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Red Army Reaction
by Oh! Brother Studios
From the studio that brought you Oh! Brother comes a new Manchester United podcast. Adam and Nathan are life long reds, season ticket holders and will be providing their unique and expert takes on the nonsense that surrounds the biggest club in the world, as well as sometimes talking about football. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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I Used To Think That The Day Would Never Come - Bonus Episode
At last, the most knowledgeable and influential voices have their say on the Independent Commissions decision over the charges against Manchester City. The wait is over, and I think you'll be pretty surprised with our stance. Through barely suppressed glee, we discuss how we got here, what is all...
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Match Day 5 - Don't Need To Discuss Much
Four matches, one win, and the only clean piece of work now feels oddly distant. Sabah were eventually put away with the expected difference in quality, Sesko and Mbeumo scored, and the Champions League campaign began without alarm. Everything since has been harder to explain. City went down to…
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Match Day 3 - Slide By So Carelessly
United were seconds away from a second successive league win before Everton’s late equaliser turned a promising afternoon into another lesson in game management. We discuss Mbeumo’s consistency, Šeško’s first goal, Rashford’s encouraging return and the familiar defensive problems that allowed...
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Match Day 2 - Still On The Payroll
A first win of the season made Sunday at Old Trafford feel pleasantly familiar again. Ipswich were beaten, the early damage was repaired, and United could enjoy an afternoon without every old failing arriving at once. Still, one home victory cannot settle whether this side has truly improved or...
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Match Day 1 - Soft Like Summer Rain
Bruno Fernandes may be the most instinctive footballer United possess, which is both the attraction and the problem. Against Hull, every glance forward seemed to promise another early ball over the top. Tielemans had much the same idea, Cunha kept leaving the space a striker might occupy, and…
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Match Day 0 | When I Wake From Dreaming
We’re back, and as slick and polished as ever. Yes, the video cuts out halfway through. Yes, you can hear Nathan eating Sweet Chilli Peanuts throughout, but the effortless charm of two consummate professionals pulls you through. A long, hot summer has done little to make Manchester United easier…
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Match Day 38 - Sang Songs, Made Merry
There was something almost suspiciously pleasant about it all: clear skies, a soft final-day pace, and Brighton leaving the door open as though European football were no great concern. United took the invitation without fuss. The ball kept travelling to the right places, the game never quite…
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Match Day 37 - Stare Down These Eyes
Sun at Old Trafford does half the work on a day like this. The place was in the mood to forgive a few loose touches, indulge a bit of selfish play and enjoy a game that didn’t carry much jeopardy but still managed to be properly watchable. Forest played their part, especially through Anderson…
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Match Day 36 - Don’t Want To Wander
Weeks ago, Sunderland could have represented a crucial match in the run-in: a tough place to go, needing a result, against an opponent still fighting for every place they could get. That is not how it transpired. Both Sunderland and United concluded, probably correctly, that this game could not...
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Match Day 35 - Solidarity Can Be Difficult
Liverpool were dragged into a game that never let them get comfortable. United tore into it, scored twice before the visitors had worked out the pace of the afternoon, and spent the first half making the whole thing feel oddly one-sided. Cunha punished the loose ball with no fuss, Šeško got his...
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Match Day 34 - Talk of Opportunities
For fifteen minutes it looked as though United might put Brentford away early and save everyone the usual strain. They moved it well, found the openings, missed the obvious chance, and invited the kind of game Brentford relish: busy, physical, slightly chaotic, full of second balls and turnovers....
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Match Day 33 - Heed My Solution
There are few things more conducive to optimism than beating a direct rival away from home, and United did just that on Saturday night. After a limp return against Leeds, they travelled to Chelsea with half a defence missing, kept a clean sheet, and took a huge stride towards Champions League...
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Match Day 32 - Long Afloat on Shipless Oceans
After a month of waiting, United came back looking like a side that had misplaced its thread. Leeds arrived sharper, louder and far more certain on the night, scored early, struck again, and left Old Trafford with a win that felt deserved. We go into why it went wrong and why it felt so flat....
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Match Day 31.5 - Busy, Busy World
After an absurdly long break between matches, we’re back with a slightly rusty general chat: United’s time in Dublin, the weirdness of going so long without a game, and why too much rest might not be the blessing it’s made out to be. We also get into the FA Cup quarter-finals, Liverpool being...
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Match Day 31 - Increasing Heartbeat
We look back on an infuriating but ultimately survivable point at Bournemouth, where United were decent for long spells, Bruno was Bruno from the spot, and the referee contrived to become far more central to the evening than anyone would have liked. There’s plenty on the two penalty decisions…
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Match Day 30 - Action Is Eloquence
We look back on a cold, damp but ultimately rather pleasant afternoon at Old Trafford, where United saw off Villa with a minimum of panic and a fairly healthy amount of control. Also, Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro, whose influence once again shaped the game, as well as Sesko’s latest goal…
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Match Day 29 - Someday It Will Come To You
Slightly belatedly, we look back to Newcastle, where United, presented with the considerable luxury of playing against ten men, made the evening feel like an exercise in self-sabotage, with refereeing oddities, a needless penalty and a performance that gently squeezed the breaks on the Michael...
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Match Day 28 - Life in the Hive
Another three points for Carrick’s United, though this one was more grind than glow. We look at a flat first half, Palace’s early set‑piece goal and how United slowly wrestled control before Šeško’s header from a brilliant Bruno Fernandes cross sealed it. There’s plenty on the VAR…
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Match Day 27 - The Future Is As Good As Sealed
A soggy, scrappy night at Goodison gives us another data point on Carrick’s United: not fluent or fun this time but reliably hard to beat and capable of nicking games with one proper bit of quality. We break down a first half of little rhythm, the earlier Šeško change, and the Cunha–Mbuemo–Šeško...
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Match Day 26 - What happens If I Don’t Like it?
Off the back of a flat West Ham draw and an even flatter first half, we take stock of Carrick’s United at the point where “new manager bounce” meets reality. There are clearer ideas and better control than before, but the soft goals, the lack of box presence, and the squad’s physical limits still...
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Match Day 25 - Innocent Eye, Innocent heart
This was more a match about competence than brilliance. The opposition going down to 10 men is not the guarantee it may be seen as, as this United team proved against Everton. But with Spurs, we saw an accomplished, professional performance with little drama. Goals from Mbeumo and Bruno, and...
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Match Day 24 - Getting Better
United spent most of the afternoon looking like a team that knows what it is doing. The press was sharp, the midfield compact, and Fulham found little joy between the lines. Two goals felt like a fair reflection of the control exerted, even if the chances had been few. Then the final minutes...
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Match Day 23 - A Certain Romance
At the Emirates, United did something unfamiliar: they controlled the danger. Arsenal had the ball, but mostly the wrong shots; United had fewer looks, but the right ones. They went behind, didn’t wobble, and stayed disciplined enough to keep the chances low-quality at both ends. Limited, but...
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Match Day 22 - Won’t Get Fooled Again
This derby felt like more than a win; it felt like a shift. Under Michael Carrick, United did not cling on against Manchester City - they stood up to them, played with nerve, and took control when it mattered. This week, we look back at a match won in moments. United showed composure, calmness…
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Match Day 21 - The Charm Is Broken
The margins at Manchester United remain razor-thin. Under Darren Fletcher, after Ruben Amorim’s departure, the gap between what our forwards can muster and what our defenders allow is far too narrow. Football’s variance means most of our games will stay competitive, and we won’t reliably go on…
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Match Day 20 - An Unexpected Journey
An episode we weren’t expecting to make any time soon, a changing of the guard is afoot at Old Trafford. After another poor result, but mainly after an explosive press conference, Ruben Amorim was relieved of his duties on Monday morning, and we pick through the bones of it here. Not a period…
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Christmas Special - Through The Red Door
Merry Christmas Pod-fans, for this festive treat we decided to join up with Oh! Brother, a Fall podcast, for that grandest of Boxing Day traditions, a family quiz! Hosted by the inimitable Terry Christian, an authoritative voice for all things Music and Football, our two almost specialist…
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Match Day 16 & 17 - The Quick and The Dead
With the Bournemouth game still fresh in our memory and Aston Villa providing a more familiar measuring stick, we take stock of a Manchester United side that is at least beginning to show some personality again. The results may not be perfect, but there are clearer patterns, more attacking…
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Match Day 14 and 15 - A Tale of Two Cities
At Old Trafford against West Ham, it was the familiar story: control without conviction, a decent spell and a good goal, only for a late equaliser to drag United back into the pack and drag the mood straight back down with it. At Molineux, a turgid first half gave way to genuine quality in the...
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Match Day 13 - Hollow Men
The calendar turns, the year edges toward its close, and Manchester United are still trying to work out exactly what they are. At Selhurst Park, they at least remembered how to respond. A goal down to Crystal Palace, rattled by a first half that echoed the Everton fiasco, they found a way back...
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Match Day 12 - To Be Weak Is Miserable
The international break is over, the visit from Everton has been and gone, and Manchester United have reminded us once again that progress is rarely a straight line. On Monday night at Old Trafford we saw, in 90 minutes, most of what defines this team at the moment: flashes of control, long…
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Match Day 11.5 - Across The Universe
As the international break draws to a close and we prepare for United’s trip to Everton on Monday night, we take a look around the wider world of United and football in general to see what life is like outside the bubble of mediocrity that is the Manchester United men’s first team. We then…
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Match Day 11 - There Is No New Thing
Another game, another uneasy blend of promise and regression, leaving us once more uncertain whether we’re witnessing the end of one cycle or the quiet beginning of another. United showed signs of progress, skill, and resilience - earning a draw in a match they often would have lost over the past...
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Match Day 10 - Nothing Gold Can Stay
Less a crumbling than a slight erosion, United’s draw with Forest served as a reminder that form is temporary and must be constantly maintained. Amorim’s team still move in short bursts, showing flashes of competence followed by moments of mediocrity. Is the draw a return to a side uncertain of...
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Match Day 9 - Blessed with Effortlessness
As the nights draw in, an unfamiliar feeling seeps in through the bones of Old Trafford. For the first time since perhaps the Carabao Cup Final of 2023, Manchester United resemble a team in form, thanks in no small part to two quality forwards that joined the club this summer. A third win in a…
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Match Day 8 - When Skies Are Grey
There are few maladies that a win at Anfield won’t soothe. After stuttering and faltering for much of this season, United finally produced their first unqualified good result on Sunday - going to the home of the champions and leaving with three points. Adam and Nathan digest, dissect, and...
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Match Day 7 - A Far, Far Better Thing
A slow climb out of the darkness began on Saturday, as Manchester United finally managed to resemble a competent team. In changeable weather at Old Trafford, they produced the kind of routine victory over Sunderland that has been a rarity in the past year. But all is not yet mended. A trip to...
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Match Day 6 - The Waste Land
Arsène Wenger once spoke of managers being in a "permanent tribunal". This is what Amorim's term at Manchester United has felt like: buying himself a week's grace but never exceeding it. After a stuttering victory against Chelsea, United traveled to Brentford needing to prove that they could…
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Match Day 5 - There Will Come Soft Rains
After a wet and windy night in Manchester, Adam and Nathan pore over a chaotic game that did more to confuse than clarify. In dreadful conditions, mistakes were rife, and United were uncharacteristic in their ability to capitalise, aided by some poor decisions from both players and managers in...
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Match Day 4 - Yer Blues
United's trip across the city ended in another lifeless performance, with any early promise being trodden down by the behemoth that is Erling Haaland. Massive, ruthless, and with robot-like efficiency, Adam and Nathan set out to unpick the issues shown not only by this game, but by nearly a year…
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Match Day 3 - Grim Times
After an unconvincing first two games, Manchester United traveled to Cleethorpes needing a statement performance to blow away the cobwebs and kick-start the season. What they conjured up instead was a statement saying: "We don’t know what we’re doing — please put us out of our misery." Adam and...
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Match Day 2 - Off The Mark
A trip to Craven Cottage ended in disappointment, and a distinct whiff of last seasons problems wafts through the room. Adam and Nathan consider what can be done to kick start a faltering season, after initial optimism has faded away. We look to the market, more out of hope than expectation, and…
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Match Day 1 - Turkish Delight
Adam and Nathan break down United's plucky defeat to Arsenal. Are there green shoots of progress, or is it more a case of flattering to deceive? We discuss what went well and what still needs work. Familiar mistakes reared their heads, and the goalkeeping situation remains very much unresolved.…
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Match Day 0 - Season Preview
Adam and Nathan discuss Manchester United's preseason tour, transfer business, and preparations for the start of the season. Four players have come through the door, while five have been frozen out. The mood among United fans is cautiously optimistic—or, more realistically, that the only way is…
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From the studio that brought you Oh! Brother comes a new Manchester United podcast. Adam and Nathan are life long reds, season ticket holders and will be providing their unique and expert takes on the nonsense that surrounds the biggest club in the world, as well as sometimes talking about football.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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