Brentford may be one of the better sides in the Championship but Newcastle's inability to get things going against the Bees shows how dire things may soon become for Steve Bruce & the Toon. We cover that game plus the rest of the EFL Cup quarterfinals by pleading with Pep to give Foden more game time, wondering whether Ole might not be such a big fan of the United way after all, and questioning if Spurs have what it takes to put teams to the sword after a comfortable but not overly impressive win against a depleted Stoke side. 

We also cover the CONCACAF Champions League Final in the middle of the show. After giving LAFC the appropriate and deserved praise, we conclude that Liga MX still has a pretty clear edge on MLS with teams like LAFC standing as the exception rather than the rule in the battle for North American supremacy. We suggest that the composition of the corresponding national teams and the desire to spend money on players from abroad delineates the level in Mexico and the United States. 

Table of Contents

00:00 Intro

01:10 Brentford 1 Newcastle 0

13:50 Man City 4 Arsenal 1

26:07 Tigres 2 LAFC 1

30:06 Liga MX vs. MLS

38:36 Spurs 3 Stoke 1

47:33 Man United 2 Everton 0

55:41 Does Ole Actually Embrace the "United Way"

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