Sam's Army

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PREMIER LEAGUE: Aston Villa keeps playing possum and Unai Emery keeps pulling all the right levers. City's Rayan Cherki making a strong push to be signing of the summer. Ruben Amorim successfully capitulates on tactics. Preview of this week's massive Arsenal vs Villa match.

HALFTIME: Pop Quiz on USMNT goalscorers at World Cup 2026

ROUND THE WORLD: AFCON news and notes

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

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PREMIER LEAGUE: Enzo Maresca's master plan to generate hype as Pep 2.0 is working perfectly. Aston Villa led by Morgan Rogers are a problem. #FrankOut at Tottenham? Arsenal start feeling City's heat. Leeds may have fixed their glaring problem.

HALFTIME: Pop Quiz - odds to win AFCON

ROUND THE WORLD: storylines and narratives worth paying attention to at AFCON

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

PREMIER LEAGUE: Arsenal fans starting to feel a little pressure. Salah responds to Slot's massive midweek UCL win (in his absence). Villa keep on keeping on. Forest architect Spurs' latest indignity. Nobody quite knows what Amorim is trying to do with United but if it produces more 4-4 draws like this week vs Bournemouth, so be it.

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets (f/t Cone of Shame) and GOAWs

PREMIER LEAGUE: Mo Salah goes nuclear on Arne Slot after getting benched for third straight game. Massive week for Leeds who batter Chelsea and hold Liverpool. Moises Caicedo is great missed. Aston Villa solve the puzzle that is Arsenal and make case for league's second best team. Toffees go 7th!

HALFTIME: What If you quit your job and focused on eGaming - how long would it take to get a pro contract?

ROUND THE WORLD: Messi's Inter Miami takes down a game Vancouver Whitecaps and what is must-watch in Champions League this week

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

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PREMIER LEAGUE: Chelsea impress vs Arsenal but disciplinary remains Achilles heel. United's bounce back thanks to (legitimately) bad boys. Leeds show life vs City but it's too late for moral victories. Spurs straight up stink. Arne Slot feels pressure and finally benches Salah - and it works - plus Lucas Paquetá's love for spot-fixing allegations. Villa and Brighton quietly making moves. Power Rankings. Midweek + weekend preview f/t Spurs vs Newcastle, Villa vs Arsenal and Elephant vs Honey Badger.

HALFTIME: What If you could choose any other living player or coach to get the "60 Minutes" treatment like Lamine Yamal (but doesn't have to be a puff piece), who you going with?

ROUND THE WORLD: MLS hit-it-n-quit-it *playoff* minute recapping semis and preview/prediction for Saturday's MLS Cup

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

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PREMIER LEAGUE: Arsenal trounce scared Spurs. Everton earn one of the dumbest red cards in history but somehow it is United that goes home embarrassed. Liverpool's crisis of confidence continues. Evangelos Marinakis may have saved Forest's AND West Ham's seasons.

HALFTIME: What If - you are David Moyes and two of your players get into a fight on the field... how do you handle it?

ROUND THE WORLD: MLS semifinals are set and USL-Championship organizers pull one of the pettiest moves of all times

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

Mailbag episode: USMNT's "successful" international window full of sound and fury but signifying what? Also, what Ronny, Donny and Musk talked about at White House gala. Mikey spews more malicious lies about Sam. Alex Bono on what to watch this week in MLS playoffs. North London Daerby preview. Scotland vs Ireland - only one can stay...

PREMIER LEAGUE: lessons learned from City's thrashing of Liverpool, big time "prove it" week for Sunderland and Bournemouth but only one showed up, United and (especially) Tottenham both managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

HALFTIME: Pop quiz on Sunderland's title hopes

ROUND THE WORLD: USMNT primer looking at notable absences and key inclusions for this week's Paraguay and Urugay friendlies

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

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PREMIER LEAGUE: getting to the bottom of Tottenham's woeful home form. Would you rather be a fan of West Ham or Nottingham Forest right now? Erling Haaland singlehandedly keeping title race alive. Sunderland's (revised) floor and ceiling this season. Previews of City/Liverpool, Spurs/United and Villa/Bournemouth.

HALFTIME: What If someone is going to embarrass the podcast at Tyler's wedding this weekend, who is the biggest potential liability?

ROUND THE WORLD: MLS hit-it-n-quit-it (extra special) PLAYOFF minute and this week's must-watch Champions League games

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

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PREMIER LEAGUE: Amorim's United finally showing signs of progress. Sunderland keep doing the damn thing. Gravenberch-less Liverpool quickly fading from title contention. Arsenal just as quickly solidifying its nickame as the Unwatchable Unevitables. Spurs win ugly but face Chelsea at home this weekend (ruh roh).

HALFTIME: What If the unthinkable happens and USMNT does not win WC26 - who we rooting for?

ROUND THE WORLD: thoughts on Japan (angered by alleged Qatari meddling) potentially splitting off from Asian federation

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs