On this episode, Ted and Hayden go around Europe and play buy or sell on the biggest storylines outside the Premier League. Villarreal’s push toward Spain’s top three, Roma’s rebuild under Gasperini, and why the Bundesliga race behind Bayern looks completely different this season. They dig into whether anyone can get close to PSG, how Enrique has reshaped the squad, and what the depth in Ligue 1 really looks like this year. Then it shifts to recruitment, the mistakes that matter, what people get wrong about player evaluation, and how clubs actually improve their processes. The episode wraps with the Premier League relegation fight, Forest’s chances of staying up, and the teams that should be worried as the season grinds on.

Timestamps:

00:00 – Intro and episode overview

02:26 – Villarreal’s rise and whether they can crack Spain’s top three

03:13 – Why their Champions League form muddies the picture

05:48 – Villarreal’s recruitment model and defensive identity

08:30 – Buy or sell on Villarreal finishing third

09:25 – Roma’s rebuild under Gasperini and the Serie A traffic jam

11:27 – Roma’s defensive ceiling and why second place is a reach

13:26 – Inter, Juve, Milan and the top-end parity in Italy

14:04 – Bayern’s insane metrics and the Bundesliga hierarchy

15:40 – Leverkusen’s early meltdown and fast correction

16:06 – Frankfurt’s upside and the challenges of young squads

17:20 – How Leipzig and Dortmund keep shifting week to week

18:10 – The injuries that could flip the Bundesliga race below Bayern

20:33 – PSG’s depth, fatigue and the reality of the title race

22:22 – Similarities to last season for PSG

23:16 – Shot profiles, xG gaps and how Ligue 1’s depth is changing

25:17 – What would it take for PSG to not win Ligue 1?

27:00 – PSG vs Bayern in how well they are run

28:32 – How coaching cycles open windows for challengers

29:45 – What you can see on our Patreon

31:55 – The challenges of player recruitment and the lessons we learn

33:55 – Buy or sell on Nottingham Forest staying up

35:01 – Sean Dyche and squad fit

36:01 – West Ham’s slide and the red flags in their recruitment

36:45 – Who will get relegated?

38:09 – Leeds, Brentford and the margins at the bottom

39:04 – Why West Ham might be the real danger team

43:20 – Wrap-up and Patreon plug