Weekend Preview: Derbies in North London, Manchester and the East Midlands - the Premier League is back
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 30 September 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Dan Bardell and George Elek are joined by The Athletic's Tim Spiers and Bet 365's Steve Freeth to get stuck in to a massive weekend of Premier League football, with the North London derby, the Manchester derby and a crunch encounter in the East Midlands between Leicester and Nottingham Forest the pick of the bunch.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | He is a player that I think would suit this kind of game to a tee. |
| 0:08.9 | I think if you've got Jack Grealish lining up against Dallow for 90 minutes on Sunday afternoon, |
| 0:14.7 | you absolutely know that you are going to get the fullback rattled. |
| 0:18.7 | You kind of hear whispers of, well, Steve Cooper might be in trouble. |
| 0:21.7 | And then I see people being shocked by that on social media, like, surely not. |
| 0:25.6 | Have they forgotten the last 10 years and what's happened at Forest? |
| 0:34.4 | Hello and welcome to the Athletic Football Podcast. |
| 0:37.1 | I'm Dan Bardell, and this is the weekend preview. |
| 0:40.6 | I'm joined as ever by George Ellock, Bet365, Steve Free and the Athletics Tim Spears. |
| 0:46.4 | The Premier League is back in a big way this weekend, kicking off with the North London Derby on Saturday lunchtime with the Manchester Derby following that on Sunday. There's also a massive East Midlands Derby throwing in for good measure on the Monday night football. But we're going to start with Arsenal against Tottenham, which is the Saturday lunchtime kickoff. And Tim, you're going to be in attendance, your first ever North London Derby. You're covering Spurs for the Athletic now. Are you looking forward to it? Oh, I can't wait. It's actually my first Derby. You're covering spurs for the athletic now. Are you looking forward to it? |
| 1:08.5 | Oh, I can't wait. It's actually my first Derby full stop for 10 years. I was working out the other day because Wolves West Brom haven't played properly since 2012. And Wolves never played properly anyway, Tim, against the Albion, did they? I mean, Elbein are terrible. Let's be honest, Elbeian are terrible. but it's been a while, pal, |
| 1:09.2 | and it, come on. He can do honest, they'll be in a terrible. But it's been a while, pal, |
| 1:28.2 | and it? |
| 1:28.5 | Come on. |
| 1:28.6 | He can do this |
| 1:29.9 | because he knows I've got nothing. |
| 1:31.4 | It's very one way. Anyway, yeah, arselsper. Apart from the place in the Premier League, that's what you have got. Of course. Yeah, the most important thing. My saviour. |
| 1:24.6 | Yeah, no, it's... |
| 1:25.7 | They always say, don't they? |
| 1:27.0 | The biggest derby since whenever. |
| 1:29.0 | It does feel like a big one. |
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