Can Slot turn Liverpool around against Aston Villa? Is Bournemouth better than Manchester City? Spurs vs Chelsea chaos? Big Weekend Preview Presented by PrizePicks 10/31/25

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🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Rog is back to answer your burning questions and forecast all of the action in this week’s Big Weekend Preview Presented by PrizePicks. First, Liverpool host Aston Villa with pressure building and a gauntlet of fixtures ahead. Is this the reset Arne Slot needs or a reckoning at Anfield? Plus, a reality check at the Etihad as Bournemouth face Manchester City and we find out how far Andoni Iraola side has really come. Then, can Chelsea keep up their dominance over London-rival Tottenham Hotspur? Lastly, Rog celebrates Halloween and debates what costume Mikel Arteta should wear this year.

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0:14.8	UK slash Wondery.
0:16.6	That's audible.combe.
0:20.2	You're listening to the Meninblazers media network, suboptimal radio.
0:30.3	The Premier League, so many intriguing psychologically psychologically fraught matchups this weekend,
0:40.6	and Manchester United really back?
0:43.3	Is Hossel's back line a wonder of the world?
0:46.1	A Liverpool truly finished?
0:47.9	Are the Bournemouth Golden War Cherish really, really good at football?
0:51.6	Are Everton so lonely I could die?
0:54.5	The answers, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes, I think in that order.
1:01.4	But we're going to dig a little deeper on this show, people.
1:04.6	Let's lose our minds over week 10 together.
1:08.0	This is Big Weekend preview.
1:09.5	Your biggest questions are most suboptimal answers.
1:12.8	It's where we, as they say in America, get amped for all that is to come, or is it only
1:17.8	Harlem would say. They need to feed me a lot of balls. Consider it done. First question.
1:23.7	Hey there, Raj. My name is John. I'm from Lincoln, Nebraska. I have a question actually about Liverpool right now. I saw that there are a game against Crystal Palace where they lost 3-0 in the EFL Cup, and I believe that makes six games lost in seven games. But I was thinking back to a question that I actually asked on the pot about six months ago after Liverpool won the title, which was, does Arnie Slot winning
1:45.6	the title give him more credit as a coach when he struggles in the future or less credit?
1:50.3	Do you think Arney Slot winning the league last year gives him more leeway as a coach or less leeway?
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