Merseyside derby, Chelsea's struggles and Haaland the heel
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
The Athletic
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2022
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Drowning in Premier League football? Let Jimbo, Charlie Eccleshare, Matt Davies-Adams and Duncan Alexander pull you to shore with a look at several matchdays.
Liverpool snatch a 98th minute victory over Newcastle and travel to Goodison to face Gordon and Garner’s Everton. Is Harvey Elliott the answer to Liverpool’s midfield issues? Is Arthur?
Southampton impress by knocking off Chelsea. The Saints recruitment is looking pretty smart. What about Chelsea’s, with Aubameyang set to sign?
Elsewhere, how many goals will Erling Haaland score this season? Will he be pushing for Dixie Dean’s record? And can the new Arsenal avoid another Old Trafford meltdown?
Plus Ahmed Shooble on Scott Parker’s sacking and Charlie on the poetry of football commentary.
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1a: Charlie’s book on football commentary (01.30)
• PART 1b: Scott Parker sacked by Bournemouth, with Ahmed Shooble (06.30)
• PART 2a: A look ahead to the Merseyside derby (15.00)
• PART 2b: Erling Haaland…discuss (26.00)
• PART 3a: What’s going on at Chelsea? (35.00)
• PART 3b: West Ham 1-1 Spurs & a great week for Mitrovic (44.30)
• PART 4: Man United v Arsenal preview (52.00)
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:08.8 | Totally football show. |
| 0:10.6 | Today, another busy week in the Premier League. |
| 0:13.0 | We round up all the big stories from City Forest at the Etihad, |
| 0:16.7 | with the Holland Fling continuing, |
| 0:19.0 | to Isak at Anfield to the sack at Bournemouth. |
| 0:22.7 | Plus, big look ahead to the weekend, |
| 0:24.6 | of course, with the Merseyside Derby |
| 0:25.9 | and Man United at Arsenal. |
| 0:27.6 | All of that and more listener, hello to you. |
| 0:49.2 | Who's on board today? |
| 0:50.4 | Well, we've got Duncan Alexander of Opta and The Analyst, Duncan. |
| 0:54.1 | Hello. Matt Davis Adams of straight out of Cobham and Matt, what the EFL. |
| 1:00.6 | Yeah, that's right. Thank you for plugging that, James. New Football League podcast, if anybody is so inclined, do check us out. |
| 1:06.2 | Now on all your preferred platforms. Are you done? And Charlie Eccleshire of View from the Lane. |
| 1:14.0 | Charlie, it's a big day today. |
| 1:16.4 | What we got? |
| 1:17.6 | Oh, yeah, transfer deadline day. |
| 1:20.2 | Indeed, hello. |
| 1:21.8 | Also, something else pretty big, dropping. |
| 1:25.7 | Mm. |
| 1:26.7 | Yeah, Matt Davis's Adams is a new fridge. |
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