2025-26 Premier League Season Preview
The 2 Robbies
NBC Sports Soccer
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2025
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Robbie Earle and Robbie Mustoe are back and here to answer some burning questions ahead of the 2025-26 Premier League season
3:07 - The title race is geared to be one of the best in recent memory, with Liverpool eyeing their defense of the title by bringing in a host of new signings
12:03 - Arsenal finally get their striker in Victor Gyokeres, but Mikel Arteta still has a challenge in putting all the pieces together
17:47 - Pep Guardiola faces a mini-rebuild at Man City this season as they push to be back in familiar territory at the top of the table
24:12 - Chelsea come off a sizzling summer with a Club World Cup win and a bevy of new signings, but the big question still lies on whether they can translate that to league success
30:25 - Ruben Amorim's culture change at Man United takes full effect under their new look attack full of promise
40:04 - Thomas Frank takes charge of Tottenham Hotspur as they look to turn around their poor form in the league last season
45:31 - Newcastle's lingering Alexander Isak issue looks to possibly stutter their progress as Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest look to capitalize on their success last season
53:35 - Debating which club from a packed mid table looks most poised to spring a surprise this season
1:04:32 - How Leeds United, Burnley and Sunderland will shape up in their fight to avoid relegation
1:13:30 - Rapid fire predictions on the season ahead, including who will lift the trophy come May
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to a brand new season of the Two Robbie's podcast, your destination for in-depth discussion and analysis of every single Premier League match week. |
| 0:22.4 | I'm Robbie Musto and he's Robbie Earl and we're excited for the season to get underway this weekend. That's right, |
| 0:27.0 | Musti, after a summer break that's consisted of the Club World Cup, the Nations League, loads of |
| 0:32.9 | summer friendlies including the Premier League summer series. It's the Premier League that returns with a |
| 0:38.1 | bang. And today, we have you covered with everything you need to know before it all kicks off |
| 0:44.1 | this Friday. Yes, Rob, but we first, mate, we do have to, before we dive into the football, |
| 0:53.4 | we want to take a moment to remember the life |
| 0:55.6 | of Liverpool player Diego Jota. |
| 0:57.9 | Jogo and his brother, Andre Silva, died in a car accident on July 3rd in Spain. |
| 1:02.9 | Jogo spent seven seasons in the Premier League and five of Liverpool. |
| 1:06.6 | He won four major trophies with the Reds, including last season's Premier League trophy. |
| 1:13.1 | Wow. |
| 1:14.3 | One of those moments, Rob, where I think we're all going to remember where we were when we found the news. |
| 1:20.4 | And I think it came from our group chat with us, Tim and Rebecca. |
| 1:24.7 | One of us shared the news. |
| 1:26.1 | And it's one of the most awful, horrifying, unimaginable things |
| 1:32.2 | to hear about, isn't it? It's so, so, so sad. It's one of those things, Rob, and I can continue |
| 1:38.5 | to say till up to today, I don't think we've had a day at when I haven't thought about |
| 1:43.5 | Jogo and his brother, |
| 1:46.2 | just sort kind of hits home, the frailty of life, you know. |
| 1:49.8 | I remember we were talking, weren't we? |
| 1:51.7 | In Jogo, Jocci, he was playing with his kids, a couple of yards from the desk. |
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