The Athletic It's a big gamble, it's a big risk, but to get rid of Harton Hootel, I don't think anyone will probably argue with that.

You're coming at this high level, things are expected of you straight away you're expected to hit a grand running.

I don't care who gets the arm band as long as it's not him because the guy walked away from the stadium before the match had finished a few weeks ago.

You can't give him the armband.

I just find everything boring. Of all the 22s who I would watch in the Premier League,

that would be 20s.

Hello and welcome to the Athletic Football

podcast I'm Dan Bardell and this is the weekend preview. I'm joined by

Tim Spears, Richermoffer and Bet 365 Steve Freeth.

Coming up, we're going to look ahead to Chelsea's visit to St James's Park, Southampton head to

Anfield looking for a new manager bounce and leaders' arsenal Take-on wolves, all to come here on the weekend preview.

Right then we'll start with Newcastle v Chelsea Newcastle United are enjoying the best

winning streak in the league having won their last four in a row

They began the season with five draws from their first seven games Richard I'm gonna come and put you straight under pressure on your first

podcast.

Are they the real deal now Newcastle?

I mean, you have to look at it and you have to say, look, you know, they're in a really

impressive form, you know, I think we expected Newcastle to do well this season but but not this well you know we look at Bruno Gimmirish as the as the star turn but I've been impressed by two things of Newcastle this season. I mean first of all the way Eddie

How has improved the players that are already there as well so the likes of

Amour on, the likes of Wilson, likes of long stuff, likes of share at the back and

secondly as well I mean we all expected how to play you know a lot of pretty football as he did at Bournemouth but he's not been shy to be pragmatic and I'll give the Spurs game as an example apologies to Tim but you know they were very happy to play a lot of long balls over the top a lot of balls through the channels just to turn spurs around and it proved to be effective on that day.

So the fact that they've been very pragmatic,

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