How can Man United challenge for the Premier League?
5/21/20261 hr 4 min
Apparently, there have been a couple of domestic trophies decided this week... no, us neither. While Manchester United have made significant progress in the Premier League, it would be nice to be the ones celebrating this time next year. How can that be achieved?
Obviously, the big question is on midfield recruitment, and we may be getting closer to some answers there. It would also seem that Michael Carrick and the current coaching staff, with a strong United influence, are the answer in the dugout. But are there other lessons we can learn from rivals, both those succeeding and the ones experiencing difficulties.
One thing league winners do, we've learned this week, is get results on the south coast. Bruno and co head to Brighton in the sunshine, as usual, and they will NOT be heading to the beach, but to the Amex where they haven't always had it their own way of late. Time to change that.
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First 90 secondsIan Irving· Host0:00
[gentle music] The Athletic FC. [upbeat music] This is "Talk of the Devils," the athletic show dedicated to Manchester United coming up today. It's been a quiet week for United in some ways, but across the Premier League, a lot has happened. A lot could yet happen in the remainder of this season. At Manchester United's rivals, we've got the uncertainty over Pep Guardiola. Uh, we've obviously got Arsenal being confirmed as Premier League champions and what United might be able to learn from that. The situation to Chelsea, at Liverpool. There's lots of different things going on, and lots of managers set to move. So we're gonna take a look at exactly how that could affect Manchester United going forward. And to do that, we have got a bumper panel. Look at this. Didn't know we had the insurance to get all these four in the same room at the same time. So we've got Carl and Andy on this side, Critch and Laurie on this side. Um, we've all been playing, if we look a little c- more casual than normal. We've all been playing at Old Trafford in a media game, which we might bore you with the details a little bit later on. But yeah, look at, look at us, eh? Look at us, all of us together.
Laurie Whitwell· Panelist1:15
I'm knackered. I need this seat. I'm not moving from this seat for a good hour.
Ian Irving· Host1:18
[laughs] Yeah. I think we all feel a little bit like that. Um, what have you made of everything this week, Andy? Because it's been, it's been quiet from a United perspective, like we said, but observing everything,