United Rant

735 | It's FC United of Manchester's 20th season coming up in September so Ed checks in with George Baker, FC fan and former Board member, to talk about how the club is doing and plans for the future. 

#734 | Ed and Wayne react to the news that Erik ten Hag will be staying as United manager next season. After a mostly disastrous 2023/24 campaign ended with an FA Cup final win, the club's lengthy review has concluded the Dutchman is the best man for the job. It has been a messy few weeks, but for better or worse United can now move forward.

#733 | Ed talks to Harry Robinson, author of the book "The Men Who Made Manchester United" - a deep dive into eight key characters in the development of pre-war United that would define the club for generations to come. You can find Harry on the "Weekly Manchester United podcast", as a contributor to MUTV, and at a match all over the place.

#732 | We're firmly in the summer break, with no United game until July 15, so Ed & Tom take listener questions on Erik ten Hag, Ineos's strategy and who should stay/go amongst the playing squad.

#731 | In this episode Ed talks with Sam Collins, director of "99" a new three-part documentary on Amazon Prime Video about how the series came about, some of the key storylines, and the personalities involved.

#730 | It's been a highly challenging season for United on and off the pitch, but one that saw the emergence of exciting young players and victory in the FA Cup. In this end of season review, an old host returns to review the players, goals and manager (??) of the season.

#729 | A famous victory over Manchester City at Wembley. Manager Erik ten Hag has been vociferously criticised this season. Any United manager whose team had finished eighth in the Premier League and been dumped out of Europe early would face deep scrutiny. But in the week a major media outlet claimed Ten Hag is toast at United, the Dutchman found a formula to beat Pep Guardiola's financially-doped blues. What a day. What a victory. After so much angst this season, United ended the campaign on a massive high. Читать дальше...

#728 | Ed & Wayne do everything they can to not preview the FA Cup Final this weekend, by talking about John Terry Day, celebrating the Chelsea captain's slip in the 2008 Champions League final. There's also chat about the new Amazon documentary on United's treble season and a new official United podcast produced by Wayne containing archival audio from the season. Then, inevitably, we have to *look forward* to Saturday's game. 

#727 | The Premier League season is over and Erik ten Hag's brave boys battled their way to 8th [EIGHTH] place in the table with victory over Brighton on the final day of the league campaign. Glory glory Man United. Elsewhere C*ty secured another gong. Joy. Ed & Dan talk about it some more.

#726 | Ed & Tom review the victory over Newcastle, talk about some emotional player departures from the club, and discuss the evolving manager situation around Europe. There's also a game against Brighton to think about. Can United avoid any new injuries!