We are BACK for a special bumper edition that unfortunately may be our last podcast for a while.

Dan, Paul and Kaan cover the end to the season starting with the events in Paris at the weekend (on and off the pitch), as well as wrapping up how teams fared this season across the Premier Leeague and the Football League.

START - 28 mins - Champions League final

29 mins- 1hr 6 mins- Premier League season review

1hr 7 mins - END - Football League & Playoffs 

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Join the regular gang for a quick run through today's events surrounding Chelsea after the new of the UK government imposing sanctions on Roman Abramovich. We discuss:

What does this mean for the rest of Chelsea's season?

How and when will Chelsea get sold?

Will there now be more scrutiny over football club ownership in the Premier League?

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We are back! After an extended break your host Dan returns with regulars Kaan and Paul.

Lots to talk about with current events happening, we discuss the announcement from Roman Abramovich and reflect on the impact his ownership of Chelsea has had in the Premier League.

Full agenda below:

Start - 22 mins - Chelsea, Abramovich and impact on football of current world events

23 mins - 37 mins - Leeds, Bielsa and the relegation battle

38 mins - 60 mins - Top 4 and title race

61 mins  - End - The Football League

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Join the regular team as we cover a busy and packed agenda this week. We look at what on earth is going on at Everton and Watford as they make managerial changes, talk about the implications of the new loan rules and the state of football this winter with games piled up and teams on a break. what is the answer? Join us for another fun discussion as always.

Start - 12 mins - Everton & Watford

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Join your host Dan and regular guests Kaan & Paul as we take a look ahead at the EFL cup semi finals this week and cover the key talking points from the weekend and focus on the two Manchester clubs for very differing reasons.

Start - 14 mins - EFL cup semi finals

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Join your regular host Dan and guests Kaan and Paul as we discuss how football navigates through the murky Covid waters and whether matches should be being played with so many players testing positive.

We also take stock of the table with most teams now having played half their fixtures and have run down of the football league.

Start - 18 mins - Covid and football 

19 mins - 23 mins - FA cup replays 

24 mins - 34 mins - VAR /referring over the weekend

35 mins - 45 mins - Premier League table 

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This week Dan & Kaan are joined by a special guest in the form of our returning Villa fan Matt.

Lot's going on at Villa at the moment and we get stuck in to Dean Smith's departure, the early assessment of Gerrard's first games in charge and discuss what's happening with Jack Grealish at City.

START - 6 mins - Covid & football (again) 7 mins - 12 mins - Villa disallowed goal 13 mins - 23 mins - Dean Smith 24 mins  - 46 mins - Steven Gerrard 47 mins - END - Jack Grealish

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This week we take a look at how, why and where it has gone wrong for Everton and ask if they will stick with Rafa Benitez.

As the top three seem to be pulling away we discuss if anyone else can catch them and we touch on a more serious side of game reflecting on the increasing amount of cardiac arrests in top level football.

START - 20mins - Everton and Rafa Benitez21 mins - 28 mins - Cardiac arrests in football29 mins - END - top three race for the title

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This week we have a slimmed down line up of Kaan and Paul to pick the bones out of Ole Solskjaer's departure at Man Utd and discuss what is next for the club.

We also assess the early performance of managers who are in new jobs ans cast an eye at some of the teams still struggling at the wrong end of the table.

Paul gives us a run through of the movers and shakers in the football league after his weekend trip to Charlton.

Start -  30 mins - Ole's sacking

31 mins -  40 mins - New managers and the relegation battle

41 mins - End - League 1 and football league round up

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We are back! After another short break we return to dissect what sort of a title race we have on our hands. Are we down to only three serious contenders now or are West ham in it as well?

Join us for another fun discussion as we cover the managerial merry go round and debate whether every club is going to appoint a former player at some point.

Start - 15 mins - Title race 

15 mins - 26 mins - Managerial vacancies 

26 mins - 45 mins - Former players as managers

45 min - 50 mins - Future of the League Cup

50 mins - End - Jeff Stelling leaving Soccer Saturday

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