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No Question About That - a Manchester United podcast

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Sports, Soccer

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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#938 | Ed and Isabel sift through the international break - an actual competitive one, for a change, instead of the usual collection of meaningless jog-arounds. There’s chat about who impressed - such as Scott McTominay’s Scotland heroics, Bruno stat-padding for fun, and a few others looked vaguely competent for their countries. The mood dips with a look at United Women, who’ve hit a bump in recent games, raising familiar questions about depth, investment, and the club’s mixedpriorities. Ed and Isabel dig into Steven Torpey's academy comments, the gap between pipeline and first team, and why the idea of giving young players a chance at United feels more theoretical right now. There’s also a look at Rúben Amorim’s tweaks - signs of progress, signs of stubbornness, and the sense that the January window might be held together by crossed fingers. The pod closes with an Everton preview: a winnable match that has to go United's way given that European qualification isn’t optional; it’s the minimum. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:18 International Break – Real Stakes for Once 02:20 McTominay: Neapolitan Goal Machine 06:12 Qualifiers, Steve McClaren, Accidental Nostalgia 08:54 United Women’s Recent Dip 11:02 Steven Torpey, the Academy, Pipeline Problems 17:45 Amorim’s Progress and Tactical Shifts 29:51 Squad Depth, January Speculation 34:39 Everton Preview 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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0:53.3	Welcome to No Question About that. This is the Midweek Pod packed show today with Isabel. It's been a while, Isbel. How are you doing?
1:02.5	Yeah, I'm very well. Thank you. How are you? Pretty good. Yeah. I don't know about you, but I really enjoyed this international break because there were some, there were stakes.
1:11.6	I think the thing that some of the international breaks, when it's like early in the qualifying or it's just friendlies, it just doesn't mean anything.
1:18.7	And I struggle to kind of care, basically.
1:21.7	But this was good, I thought.
1:24.4	Yeah, no, I'm the same.
1:25.7	I think England are just so boring sometimes, but I think
1:29.5	when, yeah, when you are fighting for something, it does make it more interesting. And there was some
1:33.6	good matches. So as long as, you know, we're performing well enough, that's, that's all I could
1:39.7	ask for right now. And then obviously I'm excited for the World Cup. I'm looking forward to it.
1:44.1	There are quite a few games here. I'm looking forward to it.
1:50.5	There are quite a few games here. I should go, but prices are insane. I'm just going to wait for the prices to come down a little bit on the dynamic pricing, because I'm sure there'll be gaps at
1:55.0	$500 a ticket. Yeah. Madness. I know. I mean, the England games, I watched both them, and they were both quite dull. England, they're a very tutual side, aren't they? Already, they're very efficient. And they should do well in this tournament because they don't conceive any goals. But they're not that exciting. No, they're not. And they haven't been, to be honest, for a while. So I'm not expecting too much. I mean,
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