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Hi there, this is the Athletic Football Podcast weekend preview.

It is Premier League match day 8 and it is one to cherish because it comes before another international break. This is Adam Leventhal, a stone's throw from the River Thames in central London at the Athletics HQ.

It's great to have you with us once again.

This week's cast, let's run you through.

Tim Spears is back with a big smile on his face and just tell us why that is.

I was just thinking you can't throw a stone that far.

That's true. But it's close. You can sort of see it from the street. It still qualifies as a stone's throw, doesn't it? If we had, I don't know, Steve Backley, that's going to go over the heads of a lot of listeners, but he was a famous javelin thrower back in the day. But yeah, we're not far away fromames aren't we it qualifies yeah definitely but no you're i am smiling anyway as we were messaging at the weekend yes uh this is the first preview show i've ever looked forward to yeah uh certainly this season anyway because i know you're not gonna give me any stick well you're gonna try but i can just bat it all away with a yeah a drive. Well. Because Wall's Beatman City, so next. And what a win it was. What a win it was. We will touch upon that in the show. Also, alongside Tim today, Namdi, Anya Aguara, who is one of the news team here at the Athletic. It's great to have you on the show. You were here when Tim was hosting a few weeks ago. It's good to have you back in the studio. How are you? I'm good. I'm very well,

thank you. Yeah, I'm all right. I'm all right. I'm well set for this weekend because as we

mentioned, it's proceeding an international break. So you almost want to just enjoy it even more.

Jordan Campbell, who writes on Arsenal for us, also writes on Scotland, and he was here when we were talking about the North London Derby not that long ago. How are you, Jordan? Yeah, I'm good. I think there was a little bit too over-optimistic before that game, so, yeah, hopefully don't tempt fate for Arsenal this weekend. What did you say? I refresh my memory. Three- 3-1 3-1 so I get the right amount of goals just split them the wrong way yeah close enough you didn't get it right like tim did you got it right didn't you for the north London Derby yeah thanks for bringing it up for two weeks in a round no problem is that two compliments in the opening five minutes? I'm just settling.

I'm just trying to sort of...

No, to be honest, I've got no ammo on you.

No ammo on you.

No ammo at all.

I've got ammo on myself, though.

I have a little bit of an apology to make

because, as you will all know,

you hang on my every word

when it comes to the fixture formation.

And I actually got it wrong last week. I think, I think, I think it was wrong because I should have

mentioned the fact that Luton Burnley were playing on the Tuesday. So it should have had an extra

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