Performance of nothingness
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
The Athletic
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2021
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Jimbo, Daniel Storey, Dan Bardell and Colin Millar are on the spot to review and preview all the Premier League action.
Liverpool, Chelsea, Man City and Man United are all victorious thanks to penalties. Are Jurgen Klopp’s side the best in the country at the top of their game? And how much of a difference does Thiago make?
Conversely, are Southampton the worst team in the league on their day? And could Claudio Ranieri’s reign at Watford come to an end at Turf Moor this week?
Plus a journey from Plymouth to Sunderland, accents, parachuting Santas and Manuel Pellegrini’s revival of Real Betis.
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: Liverpool, Chelsea, Man City & Man Utd win it from the spot (03m 00s)
• PART 2a: Daniel’s trip from Plymouth to Sunderland (27m 00s)
• PART 2b: Leicester 4-0 Newcastle (33m 00s)
• PART 3a: Crystal Palace 3-1 Everton (38m 00s)
• PART 3b: The rest of the Premier League weekend (43m 00s)
• PART 4: Parachuting Santas and festive cheer for Seville clubs (51m 00s)
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:08.7 | Totally Football Show. Today, Premier League, where pre-Christmas games actually do bring penalties. |
| 0:15.2 | We salute Salas' spot kick supremacy, but reckon the Wall's hand ball call was actually the pits. |
| 0:20.4 | Plus, other bold conclusions on the weekend's |
| 0:22.5 | action are Watford, due for a new manager, |
| 0:24.9 | have Newcastle had their one win all season. |
| 0:27.4 | And from our severe on-field stuffing's department, |
| 0:30.2 | what's with Betis fans throwing their toy animals on the pitch? |
| 0:33.2 | We'll discuss that and much, much more, |
| 0:35.0 | in this totally football show, |
| 0:36.6 | in association with Paddy Power. |
| 0:42.7 | Well, then, listener, thank you for joining us for this edition of the Totally Football Show. |
| 0:46.2 | As we sit here, it is Monday the 13th of December. |
| 0:49.6 | Daniel's stories here with us. |
| 0:51.1 | Hey, Daniel. |
| 0:51.9 | Hi, James. |
| 0:53.0 | Also, Dan Bardell. Hello, James. Sorry, what was that? |
| 0:58.5 | Can't make it out with that accent. I'll tell you what, we'll come on to it, I'm sure, but I know that. I know that journalist and I don't understand what he says. |
| 1:05.8 | No, fair enough. That was, sorry, it is slightly a bleak reference to a Yergan Klops post-match |
| 1:12.6 | moment in the Liverpool Villa game. Also here, Colin Miller. Hey Colin. Hello, James. |
| 1:19.1 | Hello. Lovely. Excellent stuff. It is Monday morning. We've got action for the weekend, |
| 1:24.3 | midweek round scheduled, although Astris Kallore surrounding the fixtures at the moment after we saw, of course, one game dropped from the Premier League this weekend, the Brighton Spurs game, also won from the championship as well. And Villar and United among the clubs who've post fixtures this weekend recorded positive COVID tests among their players and |
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