Hello, welcome back to Not the Top 20 podcast, the first for a while, the first in 2018,

and we are thrilled to be back behind the mic.

We are Ali Maxwell and George Ellick.

And for the new listeners, well, we are talking EFL, that's what we do, that's what we have done.

But not for a while.

And just to quash any rumors any worries any

murmurs because there have been one or two um have we been appearing on other podcasts yes

does increased in appearances on shows such as the excellent totally football show

with i macintosh and matt stanger totally football league show totally football league show

don't get above your station no not yet um does that spell the end for not the top 20

well that's a resounding no um it coincided with a spell where we physically couldn't do a podcast

george was out in australia watching england get thrashed in the ashes series and it's very very hard to record a podcast. George was out in Australia watching England get thrashed in the Ashes series

and it's very, very hard to record a podcast when someone is literally on the other side of the

world. We're back now and from here on out we'll be back doing the good stuff. Now it might not

be weekly. We're finding it tougher this year. I think it's fair to say but that's literally

just logistical reasons, work schedules, life schedules, etc. be weekly. We're finding it tougher this year. I think it's fair to say, but that's literally just

logistical reasons, work schedules, life schedules, etc. We still are bang into this and very

much carrying on. So now we've got that out the way. We'll catch up on a bit of what we missed.

So managers, George, there are, by by my reckoning six new managers or six

sacked managers with one still we're not entirely sure about so we'll just rattle through that first

of all gary monk was sacked two days before christmas after they had beaten sheffield wednesday and

replaced by t Pulece.

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