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72+ EFL Pod: Cov 10 points clear & Eckert excels

Football Daily

BBC

Soccer, Sports, News, Sports News, Sport

4.34.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Aaron Paul, Jobi McAnuff & Lyle Taylor react to Coventry going 10 points clear. They also have their say on Middlesbrough appointing Kim Hellberg. Should Tonda Eckert be given the Southampton job permanently? Stevenage top League One, Bromley are up into the League Two automatics and Christian Fuchs is in at bottom club Newport. Plus, we’re now looking for your top EFL ‘hard men’ - send your suggestions to us on WhatsApp to 08000 289 369.

01:20 Coventry go 10 points clear 09:10 Middlesbrough appoint Kim Hellberg 12:10 Southampton interim Tonda Eckert wins again 16:50 Peterborough win first four under Luke Williams 18:05 Charlton suddenly shipping goals 21:30 The search for EFL hard men begins 26:35 Bromley up into League Two automatics 30:45 Christian Fuchs in at bottom club Newport 33:40 Fearing for Bristol Rovers after seven league defeats 34:50 72PLUS 72MINUS

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:07.5

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0:15.0

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0:20.8

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0:23.1

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0:27.4

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0:32.9

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0:34.4

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0:37.3

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0:40.3

72 Plus, the EFL podcast with Aaron Paul and Joby McEnough.

0:47.6

Welcome to 72 Plus, the EFL pod from Five Live Sport.

0:51.7

Great to be with you this week.

0:53.6

Back once again, like the Renegade Master, is Jobby Mackinah, fresh off his trip to Jamaica. How are you, Jobes? I am very well. They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. I didn't think I could get any fonder of you, but I've missed you, mate. I've got to say, we've had a couple of weeks apart, haven't we? You were away, than I was away. One thing I'm getting a little bit worried about. I get back and Lyle's on again. So is the sort of the loan turned into a permanent here? What's the dynamics here? I don't know. No one's offered me a contract. He's just a lovely guy. Just helping out. Basically, I've got absolutely nothing better to do with my day off than spend it with YouTube. So, you know. I'll go one better than that and say you've done an absolutely sterling job in both of our absences. So there is no better man to do the one when we're both back altogether. We're kind of like a little boy band, if you think about it. Like a little group.

1:45.0

JLS reimagined.

2:08.4

Oh, yeah. Don't mind that. Won't go that. Or damage for the older listeners. We could be JLA instead. We could be JLA. JLA. I love that. Very good. Love that. Very, very good. Right, let's push on and talk football. Tuesday was a big night in the championship. Coventry, 10 points clear at the summit, beating Middlesbrough 4-2 in a battle of the top two at the Riverside.

2:13.2

17 games, Joby, 47 goals scored, my word.

2:14.1

Unbelievable.

2:17.3

Actually watched the game in the studio last night. And first and foremost, we had a little chat earlier this season about maybe the quality or the standard across the championship. This was by far and away the best 90 minutes of football that I've watched. It was a genuine joy to sit there and just taking two really good teams. I think Middlesbrough, again, I know the new managers only just come in

2:36.5

and he didn't take the game, but seemed to have a little bit more of an attacking intent.

2:41.5

They've been really good defensively so far this season,

2:43.8

but they've played with so much freedom, great rotation through midfield.

2:48.2

Morgan Whitaker looked really bright.

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