Weekend Preview: Schmeichel Struggling, Wan-Bissaka's Flaws & Brentford's Conveyor Belt
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2021
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Hosts Dan Bardell, George Elek and bet365's Steve Freeth reconvene to discuss their first impressions of the Ralf Rangnick era at Old Trafford, as Aaron Wan-Bissaka fails his first audition infront of his new manager... They also explore Kasper Schmeichel's big dip in form, how Brentford keep finding new ways to replace their star strikers, Man City's ominous recent PL form and more.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:03.0 | Hello and welcome to the weekend preview and the Athletic Football podcast sponsored by Bet365. |
| 0:23.7 | I'm Dan Bardell and each and every Friday myself and co-host George Ellick will |
| 0:27.8 | preview the best of the weekend's Premier League action alongside Bet365's Steve Freeth. |
| 0:33.7 | We're going to get straight into it this week but before we do, just remember at the moment you can sign up to The Athletic for just £3.33 a month for an entire year. |
| 0:42.7 | To take advantage of that, just go to theathletic.com slash football pod. |
| 0:48.0 | Guys, hope you both well. Friday evening, Brentford v Watford. |
| 0:53.1 | An unusual television pick, I would say, George. |
| 0:56.5 | But no Ivan Tony for Brentford, which will be a blow. |
| 0:59.5 | And he's always quite fun to watch for Brentford as well. |
| 1:02.1 | Yeah, he is. |
| 1:02.7 | This feels more like a Friday night EFL game live on Sky from last season |
| 1:06.8 | than a Premier League one, which is good to see. |
| 1:09.7 | But, yeah, Ivan Tony is out. |
| 1:12.2 | He was out as well in the game against leads, |
| 1:15.6 | which they nearly won. |
| 1:17.0 | They went down very late on to a Patrick Boundford goal, |
| 1:21.3 | which was disappointing because they put in a half decent performance and leads |
| 1:25.4 | are starting to kind of trend in the right way, I guess. |
| 1:27.4 | So for them to be without Tony, but still score the two goals to put them in that |
| 1:30.9 | position to win the game and come away with just the point. It would be disappointing. |
| 1:35.1 | Tony is out here. He's had a positive COVID test. It feels like given the stories around |
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