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The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

The tactics of a poisonous snake

The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

The Athletic

Premier League, Sports, Champions League, World Cup, Soccer,

4.54.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Jimbo, Rafa Honigstein, Daniel Storey, Michael Cox and Ian Irving dissect the Premier League weekend and look ahead to a crucial weekend in the Champions League for Man United and Spurs. Plus: Real on the rocks and Messi in a sling; Cobi Jones on the MLS playoff picture; and inside Sir Alex Ferguson’s en-suite bathroom RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Chelsea 2 - 2 United (2m 00s)• PART 1b: United v Juventus preview (10m 40s)• PART 2a: City 5 - 0 Burnley (14m 20s)  • PART 2b: Liverpool grind it out again (18m 00s)
• PART 2c: Make or break for Spurs in the CL (20m 20s)• PART 3a: Messi injured, Real on the rocks - with Alvaro Romeo (27m 30s)
• PART 3b: More Euro news and CL previews (32m 30s)• PART 3c: MLS news - with Cobi Jones (40m 40s)• PART 4a: Sir Alex Ferguson’s toilet (43m 10s)• PART 4b: The rest of the PL weekend (46m 00s)• PART 5: The odds with Paddy Power’s Lee Price (55m 50s)• PART 6: Exeunt omnes (58m 00s) GET IN TOUCH:

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0:00.0

Totally Football Show.

0:05.1

Today, extended dating app metaphor special.

0:08.3

As Liverpool Bumble on, Tottenham grinded out, wolves meet their match.

0:12.0

Someone has a swipe at Jose, and Mrinios shows that he is not dated.

0:15.7

We've got all the news from the Premier League and beyond with Leo's K.O.,

0:19.3

Tieri's terrible star, and Wayne making it look easy in D.C.,

0:22.7

all that and more in this

0:24.6

Totally Football Show.

0:38.1

Woo! Hey, listener. Unbelievable.

0:39.9

Woo.

0:42.3

Hey, listener, thanks for joining us again.

0:48.2

We've got a busy show for you and a crazy gang to talk us through what's been really huge week of football.

0:49.1

Michael Cox.

0:49.8

Hi, James.

0:51.9

By the way, Michael's book is now available in Polish.

0:53.3

How do you say the mixer in Polish?

1:45.5

Well, it's just called Premier League in Polish. Daniel's story, is your book available in Polish? No, just English. That's Gaza in Italy, but not in Poland. Raphael Honigstein, you're fresh back from Poland? Yes, James. Excellent. I was there for the launch of the Polish version of Bring the Noise. Bring the Noise. Very good. and did you translate the Eric B. and Rakeem quote? Yes. I didn't personally because my Polish was rubbish, but they did, yes. Did you have to pay them extra royalties? No, we had a worldwide royalty agreement. Excellent. So just to clarify that this is an Eric B. and Rakeem quote from which track is it? Eric B. for president. Right, okay. Which you use, to preface, bring the noise, which is kind of unright because you take the title from a public enemy track. So, yeah, slightly mixed messages there. Ian, as I know you're puzzled by, Ian Irving, also joining us here. Hello, James. I've not written a book since, I think, Year 9 English, but it was a good one.

1:44.8

Right. But you have got a story about Alex Ferguson's toilet. It's former toilet, no less. Okay. Do you want it now? No. No, no. Not at all. Do you want it later? What we'll say about that? Listener, let's just jump in straight away then with Saturday lunchtime,

2:01.5

the big clash at Stanford Bridge

2:04.5

and Raphael Honolkstein.

2:05.6

You were there to see Chelsea draw 2-2 with Man United.

2:09.0

I was there, yes.

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