The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

Jimbo is alongside Rory Smith, Carl Anka and Duncan Alexander to cast an eye over the footballing landscape this week.A bad performance but a good result as Man United draw at Atletico. Hear why they need to calm down and Elanga needs to start.The League Cup final between Chelsea and Liverpool looms this weekend, with Tuchel’s weird Lukaku situation and Liverpool having hammered Leeds 6-0. Can Liverpool actually overtake Man City in the title race or is that easier said than done?Tottenham and Conte come crashing down to Earth with defeat at Turf Moor. The Athletic’s Andy Jones tells us how Burnley got back on track.Plus painter-decorator Keith Houchen, Juve’s 20s strike force and vote Weghorst.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Football’s pursuit of power (01m 00s)• PART 1b: Atletico Madrid 1-1 Man Utd preview (04m 00s) • PART 2a: The rest of the Champions League midweek(17m 00s) • PART 2b: Chelsea v Liverpool preview (27m 00s)• PART 3: Burnley 1-0 Spurs with Andy Jones (40m 00s)• PART 4: The weekend’s Premier League fixtures (50m 00s)• PART 5: Inter Totally Cup – Clarke v Lanyado (60m 00s)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo welcomes James Horncastle, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo back into the pod ahead of another huge midweek of competition.Atletico face Man United in the Champions League after a good weekend win but a pretty wretched 2 months. Lille travel to Stamford Bridge with Jonathan David looking to impress some potential suitors. And Dusan Vlahovic makes his Champions League debut for Juve at Villarreal.Napoli host Barcelona in the Europa League after a handsome win at Valencia where Aubameyang and “best in the world” Pedri shine. But can Ferran Torres live up to his superstar signing status?Dortmund lose to Rangers and then hammer Monchengladbach 6-0. Christoph Biermann struggles to get his head around this team.PSG are defeated at Nantes as efforts to keep Kylian Mbappe intensify.Plus in Serie A, nobody wants to win the title as Milan and Inter slip up. And we show some love to the human highlight reel Fabio Quagliarella.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Rollercoaster week for PSG (01m 00s)• PART 1b: Moment of the weekend (07m 00s) • PART 2a: Atletico Madrid v Man Utd preview (13m 00s) • PART 2b: Villarreal v Juventus preview (19m 30s)• PART 2c: Chelsea v Lille preview (24m 30s)• PART 3a: Dortmund get ready for Rangers with Christoph Biermann (30m 00s)• PART 3b: Napoli v Barcelona and other Europa League highlights (39m 00s)• PART 4: Real Madrid cruising while the Milan clubs slip up (50m 00s)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo, Daniel Storey, Nooruddean Choudry and Matt Davies-Adams unpack a brilliant Premier League weekend as the title race restarts. Tottenham shock City at the Etihad in a performance inspired by Harry Kane and perfect counter-attacking goals. Will Pep be happier now he has the antagonist that is Liverpool back in his sights?There’s an old school game to remember at Elland Road as Noz discusses what makes Leeds and Man United such hated rivals.At the bottom, there were big wins for Burnley and Watford, which is bad news for Brentford and Everton. And was Villa’s defeat to the Hornets one of the stories of the weekend?Matchday 2 of the Inter Totally Cup sees Dom Fifield take on Tom Williams with both looking to reach the quarter-finals for the first time.Plus Paul Ince and the misadventures of Meikayla Moore.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Do we have a title race? (01m 30s)• PART 1b: Man City 2-3 Spurs (06m 00s) • PART 1c: Liverpool 3-1 Norwich (17m 30s) • PART 2a: Leeds 2-4 Man Utd (22m 00s)• PART 2b: The return of the Guv’nor and Moore makes history (33m 00s)• PART 3: The battle at the bottom of the Premier League (39m 00s)• PART 4: Inter Totally Cup – Fifield v Williams (51m 00s)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo welcomes Michael Cox, Duncan Alexander and Adrian Clarke into the pod in a week packed full of Champions League and Premier League action.Liverpool emerge from a tough game at Inter with a comfortable 2-0 scoreline as we rave about Van Dijk and Perisic. There’s also plenty of raving about Mbappe but less so about Real Madrid.In the Premier League, it’s the reverse fixtures from Matchweek 1 which allows us to revisit our early season takes gone wrong. From Lukaku to Crystal Palace.Spurs are off to the Etihad, as Antonio Conte’s head goes again in an interview to Sky Italia criticising Tottenham’s January business.It’s the first round of the 2022 Inter Totally Cup as Duncan takes on Alvaro Romeo in a battle of quiz wits.Plus evaluating Rodgers, Hasenhuttl and how anybody ever lost a lead before the introduction of the back-pass rule.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: PSG 1-0 Real Madrid (02m 30s)• PART 1b: Sporting 0-5 Man City & Salzburg 1-1 Barcelona (10m 00s) • PART 1c: Inter 0-2 Liverpool (15m 00s) • PART 2: Revisiting the opening weekend and our hot takes (23m 00s)• PART 3: Goals per game, the back-pass rule and Brendan Rodgers (36m 00s)• PART 4a: The battle at the bottom of the Premier League (43m 00s)• PART 4b: Inter Totally Cup – Alexander v Romeo (54m 00s)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totallyGET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo and the Euro crew jump back into the pod as the Champions League returns with the knockout stages.PSG host Real Madrid in a game featuring Messi, Ramos and a boat load of narrative. But are the Parisians anything without Kylian Mbappe?Liverpool travel to San Siro as Inter face their biggest European game in a decade. Can they cope with Liverpool’s intensity without Barella?The Europa League and Conference League return too with Barcelona Napoli the standout fixture, as Xavi’s side look to save their season with silverware.Christoph Biermann is back to discuss Bochum thrashing Bayern and his music career.Plus incredible goals and the unsackable Inzaghi.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Moment of the weekend (03m 00s)• PART 2a: PSG v Real Madrid preview (06m 00s) • PART 2b: Barcelona v Napoli preview (20m 00s) • PART 2c: Inter v Liverpool preview (28m 00s)• PART 3a: Christoph Biermann on Bayern’s week at Bochum and Salzburg (33m 00s)• PART 3b: Sporting v Man City preview (44m 00s)• PART 4: More from the Europa League & Conference League (48m 00s)• PART 5: Big wins for Milan and Atletico (52m 00s)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR 33% OFF THE PRICE OF AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo welcomes Daniel Storey, Charlie Eccleshare and Tom Williams into the pod after another dramatic weekend in the Premier League.In Abu Dhabi, Chelsea become world champions by beating Palmeiras, as Tuchel wins in front of Abramovich. But why don’t neutrals care more?Domestically, Spurs suffer a third straight league defeat at the hands of Wolves, with some straight-talking from Conte once again. Can anything more be gained by telling Tottenham’s players how terrible they are?Leicester are denied victory right at the death by West Ham. Are we wrong to sneer at the achievements of Brendan Rodgers at the King Power and beyond?Newcastle put in an un-Eddie Howe performance with victory over Villa while an Iwobi-inspired Everton run riot against Leeds. Plus Sterling, Souness and the draw for the first round of the 2022 Inter Totally Cup!RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Chelsea are world champions – why don’t we care? (03m 00s)• PART 2: Tottenham 0-2 Wolves (17m 00s) • PART 3a: Leicester 2-2 West Ham and more on Kurt’s cats (28m 00s) • PART 3b: Man Utd 1-1 Southampton (38m 00s)• PART 4a: The rest of the Premier League weekend (45m 00s)• PART 4b: The draw for the 2022 Inter Totally Cup! (59m 00s)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR 33% OFF THE PRICE OF AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo welcomes Duncan Alexander, Nick Miller and Lynsey Hooper into the pod amid a hectic Premier League schedule.Southampton win a thriller at Spurs as we debate the ceiling on the likes of Ward-Prowse and Broja. And the hubris of Antonio Conte.Elsewhere, there’s some Weghorst love, Wilfried Zaha channels Peter Devine and Dan James is outshining Cristiano Ronaldo on the road.Frank Lampard’s Everton are looking nervously over their shoulders as they take on Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds.Natalie Gedra is in Abu Dhabi to preview the Club World Cup final as Chelsea take on a hungry and focussed Palmeiras.Plus Asprilla’s Newcastle debut, footballing truths, games in hand and the neutral’s favourite Premier League players.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Kurt’s cats (02m 00s)• PART 2a: Tottenham 2-3 Southampton (07m 30s) • PART 2b: Burnley 1-1 Man Utd (14m 30s) • PART 3a: Mitrovic and the WSL title showdown (22m 30s)• PART 3b: Newcastle 3-1 Everton & games in hand (25m 30s)• PART 4a: Villa 3-3 Leeds & Norwich 1-1 Palace (38m 00s)• PART 4b: The Premier League weekend (43m 00s)• PART 5a: On This Day and footballing myths (49m 00s) • PART 5b: Chelsea v Palmeiras preview with Natalie Gedra (52m 00s)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR 33% OFF THE PRICE OF AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Euro crew are back as Jimbo, James Horncastle, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo take in a huge weekend across the continent.Milan boost their title hopes with a derby win over Inter, while Vlahovic and Zakaria enjoy dream debuts for Juventus.Barcelona have their shooting boots on against Atletico as Xavi gets the best of Simeone, for whom nothing can go right.PSG also win big in Lille to go 13 points clear, as everyone enjoys the sight of Messi in the middle.Christoph Biermann is back to tell us about Bayern going 9 points clear, Koln’s crazy coach and Dortmund being the problem child of the Bundesliga. Plus Kristof Terreur informs us about Union Saint-Gilloise, Tony Bloom’s promoted underdogs who are leading the way in Belgium.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Moment of the weekend (03m 00s)• PART 2: Milan win the derby & some spectacular Juve debuts (06m 30s) • PART 3: Barcelona 4-2 Atletico (16m 00s) • PART 4a: Balotelli, Giovinco and Italy’s striker search (27m 00s)• PART 4b: Bayern go 9 points clear with Christoph Biermann (30m 00s)• PART 5a: Lille 1-5 PSG (40m 00s)• PART 5b: The rise of USG with Kristof Terreur (47m 00s)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR 33% OFF THE PRICE OF AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo is joined by Carl Anka, Matt Davies-Adams and Flo Lloyd-Hughes after a huge weekend of FA Cup shocks and the AFCON final.Non-league Boreham Wood beat Bournemouth to reach round 5. Kidderminster almost join them but are overcome by Declan Rice FC.Nottingham Forest thrash the holders Leicester. But are they chasing a pointless dream and should promotion to the Premier League be the real goal? And will Cooper, Johnson and Spence be there next season?Man United are knocked out by Middlesbrough on penalties. Are the hungry fans watching Rangnick’s good plan executed in a mediocre fashion?Senegal and Sadio Mane finally shed the weight of previous failures by winning their first ever AFCON title. Maher Mezahi has more from Cameroon.Plus tiny tables, Chris Hughton and the pass of the season.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Boreham Wood through, Kidderminster almost (03m 00s)• PART 1b: Nottingham Forest 4-1 Leicester (10m 00s) • PART 2a: Middlesbrough knock out Man United (21m 00s) • PART 2b: Other FA Cup highlights (31m 00s)• PART 3a: Senegal win AFCON with Maher Mezahi (35m 00s)• PART 3b: Chris Hughton to become Ghana manager (48m 00s)• PART 4: EFL, WSL and the PL week to come (55m 00s)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR 33% OFF THE PRICE OF AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION• theathletic.com/totallyGET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo is joined by Duncan Alexander, Adrian Clarke and Colin Millar ahead of FA Cup 4th round weekend.How seriously should teams like West Ham and Everton take the cup? Or does Frank Lampard need to concentrate on his new chat show?Deadline day saw Alli and Auba on the move. Can Dele return to the raging fire he once was? And was it the right time to bid Aubameyang goodbye?Aaron Ramsey arrives at Rangers but then watches his new team get torn apart by Celtic and overtaken at the top of the table. The Athletic’s Jordan Campbell fills us in on a very busy week in Scottish football, including a Raith Rovers reversal.Maher Mezahi watches Senegal advance to the AFCON final, inspired by the great Sadio Mane.Plus we preview potentially the biggest six-pointer in Premier League history.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Alli & Auba on the move (02m 00s)• PART 2: Ramsey, Rangers and Raith with Jordan Campbell (18m 00s) • PART 3: FA Cup 4th round preview (28m 00s) • PART 4: Burnley v Watford preview & Lamps’ first game in charge (46m 00s)• PART 5a: EFL & WCQ latest (55m 00s)• PART 5b: Senegal 3-1 Burkina Faso with Maher Mezahi (60m 00s)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR 33% OFF THE PRICE OF AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.