Max Rushden and the panel reflect on the Carabao Cup semi-finals, the dangers of tweeting and ask what’s in a club’s badge?Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts,Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Simon Burnton and Andy Brassell to reflect on the storm regarding the newly appointed England women’s head coach Phil Neville and his controversial historical tweets before turning their attention to Leeds United’s contentious new badge. Continue reading...
Arsenal’s manager changed tactics to neutralise the Belgian and, deprived of one attacking option, Chelsea had noneAt half-time in the latest fun, slightly ragged instalment of the Arsenal-Chelsea stasis the sense of two teams battling for the right to lose to Manchester City at Wembley was tangible. For periods in the first half at the Emirates it was hard to remember a time before Arsenal and Chelsea had been playing each other, apparently endlessly, without any sign of resolution.In the end something did happen. Arsenal got hold of Eden Hazard, and in the process managed to disarm almost completely this lop-sided Chelsea team. Related: Granit Xhaka seals Arsenal place at Wembley at Chelsea’s expense Continue reading...
Lee Johnson wants to build on the highs of the Carabao Cup run and secure a top-flight return after 38 years awayAfter the tantalising and rip-roaring first leg, Pep Guardiola invited Lee Johnson and his Bristol City coaching staff in to his office to talk over what was a truly glorious advert for football. They bounced questions off each other, which included the Manchester City manager asking whether the faded lines on the Ashton Gate pitch were a clever tactical ploy. But the white lines in question are the rugby markings, used not by the Championship football team but the Championship rugby club.On Tuesday night, Guardiola and the rest of his squad experienced this revamped and rocking sold-out stadium for...
Max Rushden and co discuss the best and worst of the League Cup, Philippe Coutinho’s grand unveiling and recall Tommy Lawton’s transfer dealRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts,Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Paul Doyle and debutant Ben Fisher for a Carabao Cup special as Lee Johnson’s Bristol City almost pulled off a draw at the Etihad against Manchester City, while Chelsea and Arsenal did their best to support the argument that League Cup semis should not be played over two legs. Continue reading...
Watching Arsenal’s manager watch the goalless first leg of a cup semi-final was more interesting than watching the goalless first leg of a league cup semi-finalOf all the indignities foisted on Arsène Wenger during his time in English football, this was perhaps a fresh level of zip-fumbling, hood-gnawing horror. At the end of a room‑temperature semi-final Wenger said he had quite enjoyed his 90 minutes in the Stamford Bridge press box. “You see, you’re well treated, you have nothing to complain about,” he told the gathered journalists, expertly seizing the opportunity to chastise, once again, the people he most enjoys chastising.VAR issues aside – the image of Martin Atkinson fiddling with his ear will live long in the memory –...