Where Arsenal must strengthen in January | Newcastle to finish above Chelsea? | Dilemmas for Ten Hag at Man Utd
Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Sky Sports
4 • 718 Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
We hear from Sky Sports pundit Alan Smith ahead of Arsenal’s trip to Wolves – can the Gunners grab the Christmas No1 spot? And what do they need to do on the pitch and in the transfer window to maintain their title challenge in the New Year?
Peter Smith is then joined by Sky Sports journalists Nick Wright and Joe Shread to discuss what’s going right for Eddie Howe’s Newcastle – and what’s going wrong for Graham Potter’s Chelsea, ahead of their clash at St James’ Park.
The panel also reflect on Man Utd’s chaotic Carabao Cup win over Aston Villa, the problems Erik ten Hag has at both ends of the pitch and in midfield at United and the impact Unai Emery is having at Villa.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Sky Sports Football Podcast brought to you by Bet365, where every now biting nil-nil, every bizarre VAR, every foregone conclusion, bad pass, slam dunk, tap-in, full-start, dead heat, and absolutely expected defeat is amazing. |
| 0:17.3 | From football to tennis and ice hockey to motorsport. |
| 0:24.8 | Whatever the moment, it's never ordinary at Bet 365. |
| 0:37.2 | Hello and welcome to the Essential Football Podcast, |
| 0:43.3 | where we're building up to the final round of Premier League fixtures before the World Cup gets underway in Qatar. To put down your sticker albums, shelve those worries about Iran's number nine for 30 minutes or so. |
| 0:48.3 | Sit back and listen as we take you through some of the standout fixtures in the Premier League this weekend. I'm Peter Smith and I'm joined in the studio today by Nick Wright. How you doing Nick? |
| 0:58.0 | Very well, thanks, very well. Good and we've got Joe Shred here as well. All right Joe. |
| 1:01.0 | Yes, all good, thank you for Pete. Very good. All excited about the World Cup fever. |
| 1:04.0 | Absolutely, very much, almost in World Cup mode after this weekend. It's still not really sunk in, has it, that the World Cup starts in about a week. |
| 1:12.6 | It just seems surreal. |
| 1:13.6 | Mid-season World Cup, still not kind of got used to that idea. |
| 1:16.6 | Big winter coat on, rather than standing outside pubs in beer gardens and... |
| 1:21.6 | Oh, I'll still be there. |
| 1:22.6 | We'll still be there. |
| 1:23.6 | Mould wine instead of Lager, start with the future. Okay, well, later on we're going to be looking at informed Newcastle's clash with not-so-informed Chelsea. |
| 1:32.3 | We'll also assess Mani Knight's trip to Fulham and we'll take a look at Unai Emory's plans for Aston Villa ahead of their game at Brighton. |
| 1:40.3 | But first off, we're going to start at the summit and league leaders, Arsenal and their trip to wolves. |
| 1:45.0 | One more win for Mikhail Artecett's side will guarantee top spot in the Premier League going into the break. |
| 1:50.0 | But they come up against the Wolf's side rejuvenated by the prospect of a new incoming manager. |
| 1:56.0 | Our very own Ron Walker caught up with former gunner and Sky Sports pundit Alan Smith to discuss whether |
| 2:01.2 | Arsenal will be this year's Christmas number one. |
| 2:06.5 | Let's get right down to it. |
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