The Empty Stands

A review of the knockout rounds and a build up to what should be an exciting final.

On this episode, we cover actions from the English Premier League and the African cup of Nations. With double gameweeks now coming with double "headaches", Reward reviews the flaws of them and previews what to expect in the coming gameweek 23 (provides some extra tips). Ohis gives us the breakdown of the highs and lows of the group stages of the AFCON, the disappointing exists, dark horses and a preview of what to expect in the knockout stages. Enjoy!!

As we prepare for the 2021 AFCON kick-off,  we discussed favorites to win the showpiece, dark horses to look out for at the tournament, Nigeria's chances at the tournament, MVP contenders, Golden Boot contenders, mouth-watering ties to look out for in matchday one as well as VAR and AFCON drama.

Covid-19 and rotations are the biggest threats to getting green arrows and we got the King and Queen of our mini-league to help us navigate this tricky period.

When two or three are gathered to talk Football in his name, the Lord of football will be here. We had a look at what has gone on in the premier league this past weekend particularly the major talking points. 

Mid-priced forwards seem attractive as the premiums continue to struggle. Thinking about who to captain?. We've got you covered.

Arsenal put last week's debacle behind them by returning to winning ways against the bottom of the league Newcastle, Gerrard got his second win in as many games, Vardy is back scoring and Leicester winning, Liverpool scored 4 and kept a clean sheet in two consecutive Match weeks and the spoils were shared at Stamford Bridge as United stole a point against league leaders Chelsea.

As we look to the holy defensive trinity to give us points in GW13, we talked about the poor performances of strikers so far this season as well as replacements for Ben Chilwell and formations to use to get those green arrows.

It was goals galore in GW12 as league leaders exerted their dominance at the king power stadium, Turf Moore and St. James park both saw 6 goals shared equally, league chasers Liverpool and City kept up scoring 4 and 3 respectively but at the end of the GW, it was the 4 goals scored by Watford that put closed the veil on Ole`s reign in the theatre of dreams. Listen for all the hot takes and possible management options for united. Cheers!