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Today, var, a long, long way to run.

Var-var gloom, var-sectomy.

We round up the latest round of controversy,

and ask is Stockley Park, Man United's biggest asset since G-sung.

Then we'll round up the rest of the big stories from

this weekend, including Zilla, winning with a shot off target, and other oddities in this

Totally Football Show, in association with Paddy Power.

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With us today, three of the finest names in football journalism, Matt Davis Adams.

Right, I'm from Chelsea TV.

Yeah, it's not true, but a nice introduction, thank you. Oh.

Also here, the athletics, Michael Cox.

Hi, James. Hi, Michael. And fresh off a very early train from Sheffield this morning and about to get on a slightly late to one back. It is Daniel's story. Good morning. Good morning to you, Daniel. The Rebel MC writes in, how was Daniel Story's stag weekend? What did they get up to? It wasn't a stag weekend and we just sat in the pub and watched sport, which was always the intention. Could you not have done that at home? Yeah, I could have done that at home. I did exactly what I would have done at home, but with more alcohol than I'd have liked. Oh, I see. Was there nothing specific to your location in Sheffield that you did? No, no.

When we originally booked it, we'd hope that Sheffield and I'd Arsenal might have been at a time when we were there. But it got moved to the only time when we wouldn't have been there, which is Monday night, which is why I'm now heading back this afternoon. Brilliant. Slightly conscious of how we kick off today's show, Matt, because we've got Michael with us here. And as he pointed out this week, he's watched the start of all 160 halves of Premier League football so far this season. This is

prior to this weekend. And worked out what every side does at kickoff. A lot of people asking

why, Michael, but I'm not going to, I'm going to say, what was your biggest takeaway from that?

The extent to which every side tries to hit a big diagonal from kickoff. Is that right? Even Liverpool and City did, I think, four of their first eight kickoffs of the season. It just seems a bit of a waste of an opportunity to build a good passing move. Okay, so there's literally nobody who does something slightly different. And the way that Klopp has identified the throw-in as a potential

for some marginal gains, nobody's done that with the kickoff? Well, Arsenal and Chelsea tried to keep the ball, but in general, it's just a big Sunday league diagonal towards the opposition corner flag, really. And often it goes out for a throw, and that has been used as a tactic elsewhere. Marseille a couple of seasons ago would not even play it back, would just essentially kick for touch

and boxing the opposition from a throw-in.

So yeah, I, else where Marseille a couple of seasons ago would not even play it back would just essentially kick for touch and boxing the opposition from a throw-in.

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