Wrighty's House

Carl Anka and Ryan Hunn join Ian to discuss Arsenal's win over Liverpool, Manchester United's performance, Premier League results, and the AFCON quarterfinals. They highlight the dominance of Kai Havertz, analyze a goal in the Arsenal-Liverpool match, and talk about Manchester United's restrained approach. The conversation also covers impressive players, disappointing teams, and the vibrant AFCON tournament.

Ian is joined by Ryan Hunn and Flo Lloyd-Hughes to hand out some flowers to the individual winners of the midweek Premier League fixtures. They start by discussing the shocking news that Lewis Hamilton will be leaving Mercedes at the end of the 2024 Formula 1 season to join rival Ferrari (02:30). There are flowers for Kobbie Mainoo and Conor Bradley after Manchester United beat Wolves 4-3 in a barnstormer and Liverpool swatted Chelsea aside on Wednesday night (05:49). They finish by compiling a “Players You Only Love if They’re on Your Team” XI, brought on by Neal Maupay’s latest bout of Main Character Energy (37:11).Host: Ian WrightGuests: Ryan Hunn and Flo Lloyd-HughesProducers: Ryan Hunn, Roscoe Bowman and Jonathan Fisher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ian is joined by Carl Anka and Flo Lloyd-Hughes to discuss the ongoing 2024 Africa Cup of Nations. They start by discussing Ghana’s short-lived appearance at the tournament (02:36), as they were knocked out in the group stage after collecting just two points. They give their first reaction to the breaking news that Jürgen Klopp will be leaving Liverpool at the end of the season (12:56). Then South African football journalist Velile Mnyandu joins us from Côte d'Ivoire to give us his insight into the tournament so far (16:32), his verdict on the major nations who have flopped and the surprise packages who helped send them home.Host: Ian WrightGuests: Carl Anka, Flo Lloyd-Hughes, and Velile MnyanduProducers: Ryan Hunn, Roscoe Bowman, and Jonathan Fisher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ian is joined by Musa Okwonga and Ryan Hunn to chat about two incidents of racist abuse from the weekend, at Milan’s Mike Maignan and Coventry City’s Kasey Palmer (01:00). They then move on to the Premier League, where Liverpool extended their lead at the top (08:34), Arsenal cruised by a disappointing Crystal Palace (14:52), plus Ivan Toney’s return and more VAR drama, before rounding up on some AFCON stuff (35:16).Host: Ian WrightGuests: Musa Okwonga and Ryan HunnProducers: Ryan Hunn and Roscoe BowmanAdditional Production: Jonathan Fisher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ian is joined by Ryan Hunn and Flo Lloyd-Hughes to react to the news that Sarina Wiegman has signed a new contract to manage the England women’s national team through to the 2027 World Cup (04:14). They discuss Jordan Henderson’s move to Ajax, bringing a premature end to his controversial move to Al-Ettifaq in the Saudi Pro League, and what this means for his future and his reputation (17:59). Then, to celebrate Ian’s role in the new Netflix film 'The Kitchen,' he talks about his experience on set (27:33) and working with Kano and Daniel Kaluuya. Between them, they come up with a list of all-time great films they’d love to watch on a film night with the whole 'Wrighty’s House' crew (35:18).Host: Ian WrightGuests: Ryan Hunn and Flo Lloyd-HughesProducers: Ryan Hunn, Roscoe Bowman and Jonathan Fisher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ian is joined by Ryan Hunn and special guest Kieron O’Connor, a.k.a. Swiss Ramble, to dive into Premier League Financial Fair Play (04:24). They chat about Nottingham Forest profit and sustainability issues, Newcastle United potentially needing to sell in this window, whether Arsenal can actually afford to bring in a top striker, and whether FFP has actually worked in its current form. Then, Ian gives his thoughts on Jadon Sancho’s return to Dortmund and Eric Dier’s surprise move to Bayern (37:41).Host: Ian WrightGuests: Ryan Hunn and Kieron O’ConnorProducers: Ryan Hunn and Roscoe BowmanAdditional Production: Jonathan Fisher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ian is joined by Musa Okwonga and Flo Lloyd-Hughes for a Sunday night edition of 'Wrighty’s House' to discuss Arsenal’s 2-0 defeat to Liverpool. They start by reacting to the news that Sam Kerr has injured her ACL in Chelsea’s midseason training camp (01:09) and wondering what Chelsea can do to survive without her. They move on to Arsenal’s troubles in front of goal (06:58), some worrying patterns of play that they’ve fallen into, and what the future holds for this team.Host: Ian WrightGuests: Musa Okwonga and Flo Lloyd-HughesProducers: Roscoe Bowman and Jonathan Fisher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s the first show of the year, and Ian is joined by Flo Lloyd-Hughes and Mayowa Quadri. They begin with a catchup about Christmas and the New Year before discussing Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s sending off against Crystal Palace (07:43). They lose themselves in the aftermath of the PDC World Darts Championship (15:44), where Luke Littler took the world by storm, before looking ahead to the FA Cup third round (25:16) and chatting about some great FA Cup memories.Host: Ian WrightGuests: Flo Lloyd-Hughes and Mayowa QuadriProducers: Ryan Hunn, Roscoe Bowman and Jonathan Fisher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ian is joined by Clive Palmer and Ryan Hunn to chat about West Ham’s win over Arsenal in what was a first victory at Emirates Stadium for David Moyes (01:10). They analyse Arsenal’s issues, West Ham’s game plan and their efficiency, before moving on to Brighton’s win over Spurs (35:51), Rasmus Hojlund’s first Premier League goal, and moreHost: Ian WrightGuests: Clive Palmer and Ryan HunnProducers: Ryan Hunn, Roscoe Bowman, and Jonathan Fisher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s a special Christmas episode, with almost the full crew! Ian is joined by Flo, Mayowa, Fadumo, Musa, Jeanette, and Ryan, all in the studio! They discuss some football moments, players or specific football things they’ve loved this year (01:20), favourite players of 2023 (20:26), plus some wild predictions for 2024!! From all the crew, Merry Christmas, happy holiday, and we’ll see you for our final episode of the year next week.Host: Ian WrightGuests: Flo Lloyd-Hughes, Mayowa Quadri, Fadumo Olow, Musa Okwonga, Jeanette Kwakye, and Ryan HunnProducers: Ryan Hunn, Roscoe Bowman and Jonathan Fisher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices