Bristol City hit the big time, Clasico chat, Tom Ince v Saido Berahino, and the Doucouré imperative

The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

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Sports, Premier League, Champions League, Soccer,, World Cup

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🗓️ 21 December 2017

⏱️ 79 minutes

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On your pre-Christmas edition of **The Totally Football Show**, **James Richardson** is joined by **Michael Cox**, **James Horncastle** and Opta’s **Duncan Alexander**. Here’s what’s made our list…**_RUNNING ORDER:_**• PART 1: Bristol City beat Man U; Arsenal v Liverpool preview (01m 40s)• PART 2: Everton v Chelsea; inclement times at Swansea (09m 05s)• PART 3: Guillem Balague on the Clasico and more (22m 05s)• PART 4: West Ham v Newcastle; Burnley v Spurs (32m 50s)• PART 5: Billy Beane at Barnsley; European round-up (42m 20s)• PART 6: 2017 highs and lows; more PL previews (53m 20s)• PART 7: Paddy Power’s Hotshot Jackpot (62m 10s)• PART 8: A final stat and farewells (65m 15s)_**LIVE NEWS:**_• we’ll be at **Vicar Street in Dublin on Monday 19 March 2018**, which is quite the way to come down from St Patrick’s Day. [Tickets here](http://bit.ly/2BolTDV)._**PARISH NOTICES:**_• join **Paddy’s Rewards Club** and [find out more](http://www.paddypower.com/) about **Paddy’s Hotshot Jackpot**• start trading at the [Football Index](https://trade.footballindex.co.uk/). Get started with £1000 with the promo code **TOTALLY**• 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/), where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff• send us a [tweet: @TheTotallyShow](http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow)

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0:00.0	Today, Carabau Wow, 90s music war redux as Bristol's massive attack proves too much for Baggy Manx,
0:12.1	Joey Bryan finding glory in the box to hand Lee Johnson's wild bunch a semi with top philosophical conundrums, Man City.
0:18.3	Did they win on penalties or not?
0:20.6	Elsewhere, with conditions in
0:21.8	Clement, Swansea get out, Clement, after their defeat at Everton. And what's next for the toffies?
0:26.6	Are Chelsea next in line for a Big Sam tactic slam? And what else is coming up this weekend in the
0:32.0	Premier League? We'll get news from around Europe, Juve Roma, de Classica, and ahead of El
0:36.6	Classico, a very special guest from Spain.
0:39.4	It's all in the Totally Football Show.
0:43.1	Today's Totally Football Show features Duncan Alexander.
0:46.2	Hello.
0:46.8	James Horncastle.
0:47.9	Merry Christmas.
0:48.6	Michael Cox.
0:49.5	Hello.
0:49.9	Typical, Michael.
0:50.8	Typical that we have you in today
0:53.0	straight after Man City have a league cup game, which they... I was going to say win on penalties, but how would I describe it? Yeah, they won on penalties is fine. They won the tie where they didn't win the game. I think that's the key distinction to make. How is you versus the internet? Where do we stand on that now? Have you won on penalties? What in the debate? Yes. Well, I kind of thought I did and then this result happened and I got a load of
1:14.8	messages on Tuesday night from Man City fans. I can't really work out who is winding up who in this
1:20.0	debate. Yeah. I'm not sure how serious I am. So I back Michael a thousand percent. Oh and you're
1:26.5	from up to Duncan? Yeah, so that counts for 2,000 percent, if nothing else. But I don't get why city fans have been so... You know, they've got quite a lot of good stuff to focus on. It seems a bit churlish to worry about whether they've won a game. They've got three to the next round. People don't want to be happy all the time. That is true, yeah. They want a hate.
1:44.1	Light and shade. Yeah. That's so very true, isn't it?
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