Rant Cast

How big is your dick? No, go on, tell us. Some Manchester United fans think Romelu Lukaku’s is rather large. Far too many have forgotten the tragic past and present that particular racial stereotype represents. Ed & Paul dissect the controversy and tell fellow fans to just stop. Now. In more positive news, there’s a review of United’s thumping win over Burton Albion in the League Cup, and the ugly win at Southampton, where José Mourinho reverted to type, but the Reds came away with the points. The lads preview United’s trip to CSKA Moscow in midweek, take your very many questions, and in bonus content look at some favourite iconic players from the past 20 years.   If you are interested in supporting the show, and accessing some cool rewards, check out our Patreon crowdfunding page. We are currently running our first stretch goals campaign. Talk to us on Twitter: Paul – @UtdRantCast, Ed – @UnitedRant. Rant Cast is produced by Tom Jenkins – TEEJSOUND / @Teejsound

Standard. Sure, it may have taken three goals in the last seven minutes to break Everton, but Manchester United 4 is fast becoming the most popular scoreline this season. It was also the day Wayne Rooney returned to Old Trafford – he was mostly confused about his position. Ed & Paul look back on United’s victory over Everton, together with the midweek Champions League game against Basel, and last week’s frustrating draw at Stoke City. There’s a preview of the Reds’ games with Burton Albion in the League Cup and next weekend’s Premier League match at Southampton. And, as always, the lads go through plenty of listener questions.   If you are interested in supporting the show, and accessing some cool rewards, check out our Patreon crowdfunding page. We are currently running our first stretch goals campaign. Talk to us on Twitter: Paul – @UtdRantCast, Ed – @UnitedRant. Rant Cast is produced by Tom Jenkins – TEEJSOUND / @Teejsound

Ed and Paul look back at the international bre…well, they think very briefly about looking back at the international break,  take as many listener questions as they could possibly get into the show and preview United’s trip to Stoke. They break down the transfer window for each of the top six, Paul has a long chat with Daniel Storey of Football 365 about his new book Portrait of an Icon and for backers there is bonus content on Mark Hughes.   If you are interested in supporting the show, and accessing some cool rewards, check out our Patreon crowdfunding page. We are currently running our first stretch goals campaign. Talk to us on Twitter: Paul – @UtdRantCast, Ed – @UnitedRant. Rant Cast is produced by Tom Jenkins – TEEJSOUND / @Teejsound

Only 2-0? Mourinho out! No, but seriously, Ed and Paul look back on United’s win over Leicester, exactly the kind of game the team would have drawn last season, discuss the Return of the Zlat, Rooney’s international retirement and take a lot of listener questions. There’s some chat about United news in general, a cursory mention of the international break and, for Patreon backers, there’s a tour through Rooney’s international tournament career.   If you are interested in supporting the show, and accessing some cool rewards, check out our Patreon crowdfunding page. We are currently running our first stretch goals campaign. Talk to us on Twitter: Paul – @UtdRantCast, Ed – @UnitedRant. Rant Cast is produced by Tom Jenkins – TEEJSOUND / @Teejsound

Well, that was fun! Ed and Paul look back over Manchester United’s 4-0 victory over Swansea City, revel in the 3 minutes of glorious football which brought about the comfortable scoreline and sing the praises of United’s start to the season. Tougher tests await, but it’s fun for now.  There are a ton of listener questions, a chat about former champions Leicester City who await Jose Mourinho’s ruthless 4-0 army at Old Trafford on Saturday, and all the usual nonsense. Backers can also enjoy an extended chat about United’s magical 1993/94 side. Enjoy!   If you are interested in supporting the show, and accessing some cool rewards, check out our Patreon crowdfunding page. We are currently running our first stretch goals campaign. Talk to us on Twitter: Paul – @UtdRantCast, Ed – @UnitedRant. Rant Cast is produced by Tom Jenkins – TEEJSOUND / @Teejsound

Manchester United are back, baby! We’re good again! Or, at least, good enough to smash a lacklustre West Ham United side into tiny pieces at Old Trafford. Ed and Paul look back at the game and discuss Big Rom making his home debut and bursting all the Hammers’ bubbles, Anthony Martial being brilliant for 10 minutes, Marcus Rashford being brilliant for 80 minutes and United just generally being brilliant for most of the game.  On top of that we take listener questions and offer a typically perfunctory preview of the Swansea game next weekend, have a look at the amazing opening weekend of the Premier League in general and for bonus content subscribers spend 20 minutes waxing lyrical about the best United debuts.   If you are interested in supporting the show, and accessing some cool rewards, check out our Patreon crowdfunding page. We are currently running our first stretch goals campaign. Talk to us on Twitter: Paul – @UtdRantCast, Ed – @UnitedRant. Rant Cast is produced by Tom Jenkins – TEEJSOUND / @Teejsound

It has been 58 days since the final Rant Cast of the 2016/17 season. Two months in which Ed and Paul kicked back and enjoyed the beach in anticipation of an inevitable World War III. Yet, with the planet still in one piece, there must be another Rant Cast. On this week’s show Ed and Paul look back on a busy summer: a tour of the USA, Norway and Ireland, transfers in and out, and defeat to Real Madrid in the Super Cup. There’s a preview of the season ahead, some inaccurate predictions, and look ahead to the weekend’s game against West Ham United.   If you are interested in supporting the show, and accessing some cool rewards, check out our Patreon crowdfunding page. We are currently running our first stretch goals campaign. Talk to us on Twitter: Paul – @UtdRantCast, Ed – @UnitedRant. Rant Cast is produced by Tom Jenkins – TEEJSOUND / @Teejsound

For the third of this summer’s Rant Cast specials, Paul gets Michael Cox of Zonal Marking on the line, to talk about his excellent new book The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nine. It was a really entertaining chat, highlighting just how much Manchester United, and Sir Alex Ferguson in particular, have dominated that particular story.     If you are interested in supporting the show, and accessing some cool rewards, check out our Patreon crowdfunding page. We are currently running our first stretch goals campaign. Talk to us on Twitter: Paul – @UtdRantCast, Ed – @UnitedRant. Rant Cast is produced by Tom Jenkins – TEEJSOUND / @Teejsound

A couple of weeks ago, Paul sat down with Adam McKola of Full Time Devils to chat about his history with the club and his very specific job as the man who asks United fans what they think just after games. They talk the early days of United Rant, Beckham, Giggs and Andy Tate, accompanied by the sounds of Handsworth Park, where the interview was recorded.     If you are interested in supporting the show, and accessing some cool rewards, check out our Patreon crowdfunding page. We are currently running our first stretch goals campaign. Talk to us on Twitter: Paul – @UtdRantCast, Ed – @UnitedRant. Rant Cast is produced by Tom Jenkins – TEEJSOUND / @Teejsound  

We promised some stuff in your podcast feed during the summer, and never let it be said we do not deliver on our promises, except sometimes. Paul talks to Tom Coast of Sport Witness about the summer transfer rumours so far; what’s credible, what’s nonsense, and why Duncan Castles is reporting that Jose Mourinho is unhappy. Paul and Tom talk Matic, Perisic, Morata, Lukaku (a bit), the fanboy’s favourite Fabinho and, of course, Cristiano Ronaldo and Tom assesses the state of play for each of these key rumours. Whether you’ve been trawling over every report or have kept a healthy distance from the rumour mill, there should be something in here for you. Over the next few weeks some more summer specials will appear – chats with Iain Macintosh, Adam McKola and Michael Cox, and maybe even a couple more. Stay tuned!   If you are interested in supporting the show, and accessing some cool rewards, check out our Patreon crowdfunding page. We are currently running our first stretch goals campaign. Talk to us on Twitter: Paul – @UtdRantCast, Ed – @UnitedRant. Rant Cast is produced by Tom Jenkins – TEEJSOUND / @Teejsound

It has been three weeks in the making, but here it is – the final Rant Cast of the season. This week Ed & Paul look back on the past 10 months of football. The highs, the lows, the THREE trophies won. As always, there’s the much coveted (not at all coveted) RANT CAST AWARDS: Goal of the Season, Goalkeeper of the Season, Defender of the Season, Midfielder of the Season, Attacker of the Season, and Player of the Season. New this season: Shithousery of the Season! Thank you for listening over the past year. This summer we’ll keep the Rant Cast feed lively with interviews and the occasional podcast. Back for a full season of weekly shows in August. Special thanks to all our Patreon backers. Look out for this week’s special content and two meet ups over the summer in Manchester and London!   If you are interested in supporting the show, and accessing some cool rewards, check out our Patreon crowdfunding page. We are currently running our first stretch goals campaign. Talk to us on Twitter: Paul – @UtdRantCast, Ed – @UnitedRant. Rant Cast is produced by Tom Jenkins – TEEJSOUND / @Teejsound

This week’s Rant Cast focuses on one thing: the Europa League final. Much like the team, Ed & Paul have been phoning in recent shows in order to ensure full fitness for this special length preview of Wednesday’s game. The pod also includes an interview with Dutch football pundit Michiel Jongsma.   If you are interested in supporting the show, and accessing some cool rewards, check out our Patreon crowdfunding page. We are currently running our first stretch goals campaign. Talk to us on Twitter: Paul – @UtdRantCast, Ed – @UnitedRant. Rant Cast is produced by Tom Jenkins – TEEJSOUND / @Teejsound

It should be a joyous moment, with thousands of Reds getting ready for the Europa League final in Stockholm next week. And yet, José Mourinho’s team is doing a fine job of dampening the mood. In this week’s pod, Ed and Paul look back at the Reds’ uninspiring matches against Celta Vigo at Old Trafford and Tottenham Hotspur in London. There’s a bumper round of listener questions and a brief look ahead to the thoroughly meaningless games against Southampton and Crystal Palace in the Premier League.   If you are interested in supporting the show, and accessing some cool rewards, check out our Patreon crowdfunding page. We are currently running our first stretch goals campaign. Talk to us on Twitter: Paul – @UtdRantCast, Ed – @UnitedRant. Rant Cast is produced by Tom Jenkins – TEEJSOUND / @Teejsound

In the fortnight since the last Rant Cast Jose Mourinho has executed on a seemingly long-held plan: to bet everything on Manchester United winning the Europa League, at the expense of domestic league success. Draws with Manchester and Swansea City, then defeat at Arsenal has all but ensured a fourth successive season outside the top three. Ed & Paul look back on a series of uninspiring performances in the League, and the relative success of a 1-0 victory at Celta Vigo. As always, there’s plenty of listener questions, and a look ahead to games against Celta at Old Trafford and Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane. For backers, bonus content looking back on the 1995/6 season.   If you are interested in supporting the show, and accessing some cool rewards, check out our Patreon crowdfunding page. We are currently running our first stretch goals campaign. Talk to us on Twitter: Paul – @UtdRantCast, Ed – @UnitedRant. Rant Cast is produced by Tom Jenkins – TEEJSOUND / @Teejsound

Manchester United scored victory over Anderlecht and Burnley to continue the push for silverware and Champions League qualification on two fronts. Those victories came at a heavy price, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcos Rojo struck down by serious knee injuries. Good week or bad week? Ed & Paul discuss. There’s a look back on the week’s two games, together with a preview of the derby on Thursday night, with United travelling to the Etihad for the most important derby in years. The weekend brings Swansea City to Old Trafford, and as usual there are plenty of listener questions, with a special look back on some favourite derbies for Patreon listeners. If you are interested in supporting the show, and accessing some cool rewards, check out our Patreon crowdfunding page. We are currently running our first stretch goals campaign. Talk to us on Twitter: Paul – @UtdRantCast, Ed – @UnitedRant. Rant Cast is produced by Tom Jenkins – TEEJSOUND / @Teejsound