From Fulham's disastrous season to Watford's surprising top half of the table run to Andre Gomes being — pretty good! — there's plenty to reconsider from predictions and assessments made late last summer. The two Mikes hit those topics, plus David Brooks, James Maddison, Wolves, Dortmund, Alvaro Morata and the stark difference between Joe Hart and Tom Heaton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport the show

Jimbo is joined by Daniel Storey, Michael Cox and Jack Lang to talk about England continuing to be really quite good indeed. Plus, Scotland hit rock bottom; Birmingham docked 9 points; and why it would have been better for Brazil if they hadn’t won World Cup ’94RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: England 5 - 0 Czech Rep (01m 40s)• PART 1b: Holland 2 - 3 Germany (09m 10s) • PART 1c: Gibraltar, home nations and more (13m 50s)• PART 2a: Scotland hit rock bottom - with Laura Brannan (20m 00s) • PART 2b: Portugal, France, Spain, Italy and more Euro news (23m 00s)• PART 3a: Birmingham’s 9 point deduction (28m 10s)• PART 3b: A bad week for Brazil and Argentina (33m 40s) • PART 3c: Burundi and Guyana news (37m 40s)• PART 4a: Sharing a birthday with footballers (40m 20s) • PART 4b: Flip Reverse the 94 World Cup final (45m 00s)• PART 5: The odds with Paddy Power’s Lee Price (50 30s)• PART 6: Exeunt omnes (52m 00s) LIVE EVENT NEWS:• Join us for [**Totally Football Live in Leeds' City Varieties Music Hall on Mon 15 April**](https://www.cityvarieties.co.uk/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=CVListings&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=)GET IN TOUCH: • [follow us on **Instagram**](https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/)• [find us on **Facebook**](https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)• [send us a **tweet: @TheTotallyShow**](http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow)CHARITY NEWS: • we’re working with **CALM**, the Campaign Against Living Miserably, who are dedicated to preventing male suicide. [Head to the Calm Zone](https://www.thecalmzone.net/) PARISH NOTICES: • we’re sponsored by [**Paddy Power **- home of the Money Back Special](http://www.paddypower.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we chat with the super knowledgeable and wonderfully accommodating Kieran Smith about his time in Spain and his passion for Spanish football. We discuss how this influenced his coaching methodology and take a closer look as how to use `rondos` and the importance of `Positional Play`. Kieran also explains how he uses `layering`, the difference between difficulty and complexity and the importance of having an `end goal` as a coach. I hope you enjoy the episode a...

The lads are joined by former Swansea City striker Kyle Copp and they're all bouncing from another big win for the Saints on Saturday. Kyle discusses having a montage video, signing for the Swans at 6 years of age, his experiences through the academy system, the influence that Brendan Rodgers had on him and being involved with the 1st team at a young age. Kyle talks about Jonny Shelvey, needing international clearance to sign for Yeovil, hiding from Darren Way in Peppermint, moving to Spain a...

Jimbo’s accompanied by Julien Laurens, Duncan Alexander and James Horncastle look back on a stunningly good midweek in the Premier League and around Europe. Plus: nerviness, sarcasm and spittingRUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Newcastle 2 - 1 City (01 50s)• PART 1b: Liverpool 1 - 1 Leicester, with West Ham to come (06m 30s) • PART 2a: City v Arsenal preview (13m 10s)• PART 2b: Bournemouth 4 - 0 Chelsea and the unravelling of Sarri (15m 20s) • PART 2c: 再见 to Fellaini and Ola to Almiron - with Luis Miguel Echegaray (28m 00s)• PART 2c: More transfer news (31m 30s)• PART 2d: The battle at the bottom - with a star turn by Fulham (34m 10s)• PART 3a: News from Spain, France and the Asian Cup (41m 50s)• PART 3b: An amazing midweek in Italy (49m 00s)• PART 4: The odds with Paddy Power’s Lee Price (56m 50s)• PART 5: Exeunt omnes / one-footed players (58m 40s) • PART 6: Exclusive extract from Daniel Storey’s ‘250 Days’GET IN TOUCH: • [follow us on **Instagram**](https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/)• [find us on **Facebook**](https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/) • [send us a** tweet: @TheTotallyShow**](http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow)CHARITY NEWS: • we’re working with **CALM**, the Campaign Against Living Miserably, who are dedicated to preventing male suicide. [Head to the Calm Zone](https://www.thecalmzone.net/) PARISH NOTICES: • we’re sponsored by [**Paddy Power** - home of the Money Back Special](http://www.paddypower.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Laura Woods is joined by Dharmesh Sheth and Adam Bate to break down Atletico Madrid's move for Alvaro Morata and to discuss whether Gonzalo Higuain will be the man to replace him at Chelsea (1:28). Belgian football journalist Kristof Terreur joins the show to discuss Eden Hazard's desire to join Real Madrid (11:30), why Michy Batshauyi wants to join Monaco (13:02) and Arsenal's interest in Yannick Carrasco (15:02). The panel react to Petr Cech's retirement (19:25) , before discussing Marko Arnautovic's desire to quit West Ham for China (22:48) and whether the Hammers can beat off interest from Chelsea to sign Bournemouth's Callum Wilson as a replacement (24:25). Finally, Sky Sports News Northern reporter Tim Thornton joins the show to react to David Wagner's surprise exit from Huddersfield Town (31:40) and to discuss Leeds United's plans for the January transfer window (34:30). Transfer Talk is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here: skysports.com/transfer-talk You can listen to Transfer Talk on your smart speaker by saying "ask Global Player to play Transfer Talk". For all the latest football news, head to skysports.com/football For advertising opportunities email: [email protected]

Gary is joined by Spanish football and training methodology expert Kieran Smith, to discuss one of the hottest topics in coach education in recent years: rondo's. Kieran discusses what it is, what it is not, how it should be implemented, ways coaches can progress them, and mistakes he sees both in theory and practice. They also discuss the value of work ethic in coaches and how that can prevent them from implementing a complex system of play. This podcast is brought to you by Total Football Analysis Magazine. Helping players, coaches, analysts and football fans all over the world by taking the difficult tactical concepts from the top level game and breaking them down into easy to understand explanations. Each month you get over 100 pages of pure tactical analysis and coaching covering topics from all over the globe, including the English Premier League, Italy's Serie A, Spain's La Liga, France's Ligue 1, the Netherlands' Eredivisie, the USA's MLS and many more. Highly commended by both people in the professional game and grassroots level, this is a digital magazine that hits the mark no matter what your level of understanding is. To get 10% off your annual subscription to Total Football Analysis Magazine head over to totalfootballanalysis.com/magazine and choose the latest magazine. By becoming an annual subscriber you get at least two editions free over the course of your 12 months, an exclusive newsletter with analysis that only goes to annual subscribers and an invite to our private Facebook group where you can interact with the analysts and continue your learning. Simply choose the annual subscription option and then the discount code MODERNSOCCERCOACH at the checkout to receive your 10% off in the month of January. Total Football Analysis Magazine - you'll never look at a game of soccer the same way again.

Dave Jones is joined by Jamie Redknapp, Jermain Defoe and Crystal Palace’s Joel Ward as they discuss the fallout from Chelsea’s 3-1 win against the Eagles at Stamford Bridge. Alvaro Morata continued his fine form with a double and also helped Chelsea remain unbeaten and keep the pace with both Liverpool and Manchester City at the top of the table. Listen to every episode of the Sky Sports Premier League Podcast here: skysports.com/sky-sports-premier-league-podcast You can listen to the Sky Sports Premier League Podcast on your smart speaker by saying "ask Global Player to play the Sky Sports Premier League Podcast". For all the latest football news, head to skysports.com/premier-league For advertising opportunities email: [email protected]

Jimbo, Julien Laurens, Carl Anka and Duncan Alexander reflect on the lessons learned from the Champions League. Plus, the beginning of the end for Spurs; Graham Hunter on El Clasico; and Decision Day in MLSRUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: CL takeaways (01m 50s)• PART 1b: A bad night for Hugo Lloris (13m 30s)• PART 2: Man U v Juventus - 1-0 drubbing, so what next? (16m 10s) • PART 3a: Spurs v City preview (25m 50s) • PART 3b: Liverpool v Cardiff preview - finally, Fabinho? (30m 00s)• PART 3c: Palace v Arsenal preview - and the importance of good manners (33m 00s) • PART 4: El Clasico chat - with Graham Hunter (39m 40s) • PART 5a: News from France, Italy, Scotland and MLS (47m 30s)• PART 5b: The rest of the PL weekend (54m 40s)• PART 5c: The odds with Paddy Power’s Lee Price (61m 10s)• PART 6: Exeunt omnes (63m 00s) CHECK OUT OUR NEW AMERICAN SHOW: • [**Cobi Jones** is the presenter](http://playpodca.st/totallyusa)!GET IN TOUCH: • [follow us on **Instagram**](https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/) • [find us on **Facebook**](https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)• [send us a tweet: **@TheTotallyShow**](http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow)CHARITY NEWS:• we’re working with **CALM**, the Campaign Against Living Miserably, who are dedicated to preventing male suicide. [Head to the Calm Zone](https://www.thecalmzone.net/) PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by [**Paddy Power** - home of the Money Back Special](http://www.paddypower.com/)• get your meat on with a [special breakfast box from **Campbell Meats**](https://www.campbellsmeat.com/product/campbells-breakfast-meat-box.html?promid=TOTALLY) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to another #TouchlineFracas as we discuss the upcoming Premier League fixtures, as well as discussing this weeks International fixtures, including England's huge win over Spain. Apologies for the decreased sound quality as we record our midweek podcasts over skype. We will be back in the studio for Monday's pod. Leave us a review on Itunes. Visit www.touchlinefracas.co.uk/shop/ to buy your PnP Tshirts This weeks show featured; Anton - @ThemLotsDad Morayo - @Whodeknee Disu - @_Nomics Ife - @MrMeeds Get involved in the discussion using #TouchlineFracas Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @TouchlineFracas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices