United’s Ongoing Mess, Brentford Buzzing & A Drab Affair At The Emirates

The Rest Is Football

Goalhanger

Soccer, Sports, Football

4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Were Manchester United right to sack Ruben Amorim? Gary, Alan and Micah debate whether United need to follow the model of Manchester City, Arsenal and Aston Villa, backing long-serving managers with real influence over recruitment — and ask the big question: when will the problems at Old Trafford finally end? Praise is also heaped on Keith Andrews at Brentford, who has enjoyed an outstanding season, with his side sitting 5th and just two points off the top four. The panel also discuss the cagey affair at the Emirates. While it ended in a draw, the point keeps Arsenal six points clear of Manchester City, who were held by Brighton for the third league game in a row. The Rest Is Football is powered by Fuse Energy. To sign up and for terms and conditions, visit fuseenergy.com/football. Join The Players Lounge: The official fantasy football club of The Rest Is Football. It’s time to take on Gary, Alan and Micah for the chance to win monthly prizes and shoutouts on the pod. It’s FREE to join and as a member, you’ll get access to exclusive tips from Fantasy Football Hub including AI-powered team ratings, transfer tips, and expert team reveals to help you climb the table - plus access to our private Slack community. Sign up today at therestisfootball.com. https://therestisfootball.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=episode_description&utm_content=link_cta For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is powered by Fuse Energy. Winter is all about energy. Switching on Christmas lights,
0:06.8	warming your home for a cozy night in, keeping the TV on for all the festive fixtures.
0:12.9	And Fuse keeps things simple thanks to their fixed rates, cheap tariffs and 24-7 support.
0:19.8	Better yet, Alan. Fuse is the fastest growing energy company in the UK, and you can play a part
0:25.6	in building the infrastructure for clean, affordable energy by referring LantaFuse for renewables development.
0:32.6	Not only will you claim your place on the starting line- lineup of the Clean Energy Revolution, you can earn
0:38.9	a £2,000 reward by referring 20 acres or more of land to fuse for solar projects.
0:45.9	They're building a system that proves renewable power can be affordable, scalable in practice,
0:52.5	and accessible to everyone, not just an idea on a tactics board.
0:57.0	For more information about land referrals and energy powering the full festive fixture list, head to land at fuseenergy.com. Hello and welcome to The Rest is Football with Micah Richards, Alan Shearer and me, Gary Linneker.
1:21.8	We're recording, well, it's quite complicated actually.
1:25.5	We're recording this part of the episode after the Arsenal Liverpool game on Thursday night.
1:33.5	Hopefully you'll be listening to this on Friday.
1:36.5	But we also know, of course, that there were eight games played yesterday
1:40.4	and one on Tuesday.
1:42.4	That's Wednesday and Tuesday.
1:45.1	And we're covering those, but we thought we put them in the second half because obviously
1:49.7	this was a big game.
1:51.5	And it also gave us more chance to edit it so we can make sure you got it nice and early
1:56.1	on your way to work or the dog walk or the school run or whatever it is you listen to them.
2:02.7	So that's our explanation.
2:05.0	But after all that, you know, waiting for this big game, it was, I would say, slightly
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