The Football Spin

On The Football Spin Paddy McKenna, Noz Choudry and Reuben Pinder discuss the Champions League quarter-finals. Paddy asks if the ghost of Ronnie Rosenthal's genre-defining open goal miss can be put to bed after Raheem Sterling's glaring effort against Lyon. Reuben looks at how Pep once again conspired to beat his own team by picking three holding midfielders and Noz asks if he will ever be able to stop overthinking the game for long enough to pick his best team in big fixtures.

Who is the Barca villain? After a lacklustre performance there were some braindead takes identifying Ronaldo now as the GOAT. Reuben argues that Messi is and the GOAT but he's the best player in the world anymore, that accolade belongs to Neymar, he argues.

Thomas Muller's amazing Lewangoalski gag gets a mention and the panel finishes up by discussing if United are equipped to beat Sevilla in the semi-final of the Europa League. Oh and there's a quiz at the end about the fastest player in the Premier League. It's not Adama Traore.

On The Football Spin, Noz Choudry, Reuben Pinder and Paddy McKenna discuss how Anthony Martial has emerged to become a talisman for Manchester United, as seen in their win over FC Copenhagen.

Noz explains how Martial's footwork is what makes him such a dynamic player. Reuben says that United need Sancho alongside Martial to realise the team's potential.

Noz argues that the team also needs Jack Grealish and Thiago from Bayern, too. Greedy. Reuben chats to Gaizka Mendieta about how Barcelona are overly reliant on Messi. They haven't planned for the future.

After Raphael Varane gifted Man City the win, the panel wonder whether Real Madrid were too arrogant on Friday night. It looks like curtains for Maurizio Sarri now Juventus are out. And will Barcelona face the same fate? All that and more on The Football Spin, with Matt Stanger, Nooruddean Choudry and Reuben Pinder.

While Premier League clubs are still eyeing up big money transfers, Wednesday showed the harsh realities for many in football as Arsenal announced 55 redundancies due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Matt Stanger is joined by Nooruddean Choudry and Reuben Pinder, who provides some background to Man City’s new man Ferran Torres.

As Brentford reach the play off final, the Footbaáll Spin examines the credentials of the clubs in the Championship play offs and asks which one would be most suited to the Premier League.

Brentford have a brand new stadium which they hope will be rolled out in the Premier League but what does a club lose when it moves to a new stadium.

When will these grounds see fans again? The government has said they hope supporters will be back from October 1st but is that realistic?

And as the Newcastle takeover rolls on, has a local MP struck the right note with her letter to the Premier League?

On the final day of the Premier League, the Football Spin discuss the top four and what it means for Manchester United.

What does Leicester City’s decline mean for Brendan Rodgers? Is the reputation he is developing as a manager of sides who choke unfair?

There’s also a discussion about Jordan Henderson and why Sadio Mané should have been Footballer of the Year

As Liverpool pick up the Premier League trophy, there’s a warning from Chelsea manager Frank Lampard.

There is a low bar for stadium celebrations, but how did Liverpool do on Wednesday night in the circumstances with their fans told to stay at home by Jurgen Klopp until they can celebrate together when the ‘bullshit virus’ is gone.

Lampard’s sensitivity seemed to get another airing last night and Dion Fanning wonders how the requirements of being a manager differ from being a player and if the Golden Generation weren’t in some way responsible.

There’s also a mournful Championship Corner with Forest fan Matt Sayward who looks back on a remarkable night in the Championship when anything that could happen, did happen, except Forest didn’t make the play offs.

As Liverpool lift the Premier League trophy at Anfield, The Football Spin talks to Jamie Carragher about Liverpool’s title victory and the challenges ahead next season.

Is there any reason for Liverpool to be concerned by their form since they clinched the title and does Carragher have any regrets that he will be commentating rather than participating when the trophy is lifted.

Carragher also looks ahead to next season and assesses the challenge that will come from Manchester City and Manchester United. He also considers how United can solve a problem like David De Gea.

On a tame night of football, the organisers of the Ballon D’Or decided to up the ante by calling off this year’s award.

Was this a staggering act of self regard or an understandable acknowledgment that some things just aren’t possible in the new normal?

With Jude Bellingham signing for Borussia Dortmund, Paddy, Noz and Dion discuss the benefits of going abroad for footballers and why everyone wins if they do.

David De Gea was the villain for Manchester United against Chelsea but could the result be the best thing for United in the long run?

Manchester United sacked Louis Van Gaal after winning the FA Cup so why should this bother them.

But If they are going to learn lessons from it, maybe they should be far reaching. Having watched Frank Lampard’s Chelsea out play Solskjaer’s United, Dion Fanning has a suggestion for his replacement which might be the boldest move since Alex Ferguson’s ended a phone call with Howard Wilkinson with a query about Eric Cantona in 1992.