Player Misuse

Nick Woltemade has told his critics that they don’t watch Newcastle United games. The German striker is the Toon’s record signing after joining from Stuttgart last summer in a £69millio…

Jimbo is joined by Carl Anka, Daniel Storey and Charlie Eccleshare after a weekend packed full of talking points. While there’s a controversial postponement of the North London derby, Leeds just carry on playing and win at West Ham. Does Bielsa get enough credit? Is Declan Rice being pushed too far forward? Plus what’s up with the different size dinner tables at Man United? The Athletic’s Greg O’Keeffe has details on chaos club Everton sacking Rafa Benitez and perhaps the imminent return of Roberto Martinez to Goodison Park. Chelsea are beaten by Manchester City again as we ask why Tuchel’s side can’t put together a long winning streak. And why do they continue to misuse Lukaku? Plus Caulker v Zaha at AFCON, James Ward-Prowse’s crumpled technique and paintballing with Temuri Ketsbaia. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: That North London derby postponement (01m 30s) • PART 1b: West Ham 2-3 Leeds (13m 00s) • PART 2: Aston Villa 2-2 Man Utd (23m 30s) • PART 3a: Everton sack Rafa Benitez with Greg O’Keefe (36m 00s) • PART 3b: Newcastle 1-1 Watford (49m 00s) • PART 4a: On This Day and the rest of the Premier League weekend (53m 00s) • PART 4b: AFCON – Algeria’s 35 game unbeaten run comes to an end (67m 00s) SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR 33% OFF THE PRICE OF AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION • theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH: • follow us on Instagram • find us on Facebook • send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE: • check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leicester stay top with a stunning 5-2 win at the Etihad. Is Jamie Vardy underrated in terms of his football intelligence? And to what extent do City failings boil down to poor recruitment?Chelsea and Manchester United avoid a similar fate despite shipping goals aplenty. Does Lampard have enough time to blend these new signings into a cohesive unit? And are United mis-using Pogba?We’re reaching handball crisis point. The panel discuss why we can and should change the rules. Plus Alvaro Romeo tells us about Ronald Koeman’s bow as Barcelona manager.RUNNING ORDER• PART 1: Man City 2-5 Leicester (04m 00s)• PART 2: West Ham win + handball insanity (16m 30s)• PART 3: The rest of the weekend’s action (33m 00s)• PART 4: The odds with Lee Price from Paddy Power (53m 00s)• PART 5: Alvaro Romeo on debuts for Koeman & Suarez (54m 30s)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) PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special (http://www.paddypower.com/) READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com (http://thetotallyfootballshow.com/) . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.