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Welcome to the Football Rumble.

A huge night of the Champions League awaits.

It's Wednesday 28th to Jan.

I'm Marcus Speller.

I'm Jim Campbell.

And I'm the Lucian of Huck the Roger.

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Patreon. And remember, we're offering 15% off all annual memberships. And this week is your final chance to take advantage of the deal. So don't delay. Just head to patreon.com forward slash football ramble to get involved now. Oh, Vish! First time you and I've been on the pod for a while. Yeah, it is. It is.

I feel like I've had like three welcomes back to the show. You're not getting one from me.

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15% more Frenchie. Yeah. If you sign up this month. No up this month. It's... It's lovely to be on the pod with you again. Breaking podcast bread or making podcast love, depending on how you look at it. And it is, of course, the big one tonight. It's the final round. Yes, the final round of the Champions League. People think scratching the Reds going, why have we not got any Champions League on a Tuesday evening? Because it all goes into the Wednesday night pot. Arsenal are in top spot, Jim. Yeah. It would take something quite spectacular for them not to win the Champions League League. The Invisible Crown is hovering. Yes, indeed it is. But they're looking good. They're at home to car accident

of course, but loads of action tonight. Jim, you quite enjoy this final round of

Champions League first phase action that we've only had, what, once before? Well, I'm still

figuring out, you know, the pros and cons of this new format versus the old one and where, like, kind of where

I sit on how much I like it or not. But I do think this final night is, is great because

there's so much drama. There's 32 teams out of the 36 who still have something to play

for tonight. And it could really shuffle around and it's bound to shuffle around. I mean,

between sixth and 13th,

every team has 13 points. Yes. So, you know, it's how the table looks right now is probably

going to be quite different from how it looks tomorrow. I just think it's really interesting.

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