Pre-season ponderings - Part One (S10 E1)

Hosts Harry Robinson and Jack Tait come together to watch Manchester United’s final friendly of pre-season, against Liverpool. While watching the game, they go through the key talking points of a busy summer, including: Erik ten Hag’s contract extension A new coaching set-up, including the much-loved Ruud van Nistelrooy The signings of Joshua Zirkzee and Leny Yoro The implementation of a new football structure above Ten Hag with Dan Ashworth and Jason Wilcox joining Omar Berrada Stand-out performances in pre-season from Amad What next for Toby Collyer and Harry Amass In Part Two of the episode, recorded in the second half, the two Reds talk: More transfers, including what Leny Yoro was like on his first day at the club, with insight from Harry, who interviewed him for United’s club media How Zirkzee could fit into the team with Hojlund and Bruno, and why his signing reminds us of Mason Mount last summer Speculation around a major Academy transfer, and another awaiting confirmation What this 3-0 defeat to Liverpool means, if anything Our Patrons get an extra 30 minutes of conversation on the EUROs, Olympics, transfers, De Ligt, Ugarte and much more. Sign up for as little as £1.50 a month here and help support the show in our tenth series. Subscribe to Harry’s weekly newsletter here: harryrobinson.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The original half-hour Manchester United podcast, delivering waffle-free analysis from two lifelong Reds - one an Old Trafford season ticket holder, the other watching from afar - since 2016. With unrivalled Academy insight, immersive audio from the games and balanced post-match analysis, fans describe it as "easy to absorb", "insightful", "well put together", "measured and educated", "passionate", "entertaining", "extremely knowledgeable" and "brutally honest, no pandering, they make you feel part of the conversation.” Past interviews have included Paul Scholes, Michael Carrick, Mike Phelan and Millie Turner, as well as regular insight from journalists like Andy Mitten, Paul Hirst, Simon Peach and Jon Mackenzie. Get bonus content on Patreon