Weekend Preview: Neglecting Curtis Jones, Sancho v Townsend & Wasting Vardy's Goals

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🗓️ 1 October 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Hosts Dan Bardell and George Elek are joined by bet365's Steve Freeth, to preview Manchester City's trip to Anfield... Will Liverpool seize an early opportunity to prove their title credentials and is Curtis Jones the most underrated English starlet in the Premier League? Plus, how a buoyant Arsenal will fare against xG-defiant Brighton, how Leicester have flat-lined despite Vardy's goals, and a closer look at how two wingers - Jadon Sancho and Andros Townsend - have settled in to life at Manchester United and Everton respectively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Athletic Hello, I'm Dan Bardell, and welcome to the weekend preview on the Athletic Football
0:19.8	Podcast sponsored by Bet 365. On Fridays, we're here to preview the best of the weekend's Premier League action
0:28.0	and I've got my co-host George Ellick and Bet 365 Steve Freeth alongside me to help as always.
0:34.0	George Steve how are you?
0:35.7	Good thanks mate always good to speak to you
0:37.6	before the weekend's action spending most of the day catching up with all
0:40.6	things Premier League all things Champions League and all things
0:43.7	EFL so lots of football to watch but getting through it.
0:46.8	Steve, the one that everyone would have called midweek, Sheriff travelling to
0:51.1	Madrid and coming away with three points.
0:53.2	I mean we all knew that was going to happen didn't we?
0:55.2	Oh Dan, the Kubanbuster of all Kupanbusters.
0:58.1	That was from a bookmaker's point of view, an excellent result really.
1:02.3	Yeah 33 to 1 they were in play sheriff I
1:06.2	think about 25 to 1 pre-game as well so yeah we had some decent results in midweek
1:11.1	and there plenty of goals in there as well so it was quite a good week in the end of course
1:15.5	he has some great games as well PSG Manchester City the boy messy not doing a great deal
1:20.0	but then scoring a fantastic goal so yeah just goes to show the quality of play that it's that he still is
1:25.4	And George just before we've come to record this podcast the England Squad has been announced for the Andorra and hungry games
1:32.8	Got to admit as a Villafan, a bit surprised that Oly Watkins has been called up.
1:36.5	I'm pleased for him because I think he deserves it off the back end of last season,
1:40.4	but perhaps Tammy Abraham might feel a little bit hard done by this time.
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