We’re past the halfway point of the season, the table’s taking shape, and it’s time to face some harsh truths. This week, Dan, James, and Coops look at the title race and ask who should win the Premier League — not on points, but for the good of football… Some clubs don’t need another title, whilst other ‘deserving’ teams would be simply unbearable champions. The lads review the state of the league so far, and deliver their judgement on who would make ‘worthy’ champions, alright?! #premierleague #arsenal #manchesterunited #mancity #liverpool Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Boxing Day used to mean wall-to-wall football. Now it’s been trimmed down to a single, underwhelming fixture. This week, Dan and James take aim at how broadcasters and schedulers have quietly stripped the day of its magic, turning one of football’s greatest traditions into just another calendar slot. From packed festive slates to a lone kickoff, the lads ask how Boxing Day football lost its soul — and how it can be fixed before the tradition disappears for good, alright?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From “back in my day” logic to shameless club bias, former footballers dominate football coverage — but should they? In this episode, James takes Dan back to school to question whether playing experience alone still qualifies ex-pros to analyse today’s game. As tactics evolve and the context changes, the lads unpack why so much analysis feels outdated, biased, or just plain wrong. Perhaps the game has moved on without them, alright?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is football broken? Has it gone to a place of no return? Is it the same sport we knew and loved when we were kids? These were the sorts of questions that brought our podcast to life, as we knew that we would be needed to fix the beautiful game. You may believe it to be irreparable, but it's fixable... alright?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With great confidence, I will be able to predict that you have overrated a footballer at some point in your life. We can say this confidently because we are convinced that everyone rates players incorrectly. The boys introduce a new way to accurately judge players, and come up with a list themselves of players that they judge to be overrated. There is also a little surprise for one of the boys, but you'll have to listen out for it... alright?! #football #premierleague #messi #colepalmer #stevengerrard #arsenal #manchesterunited #liverpool #chelsea Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s episode hammers into the hardest part of football. Is it scoring? Creating? Goalkeeping? Or just agreeing on anything for more than five minutes? The boys smash into football myths, chisel-away at clichés, hit solid arguments, and still end up between a rock and a hard place. It’s a tough one, but it is fixable, alright?! #football #soccer #premierleague #arsenal #liverpool #manchesterunited #derby #goalscorer #goalkeeper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fans are often fickle, fashioning fragile fantasies of their favourite football clubs' fortunes, while failing to fully confess their foundering faults. They flip and they flop from fervent faith to fiery frustration faster than a free kick flies in a typhoon. From flawless form to floundering fiasco, their feelings forever fluctuate. Yet, for all their fussing and fretting, they're faithful to the crest they follow. Feel free to listen to this week's episode and find out how these fine fellows fix the fickleness that infests football fans... alright?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People deserve a second chance, right? A former player in need of a second chance is Michael Owen, with his controversial playing career always being questioned, and his punditry skills being ridiculed worldwide. Yet should a man who claims Memphis Depay "looks like a footballer" really be given a second chance? The boys will get to the bottom of this... alright?! #football #soccer #premierleague #pundit #michaelowen #liverpool #manchesterunited #philosopher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Don't you hate Hate-watchers?! Watching football with the express decision to hate on their rivals is a hateful thing to do. On this podcast, we hate it when people hate on others for no other reason than to hate. Is it just me, or is the word 'hate' now sounding a bit silly? I hate to say this, but hate-watching is fixable... alright?! #football #premierleague #soccer #arsenal #manchesterunited #liverpool #hatewatch #group7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When you listen to this podcast, the first thing that naturally comes to everyone's mind is class. We have been told many times to go back to class and learn everything again. But we do also respect footballers that show the other type of class, which is severely lacking in the beautiful game. The boys reckon they have come up with the perfect fixes to bring class back, and to fix it once and for all... alright?! #football #soccer #nottinghamforest #manchesterunited #liverpool #chelsea #arsenal #class #premierleague Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Can you believe that the premierleague champions lost 3 games in a row??? Of course you can, because it also happened to Man City the season before. However, some call this a crisis that threatens to ruin Liverpool's hopes of retaining their title. Can the boys paper over the cracks? You'll have to listen to find out... alright?! #Football #Liverpool #Premierleague #Salah #Arsenal #Everton #Manchesterunited Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How biased are you? Take a look in the mirror and really ask yourself whether you are able to put irrational bias aside and look at the sport of football objectively. Not easy, is it? James and Dan spend this episode drilling into Ces the importance of irrational bias to intensify the enjoyment of the game! It may sound impossible, but they can do it... alright?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Oxford English Dictionary defines 'Genius' as "an exceptionally intelligent person or one with exceptional skill in a particular area of activity". When you hear this, James sees only one name - the Everton legend of Mikel Arteta. Is he truly a genius for making Arsenal once again a force to be reckoned with, as well as regular title challengers? Or is he a young manager that's spent more than both City and Liverpool since he took over at Arsenal, with no title to show for it? We'll get to the bottom of it... alright?! #Arteta #PremierLeague #FootballDebate #Arsenal #EPL #SoccerTalk #PL #FootballTikTok #FootyChat #liverpool #manchesterunited #mancity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michael Owen once said of Memphis Depay - "he LOOKS like a footballer!" and Owen has been ridiculed relentlessly ever since for this clear and obvious comment. Yet the boys look deeper into this topic, as Owen's comment may not have been as silly as it sounds. As proven in our previous series, player names make a big difference with overall performance, and this episode provides more evidence of what makes the modern footballer better or worse. We may not be as silly as Owen, but we're getting there... alright?! #football #soccer #premierleague #colepalmer #arsenal #mancity #chelsea #manchesterunited Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

World Cup Qualifiers are an unnecessary disruption to the start of the new league season. In this episode, we present much better alternatives and try our very best to remain professional for an entire episode in Ces’s absence. But when that fails, we scramble to hide the evidence... This could get messy, but it was worth it, alright?! #premierleague #worldcup #fifaworldcup #arsenal #manchesterunited Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are you tired of players refusing to train to force a move out of their club? Do you feel like they are selfish for considering themselves "slaves" to the clubs that pay them millions just to play football? Well look no further than this episode for all of this to get fixed... alright?! #football #soccer #premierleague #contract #agents #isak #wissa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Manchester United are still the biggest club in England, but there will soon come a time that their lack of success will catch up with them. What will happen to future prospective United fans? Will they turn to other more successful teams and give up on the Red Devils? The boys decide to step in and fix the issue that could lessen the power of Manchester United, which sounds impossible, but it's in capable hands... alright?! #premierleague #football #soccer #arsenal #liverpool #manutd #chelsea #mancity #manchesterunited #spurs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Big Six... or should they be more aptly considered The Untouchables? How are the other clubs meant to compete with the buying power of these giants, especially with the restraints put on them by the Profit & Sustainability Rules? Can this be solved by the boys so the gap between the top and bottom clubs can be closed? You'll have to find out... alright?! #premierleague #football #soccer #arsenal #liverpool #manutd #chelsea #mancity #spurs #big6 #newcastle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The new Premier league season is well and truly underway, and there are several new rules to get your heads around! But are the new additions actually necessary? Do they solve the problems that football has suffered in recent years? Have we been crying out for these rules at all? The boys delve into this subject with the professionalism that you have all come to expect, and even create rules of their own to improve the beautiful game. You may not have asked for them, but you've got them... alright?! #premierleague #football #soccer #arsenal #liverpool #manutd #chelsea Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re back for Season 3 and ready to sort out football’s biggest talking points before a ball is even kicked. From the most chaotic transfer moves to fantasy football rule changes that could make or break your season. Expect passionate arguments, sharp analysis, and the kind of football chat you wish you had at the pub! Plus this episode has a ‘juicy’ twist… #premierleague #football #soccer #arsenal #liverpool #manutd #chelsea Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices