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Why the hell would they even get this guy in the first place? As a Madrid fan Bayern do not scare at all this season.

Happy holidays everyone :)

Great stuff again guys.

This pod is unreal I feel like it’s my only and main source of intelligence within football. Much love over Christmas to all involved xx

I'd consider Caqueret at united. (I believe he's approximately 5 foot 9)

Finished watching the previous episode and I see a notification for this❤

Hazard's story is something you can only hear in this podcast, amazing content as always.

Only diallo downside is the fact he’s still friends with greenwood and openly supports him

Its all set up for Rashford to Milan!

I disagree about which transfer window hurt Arsenal the most. The Jesus/Zinchenko/Kiwior/Trossard season was one where Arsenal set out to challenge for the top 4, the title race was not in the picture and those players were needle movers at that time to take the team from 8th, 8th, 5th to being much closer to Man City. The following window is what let them down in my opinion. Rice was an overpay, but you can forgive it because pretty much every single midfielder that season was an overpay. Havertz was signed as a replacement to Xhaka, he has monumentally failed - people think that because he transitioned into a forward and did ok (not great, ok) for a while that somehow justifies the transfer but the reality is that the club spent £65m and put him on £275k/week to be the starting left 8, which he wasn't good enough to be and he's certainly not good enough to be a title winning forward either. Also, the talk of working within the budget this past season doesn't hold up so well when the club was close to spending another £20-25m on a goalkeeper at the end of the window and according to most reports they seem to have plenty of wiggle room with PSR for this upcoming January/summer window. This last transfer window was a disaster for a club that was meant to finally closing the small gap between them and City. Neto on loan AFTER he made a league cup appearance meaning they're spending money on his wages to just sit there and not play a minute until the 3rd round of the FA Cup. Sterling loan, yes, Chelsea are paying the bulk but they've still laid out 100k/week on a player the manager clearly doesn't want to use. Merino is NOT a needle mover, or even an improvement on Arsenals best midfield (they've not lost a game that Partey/Rice/Odegaard all started in 2024) and Calafiori who looks a good player, but is still a centre back being asked to come in and play left back. It was a horrendous transfer window and most neutrals called it that way in the summer, this isn't revisionism, we all said you didn't look like a club that wanted to catch City and that's certainly how it's panning out. Your owners have a track record for this, getting close and then stepping off the gas, feels a lot like history repeating itself.

If Rashford does go, and more likely for a loany-obligationy-ManU paying some wages thing, where do you see him going? I cant think of anything other than Milan myself. They could maybe sell him the fashion lifesyle thing (to compensate for lower wages if it turns into a permanent), they have a bit of form for getting tunes out of out of favour English players. And seems he could eventually replace Leao (maybe TOOO perfectly in a 'can be fantastic but can also be lethargic' way). I feel really that Milan is showy enough for Rashford, and Rashford is showy enough for the Milan marketers.

How is I have not subscribed? Done now.

Are you 2 empty? “They’re going to miss an opportunity this year that was on the table” Acting as if Arsenal are out of the tile race in December & being only 6 points off the leaders? Also “they’ve got nothing to lose” I’m sorry? What? 🤣🤣 this isn’t the time to just fart about and play random brand new attacking style football. If we was 15/20 points of then I’d agree! But we are not. 6 points. December. Alive.

This pod: 'brighton could be in the champions league soon', 'not that far away', this group is 'pretty special'. Reality: they have just had quite a bad run of results and Opta have them 14th on xGD/90 after 16 games, and 13th on xPTS after spending £200m in the summer and playing vs 10 men every week.

The best football podcast around !! Really loving this.

Best football content right here

The baby thing, really appreciate it guys. Amazing, how we all in our private lives go through the same things, yet these things we dont notice or hear about. Love the hazard story. Great work guys

Brighton haven't beat a bottom 5 team all season, and yeah had the nighest net spend of anyone in the summer. Why the glaze?

Hell yeah Misses Hazard

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Calafiori issue has been his groin jsyk

City should try gvardiol at cdm. What do you guys think?

I think we do have another player that did what the (no 10) players of yesteryear could do with their passing - Jorginiho. Unfortunately his age and lack of mobility (which he makes up for with anticipation in defence) mean he can't be the answer. I know Merino didn't have the best stats for this coming to arsenal, and he hasn't had a chance to show it yet, but I do think he can contribute to an extent but we need a proper 10. thought it was Viera but he needs to be more development and allowance from Arteta.

Have you guys ever thought of offering a bit of coverage to women’s football, like the uwcl?

Arteta has become far too pragmatic this season. A great defence wins you titles, but only if your attack is able to score.

Ted's point about Arsenal's squad building during the 22-23 season is very interesting cause the general consensus among the fanbase is that it was pretty good business all round. But looking back into it Jesus, Zinchenko, Vieira, Jorginho, Trossard and Kiwior are all players whose time at Arsenal is close to being done, and they make up pretty much our entire bench which isnt ideal.

Are chelsea good based on the numbers?

can you boys do a show based on Jeremy Goss impact on Norwich in 1993?

As an addition on Tilman. He has played several roles for PSV this season. With Veerman and Schouten out. He has played as an 6 too. He is more of a 8/10. But his overal quality makes him an option as a 6 too.

My favorite benefit of this new format is that teams from smaller leagues who normally don't really enjoy much of the UCL besides the paychecks, e.g. Celtic, Dinamo, Sparta, are getting 2 matches against teams that are roughly the same caliber as them. Their fans are getting champions league nights that are genuinely enjoyable. Obviously many of them will still not qualify, but they can go in with the opportunity to actually win some games and hope to stay in

But no one was interested in Leipzig playing Red Star before either. Or were people really getting hyped for Juventus playing Atletico when both teams were placed for the knock outs? This new format gives alot more clubs the options to play competitive games even if you go out.

Who do you think will make the top 8 and who will go out? Share you predictions in a comment below!

durraneville from dortmund looks like a great player. only 18 but built like a truck.

Great episode guys. Loving the podcast so far. Ted are you still doing your betting roundups? (is it on another channel?) keen to hear another episode

I really don’t understand the constant Chelsea digs. I get banter and thats fine but telling your listeners to stop asking about cfc segment you wont do it a few episodes ago. Cfc players being only best in the league because of penalties. your intern hire etc.

Love the show guys. Interesting as always. Have you thought about dedicating an episode to women’s football? Maybe a prediction video of the UWCL? Would love to know your thoughts on the women’s game.

Good show guys

For all their respective qualities, Palmer is also just a more aesthetic footballer imo. Theres always been a fondness for languidity, and Palmer has it in spades. And on Ireola. I think he stays another season myself. He's a very bright guy, and it doesnt seem like there's going to be an obvious opening this summer at a club where he would feel comfortable (I dont feel he would have taken the Man United job for example, in part because it's still all over the place, and in part because he's already got a shop window where he can show his qualities against some of the best teams and coaches in the world, and also has very bright employers). I could have seen City take a chance on him, but perhaps if Bournemouth had qualified for Europe and he'd had a season balancing the commitments. I could certainly see Spurs being in the ballpark, but I do think he could do even better. How about this for a long shot. Arteta leaves Arsenal in the summer of 2026 after failing to win the Prem, and Iraola takes over.

can you do an episode on lars bohenan's impact at blackburn in 1996 please?

Ravi is great too but love the Ted and Pat combo

Love the story time at the end. Weirdly heartwarming! Always love the pod keep it up guys

What is sanchez doing? Why is he coming out as if its a free cross? If he stays in the middle he has a chance of saving. The gk and cbs are why they aren't in the race

Would be interested in hearing Ted’s thoughts about the Times article that said statistical analysis has essentially made football more boring. It specifically calls out StatsBomb, so would be great to hear a response to the article

Lovely stuff!

You guys would know better than me, but Cole Palmer seems to be a bit similar to Guti Fernandez from the Real Madrid around 2005? The way they carry the ball and Puck out passes seems quite similar, interested to hear your thoughts. Great show though

Alligator 🐊 like u guys can't hang I'm leaving 😂😂

Boubacar Kamara coming back is huge for Villa. Also the 5 game run in the league included Spurs away, Liverpool away and Chelsea away. Lets see how they settle down. Mings coming back could actually help the defence too. Not having a physically dominant cb has hurt since he's been injured.

really appreciate the coverage of la liga! more please !!

Who do you think is the best player in La Liga? Let us know in a comment below!

I think Greizmann has an argument for best player ion the league, same with Yamal and Vini