As we look ahead to this week's North London derby, we also cover the recent international break and the smaller nations that have made it thanks to the 48-team format - do we think this format is a good thing? We also answer some questions from our inbox and discuss footballer tattoos!

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This week, Vítor Pereira has been sacked; what next for the struggling Wolves side? Toby analyses West Ham's victory over Newcastle as life under Nuno kicks in. And in our most agonising segment yet, Toby tries to remember an ex-Aston Villa player whose name rhymes with Mings in less than 3 minutes.

It's our Bonfire Night special, so please enjoy the ambient firework sounds in Sam's recording.

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Chelsea and Maresca left it late to find a breakthrough against Liverpool; a third defeat in a row for the champions. Arsenal slip ahead into first thanks to an Eze & Saka double-up on the right. And Amorim gets a win, is his future looking brighter. Toby also talks about Leeds, if you're into that.

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We look at two clubs who might be in crisis: Manchester United and Nottingham Forest, with Nuno leaving and Amorim holding on for now - should he stay or go? Sam meets the police in Croydon and Toby finds a way to talk about Klopp again. Plus a preview of the weekend's games.

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We've been away so it's a long old catch-up about Fulham's VAR showdown, Andros Townsend's son, and Toby's trip to Greece. Sam also sticks his neck out for Amorim's Man United.

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Concern for Liverpool and frustration at Newcastle after Monday's fixture. Brighton sit in 18th, we talk about them for the third week in a row. Lots of Everton chat which I didn't expect. Plus we have fun guessing next week's line-ups.

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How might losing Trent affect Liverpool's title hopes? How high can the new signings carry Man United? And who will win the Swedish Guldbollen in 2026? We answer these questions and more as we predict the top-half of the table.

(Sorry to Lisandro Martinez who both of us forgot is still at Man United).

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We've been relaxing on our parachute payments but now we're back in the top-flight - in a new live format. We go through our predictions for the bottom half of the Premier League in 25/26: Sunderland with Xhaka, Everton with Thierno Barry, Brentford with a set-piece coach, and more!

#PODBACK

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In this week's heated episode, we're obviously talking about the VAR controversies following Newcastle vs Arsenal, and whether we agree with Mikel Arteta's response and the ensuing media meltdown. We also talk about Chelsea's exhilarating victory against Tottenham and if Big Ange Postecoglu got anything wrong.

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This week's pressing matters - We decide whether or not Erik ten Hag should be sacked as Man Utd boss, we cover United's lack of sporting director and style of play, plus we discuss Lionel Messi's latest Ballon d'Or trophy.

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We talk about The League of Two Halves, whether Chelsea are clicking after drawing against Arsenal, and what does David Raya bring to edge out Ramsdale as the Arsenal number one?

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After Luis Diaz's non-goal and all the VAR fallout from the Liverpool vs Tottenham match, we look at what went wrong and propose our ideas for helping referees in the Premier League. We also analyse Klopp's tactics for playing with 9 players and we watch Liverpool fan Toby lose his mind in real-time.

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This week's pressing matters: We extensively cover the North London Derby, what went wrong with Arsenal, and what makes Sam so frustrated about Spurs; Toby praises Szoboszlai's role in Liverpool's midfield; and we talk about UEFA co-efficients!!

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This week's pressing matters: Toby does a deep dive into everything he thinks about Erik ten Hag's Manchester United, we speak about Arsenal's changing possession structure without Gabriel, and most importantly, where will Jesse Marsch manage next?

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