Rooney Backs Carrick, Man City Hunt Arsenal & Can Tudor Save Spurs? | The Overlap Fan Debate
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🗓️ 17 February 2026
⏱️ 99 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back to The Fan Debate, brought to you by Sky Bet.
Jamie Carragher is joined by Wayne Rooney and some of the biggest fan channels in the country for another lively debate.
We start with VAR and refereeing standards after Wayne labels a recent FA Cup call between Aston Villa and Newcastle as “the worst decision he’s ever seen”. Has VAR made referees too reliant, and is it exposing bigger issues in the game?
Attention then turns to a turbulent week at Tottenham following Ange’s recent comments on Stick to Football and the appointment of interim boss Igor Tudor. We also check in on Nottingham Forest under new manager Vitor Pereira. Can he turn things around?
The title race heats up as Manchester City hunt down Arsenal. Will City’s pressure rattle the Gunners, or can Arsenal hold firm?
Chelsea and Manchester United have both enjoyed positive starts under new managers. Is Liam Rosenior facing his first real test, and does Michael Carrick deserve a permanent shot at Old Trafford?
Let us know in the comments and don’t forget to like and subscribe so you never miss an episode of The Overlap.
00:00 Intro
03:23 Spurs, Ange and Thomas Frank
14:23 Sean Dyche
23:29 Title Race Talk
30:35 Copilot Time Added On Quiz
36:42 Arsenal are being disrespected
49:47 Is Carrick the man for United?
01:08:15 Rory on Rosenior
01:09:10 Haaland vs Drogba
01:17:13 What does success look like for Liverpool this season?
01:29:52 Who should Palace’s next manager?
01:34:42 Final community question: swap 3 Premier League teams-who goes and who comes up?
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| 0:00.0 | I think that you're so disrespectful. |
| 0:24.3 | You haven't got to be so arrogant when talking about every other car. You know, we used to sit in the car and have a sleep in the, in the car park. Did you have the hair dryer as well? No, no. I don't know who is really running the football club. It's a mess. How many managers are we going to go through before we accept the common denominator? You might need a manager actually to get your back to sort of top eight. I absolutely despise you here. I don't like it. What it is going to come down to is the mentality. We don't know if we have that mentality yet. Why are you laughing? You're scared, man. For me, kind of makes sense. Immediately what we've seen is this connection coming back together. I do not care how ugly it is. I do not care how slow it is. If we win, I'm happy as a fan. |
| 0:41.0 | But are you in a situation? Immediately what we've seen is this connection coming back together. I do not care how ugly it is. I do not care how slow it is. |
| 0:39.5 | If we win, I'm happy as a fan. |
| 0:41.0 | But are you in a situation where you really fear and spares could be relegated? |
| 0:44.2 | Yeah, I think about it most of the day. |
| 0:49.7 | Hello and welcome back to the fan debate brought to you by Skybet. |
| 0:53.5 | Wayne Rooney makes you return to the studio alongside our loyal fans. |
| 0:58.3 | So, Wayne, I want to start with you. |
| 1:00.2 | You were at Villa Park, weren't you? |
| 1:02.4 | For the FA Cup game, Aston Villa, Newcastle. |
| 1:05.7 | And you described one decision as the worst decision you've seen in... |
| 1:09.3 | What was it? You've ever seen? |
| 1:12.1 | Yeah, and then I was thinking about that after the game, |
| 1:14.3 | and there's probably three, that part of another two, |
| 1:17.9 | there was the Roy Carroll one, which against Tottenham, |
| 1:21.0 | where it was about five yards over the land, |
| 1:22.8 | and Frank Lampard one in the World Cup. |
| 1:26.5 | But I think with them too |
| 1:28.0 | it was very difficult |
| 1:28.9 | for the officials |
| 1:30.4 | the landman |
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