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Hello and welcome to the weekend preview on the Athletic Football podcast, sponsored by Bet365.

I'm Dan Bardell and each and every Friday myself and co-host, George Alec, will preview

the best of the weekend's Premier League action alongside Bet365, Steve Freeth.

On this week's show, how incoming interim boss Ralph Ragnick can challenge Manchester United's fortunes.

Can Alex Oxlake Chamberlain revive his World Cup hopes at Liverpool?

And which performance was worse?

Arsenal, Everton, United or Spurs his first half?

Thank you.

I'm going to start off by apologising to Steve for, not bullying, but you know,

I really shot down your Regulon scoring last week, and I couldn't believe it when he took the ball home in the second half of that game against Leeds. Mystic, Steve, psychic Steve. You were getting stuck into me last week, I noticed that. You were getting a, I don't know whether it was the Stevie G factor. You were just buzzing, you know, before you were. You had a strut about you, I could tell, and there's nothing wrong with that. I quite liked it, to be honest with you. I'm just disappointed that you won't. But no, seriously, I mean, I thought Regulam was going to take the free kick himself and he kind of got jockeed off it type of thing. And it was just like sulking on the left-hand side. And then when the ball hit the woodwork and kind of came back or, you know, I thought, wow. And there he was. I mean, he's always in the box now under Conte as well. So I'm not sure how often we'll see him at double figures in the near future. But it was good to get a winner because, boy, did I need one. Yeah, I thought, Steve, maybe we were going to see you because we're on on a Zoom call for the listeners here, so we can see each other.

And I thought maybe we'd see a Region shirt behind you because you got all your shirts.

But instead you've hung up another left back in Wayne Bridge behind you in front of the other one.

So I was an homage just to the left backs there, a way of celebrating the reggion.

It's probably more, I'm a celebrity based, really.

But, yeah, Wayne Bridge, did me.

I remember when I backed you, I think it was Chelsea away at Wickham one time in the Cup, a 50 to one goal scorer.

And I've always liked Wayne Bridge.

And so that...

One pound of 50s and he bought the shirt.

Exactly. Well, yeah, I suppose then I could, I suppose at Ainsworth pound of 50s and he bought the shirt. Exactly.

Well, yeah.

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