Weekend Preview: Can Bournemouth spring a surprise against Liverpool? Are Spurs quiet contenders?
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🗓️ 26 August 2022
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Dan Bardell, George Elek, and Tim Spiers gather once again to preview the biggest Premier League fixtures.
Coming up, can Manchester United get two wins in a week? Will Liverpool be pulled apart by the Cherries? And could Fulham be the first to put a spanner in the Arsenal armoury?
All that plus some insight into Newcastle's potential new striker Alexander Isak and the striker with a pirate celebration.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | He had a hook behind the goal to complete his pirate appearance. |
| 0:18.0 | Dan Bardell here with you alongside George Ellick and Tim Spears. Tim, I'll come to you first. How are you? Very well, thanks, Dan. How are you? Lovely to say. I'm very well, thank you as well. Tim. George, you're okay after watching Odison, Edouard in person in the week? Oh, what player? What finish? Yeah, I was at the Oxford Crystal Palace game on Tuesday night |
| 0:37.9 | and so Edward missed a couple of sitters in the first half |
| 0:40.8 | and then a lovely little one-on-one finish in the point. |
| 0:43.6 | John Jones! |
| 0:45.9 | Confidence, so. |
| 0:46.8 | We need to win you some money, George. |
| 0:48.9 | Right, let's start with the big question of the week |
| 0:51.2 | and this week it is which Premier League side needs to do the most |
| 0:55.1 | business in the transfer window who needs a big transfer window again I'll come to you first |
| 0:59.9 | Tim don't both say Everton by the way as we are aware they need to do business and |
| 1:03.3 | and Leicester stay away from Leicester as well because we know they haven't bought anybody |
| 1:07.1 | yeah we'll take them as red I would say it's going to be a big week for Chelsea either way. |
| 1:13.7 | And watching their surprise capitulation against Leeds last week just kind of brought |
| 1:19.1 | it home really how Tukos trying to reinvent their attack. |
| 1:22.8 | And, you know, we're hearing of a Bamayang coming in potentially or Anthony Gordon. |
| 1:27.0 | But outgoings as well, Hudson Adoy, Poulisich, Ziek as well, you know, he's really trying to transform that front line, and they need it because it looks a bit ponderous against Leeds. So it's like a big week for Chelsea, plus, I mean, you know, and then 80 million on for Farner as well, by the way. So, you know, there's a lot to be doing at Chelsea. I'm interested to see what they're going to do. |
| 1:44.8 | Proper Londoner you are now, Tim. and then 80 million on for Fana as well, by the way. So, you know, there's a lot to be doing at Chelsea. |
| 1:45.9 | I'm interested to see what they're going to do. |
| 1:42.2 | Proper Londoner you are now, Tim, choosing to London. You've really changed. George. I was going to say Lester, and then you've just done me by saying I can't say them, although they have to, I mean, they have to retain players and also find a way to be better because they've been terrible so far. |
| 1:45.8 | I'm going to say... to retain players and also find a way to be better because they've been terrible so far. |
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