Ten Hag getting everything right and why VAR was always a bad idea
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
The Athletic
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2022
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Joining Jimbo to discuss 5-2’s, derby drama and far too much VAR, it’s Rory Smith, Daniel Storey and Adrian Clarke.
It’s 4 wins in a row for Erik ten Hag’s Man United as they end Arsenal’s 100% record. The panel agree that all of the Dutchman’s decisions are paying off right now.
The Premier League weekend is steeped in VAR controversy. Hear why it was doomed from the start.
Brighton batter Leicester in a meeting of the most opposite clubs in the Premier League. Liverpool stumble once more in the Merseyside derby - is this a transitional season for the Reds?
Kieran Devlin joins us to discuss two of the most in-form teams in Europe clashing in the Champions League on Tuesday – it’s Celtic hosting Real Madrid.
Plus hedge etiquette, the most exciting player in Europe and Adrian ghost-writing for Gary O’Neil (and Paolo Di Canio).
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1a: Man Utd 3-1 Arsenal and the VAR fallacy (05.00)
• PART 1b: Brighton 5-2 Leicester (07.30)
• PART 2a: Aston Villa 1-1 Man City (24.00)
• PART 2b: Everton 0-0 Liverpool (30.00)
• PART 2c: Celtic v Real Madrid preview with Kieran Devlin (39.30)
• PART 2d: Nottingham Forest 2-3 Bournemouth (46.00)
• PART 3: The rest of the Premier League weekend (51.00)
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:08.4 | Totally football show today, Premier League weekend. |
| 0:12.2 | Stockley Park has worst video reviews than Michael Flatley's Blackbird. |
| 0:15.8 | Fact. |
| 0:16.5 | We count up the controversies and applaud the players who nevertheless didn't perform flatly in round |
| 0:21.6 | six from Anthony to McAllister, from Brighton to the Beast to Bournemouth. Plus, don't look now, |
| 0:27.6 | refereeing controversy. Here comes Diego Costa and could Celtic make Real Madrid come a cropper, |
| 0:32.9 | all that and more in this totally football show. |
| 0:42.6 | Unbelievable. and more in this totally football show. Well then, Monday the 5th of September. |
| 0:45.6 | Hello, listener, and we have for you today, Daniel's story of the eye. |
| 0:50.5 | Hello, Daniel. |
| 0:51.6 | Adrian Clark of the Hand Break Off Arsenal podcast from The Athletic and also the What the EFL podcast. |
| 0:59.5 | And Rory Smith of the New York Times. |
| 1:05.5 | Was that a Mancunian accent? |
| 1:08.5 | It was a Matt Berry homage for a very poor one. |
| 1:11.9 | Rory's new book, Expected Goals, is out now, Rory. |
| 1:15.9 | Hello. |
| 1:16.9 | Hello. |
| 1:18.5 | It's the story of modern football's great data revolution. |
| 1:22.5 | Or perhaps you say data, I'm not sure. |
| 1:25.3 | I would say data, yes. |
| 1:26.6 | All right, then. |
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