Monday Night Club: Managers under pressure & Trent's contract conundrum
Football Daily
BBC
4.3 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Are Julen Lopetegui’s days at West Ham numbered? The club denied reports on Monday he had already been sacked and replaced by Graham Potter, we discuss their struggles after their latest heavy defeat, at the hands of Manchester City.
West Ham fan and podcaster Sean Whetstone joins Mark Chapman, Chris Sutton, Rory Smith and Leon Osman to talk about the rift between Lopetegui and the club’s technical director Tim Steidten, and the candidates to replace him at the London Stadium.
Everton have failed to score in eight of their last eleven matches, we chat about the pressure that’s putting on Sean Dyche.
We hear Ange Postecoglou’s extraordinary post-match interview after they were beaten 2-1 by Newcastle despite the ball hitting Joelinton’s arm in the build-up to their first goal.
And after a poor performance against Manchester United at Anfield, we assess Trent Alexander-Arnold’s contract situation at Liverpool.
TIMECODES: 00:35 – Lopetegui on borrowed time at West Ham 11:38 – Everton’s struggles under Sean Dyche 20:22 – Pressure on Postecoglou 30:00 – Trent transfer toxicity
COMMENTARIES: Tuesday 7th January LEAGUE CUP: Arsenal v Newcastle (First Leg) 2000 KO
Wednesday 8th January LEAGUE CUP: Spurs v Liverpool (First Leg) 2000 KO
Thursday 9th January FA CUP: Everton v Peterborough United 1945 KO FA CUP: Fulham v Watford 1945 KO
Friday 10th January FA CUP: Aston Villa v West Ham United 2000 KO
Saturday 11th January FA CUP: Bristol City v Wolverhampton Wanderers 1200 KO FA CUP: Liverpool v Accrington Stanley 1215 KO FA CUP: Brentford v Plymouth Argyle 1500 KO FA CUP: Leeds United v Harrogate Town 1745 KO FA CUP: Manchester City v Salford City 1745 KO
Sunday 12th January FA CUP: Tamworth v Spurs 1230 KO FA CUP: Newcastle United v Bromley 1500 KO FA CUP: Crystal Palace v Stockport County 1500 KO
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| 0:53.1 | Hello, welcome to the Monday Night Club. Chris Sutton, Rory Smith and Leon Osmond are with us. |
| 0:58.2 | We're going to start with the managers under pressure in the Premier League, in particular |
| 1:02.5 | Julian Lopatagi, Ange Postercoglu and Sean Deich. It is being reported that West Hamer |
| 1:07.8 | Considgen would have to sack Lopagie, so we'll start with him. |
| 1:11.3 | They were beaten at Manchester City on Saturday. |
| 1:13.5 | They've denied reports this afternoon that they had sacked him and replaced him with Graham Potter. |
| 1:20.1 | But Rory, you sense it's coming, don't you? |
| 1:24.2 | Well, I suppose, weirdly, except for the fact that it's felt like it's been coming for a while, |
| 1:28.9 | that he's been under pressure since, what, October, really? |
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