Arsenal stumbled – again. Manchester United were average – again. So, which teams do deserve the prime time 4pm Sunday slot? Spurs v Bournemouth put on a good show at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Bournemouth are a swash buckling side, will they be able to hold on to their star players? For Ange Postecoglou, the path to making something of this season is getting narrower, are the players still playing for him? Nottingham Forest notched a “seismic” win against top four rivals Man City. Has anyon...
Mar 10, 2025•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Paris Saint Germain were amazing…they just weren’t quite as good as Alisson Becker. Liverpool’s one nil win in the French capital was largely down to the outstanding performance of their goalkeeper – have the panel ever seen better? What did PSG do to test Liverpool more than any other side so far this season? Arsenal are all but through, but would they rather play Real or Atletico Madrid next? Villa could well face Liverpool next, if they do, could Emery work his European magic? Gregor h...
Mar 06, 2025•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Shoot outs, red cards and moments of madness – the FA Cup delivers. At old Trafford cup holders Man Utd were dumped out by Fulham and the fans made their feelings clear - the focus of their ire was Sir Jim Ratcliffe. Is his efficiency drive having an adverse effect on the club? On the pitch Amorim persists with a 3:4:3 formation. Millwall goalkeeper Liam Roberts will get a three game ban for a horrendous challenge on Crystal Palace striker Jena-Phillippe Mateta…is that enough? Anthony Gordon saw...
Mar 03, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast The title race is done, so time to recognise the job Arne Slot is doing at Anfield. It is much more than ‘tweaks’ according to Gregor and Martin. With Arsenal dropping more points are they under pressure to get second, and the race for the top four/five is wide open…but who is best placed to capitalise. After the break, as Mo Salah is putting in a phenomenal season, leading both goals and assists charts which player has had the greatest individual season; Cole, Ronaldo, Terry, Kante… ? Hos...
Feb 27, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Tom Clarke and Gregor Robertson for all the latest news from the Championship, League One and League Two. Is it time to give Frank Lampard credit? His Coventry side are one point off the play offs and he is winning over the sky blues fans. Meanwhile another former international midfielder Michael Carrick is struggling at Middlesborough, what’s gone wrong at the Riverside? As Tom watches a bore fest at Sincil Bank is now the time in the season when fatigue – mental and physical – starts to k...
Feb 25, 2025•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Arsenal fluffed their lines at home to West Ham. Liverpool capitalised with their first win at Manchester City in ten years. It puts Liverpool eleven points clear. So, is the title race over? Where are Arsenal going wrong and just how good are this Liverpool team? Elsewhere, with the top and bottom of the table seemingly sorted out, is mid table the place to be – full of ambitious, forward-thinking clubs. Newcastle thumped Forest, for a half at least. Are Forest on the slide, or were Newc...
Feb 24, 2025•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Manchester City were dumped out of the Champions League by a dominant Real Madrid. At what point do we start to feel sorry for Pep and his team? Now, according to Gregor Robertson, Peter Rutzler and James Gheerbrant. They join Tom Clarke to discuss that, Darwin Núñez's future, Rashford's return and a poetic red card for Atalanta's captain (essential viewing). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 20, 2025•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Tottenham back to their best? Or did they just play against an EVEN worse team in Manchester United? Tony Cascarino, Hamzah Khalique-Loonat and Gregor Robertson join Tom Clarke to discuss. Plus, Liverpool look leggy, a new young star striker emerges at Arsenal (28 year-old Mikel Merino) and what does expected even mean? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 17, 2025•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a fitting finale for Goodison Park’s final Merseyside derby. A thrilling roller coaster of a game, four goals, three red cards, VAR and a last minute equaliser. What a night. Were the decisions correct, does the result affect the title race but most importantly can an atmosphere like that be re created in a new ground? Away from the Merseyside could it be over for Pep Guardiola at Manchester City? Gregor Robertson and Jonathan Northcroft wonder if he will stay to see out the rebuild of his ...
Feb 13, 2025•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Great escapes, standout signings and a managerial merry go round in this week's EFL Extra. Tom Clarke and Gregor Robertson discuss whether Sunderland have the staying power to make automatic promotion a 4 horse race, they react to a familiar face in the dugout at Carlisle and watch as Walsall keep their title contenders interested. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 11, 2025•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Was it an FA Cup shock for the ages, bottom of the Championship Plymouth beating European and Premier League leaders Liverpool? Or did Liverpool’s line up detract from the Pilgrim’s achievement? The fans at Home Park didn’t think so! Leyton Orient nearly went one better by beating Man City with a wonder goal, City survived and Pep Guardiola is in love with the FA Cup. Defeat at Villa park piled the pressure on Ange Postecoglou. After the match he launched a passionate defence of his players. Wil...
Feb 10, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast St James’ Park was a cauldron, Arsenal were cowed, and Newcastle are off to Wembley. Is Newcastle’s forward line the best around at the moment? And did Arsenal get a taste of their own medicine last night, bullied out of their biggest game of the season? Gregor Robertson is joined by Martin Samuel and Tony Cascarino to discuss last night’s game and what it could mean for each club’s season. After the break, is it ‘Mission 21’or Mission Impossible? As Manchester United launch another grand plan, ...
Feb 06, 2025•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Arsenal stayed humble and thrashed Man City. Did the result say more about a dominant Arsenal performance or a fragile aging Manchester City team? Myles Lewis-Skelly shone as a left back which made Gregor Robertson wonder if old fashioned left backs exist anymore? Spurs put in a defensively solid performance to win at Brentford so, has Ange finally changed his tactics? Liverpool showed their title credentials again by beating in form Bournemouth; would it be unfair to call th...
Feb 03, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Tom Clarke is joined by Gary Jacob and Martin Hardy to look at all the latest transfer news. Will Ollie Watkins be an Arsenal player in the next 48 hours? Newcastle have sold Miguel Almiron will they have to sell more players to meet PSR rules? Which other clubs are planning last minute deals; Tottenham, West Ham, Man Utd, Man City, Liverpool, Brighton. How are deals done; the inside track on continuing to pay wages even if you sell a player and why are deals always done so late in the window? &...
Jan 31, 2025•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast What do you think of the new Champions League format? It gets mixed reaction in the studio – full of excitement but was there any real jeopardy? Manchester City got through, but the sight of Pep Guardiola clutching at straws was something to behold. Villa were in a thriller with Celtic and one man stood out – Morgan Rogers. A hattrick in the Champions League at 22 with the England manager watching on. Another young talent on show was 17yr old Ethan Nwaneri where is his best position? A quick loo...
Jan 30, 2025•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Can it get any worse for Spurs? Losses to Everton and at home to Leicester have piled the pressure on Ange Postecoglou, but the fans are turning on chairman Daniel Levy. How long before something breaks? Tom Allnutt makes an impassioned defence of Ange…Alyson Rudd isn’t buying it! Bournemouth in contrast play a similar pressing game, have lots of injures but are on fire. What is the difference, how is Andoni Iraola doing it? Man City against Chelsea was a show case in how not to defend – Gregor ...
Jan 27, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Manchester City threw away a two goal lead again. As they sign three players in a week, will Pep Guardiola be around for the re build? The result proved one thing, this new Champions League format is great, isn’t it? Is the criticism levelled at Kai Havertz unfair? His stats suggest he is an effective forward so what’s is the problem? After the break, clever footballers, the hipster derby and a new definition of ‘the big six.’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 23, 2025•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast All the latest from the Football League with Tom Clarke and Gregor Robertson. Tony Mowbray is back, and he is back at West Brom. After recovering from cancer one of the most well-liked managers in football has returned to the Hawthorns. What could he achieve there? Burnley and Sunderland made headlines with a nil nil draw. Who will be happier and which is better placed for a promotion push? The bottom of the championship is a managerial merry-go-round will the changes pay off? In League One it’s...
Jan 22, 2025•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast What is the future of Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou? With his Spurs team sitting in their worst league position at this stage since 2009, injuries galore and the pressure mounting, what happens next? For Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest life couldn’t be better. Andoni Iraola is drawing rave reviews for his style of football as his team are one point of the Champions League places. Forest are in the title race, let alone the race for Europe. After the break, a tribute to Denis Law, is it ti...
Jan 20, 2025•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast A tough win in the north London derby has but Arsenal well and truly back in the title race. But who else is in the picture? Liverpool and Forest; Chelsea have stumbled but are Newcastle – on a nine game winning run - now live contenders? Is Gabriel Arsenal’s best defender? What is good football and do Tottenham play it? Forest don’t press, what a refreshing change. Liverpool didn’t win but they still looked good. And how can Everton score a goal? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more ...
Jan 16, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Did Manchester United display fantastic spirit, organisation and grit or were they lucky and should have lost by three if Arsenal could finish? For Mikel Arteta has his Arsenal team stagnated? Is extra time a good thing or a bad thing for smaller teams? On Tuesday Nottingham Forest play Liverpool. Will it be blood and thunder or a cagey stalemate? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 13, 2025•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast How many Newcastle players would get in a Premier League team of the season - two, three…five?! Would any manager other than Ange Postecoglou buy a twenty-one-year-old goalkeeper on Monday and play him in a cup semi-final on Wednesday? After big results for both teams what’s next. For Arsenal, have they progressed this season or was their best chance last year? After the break how will a rejuvenated Graham Potter fare at West Ham and Martin Samuel thinks Forest could win the title…why not!? Host...
Jan 09, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast A must listen for fans of teams in the football league. With Stoke, Millwall, West Brom, Oxford, Hull just some of the clubs who’ve changed manager. But, will it change the table? It’s a two from five for automatic promotion in the Championship. Sheffield United are in it but they’ve had a bumpy Christmas. Across the City Could Sheffield Wednesday make a push for the play offs The Times’ Paul Hirst thinks they might… In League One is it already a three horse race at the top. Who are the l...
Jan 07, 2025•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Manchester United were more than worthy of their draw at Anfield. Should they have won? Was this an exception or a sign of things to come? Plus, Arsenal concede a penalty for a header, Bournemouth fans are getting excited and Ange Postecoglou is still Ange Postecoglou. Join Tom Clarke, Paul Hirst, Gregor Robertson and Peter Rutzler for a dissection of the weekend's action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 06, 2025•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Arsenal go within six points of Liverpool, could they make it a proper title race? Chelsea have slipped up Martin Samuel thinks it is self-inflicted and questions Enzo Maresca’s approach. But he is very impressed with the work done by Nottingham Forest, does it set a template for PSR? Why did it go wrong for Wayne Rooney? Tony Cascarino and Gregor Robertson think it could be tactics…Martin thinks the same could apply to Ruben Amorim ahead of his trip to Anfield on Sunday. Can anyone make a case ...
Jan 02, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast It goes from bad to worse at Old Trafford, are they really in a relegation fight? Will Amorim change his system, can he change his system? Ipswich have their first win in the Premier League this season at Portman Road; it came at the expense of a stuttering Chelsea side. Are Maresca’s problems self-inflicted ? It’s time to give Nottingham Forest enormous credit, and Nuno Espirito Santo in particular. Forest are second, will they hold on to Champions league football? Finally, Alyson Rudd, Charlot...
Dec 31, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Could Manchester United be in a relegation fight? Could Manchester City finish mid table and could Fulham or Forest make the top four? It might have sounded fanciful at the start of the season, but not now. Paul Hirst, Martin Hardy and Gregor Robertson join Tom Clarke to look at a resurgent Newcastle, the two floundering Manchester clubs and predict the top four come May. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 27, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Another pulsating game at the Tottenham stadium, another win for Liverpool another six conceded for Spurs. Is the title Liverpool’s to lose? For Ange Postecoglou is it injuries or game management? Rubin Amorim was left scratching his head as Manchester United were beaten at home - again - by Bournemouth. Across Manchester, City continue to struggle…could Pep even walk? Plus, when did Burnley beat Manchester united 6-1? Tom Clarke, Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd and Hamzah Khalique Loonat look bac...
Dec 23, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Marcus Rashford looks to be on his way out of Manchester United. A tail of a talent lost or stalled? Martin Samuel, Jonathan Northcroft and Tony Cascarino join Tom Clarke to discuss how he ended up here and what happens next for him and the club. Everton have finally secured a take over deal. Where is their true place in the pecking order - big club or a midtable club? After the break a thorough look at the League Cup and is the Community Shield a trophy – Mikel Arteta thinks so… Hosted on...
Dec 19, 2024•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast If Pep Guardiola is the greatest manager of the modern era, its time for him to prove his worth. Manchester City are a “crumbling dynasty” losing again in a derby where they looked nervous throughout. While a Chelsea team with four ex City players in it and a manager honed under Guardiola are now two off the top and “having a lot of fun, playing with palpable joy.” Rubin Amorim has again showed who is in charge by dropping Marcus Rashford from the squad and has his tram playing in his patterns. ...
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