Carrick’s United go for four in a row against Spurs
Talk of the Devils: The Athletic FC's Manchester United show
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🗓️ 5 February 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Lads, it's Tottenham. It's a well-worn phrase for a team that shouldn't be taken seriously; but what to make of this current Spurs team. They remain firmly in the bottom half of the Premier League table and fans are on the edge of mutiny, yet they have sailed through to the last 8 of the Champions League. And, let's not forget, they beat Manchester United four times last season.
Instead of that four, let's think about how Michael Carrick can make it four wins in a row. Will he stick with the Fulham line-up, a hungry Cunha and Luke Shaw included, or will he give matchwinner Benjamin Sesko a starting berth?
On the pitch, things are looking up. Off it, however, the football performances may have started to feed into commercial performance. Record revenues may mask a less competitive outfit with Liverpool and Manchester City both overtaking United in the Deloitte Football Money League. We look at some of the questions facing business leaders behind the scenes.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FFC. |
| 0:19.1 | This is Talk of Devils, the Oedatic show dedicated to Manchester United. |
| 0:23.7 | Come up in today's episode, we are going to rule the roost over Manchester Night's commercial revenue |
| 0:28.1 | and seeing whether or not a season of no European football is really hurting the bank balance. |
| 0:33.2 | We're also going to preview United's game against Hot Spurr and whether or not |
| 0:36.1 | Carrickside can get revenge for a disappointing four defeats to Spurs last season. |
| 0:41.7 | And it's stick or twist. |
| 0:43.6 | Manchester United attacks are getting better. |
| 0:45.4 | Should Saskia come off the bench and start on Saturday? |
| 0:53.2 | Right then, as you may have noticed, we're doing a little bit of squad rotation here |
| 0:57.2 | Ian is taking another short break so I'm stepping into hosting duties but we do |
| 1:02.5 | thankfully get to welcome back another beloved cast member and Anthe sent an email going |
| 1:08.6 | where is Lawrence James Whitwell the the shining beacon of the podcast? |
| 1:12.6 | So, hello, how are you? Laurie, welcome back. |
| 1:17.8 | Wow, what a compliment, the shining beacon. |
| 1:20.5 | Well, I don't know if that's just because I've got the ring light shining in my face right now and I'm quite pasty-skinned. |
| 1:27.3 | But, yeah, nice to be back |
| 1:29.2 | thank you for having me on sorry I've been away but yeah listen when when commercial revenue gets |
| 1:34.3 | brought up I am straight in there I can't wait to discuss such exciting suffix couldn't let me have |
| 1:40.7 | this one could you just couldn't let me just have it to myself, my own little thing. |
| 1:44.8 | In truth, it's United have won three games in a row. That doesn't happen all that often in recent years. So that's why I actually really want to come back and discuss what we're seeing on the pitch. But I'm sure we'll get to that in time. Absolutely. And for those wondering where you've been? Looking after babies. I'm on paternity leave basically |
| 2:01.5 | so yeah juggling a couple now |
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