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No Question About That - a Manchester United podcast

Playing for the Shirt

No Question About That - a Manchester United podcast

Studio 1878

Sports, Soccer

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2012

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

#127. Ed & Paul look back on United's matches against Stoke in the Premier League and SC Braga in Europe. Sir Alex Ferguson's team came away with two victories, but once again looked suspect at the back. Meanwhile, Rio Ferdinand and Ferguson were embroiled in a media row over the Kick It Out t-shirt that never was. Ferguson came within a whisker of a PR disaster, while Ferdinand maintained a quiet dignity. We analyse what the row means for United, Ferguson, Ferdinand and race relations in English football. We talk about David Gill's appointment to the FA and the inherent conflicts of interest involved, while we laud Ajax fans rejection of "modern football". And Wayne Rooney's endorsement of Barrack Obama - does that seal the presidential election?! Finally, we preview the week ahead with a double-header against Chelsea in the Premier League and Capital One CupNo 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, Fun, it's been incredibly fun. I mean, yeah, we are clearly starting a goal down for a lot of but the comebacks have been

0:35.1

amazing.

0:36.1

Gold down two goals down.

0:37.7

Yeah that game was ridiculous but I mean really to come back and win it in such completely unfussy dominant fashion was really nice to see and just

0:47.6

absolutely brilliant goals in that Stoke game and and and all three of the strikers on the

0:52.0

pitch getting on the old sheet.

0:53.6

Yeah, it was good to see and I thought actually all three of them were very, very good

0:57.6

for only Van Percy in Welbeck and although I'd say none of them actually really play this

1:02.4

traditional strikers.

1:03.4

There's an awful lot of flexibility in that formation.

1:05.7

It really worked for United in an attacking sense and once again the worry

1:09.3

albeit the back and United's pretty open midfield still allowing pressure to be put on the back

1:16.2

fore and that caused a real problem.

1:18.3

I mean it did indeed and not not so much the defenders defending as it were in that in that first game although we'll come

1:25.0

back to that with Braga I mean Rio was kind of at fault for the second stoke goal

1:29.8

wasn't he was sort of shoved out the way rather ingloriously but the defending as a team was problematic

1:36.9

and that midfield duo just just not doing the job in the Stoke game.

1:40.9

Right and we've spoken about this before it's a recurring theme isn't it it's very easy just to point the fingers at the back fore and yes Rio was exposed for those goals

1:50.1

it's not often that he's kind of physically beaten, but I guess as his legs get older and he ages that that might happen more often or it appears to be happening more often, but I think you're right. It's a team issue. It's a structure of United of midfield and Ferguson's tried to fix it by playing an

2:03.8

extremely narrow midfield at times that wasn't quite the case against Stoke but at times in

2:09.2

recent matches he's done that and it allows United to provide a little bit more protection in front of the back

2:14.5

for and there are core sacrifices involved with that. It all comes down to the fact that there still isn't

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