Hello and welcome to the TIFO football podcast.

I'm Joe Devine and I'm delighted to be joined today by JJ Bull.

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Sebastian Stafford Bloch.

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And John McKenzie.

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Right, so much on the docket today.

It's a thick docket.

The docket is full of London. That's right, because we live here. We're London centric for listeners overseas. One of the common criticisms of the UK and the UK media is that it's very London centric. But the truth is that it is London centric. And that's because London is the best place in the United Kingdom where all the important things happen and where all the best people

live. And that's why today we're talking about West Ham United for a long period of time,

far longer than we should. And then Arsenal, with a little dribbling of Man City as well. You may be able to hear a fire alarm in the background. Not to worry, it's simply a test at a very inopportune time, and one that I'm deeply aggravated about. Oh, I'm noticing from the plan, Seb, that we were also going to talk about Bay and Leyva-Cusen, which is coming up this weekend. And that was going to be on the docket, wasn't it?

But it wasn't because we were talking about London and it's not happening in London. So it's not important. Yeah. Okay, great. Didn't do Points of Bad either, did I mean? Oh, crap. Yeah, you're right. You're absolutely right. Okay. Don't worry, listeners, through the magic of editing.

Points of Bad will be inserted at the end of this episode.

But... You're right. You're absolutely right. Okay. Don't worry, listeners. Through the magic of editing,

Points of Bad will be inserted at the end of this episode.

But it will be out of, disappointingly out of order.

And just when I thought I was done,

there's the fire alarm again.

God Lord.

West Ham.

First ever time. Get this. In there. Plus, I learned this from Rochane Thomas, the Athletics West Ham correspondent. First ever time in West Ham's 120 year plus history that they've

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