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No Question About That - a Manchester United podcast

Paying the Ugly Tax

No Question About That - a Manchester United podcast

Studio 1878

Sports, Soccer

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2010

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

#38. We take a look at the weekend's fixture against Everton at Goodison Park, where the focus will be on (alleged) hooker-buying striker Wayne Rooney. We talk international football - Carlos Quieroz and Ryan Giggs - and finally the pod delves into the murky waters of overseas accents. Is Sccchteve McClaren still talking Double Dutch?No Question About That is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music and all good podcast apps. We really appreciate your support. Please hit that subscribe button, leave a rating and write us a review! Talk to us on Twitter and Instagram. No Question About That is produced by the award-winning Tom Jenkins.  If you are interested in supporting the show and accessing some cool rewards, check out our crowdfunding page and become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The So, All have you ever been forced to spend 1,200 pounds on a hooker?

0:31.3

No, I wouldn't do something like that that's not the kind of person I am and

0:38.2

ÂŁ1 a week blow me I didn't realize it was quite that bad I thought it was something of a one-off at

0:44.5

least what's been talked about in the press can we just like get it out of the way

0:48.6

and not talk about it very much because I find the whole thing very distasteful and unpleasant and most of all I just find it very sad

0:56.3

because whatever the you know facts are of the situation and however it relates to football in some way what's really sad is that this is a family and

1:06.3

Relationships and family dynamics are such a

1:09.2

Incredibly complex and multifaceted thing that it's easy to make snap judgmental positions on them

1:16.5

but you know until you've walked a mile in someone's shoes etc etc so yeah the

1:21.1

whole thing's very distasteful and sad.

1:23.4

Well it is yes and I guess my take on it has been twofold.

1:27.4

One as a united fan what does this mean for the club and two I guess I've kind of looked on the whole world of

1:36.2

media with interest and I guess that's how I covered it on the blog this

1:41.0

we get like many people like to use, think it's really none of my

1:45.3

business what goes on in this man's private life, except for he's a very well paid employee

1:52.1

of Manchester United and as a quote unquote brand ambassador

1:56.5

this doesn't look very good for the club and and it's another family probably going to end up

2:01.9

broken up and on the scrap heap and all of that and that's very

2:04.7

sad.

2:05.7

But I have to say I find a lot of the media coverage extremely distasteful.

2:09.3

I mean, let's just take the news of the world and I guess we shouldn't expect them to be tasteful in any way.

2:14.8

They're a pathetic organisation in the news of the world. They, you know,

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