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Robbie Earle and Robbie Mustoe get stuck into a thrilling weekend in the Premier League. Man City went top if only for a few hours (00:30), as Liverpool past a big test against Maurizio Sarri's men (25:45). The Race for Top 4 did not disappoint, Chelsea took a hit (26:00) while Man United (33:45), Tottenham (43:00) and Arsenal (47:00) all added 3 points to their charge for Champions League places. Also, If you’re looking for more Premier League analysis you can watch our ‘Tactics Sessions’ where we breakdown a key play from each match week. This weekend we took the opportunity to enjoy another look at Mo Salah’s wonder strike against Chelsea. Check it out! Search PREMIER LEAGUE TACTICS SESSION on YouTube. Premier League Tactics Session: Mohamed Salah's wonder goal v. Chelsea | NBC Sports https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKgQq0E3jsU

France are out of Europe, after PSG's capitulation against Manchester United is followed by Barcelona beating Lyon 5-1 and Arsenal overturning Rennes' first-leg lead with a 3-0 home win. The gang's all here to discuss that, and the Classique which saw PSG beating OM 3-1 in a game that saw Steve Mandanda sent off, banjaxing OM's chances. Kris, Jez, Phil and Rich cover all that, the relegation fight, various fan protests, the latest on Adrien Rabiot, and the France squad for the upcoming Euro qualifiers against Moldova and Iceland, as well as any other business.

Chelsea's sudden stumble is on the verge of an all-out spiral, and the two Mikes are trying to figure out why it happened and the reasonable steps should it not get any better. Should Sarri be given another year and allowed to keep shaping the roster for the future? At the other end of the table, Crystal Palace, Southampton, Burnley, Newcastle, Brighton and Cardiff are fighting to stay out of the spot above Fulham and Huddersfield in the relegation battle. Who does enough to stay up?Learn mor...

Hello! We keep ourselves in the studio for close to an hour for the inquest into Chelsea’s awful performance against Man City, also taking the time to run the rule over Spurs’ sneaky title bid and Southampton’s “disaster”. There are also “words of a non-pacifist nature” in The Old Farm Derby, some speedy subs, unusual diets, and improvised jingles. And fans of Marcus' best mate will also be delighted to hear today's ep also features a guest appearance from Aggy Bagbonlahor. Search ‘Football Ramble’ on social media to find us, and email us here: [email protected] ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Further reading: A tough weekend for Maurizio Sarri: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/feb/10/maurizio-sarri-concern-chelsea-manchester-city-future Gini Wijnaldum doesn’t need sleep to play well: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/liverpool-title-race-bournemouth-result-goals-epl-table-fixtures-jurgen-klopp-a8772336.html Benjamin Mendy and his geography based larks: https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/manchestercity/man-city-star-benjamin-mendy-laughs-off-reports-of-hong-kong-trip-with-instagram-post-a4061871.html The Football Ramble, the original and best football podcast. Brand new podcasts every single weekday throughout the Premier League season and every day throughout the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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On this weeks #TouchlineFracas the lads discuss; The weeks Premier League fixtures, giving detailed analysis into the Chelsea v Liverpool game, as well as a huge debate over Jose Mourinho. Beware, it gets a bit heated! Leave us a review on Itunes. Visit www.touchlinefracas.co.uk/shop/ to buy your PnP Tshirts This weeks show featured; Lewis - @Lewbob91 Shaun - @ShaunyPizzle Disu - @_Nomics Morayo - @Whodeknee Meeds - @MrMeeds Sam - @Sam_Aluko #MyCityPodcast (Top Red) Get involved in the discussion using #TouchlineFracas Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @TouchlineFracas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Four teams have two wins in Ligue 1 so far - including both of the promoted teams, as Nimes and Reims make it clear that they aren't just here to make up the numbers. Kris, Jez and Phil look back at an interesting weekend that saw PSG continuing to play the kids, OL being stymied, Marseille struggling against les Crocos, and Bordeaux losing while having a fairly significant manager issue.

With the new Premier League season upon us Football Team News will use analysis, solid reasoning and stats to predict...

Who will progress beyond the World Cup quarterfinals? Our look at the stats associated with the teams left in the...

For the first time since 1938 five-time World Cup winners and reigning champions Germany failed to make it past the...

We assess all the teams left in the World Cup based on the numbers that they have produced so far....

There has been so very much world cup. It has led to so very many takes. We go through our list of eight contenders to see who's up (England!) who's down (Germany!) and who's complicated (Brazil!). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport the show

This week we break down NYCFC's coaching move, Dallas' continued dominance, and a tiny little shred of hope at Vancouver.

We take a detailed look at the teams who make up World Cup Group H. COLOMBIA Strengths: Huge attacking potential,...

We take a detailed look at the teams who make up World Cup Group G. BELGIUM Strengths: There is quality...

We take a detailed look at the teams who make up World Cup Group F. GERMANY Strengths: Plenty of experience...

We take a detailed look at the teams who make up World Cup Group E. BRAZIL Strengths: Possess one of...

We take a detailed look at the teams who make up World Cup Group D. ARGENTINA Strengths: Arguably the best...

We take a detailed look at the teams who make up World Cup Group C. FRANCE Strengths: A depth of...

We look at the teams who make up World Cup Group B. PORTUGAL Strengths: With 81 goals in 149 games,...

This is widely considered one of the weakest groups Uruguay are the clear favourites to progress Egypt are sweating on...

This week we look at whether there's much behind mlssoccer.com's power rankings and look at the teams in form and those who need to step it up.

In the recent years, Italian football has surprisingly become more attack-minded compared to a past characterised by the ultra defensive...

The 2016/2017 Premier League season was undoubtedly a struggle for head coach Pep Guardiola. With his Manchester City team finishing...

This week we take a long hard look at the Canadian MLS clubs who collectively gave up 16 goals this last weekend. We also correctly predict that TFC will crash out of the Champion's League Final but why that's probably not the end of the world. We also pick our goal, player, and team of the week.

From riches to rags The current edition of Serie A has produced several stars with Luis Alberto from Lazio without...

This week we take a look at some lacklustre and some surprising results in MLS, talk the poor showing from the Canadian MLS clubs and look at TFC's ill-fated CCL final run.

As the Italian football season nears its conclusion, Juventus look set to win their 7thScudetto in a row with Napoli ...

Back in August, with Italian Serie A still to kick off, 4 sides had the markings of being serious candidates...

On May 25th, 2013 Bayern München defeated Borussia Dortmund 2 – 1 in the Champions League final on Wembley’s hallowed...

One day, Manchester United's tactics look brilliant. The next, foolish. So, which is it? The two Mikes examine the differences between an impressive win over Liverpool and a listless Champions League exit at the hands of Sevilla, and whether the Special One's playbook won't work in the current era of world football. Plus, with just Manchester City and Liverpool left in the quarterfinals, is it fair to ask if it reflects poorly on the Premier League? Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

Half a game of football took place between City and Chelsea this weekend while the Seagulls heaped yet more misery onto Arsenal. Your Totally Football panel is Jimbo, Kelly Cates, Tom Williams and PLTV's Ian Irving and they analyse both of those games and and the rest of the stories from the Premier League and beyond including the debut of head of state's son in Ligue 1, the Lioness' progress at the SheBelieves Cup, and the tragic news about Davide AstoriRUNNING ORDER:• PART 1: Remembering Davide Astori (00m 30s)• PART 2: Half a football match at City v Chelsea; Hazard the non-false 9 (03m 40s)• PART 3: Spurs v Juventus preview with James Horncastle (12m 45s)• PART 4: Is going too well for Liverpool? (17m 30s)• PART 5: Carrie Dunn on Phil Neville’s impressive start with the Lionesses (25m 30s)• PART 6a: CL previews: who can beat City? (29m 35s)• PART 6b: PSG v Real; Timothy Weah, Al-Saadi Gaddafi and Jay Bothroyd (30m 50s)• PART 6c: We need to talk about Arsenal - and Brighton (36m 20s)• PART 7a: ‘Do You Speak Football?’ - nutmeg, cow dribble, little bridges (44m 00s)• PART 7b: Messi sows it up for Barcelona; Tromsø v Chelsea ’97 (50m 50s)• PART 7c: Championship round-up; Chinese debuts; stripes v Swans (50m 50s) • PART 7d: Stripes, Swans and is Big Sam going to relegate the Hammers? (53m 40s)• PART 8: Paddy Power’s Movers & Shakers with Lee Price (57m 10s)• PART 9: The Big Answer and adios (59m 20s)LIVE NEWS:• The last batch of tickets for our gig at Vicar Street in Dublin on Monday 19 March are available at [ticketmaster.ie](http://www.ticketmaster.ie/The-Totally-Football-Show-Live-tickets/artist/5242479?tm_link=artist_artistvenue_module). Jimbo will be joined by James Horncastle, Julien Laurens and Pat Nevin - who’ll also be doing an exclusive DJ setPARISH NOTICES:• join [Paddy Power’s Rewards Club](https://www.paddypower.com/bet)• get your shave on with our friends [Cornerstone, who are giving you £10 off your first order](https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally)• find a better place to sleep and discover a new way to discover a mattress with [Leesa](https://www.leesa.co.uk/products/leesa-mattress/?referrer=totallyfootball&utm_source=totallyfootball&utm_medium=podcast-ad&utm_campaign=totallyfootball)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on [Facebook - home of the Totally Football Quiz every Friday at 1230 GMT](https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)• send us a [tweet: @TheTotallyShow](https://twitter.com/thetotallyshow) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Big decisions, big balls, big misses, big scorelines, big questions - there was a bit of everything in the Premier League and around Europe this weekend, and on your brand new Totally Football Show, AC Jimbo welcomes Michael Cox, Jack Lang and Julien Laurens to analyse it all. Specifically:RUNNING ORDER:• PART 1a: Neymar’s birthday bash (01m 00s)• PART 1b: When Harry met Salah: analysis of amazing draw at Anfield (02m 40s)• PART 2a: A new dawn at Arsenal, a bleak horizon for Everton (12m 45s)• PART 2b: Ademola Lookman at Leipzig; Michy Batshuayi at Dortmund (21m 00s)• PART 2c: Burnley hold City (25m 00s)• PART 3a: Ligue 1 and La Liga round-ups (30m 00s)• PART 3b: The third-most competitive title race in Europe; The Big Question; Championship update (35m 20s)• PART 3c: National League news; Non-League Mystery Tours; more from Middelfart (38m 00s)• PART 4: The best nicknames in football (43m 00s)• PART 5: The rest of the PL weekend (46m 00s)• PART 6: Paddy Power’s Movers and Shakers (56m 00s)• PART 7: The Big Answer and Adios (59m 20s)LIVE NEWS:• we’re live at **Vicar Street** in Dublin on **Monday 19 March**. Jimbo will be joined by James Horncastle, Julien Laurens and **Pat Nevin** - who’ll also be doing an exclusive DJ set. [Get your tickets now!](http://www.ticketmaster.ie/artist/5242479?_ga=2.123132811.1872718434.1517842994-1603489818.1517499837)PARISH NOTICES:• join [**Paddy Power’s Rewards Club**](http://www.paddypower.com/)• get your shave on with our friends [**Cornerstone**, who are giving you £10 off your first order](https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on **[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)**• send us a [tweet: **@TheTotallyShow**](http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Football fans in Germany and Italy have seen VAR – Video Assistant Referee – in use in league matches all...

By the halfway stage of this Premier League season, Manchester City had already accumulated 55 points, winning 18 of their...

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Even before the end of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and several squads yet to be selected in the remaining playoff rounds, the teams that will qualify for the ....

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In a week of few games, we breakdown some big and not so big results as things get cemented in the Eastern conference and remain as in flux as ever in the West. We also have some more audio with Octavio Zombrano discussing the greatest MLS team of all time.

Everton found a way to defeat Bournemouth 2-1 in the League during the weekend. For the majority of the game though, The Toffees were a pain to watch. Two goals ....

Paul, Chris and Ross are joined by journalist and author Simon Hughes for in-depth analysis of Liverpool's 2-0 defeat to Leicester in the Carabao Cup. The Final Word is one of 16+ exclusive shows and podcasts we release every month on www.theredmentv.com. If you like this show and want to hear more like it sign up now for your free month trial! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're discussing where teams are at in the playoff race in both conferences and how certain teams continue to dazzle, some are beginning to finally fight, and some continue to sputter...

Robbie Mustoe and Robbie Earle on the chances Man City (2:45), Arsenal (7:00) and Liverpool (11:30) all have at finishing in the top four of the Premier League after their recent victories. Plus, discussion on the current state of now-relegated Hull City (17:00) and Manchester United after their defeat at Tottenham (21:00).

Chelsea's 2-1 defeat of City shouldn't worry City fans because they're locks for the top 4, right? The two Mikes explain that while Chelsea and Spurs are all but locks to finish first and second, what happens to the four teams fighting for two spots behind them is anyone's guess. The numbers say Manchester United are much better than their position, Arsenal is much worse defensively this year, Liverpool is on the brink of a worrying trend, and if City were as good as everyone assumes, they wo...

As the fixture congestion fades, the race for the top four tightens and the two Mikes are starting to worry about a few clubs. Chelsea and Liverpool drew, which meant little for Chelsea but confirmed some suspicions about Liverpool. Elsewhere, Manchester United, Arsenal and Spurs all failed to get results when they figured they would. Is the hill getting steeper for one or all of them? Finally, the transfer window is closed, so which moves were noteworthy?Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

Spurs had a very specific plan to derail Chelsea's epic run of results, and it worked, over and over and over. How did it work? Well, the two Mikes have some ideas about that and a few about what it means for both squads going forward. Then, they run through the issues City is having, and just how concerning they might be down the stretch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport the show

Publicly declare that Chelsea are now sizable favorites to win the Premier League – with a seemingly insurmountable lead – and you'll be met with plenty of doubt. The two Mikes dive deeper into the numbers that explain why it will take something special for anyone else to win the league. Then, they turn their attention to the seemingly endless amount of criticism Mesut Ozil gets (and whether any of it is warranted), before finishing with Southampton and the lack of goals keeping them stuck ar...