Welcome to the second Can They Score Manchester United podcast.

Our aim to to bring you the best in analysis of the biggest club in the world with regular guests, previews, reviews and discussion. The podcast will be released weekly.

James (from Written Offside) and I, Chris (from Can They Score), welcome your feedback, positive or negative, as we want this to be something you enjoy.

We will be having a listeners questions slot in the coming weeks so please tweet us at any time with anything you would like us to discuss.

Arrivals & Departures:

2011-12 is already stacking up as an interesting season for Manchester United.  After several years of very little spending or action in the off-season, Fergie has spent mucho dinero this summer in the hope that he can make his team younger and better.  In with the new, David De Gea, Phil Jones, Ashley Young and dare I forecast the possibility of Wesley Sneijder to come.  Only Liverpool has been as active in rebuilding their club as we have.

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Saturday’s 2-1 win over Barcelona doesn’t come remotely close to erasing the disappointment of losing a second Champions League final in three seasons to them, and it doesn’t provide any definitive evidence that the Barcelona-Manchester United gap has been bridged even slightly, but even though it was a friendly, it could serve as a table-setter for individual and collective success this season.

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