Episode 16 – United 3 Arsenal 2 | Carrick In? Palace Fallout & More Awful Predictions

Episode 16 of the Factor 50 Football Podcast is a spicy one.

Adam (still smiling) and Mike (very much not) sit down after a huge night at Old Trafford as Manchester United edge past Arsenal in a chaotic 3–2 win.

We break down a brilliant United performance, including standout goals from Cunha and Dorgu, and ask the big question…

Is Michael Carrick doing enough to keep the job permanently?

There’s also time to dig into the fallout from Crystal Palace, what it means for the table, and whether certain teams are starting to wobble at exactly the wrong moment.

And yes… we revisit our predictions.

Yes… they were awful.

Again.

Big opinions, sore heads, biased takes, and plenty of laughter — especially from the red side of the table.

🎧 Listen now and enjoy Mike trying to stay calm for a full hour.

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Episode 15 | Carrick Masterclass, Arsenal Slip

Michael Carrick steps into the United dugout and immediately does the unthinkable… beats Man City.

New manager bounce or football heritage restored? We break down what actually changed and whether Carrick deserves more than just a caretaker label.

Arsenal, meanwhile, drop points against Nottingham Forest and miss a huge opportunity to put daylight between themselves and the chasing pack. Was it just one of those games… or the start of something more worrying?

That leads to the big, uncomfortable question:

If Arsenal don’t win the league this season, should Mikel Arteta be under real pressure? Or is that pure football Twitter madness?

We finish by looking ahead to Arsenal vs Manchester United next week.

Momentum vs expectation. Pressure vs freedom. And plenty of opinions you probably won’t agree with.

As always, zero balance, maximum conviction.

🎙️ Factor 50 Football – Episode 15

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New episode of Factor 50 Football Podcast is out

It finally happened… Michael Carrick gets the keys at Manchester United.

We break down:

• What Carrick as interim actually means for United
• Whether this is calm before the storm or just more chaos
• And if anyone genuinely knows what the long-term plan is (spoiler: probably not)

We also get into:

• Multi-club ownership and whether football’s heading in the right direction
• The grey areas nobody really wants to talk about
• And how it’s quietly changing competition across leagues

Plus…

• Are Arsenal actually on for the quadruple?
• Or is the hype running ahead of reality (again)?

As ever, plenty of strong opinions, zero tactical diagrams, and absolutely no fence-sitting.

Give it a listen and let us know where you disagree most 👀⚽

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