The Tactics Show: Creativity Gap

No Question About That - a Manchester United podcast

Studio 1878

Sports, Soccer

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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#937 | Ed and Dharnish dig into Manchester United’s approach at Spurs - why they're struggling to create away from home. They break down recent lineup choices, substitution patterns, and the contrast between United’s home control and away struggles. There’s plenty of focus on how Amorim’s setup and tactical caution is stifling its own progress. The discussion moves through shape, roles, and execution - from the chaos after Casemiro departed, defensive shape, and the ongoing left wing-back conundrum. Amid the questions, Ed and Dharnish find signs of incremental improvement. 00:00 Introduction 01:37 Lineup and Setup 07:06 Away Form and Second-Half Drop-Offs 10:43 Patterns Emerging: Home vs Away 14:14 Set Pieces and Small Wins 18:47 Progress and Pragmatism Under Amorim 20:41 Casemiro’s Role and Limitations 22:14 Dalot Going Forward (and Backward) 26:05 The Left Wing-Back Dilemma 28:04 Supporting the Younger Players 28:55 Sesko's Fitness and Squad Depth 31:01 Closing Thoughts 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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0:38.2	Welcome to No Question about that.
0:41.5	This is the tactic show with me, Ed, and him Darnish.
0:42.7	How's it going, Darnish?
0:43.9	Good, good.
0:44.5	We're back.
0:48.9	We're back after some rancid, rancid technical issues last week.
0:51.3	I'm so tired of it.
1:12.6	I'm a journalist, but all I've done the whole week is like deal with technical issues. My phone doesn't work. My laptop doesn't work. I bought a new one today. I dealt with some guy at Curry's for an hour trying to sell me a MacBook. I was like, bro, no, just fucking sell me a laptop. No, no, MacBooks are that. That's the correct laptops I have. That's your problem, mate. You're playing the championship when you want to be in the Premier League. Yeah, I mean, but they're expensive. Like,
1:17.7	I don't, it's a club, but we don't have the funds. Do you know how much I spent on my MacBook?
1:23.8	I spent, there are probably 200 countries in the world whose average GDP per capita I spent on my MacBook.
1:32.6	No, you can not.
1:33.8	I know you.
1:35.0	Well, I mean, you've got to tell us now.
1:36.5	No, I'm not going to do it.
1:39.3	It's embarrassing.
1:40.3	Okay, tell us at the end of the podcast.
1:42.3	Yeah, yeah, off air. Off air. But it is for work, and I do a lot of video editing. So, anyway, let's talk about football rather than tech. We did have a lot of technical problems. You're not alone in that. Believe me, I recorded some pods this week with other people that were, there's a lot of technical problems too. Did you night have some technical problems or tactical problems?
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