S9 E33: Momentum builds (Aston Villa, 2-1)

Manchester United have won four games in a row! Scott McTominay wins another game for Erik ten Hag’s side, who remain five points behind Aston Villa and six behind Spurs but have found some momentum. Rasmus Hojlund’s unstoppable scoring march continues to help United achieve a rare away victory at a top-eight side, a first since 2021.
With that damning statistic in mind, the key question to ask today - beyond how satisfying was that - is whether this 2-1 victory at Villa Park is a sign of something sustainable or a one-off? Is this harking back to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s sides in many ways? Or should we look over some poor moments in an intense 90-minute match given the end result was so good and so valuable?
All of that, plus much, much more is answered by hosts Harry Robinson and Jack Tait on the latest episode of the Manchester United Weekly Podcast where we’ll also be playing Guess the Player, giving you an extensive Academy Briefing and previewing Sunday’s away match at Luton Town. We also talk Old Trafford. Wembley of the North? That’s what they’re saying. Rebuild, renovate, demolish, move - what options do we favour?
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Manchester United have won four games in a row! Scott McTominay wins another game for Erik ten Hag’s side, who remain five points behind Aston Villa and six behind Spurs but have found some momentum. Rasmus Hojlund’s unstoppable scoring march continues to help United achieve a rare away victory at a top-eight side, a first since 2021.

With that damning statistic in mind, the key question to ask today - beyond how satisfying was that - is whether this 2-1 victory at Villa Park is a sign of something sustainable or a one-off? Is this harking back to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s sides in many ways? Or should we look over some poor moments in an intense 90-minute match given the end result was so good and so valuable?

All of that, plus much, much more is answered by hosts Harry Robinson and Jack Tait on the latest episode of the Manchester United Weekly Podcast where we’ll also be playing Guess the Player, giving you an extensive Academy Briefing and previewing Sunday’s away match at Luton Town. We also talk Old Trafford. Wembley of the North? That’s what they’re saying. Rebuild, renovate, demolish, move - what options do we favour?

Our Patrons get a bonus 15-20 minute Q&A in which we answer questions like ‘Is McTominay the new Smalling?’, ‘why hasn’t Ten Hag implemented a successful plan?’ ‘if Ten Hag could give out a managers’ player of the year award who would he give it to, and why is it Scott McTominay’ ‘are there opposition players you’ve begrudgingly enjoyed watching from rivals?’ ‘what are De Gea and Phil Jones doing?’ ‘which striker should United sign next?’ And that’s not even it - there's much more!

If you want to listen to that bonus section every week and get ad-free episodes and help support our work as we near our 10th series, you can do so by going to patreon.com/UnitedWeeklyPodcast. It costs just a few quid a month and you get to join a lovely little community of Reds from across the world.

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