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The Athletic FC Podcast

Weekend Preview: Odegaard & Lukaku Return, Guilty Pleasure Brighton & Benrahma Rising

The Athletic FC Podcast

The Athletic

Football, Soccer,, Sports, Soccer

41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Hosts Dan Bardell and George Elek are joined by bet365's Steve Freeth to preview the second weekend of Premier League action... Will the permanent signing of Martin Odegaard lift the mood at the Emirates or will Romelu Lukaku strike on his own return to Chelsea? As Man United travel to Southampton which of last weekend's sharp-shooters will come out on top - Greenwood or Armstrong? Are Brighton everyone's favourite 'second team', does David Moyes have something over Brendan Rodgers and more... 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

0:19.9

podcast sponsored by Bet 365.

0:23.0

On Fridays, we'll be here to preview the best of the weekend's Premier League action

0:26.5

and I've got my co-host George Eluck and Bet 365 Steve Freeth alongside me to help out.

0:32.0

How are you both? I'm okay. I'm I'm still awaiting more

0:37.0

messages from Manchester United fans after the after the performance on the

0:41.2

result on the weekend because I think a fair few

0:44.4

didn't really like my fifth place prediction and fair to say that the performance

0:49.4

made me look a little bit foolish at this early stage. I was just happy that I managed to get the

0:54.3

BTTS and over two and a half up. It's at least that. Help me say face a little bit, thanks to

0:58.4

Luke Hailing 30-odd wonder strike. Yeah, I mean we all said a lot of things on last week's show, be it Manchester

1:05.0

night were listening to you George, they certainly gave you a response.

1:08.8

Steve, what did you make at the weekend and what were the big moves at 365 after the first round of matches?

1:14.0

Yeah great weekend done for me I listen to a bit of Elton John on Saturday.

1:18.9

Saturday night's all right after and so did I unfortunately and uh and rocket man of course with

1:25.4

sard down the right hand side but yesterday it was a it was a great weekend

1:29.6

loads of changes as you'd expect. Manchester City after that slow start like

1:33.9

Pep told us that would happen have gone from four to six to 11 to 10 so they've

1:38.0

at the now odds are against and Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United

1:41.6

of all short and Chelsea now actually second favourites at 7 to 2.

1:45.0

And at the bottom of course,

1:47.0

their Premier League struggles continue,

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