Devils in the Details – A Podcast About Manchester United
By Aaron Moniz and Kees van Hemmen
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Episodes: 180
May 25, 2026
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Dec 16, 2024
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A Manchester United podcast focused on detailed, evidence driven analysis. Hosted by Aaron Moniz (@amonizfootball) and Kees van Hemmen (@HemmenKees) – two data scientists and United fans.
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#173: What Defines a Club's Footballing Identity, and What is United's? (w/ Jon Mackenzie)
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Nov 02, 2026 |
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#172: The Results, Carrick, The Board, The Squad, What’s Next? Plus, Some Positives
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Oct 26, 2026 |
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#171: 11v10 Manchester Derby Defeat Compounds Growing Concerns
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Sep 14, 2026 |
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#170: United Draw Against Everton
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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#169: United Destroy Ipswich Town and Carlos Baleba is a Red Devil
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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#168: United Lose to Hull City
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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#167: Premier League Predictions Part 2 (10-1)
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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#166: Premier League Predictions Part 1 (20-11)
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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#165: Tielemans and Santos to United
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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WC 2026 Special Episode #2: The Knockouts
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Jun 28, 2026 |
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WC 2026 Special Episode #1
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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#164: DITD PL Season Review
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May 25, 2026 |
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#163: United Complete Double Over Liverpool To Secure Top 5
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May 04, 2026 |
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#162: United Win at Stamford Bridge
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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#161: Tonali to United?
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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#160: Carrick's United Down Villa
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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#159: United Struggle in Difficult First Loss for Carrick
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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#158: United Continue to Win, How Good is Carrick's Side?
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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#157: Carrick's United and Breaking Down Zonal Defences
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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#156: Placing Carrick's United in the Tactical Evolution of the Premier League (with Jon Mackenzie)
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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#155: Carrick Keeps Perfect Record After Difficult Fulham Clash
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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#154: It's Murder on the Dancefloor
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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#153: Manchester Turns Red on Michael Carrick's Managerial Return
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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#152: Amorim Sacked
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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#151: Frustrating Injury-Ridden Loss at Villa Park
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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#150: United Draw a Thriller to Iraola's Bournemouth
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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#149: United Collect 4 Points from Bottom Dwellers West Ham and Wolves
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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#148: How Are United Performing vs. Squad Quality?
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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#147: Are Amorim's Team Selections Costing United Points?
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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#146: Are Man United Finally Good at Set Pieces? (with Jake Fox)
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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#145: United Draw Away to Thomas Frank's Tottenham Hotspur
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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#144: United Brought Back Down to Earth by Draw in Nottingham
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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#143: United Thrash Brighton at Old Trafford
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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#142: Victory at Anfield
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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#141: Catching Up on the Rest of the League
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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#140: Amorim and Tactics vs. Talent (with Jon Mackenzie)
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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#139: United Lose in London
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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#138: Strange Win Over Chelsea Provides Respite for United and Amorim
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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#137: Should We Be Worried About Amorim after Manchester Derby Loss?
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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#136: Senne Lammens, Preseason Prediction Updates, and the 343
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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#135: League Points Salvage Cup Despair and Transfer Deadline Day
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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#134: Disappointment at Craven Cottage
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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#133: Optimism After Opening Day Loss to Arsenal
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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#132: Our Premier League 1-20 (Part 2)
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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#131: Sesko, Baleba, and Our Premier League 1-20 (Part 1)
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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#130: Sesko Alternatives, Fringe Prospects, and Are 3-4-3s Becoming More Popular?
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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#129: Amorim's Tactics and Centre Forwards
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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#128: Mbeumo Signs, Rashford Walks
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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#127: New Transfer Strategy and Expectations for United's Prospects
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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#126: Squad Building on a Budget, Midfield Links, and The Struggle to Make Sales
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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#125: Fixing United's Midfield and Forward Positions for Amorim's 3-4-3
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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#124: Gyokeres, Ekitike, and Striker Conundrums
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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#123: Gyokeres to United? And More Mbeumo Talk...
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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#122: Delap, Mbeumo, Fernandes – Transfer Talk Galore
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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#121: Europa League Despair, Squad Analysis, Garnacho Leaving, Cunha Joining
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May 26, 2025 |
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#120: Amorim's Future and Europa League Final Preview
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May 19, 2025 |
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#119: Europa League Dominance Amidst Domestic Downfall
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May 12, 2025 |
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#118: Thrown to the Lyons, Dances with Wolves (with Brent Maximin)
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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#117: Should We Be Worried About Onana?
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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#116: Goals Win Games (and United Don't Score Any)
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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#115B: Learning From Frustrating Loss to Forest
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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#115A: Previewing the Weeks Following the International Break
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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#114: Man United Q&A before the Premier League Run-in
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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#113: Two Comfortable Wins Against Leicester and La Real
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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#112: Two Boring Effective Draws as United's Squad Gets Younger and Younger
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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#111: Penalty Kick Elimination from FA Cup Sours Hard-Fought Week
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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#110: What is Tactical "Structure" and How are Amorim's Structural Ideas Helping/Hurting Man Utd? (with Jon Mackenzie)
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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#109: Shorthanded United Suffer Demoralising Defeat in North London
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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#108: United Defeat Leicester at the Death as the Transfer Window Closes
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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#107: Is Kobbie Mainoo's Future as a #10?
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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#106: Important Wins, Buildup Struggles, and Wingback Incomings?
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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#105: Tiring Squad and Tactical Teething Issues Evident Against Southampton and Brighton
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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#104: Huge FA Cup Triumph at Arsenal, and Evaluating Left Wing Back Links
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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#103: Many Positives, Few Points as United Hold Liverpool to a Draw at Anfield
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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#102: Bottom Half After Boxing Day
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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#101: The Basque Grinch Steals Christmas
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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#100: Manchester Derby Victory Marks Our Centennial Episode
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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#99: Positives To Take From Frustrating Defeats
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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#98: Amorim's First Loss and Learning From Arsenal
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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#97: Amorim's United Flatten Everton
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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#96: Amorim Arrives
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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#95: Rashford's Future, Academy Debuts, and Performance Expectations Under Amorim
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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#94: RvN Era Recap
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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#93: How Does United's Squad Fit Ruben Amorim's 3-4-3 Formation?
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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#92: The King is Dead, Long Live the King (with Casey Evans)
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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#91: Wing Dynamics and Defeat at West Ham
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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#90: Victory, At Last
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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#89: Is the Premier League Experiencing a Tactical Shift? (with Jon Mackenzie)
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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#88: The Winless Streak, Defensive Approaches, and Looking Ahead (with Brent Maximin)
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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#87: Big Picture Problems at Manchester United
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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#86: Eriksen, Bruno, and Palace Away
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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#85: Zirkzee, Amad, and a Southampton Recap
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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#84: Imperfect Midfield Options, United's Best Starting XI, and Future Transfer Windows
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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#83: Ugarte Signs, McTominay and Sancho Leave, Reviewing United's Transfer Window, and The Loss to Liverpool (with htomufc)
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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#82: Pressing Schemes and Buildup Ideas in Ten Hag's Third Season (with Jon Mackenzie)
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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#81: New Signings, New Tactics, and Three Points in United's Premier League Opener (with Brent Maximin)
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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#80: Special– The Double Signing of Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui (with Marc Geschwind)
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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#79: 2024/25 Season Preview – Transfers, Tactics, Predictions, and How Do We Evaluate Ten Hag's Third Season? (with Carl Anka)
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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#78: United's Set Piece Woes and The Appointment of Andreas Georgson (with Jake Fox)
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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#77: Left Back, Right Back, Midfield Balance
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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#76: Terms Agreed with Ugarte, Amad and Squad Depth Out Wide, and Who Starts the Community Shield?
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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#75: Special– Leny Yoro is joining Manchester United
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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#74: Centre halves, front 2s, and where does Mason Mount fit?
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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#73: Matthijs De Ligt, Manuel Ugarte, and the New Coaching Staff
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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#72: Joshua Zirkzee and Defensive Midfield
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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#71: Ten Hag Stays, Branthwaite Rumors, and European Championship talk
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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#70: The Second Season Review (with Brent Maximin)
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May 20, 2024 |
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#69: Where Do We Go Now?
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May 08, 2024 |
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#68: Relegation-Level Team Defending
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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#67: Amad Cup Run, and Building for the Modern Game
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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#66: Garnacho Carries United to Victory and We Talk About The Other Onana
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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#65: The League Season is Over
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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#64: How United's New Executive Team Can Right The Wrongs of Solskjaer and Ten Hag's Tenures
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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#63: Looting in Luton
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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#62: McTomination
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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#61: Mainoo, Hojlund, and Garnacho Give Glimpse Into the Future
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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#60: The Difficulties of Manager Scouting, and How Important is Winger Footedness?
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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#59: Is Højlund Good Enough? Do United Need an Overhaul at the Back? And Kees and Aaron's 5 point plan...
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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#58: Breaking Down a Worsening Wing Situation and Sorting Out The Midfield
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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#57: Big Statements (the Bad Kind)
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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#56: Expiring Contracts, Injury Updates, and How Are United's Rivals Performing?
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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#55: Recapping a Seven Game Rollercoaster [Fixed Audio]
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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#54: How Buildup Issues Prevent United From Dominating Bottom Half Sides
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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#53: Palace Twice, Galatasaray, and Brentford – Yes, We're As Frustrated As You Are
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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#52: Drama at Bayern, Beating Burnley, and How Much Can We Expect Given the Injury Crisis?
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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#51: Pressing Breakdowns and Midfield Disaster in a 4-4-2 Diamond as United lose to Brighton
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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#50: A Deep Dive on Sofyan Amrabat, A Quick Look at Sergio Reguilón, and Who Plays Right Wing Now?
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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#49: The Arsenal Loss In Context and What We Learned from Højlund's Debut
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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#48: How United Survived Injuries and Shocks To Beat Nottingham Forest
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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#47: What Happened at Tottenham on Saturday?
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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#46: What Went Wrong Against Wolves, How Worried We Are, and Replacing Maguire and Fred
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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#45: Is Rasmus Højlund the Key to Erik ten Hag's Manchester United Project? And Predictions for the 2023/24 Premier League Season...
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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#44: Preseason Takeaways, Transfer Window Strategies, and The Differences Between Transition and Possession Football
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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#43: Mason Mount and Andre Onana Deep Dive (with Orlando Valman and Marc Geschwind)
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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#42: Erik ten Hag's Favourite Tactic, and Why it Matters (with Jon Mackenzie)
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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#41: Big Transfer Updates, The Impact of a Modern Goalkeeper, and How to Scout Players Using Public Data
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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#40: Candid Mason Mount Transfer Reaction, Premier League Transfer Roundup, and How to Watch Football Analytically
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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#39: Renewing Rashford, Mount's Valuation, and How Good is Andre Onana?
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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#38: Reviewing Erik ten Hag’s First Season at Man Utd (with Carl Anka)
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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#37: The Post Ferguson Years - A Retrospection
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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#36: The Tactics Behind United's Struggles at Wembley
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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#35: How do United stop Manchester City's treble bid?
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May 29, 2023 |
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#34: Spring Cleaning United's Squad
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May 22, 2023 |
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#33: United's Problems, and Players to Fix Them
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May 15, 2023 |
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#32: One Ticket Home, One Ticket to Wembley
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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#31: Injuries, Weak Links, and Closing Out Games
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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#30: Bruno's New Role, Sancho's Form, and Replacing Rashford
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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#29: Playing Around Technical Weaknesses
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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#28: Bonus Episode: Detailing the Upcoming Summer Transfer Window
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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#27: What We Missed and What We Learned
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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#26: CAMPEONES EDITION– Bye Bye Barcelona and Night Night Newcastle
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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#25: Rearranging The Attack
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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#24: To Press And To Be Pressed
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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#23: Surviving in Suboptimal Circumstances
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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#22: Signing Sabitzer, Squad Building and Rotation, and Sancho's Return
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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#21: Personnel in the Details
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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#20: Derby Goals, Game Management, Weghorst's Impact, and Football Probabilities
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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#19: Contextualizing United's Winning Run (with Maram AlBaharna and Jon Mackenzie)
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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#18: Match Control and Chance Creation
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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#17: Comfy Victories, January Transfers, and Eredivisie Winger Deep Dives
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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World Cup Edition #2: After the Round of 16
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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World Cup Edition: The First Two Group Rounds
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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World Cup Uploads Starting Next Week
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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#16: New Attacking Figures, and Interpreting the Goalscoring Data
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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#15: Progress Isn't Linear (with Casey Evans)
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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#14: Match Dominance, Harry Maguire, and Cristiano Ronaldo
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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#13: Pressing Schemes, Buildup Variations, and Sustainable Chance Creation (with Jon Mackenzie)
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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#12: Special– Why Wednesday's Win over Tottenham was United's Best Performance in Years
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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#11: Previewing Two Big Games (with Rhys Jenkins and Orlando Valman)
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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#10: Facilitating Sancho, Martial's Injury Woes, and Newcastle's Fun Squad
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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#9: Difficult Derby Day (with Carl Anka)
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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#8: Previewing Ten Hag's First Manchester Derby
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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#7: International Break Q&A- Sancho's Best Position, The Academy, and Future Transfers
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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#6: The One-Month Mark
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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#5: Laying the Foundations
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Schedule Updates
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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#4: Huge Signing, Huge Win (with Om Arvind)
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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#3: (Fixing a) Crisis Club
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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#2: Buildup, Defensive Breakdowns, and Midfield Problems and Solutions
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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#1: The Transfer Window, United's Best XI, and Brighton
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Aug 04, 2022 |