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 Andy. NQAT covers the latest games, news, business, politics and fan culture at the world’s greatest football club. Hate the ads? Want more NQAT? For ad-free listening and our weekly bonus show, find us on Apple Podcasts or Patreon.

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  1. 1d ago • Subscribers Only

    NQAT Daily: Ratcliffe's 32 Months of Failure at United

    Jim Ratcliffe told the BBC in February 2024 that Manchester United’s problem was the environment around the coaches that had failed in United in the time since Sir Alex Ferguson retired. Around 32 months later, with Ratcliffe in charge of that environment, we should hold him to that standard. Ratcliffe set himself four tests in that first week: pick the right solution rather than run to the wrong one, build a best-in-class sporting structure, stop lurching between styles, and put football first. Let’s mark each one in turn, from Ten Hag being extended then sacked to the revolving sporting department and a club with record revenues and the worst start in decades. It leaves a question: why Ratcliffe is at United at all, and what it means that the environment he once blamed is now his own? 0:00 What went wrong with INEOS at United? 1:33 The Glazers’ legacy revisited 3:53 Walk to the Right Solution 5:15 Build the Structure 7:18 No Lurching Between Styles 10:13 Football Will Drive the Club 12:44 Why Is He Even Here? 15:34 Same Mistake Twice

    NQAT Daily: Ratcliffe's 32 Months of Failure at United

  2. 1d ago

    The Inevitable End

    #1062 | Michael Carrick looks set to be sacked after a 3-0 home defeat to Bournemouth, coming off the 4-1 loss at Como. Ed and Daniel go through the game and the week around it. If this is the end, Carrick went out with a statement: Bruno Fernandes criticising the staff in public then sitting on the bench without being used. Then the disintegration of Carrick’s time at United, with the manager increasingly reaching for odd solutions as the season fell apart.  With the squad giving Carrick very little in recent weeks, the conversation turns to the owners and executives who decide what happens now. The same guys who picked Ten Hag and Amorim and Carrick decide who’s next, with Eddie Howe probably the favourite.  In the short term United need to manage the crisis, but with a summer of expiring contracts and more investment needed than is likely, does a new manager really change anything? 0:00 Match Reaction 3:47 Bruno vs Carrick 11:08 Team Selection & Tactics 16:35 Season in Freefall 19:09 The Owners 23:56 Who’s Next? 34:59 Eddie Howe 51:09 What Happens Next? Sponsor Ready to have an AI that can tackle real work? Try Claude Cowork today. Claude.ai/NQAT Hate the ads? Want more NQAT? For ad-free listening and our weekly bonus show, find us on Apple Podcasts or Patreon. Socials Twitter - https://x.com/nqatpod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nqatpod/ BlueSky - https://bsky.app/profile/nqatpod.bsky.social Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/c/nqatpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    The Inevitable End

  3. 2d ago • Subscribers Only

    NQAT Daily: United’s Next Manager?

    Nobody has sacked Manchester United manager Michael Carrick yet, but the shortlist is already leaking. There's some bookies' favourites we can rule out - Emery, Fabregas, Tuchel, Southgate, Pochettino. Then there's some requirements the club probably has for its next manager: work with the squad as it is, pull together a fractured dressing room, work with the structure, and deliver Champions League football year after year. Do these five candidates meet the spec? Conte, Nagelsmann, Hürzeler, McKenna and Howe. Any of the five inherit the same club, so the real question is who could survive contact with United? 0:00 Intro: The shortlist 1:21 Who’s not coming to United 3:10 The job spec 6:15 Conte 8:33 Nagelsmann 11:31 Hürzeler 13:34 McKenna 15:28 Howe

    NQAT Daily: United’s Next Manager?

  4. 3d ago • Subscribers Only

    NQAT Extra: Carrick vs Bruno

    Bruno Fernandes says United should be pressing man to man. Carrick says they half pressed at Como and conceded. After the 4-1 defeat, Ed and Dharnish work out what each of them means and whether the problem is the principles or the execution. Pressing too late, players marking men without ever stepping out to win the ball, and a captain who sprints a lot without getting near. Then, why the intensity against Leeds vanished in Italy and why Bruno chose to go public a week after Martinez? They pick a team for Bournemouth, and wonder whether it could be Carrick’s last game. 0:00 Intro: Bruno vs Carrick 1:12 A Shameful Night in Como 2:21 What the Pressing Means 5:51 Principles vs Execution 10:15 Why Bruno Went Public 13:22 Leeds Intensity vs Como Apathy 22:53 Bournemouth Preview and Line-ups 29:31 Next Manager?

    NQAT Extra: Carrick vs Bruno

  5. 5d ago • Subscribers Only

    NQAT Daily: The Fish Rots from the Head

    Within minutes of the 4-1 defeat at Como, Manchester United’s captain and manager had publicly blamed each other. Bruno Fernandes pointed at the staff and the club living in the past. Michael Carrick pointed at the players’ effort. What does this mean a week after Martinez went after the technical director.? The argument over pressing is only the backdrop. The real story is discipline, and a club that has stopped having its arguments in private. Upstairs, the people who will choose the next manager are briefing against each other. A sacking looks close, but no new manager fixes this from the dugout. The fish rots from the head down. 0:00 A Lack of Discipline 1:44 What Bruno Said 3:32 Pressing in Two Minutes 6:06 Martinez, Then Bruno 8:05 Carrick Hits Back 9:38 Carragher Has His Say 10:36 Upstairs 12:00 Nagelsmann 13:18 Who Picks the Manager? 14:49 Let’s Take a Step Back 15:41 Is This What a Sacking Looks Like? 17:40 The Fish Rots From the Head

    NQAT Daily: The Fish Rots from the Head

  6. 5d ago

    A Como-dy of Errors

    #1061 | Manchester United were beaten 4-1 at Como in the Champions League. Ed and Dominic try to make sense of it.  United’s pressing does not work; the players asked to lead it cannot do it, and Como passed through United at will.  Carrick’s vision for the team is slipping by the week. How much is that on Carrick and how much on a club run by the same people who hired and fired ten Hag and Amorim, with a squad that was barely improved in the summer?  Carrick probably won't go yet, though the November break and the January window are the usual moments for change.  There there's Bournemouth at Old Trafford this weekend and a manager running short of options. 0:00 Intro: United spanked by Como 4:02 United’s press isn’t working 15:31 Sponsor break 16:50 Ownership 27:21 The game itself: the goals 30:15 Squad and recruitment 40:55 Bournemouth preview 51:18 Wrap-up Sponsor Ready to have an AI that can tackle real work? Try Claude Cowork today. Claude.ai/NQAT Hate the ads? Want more NQAT? For ad-free listening and our weekly bonus show, find us on Apple Podcasts or Patreon. Socials Twitter - https://x.com/nqatpod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nqatpod/ BlueSky - https://bsky.app/profile/nqatpod.bsky.social Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/c/nqatpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    A Como-dy of Errors

  7. Oct 19 • Subscribers Only

    NQAT Daily: Como Are Not the Story You've Been Told

    Manchester United’s Champions League trip to Como comes with a story: a club that went bust twice, was bought for next to nothing, and now has a World Cup winner in the dugout. But there's also a story people will leave out. There’s the town on the shore of Lake Como, the stadium a few yards from the water and the Indonesian family money behind the club. And the €350 million spent since promotion, the rising ticket and shirt prices, and a season ticket that gets cancelled after three missed games. The club’s pitch is to be a destination rather than a local team has more than a little of Ratcliffe’s plans for United in it. Cesc Fàbregas is both an owner and the coach. It is a club like no other, with some familiar problems. A very good story, just not much of a fairytale. 0:00 Not a Fairytale 1:42 The Town: Lake Como 2:25 Clooney and the Stadium on the Water 3:25 One Club and Two Funerals 5:07 Cigarette Money 7:13 Fàbregas, Henry and the Third Tier 9:20 Money on the Pitch 11:39 Ask the People Who’ve Always Gone 13:15 Isn’t This Ratcliffe’s Plan Too? 13:30 Enjoy the View, Don’t Buy the Fairytale

    NQAT Daily: Como Are Not the Story You've Been Told

  8. Oct 19

    United Draw Ugly

    #1060 | Michael Carrick changed the system at Elland Road and United came home with a 1-1 draw. It was closer to a street fight than a football match for much of it. Ed and Dharnish go through United’s approach and performance, including a back three and Bruno Fernandes pushed out wide. It wasn’t very pretty but at least United matched Leeds for physicality before the second half slipped away. The point leaves United on two wins from 10 across all competitions this season. The question on everybody’s lips is how long Carrick has? More defeats over the next few weeks will increase the pressure on club and manager. Then, what does a growing injury list mean for United’s trip to Como in the Champions League. 0:00 Carrick changes the system 0:46 Leeds away: a proper scrap 2:46 What’s going on with Bruno? 6:37 Fight and physicality, but no football 17:22 Should Carrick be sacked? 26:03 Does Bruno need a rest? 33:24 Preview: United vs Como 42:26 Final thoughts and sign-off Sponsor Ready to have an AI that can tackle real work? Try Claude Cowork today. Claude.ai/NQAT Hate the ads? Want more NQAT? For ad-free listening and our weekly bonus show, find us on Apple Podcasts or Patreon. Socials Twitter - https://x.com/nqatpod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nqatpod/ BlueSky - https://bsky.app/profile/nqatpod.bsky.social Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/c/nqatpod 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 Andy. NQAT covers the latest games, news, business, politics and fan culture at the world’s greatest football club. Hate the ads? Want more NQAT? For ad-free listening and our weekly bonus show, find us on Apple Podcasts or Patreon.

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