke Shaw scored his first goal for three years, and Bryan Mbeumo eventually got on the scoresheet too. There was some controversy about Matteus Cunha's goal, although rules are rules, innit? Inevitably, the conversation turns to the summer. Can United give Carrick the tools he needs to succeed? 00:00 Intro and Match Reaction 05:51 Casemiro's Farewell 12:54 Game Analysis: Goals and Key Moments 17:21 Midfield Replacements: Casemiro's Successor 44:21 Bruno's 20 Assists: How Good Is It? 47:35 Summer Transfer Window 01:00:38 Michael Carrick as Manager If you are interested in supporting the show and accessing a weekly exclusive bonus episode, check out our Patreon page or subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Supporter funded episodes are ad-free. NQAT is available on all podcast apps and in video on YouTube. Hit that subscribe button, leave a rating and write a review on Apple or Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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No Question About That is the original independent fan-published podcast covering Manchester United. Hosted by Ed, with contributions from Dan, Tom, Wayne, Dharnish, Adam, Jamie, Dominic and Isabel. NQAT covers the latest games, news, business, politics and fan culture at the world’s greatest football club. There are two main shows each week, a tactics show, and a football finance pod. If you are interested in supporting the show and accessing the weekly exclusive bonus episode, check out NQAT Extra on our Patreon page or subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Supporter funded episodes are ad-free. NQAT is also available in video on YouTube. Hit that subscribe button, leave a rating and write a review on Apple or Spotify.

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