The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

Jimbo welcomes Daniel Storey, Sasha Goryunov and Colin Millar into the pod after another pulsating weekend of Premier League action.The North London derby is settled before half-time with young Gunners Smith Rowe, Saka and hype man Aaron Ramsdale on song. Is this finally Arteta’s Arsenal? And does 5th choice Nuno have authority over this Tottenham squad?Man City get the better of Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in a match that shows the true value of Rodri and Mason Mount. And United are beaten at home to Villa in a match that shows the true value of Luke Shaw and Austin MacPhee.Elsewhere, Brentford and Liverpool contest the game of the season so far. And are the natives starting to turn at Leicester?And Julien Laurens joins us to preview the standout fixture in the Champions League this week – PSG v Man City.RUNNING ORDER:   • PART 1: Arsenal 3-1 Tottenham (03m 00s)• PART 2: Chelsea 0-1 Man City (16m 00s)• PART 3: Brentford 3-3 Liverpool (25m 00s)• PART 4a: Man Utd 0-1 Aston Villa (35m 00s)• PART 4b: The rest of the Premier League weekend (44m 00s)• PART 5: The odds with Paddy Power (57m 00s)• PART 6: PSG v Man City preview with Julien Laurens (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 PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo, Tom Williams, Adam Crafton and Dan Bardell pick apart another packed week of football fun.The Carabao Cup’s biggest story is victory for Moyes at Old Trafford at last. Could Man United’s bloated squad have used the extra games to keep the squad happy?United are Aston Villa’s bogey team and they meet at Old Trafford this weekend. And it’s Chelsea v Man City. Could the hardest week possible in world football define City’s season? Plus we examine Marcos Alonso’s stance on kneeling.The North London derby looks to have potential for content. Can either team breach perhaps the clearest top 4 ever?Elsewhere, the Premier League will say hello to its first ever foreign referee. Plus love bites, more fights in France and whether or not the launch of Wolves Records will lead to Conor Coady rapping unconvincingly.RUNNING ORDER:   • PART 1: Carabao Cup round-up (01m 00s)• PART 2a: Chelsea v Man City preview (10m 30s)• PART 2b: Man Utd v Aston Villa preview (24m 00s)• PART 3a: Get ready for refereeing history (33m 00s)• PART 3b: Arsenal v Tottenham preview (37m 30s)• PART 4a: Brentford v Liverpool preview (45m 00s)• PART 4b: The rest of the Premier League weekend (47m 30s)• PART 5: The odds with Paddy Power (57m 00s)• PART 6: Euro midweek action (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 PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo is joined by Raphael Honigstein, Julien Laurens, James Horncastle and Alvaro Romeo to chew over a smorgasbord of European football action.PSG make it 6 wins out of 6 in Ligue 1 but all the headlines surround Lionel Messi and his reaction to being substituted. Meanwhile at Dortmund, is there anything Erling Haaland can’t do?Real Madrid continue to entertain us with a late comeback at Valencia. Juventus are still winless and in the relegation zone as Allegri admits he’s worried.Plus the return of Radamel Falcao at Rayo Vallecano. And should Bayern wear lederhosen to even up the Bundesliga?RUNNING ORDER:   • PART 1: Moment of the week (02m 00s)• PART 2: Ligue 1 latest – Messi scenes at PSG and Lens (05m 00s)• PART 3: Bundesliga bulletin – Bayern hit Bochum for seven (20m 00s)• PART 4a: Ajax 9-0 Cambuur (35m 00s)• PART 4b: Serie A update – Roma lose for the first time (37m 30s)• PART 5: La Liga – more late drama as Real entertain again (49m 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 PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo, Flo Lloyd-Hughes, Matt Davies-Adams and Daniel Storey cast their eyes over another dramatic weekend as the Premier League perhaps begins to take shape.Chelsea swot Spurs aside on Sunday as Thomas Tuchel once again shows his worth as a problem-solver. Elsewhere is Ole Gunnar Solskjaer lucky? Are Brighton luckier? And will Man City rue their dropped points against Southampton?There’s also credit to Arsenal for their new-found resilience with Ramsdale in goal. We look ahead to the 3rd round of the Carabao Cup, allowing us to look at the state of the EFL’s bottom club Oldham ahead of their trip to Brentford. And of course, there’s the Derby debacle.Plus missiles, Sarina Wiegman’s debut and Thomas Frank’s wine recommendations.RUNNING ORDER:   • PART 1: Tottenham 0-3 Chelsea (04m 30s)• PART 2a: West Ham 1-2 Man Utd (15m 00s)• PART 2b: Man City 0-0 Southampton (23m 30s)• PART 2c: Aston Villa 3-0 Everton (28m 00s)• PART 2d: Wolves 0-2 Brentford & Oldham’s struggles (30m 00s)• PART 3a: England 8-0 North Macedonia (35m 00s)• PART 3b: The rest of the Premier League weekend (38m 00s)• PART 4: The odds with Paddy Power (52m 00s)• PART 5: Derby enter administration (54m 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 PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo welcomes along Duncan Alexander, Tom Williams and Natalie Gedra as the Champions League gets back into full swing.Manchester United are upset away at Young Boys. Do they lack personality in the Champions League? And will Solskjaer learn from his mistakes?Elsewhere, PSG continue to play as individuals, Man City don’t need a striker because they keep improving as a team. And the Nou Camp is the new Turf Moor.The Premier League weekend promises plenty. Matt Jones from The Blue Room talks to us about learning to love Rafa Benitez at Everton.Plus the origin of the term Route One. And the two big exits in football this week – Chris Hughton and Dani Alves.RUNNING ORDER:   • PART 1a: Young Boys 2-1 Man Utd (03m 30s)• PART 1b: Club Brugge 1-1 PSG (10m 00s)• PART 2a: Man City 6-3 Leipzig (17m 00s)• PART 2b: Elsewhere in the Champions League (23m 00s)• PART 3a: Spurs v Chelsea preview (34m 00s)• PART 3b: A look at Leeds, Norwich and the first ever televised game (41m 30s)• PART 4a: Everton’s excellent start with Matt Jones (49m 30s)• PART 4b: The rest of the Premier League weekend (57m 00s)• PART 5: The odds with Paddy Power (63m 30s)• PART 6: Hughton out and Alves out (66m 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 PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Champions League and Europa League return, with Jimbo, James Horncastle, Alvaro Romeo and Julien Laurens on hand to preview Matchday 1.Barcelona host Bayern, with Barca now bigger underdogs than they were when they lost 8-2 in 2020. Real Madrid travel to San Siro to face Inter. Under Ancelotti, the team are exciting with Vinicius no longer fictitious.It’s Liverpool v Milan at Anfield, where we should all be thankful that Zlatan is back in the Champions League. Similarly we take time to purr over Messi’s hat-trick against Bolivia.Domestically, we show some love to Sampaoli’s Marseille. And in Serie A, is it too early to proclaim Mourinho’s Roma as title challengers? Or to write Allegri’s Juve out of the title race?RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1a: The Champions League and Europa League are back (02m 00s)• PART 1b: Moment of the weekend (04m 00s)• PART 2: Barcelona v Bayern Munich preview (08m 00s)• PART 3: Inter v Real Madrid preview (22m 00s)• PART 4: Liverpool v Milan preview (30m 00s)• PART 5: Europa League highlights (39m 00s)• PART 6: Serie A – the Mou train picks up speed (49m 30s)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 PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special 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, Daniel Storey and Dom Fifield after another eyebrow-raising Premier League weekend.The return of Ronaldo sees the Portuguese score twice as Man Utd beat Newcastle 4-1. But does Cristiano’s presence sacrifice Sancho’s style?Mo Salah joins the Premier League 100 club as Liverpool beat Leeds 3-0. Do we talk about the Egyptian enough as one of the best players in the world? And similarly at Man City, is Bernardo bubble gum Silva one of the most underrated players around?Proactive Palace impress by thrashing Spurs. Also how good are Villa and are Leicester too easy to control?Plus.James Horncastle joins us to preview Liverpool against Milan in the Champions League. And the panel discuss Hasenhuttl’s superstitious sartorial selections.RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1a: Man Utd 4-1 Newcastle (03m 00s)• PART 1b: Liverpool, Man City and Chelsea also victorious (12m 00s)• PART 2: Crystal Palace 3-0 Spurs & Arsenal 1-0 Norwich (29m 00s)• PART 3: The rest of the Premier League weekend (36m 00s)• PART 4: The odds with Paddy Power (42m 30s)• PART 5: Liverpool v Milan preview with James Horncastle (45m 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 PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Premier League is back and so are Jimbo, Duncan Alexander, Adrian Clarke and Nooruddean Choudry.England are pegged back in Poland late on in a game where Gareth Southgate doesn’t make any substitutions. Does the England manager have a tendency to freeze on the big stage?Scotland are the only home nation to win in midweek, a huge victory in Austria in World Cup qualifying, as Andrew Slaven describes all.The headlines in the Premier League look set to be dominated by Ronaldo’s return to Old Trafford. And the clash of the bottom two as Arsenal host Norwich. Could defeat spell the end for Arteta?The panel are excited about Man City’s goalkeeping situation and about seeing Harvey Elliott and Dan James in action at Elland Road.Plus People Just Do Nothing and people pinching throats. And Solskjaer and Szczesny – two of the best in the country.RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1: The return of Ronaldo (04m 30s)• PART 2a: Poland 1-1 England (16m 30s)• PART 2b: Austria 0-1 Scotland with Andrew Slaven (28m 00s)• PART 3a: Arsenal v Norwich preview (33m 00s)• PART 3b: Crystal Palace v Spurs preview (39m 00s)• PART 3c: Leicester v Man City preview (41m 30s)• PART 4: The rest of the Premier League weekend (45m 00s)• PART 5: The odds with Paddy Power (62m 30s)• PART 6: A change to your scheduled programming (65m 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 PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You'll have heard Daniel Storey speaking on Monday's pod about how he's about to attend his first football match since March 2020. And while many of you will have returned to grounds for the new season or been to a match at Wembley over the summer, but for lots of us, the noise and energy of a full stadium and the build up to the game is a long distant memory.With that mind, in place of our Euro show this week, here's a special podcast accompanying George Caulkin's amazing piece called This is what football sounds like that recently went up on the Athletic.It's recorded using a technique called binaural audio – basically, 360 degree sound - and the best way to experience it is to find a quiet place and listen on headphones. Maybe even go for a walk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo welcomes Daniel Storey, Flo Lloyd-Hughes and Colin Millar into the pod on a weekend where crazy things are happening all around the world.While other nations are slipping up, England have become a machine in qualifying. Will a trip to Poland provide problems? And is Bellingham the future of the midfield?Elsewhere, it’s a big week for Northern Ireland who have some scores to settle with the Swiss. Brazil v Argentina is stopped as authorities try to deport four Premier League players. And do we really want a World Cup every two years.The WSL is back with a new season and a new TV deal. The panel plead for patience in the development of the women’s game on a weekend where champions Chelsea suffer a shock defeat.Plus the bloody Butcher and the renegade Rene Higuita. RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1: Two 4-0 wins for England (03m 30s)• PART 2: The wide world of World Cup qualifying (15m 00s)• PART 3: Brazil v Argentina admin chaos and a World Cup every two years? (30m 00s)• PART 4: The WSL returns (45m 00s)• PART 5: The odds with Paddy Power (60m 00s)• PART 6: On This Day - Bloody Butcher and Higuita’s scorpion (62m 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 PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.