The world feels like it’s on fire, our timelines are chaos, and somehow we still have to talk about football like it’s normal. We get into Arsenal winning ugly and why set pieces and long throws are basically superpowered now, then spiral into VAR doing what VAR does, handball nonsense, the Lacroix red card, and the general death of consistency. We also chat Bundesliga trying to crack the UK via Goldbridge and The Overlap, why everyone’s obsessed with viral clips, and whether football can ever be a proper escape again. Plus: Malady Monday returns with visual snow syndrome, away day costs, and Flav learning the hard way that raving at 44 comes with interest.

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