The Football Spin

Leeds United are back in the Premier League. On The Football Spin, comedian and Leeds United fan Rob Mulholland explains what the last sixteen years have meant for the supporters and how Marcelo Bielsa changed everything.

There’s a reflection on the low points since Leeds were relegated and a discussion of whether Leeds will be loved or hated under Bielsa in the Premier League.

The race for the top four is still going but with relegation more or less settled in the Premier League, is this the football utopia one commentator claimed it to be? There could be football from now until next summer’s European Championships but is this a good thing?

On the Football Spin, Matt Stanger, Nooruddean Choudry and Dion Fanning discuss United’s win, Villa’s defeat and the career of Theo Walcott. There’s also a reflection on Clive Tyldesley and what makes a commentator great.

On the night, Twitter was hacked, Paddy McKenna keeps on top of this fast moving story while The Football Spin reflects on Arsenal’s win at the Emirates and the major talking points.

Is there any reason for Liverpool to be concerned? Dion Fanning argues that Project Restart has served its purpose for Liverpool and they will quickly get over targets they’re missing such as 100 points.

Shaqiri made an appearance at the Emirates with a wonderful head of hair. Surely all footballers should look like this? There’s no reason why not.

And Championship Corner returns with Matt Sayward discussing Brentford, Leeds United and Wigan Athletic.

Harry Maguire spoke after Manchester United’s draw with Southampton about how the visitors to Old Trafford had played with no pressure. But was he revealing the burden that has suddenly been placed on his own club?

United felt the pressure at Old Trafford on Monday night when they conceded a late equaliser against Southampton and how will they cope in the final games?

The pressure was on, in part, because of the CAS ruling which will see Manchester City compete in the Champions League next season.

This wasn’t a total exoneration but does that matter? How important is the CAS decision and do City still have questions to answer? Will anybody be listening?

Bournemouth and Aston Villa’s victories on Sunday have fired up the relegation battle but for an hour, Bournemouth’s game against Leicester was, according to Dion Fanning, ‘the worst thing ever to be shown on television’. Then it all changed. Then that title was reclaimed by Mrs Brown’s Boys.

Tottenham’s victory against Arsenal may have bought Mourinho time but is that a good thing for Spurs?

Seamus Coleman was heavily critical of Everton after their defeat to Wolves but should he say it?

The Football Spin reflects on the life and times of Jack Charlton, whose death was announced on Saturday morning. A man who won the World Cup with England and transformed Irish football, his life was extraordinary and Dion Fanning, Paddy McKenna and Noz Choudry reflect on all he achieved.

Can anything stop Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Manchester United? After another convincing win, the Football Spin discuss the next steps Solskjaer has to take on the path to greatness.

They also acknowledge that maybe Roy Keane and Graeme Souness had a point - well Dion does - when they look at Aston Villa.

And what powerful body does Jose Mourinho have in his sights?

Will West Ham stay up? After their defeat to Burnley, West Ham may be more concerned about relegation but with David Moyes at the helm, they have a man who won’t stop fighting and worrying about the fight.

But what about the future? Moyes has been linked with Jesse Lingard and Phil Jones but are these players he should want to advance the Moyes brand? Is Phil Jones too much on brand?

There’s also a talk about club loyalty and a discussion about Michael Holding’s powerful words on Wednesday.

Arsenal have been enjoying the empty stadium experience, according to Mikel Arteta, but suddenly against Leicester, when they were 1-0 up and down to ten men, it was like there were 60,000 fans breathing down their necks again and Arsenal became Arsenal.

Paddy McKenna, Dion Fanning and Nooruddean Choudry look at Arsenal’s joy at playing behind closed doors and how they faltered at the Emirates when the pressure built.

They also discuss Jurgen Klopp’s claim that one day he’d like a team full of scousers and wonder if this would really be a good thing for Liverpool

Graeme Souness’s criticism of Jack Grealish on Sunday raised issues about football in the modern age and what pundits from another era want.

On The Football Spin, Paddy McKenna and Nooruddean Choudry discuss the relegation battle and the criticism of Grealish.

There’s also an examination of Mason Greenwood who goes from strength to strength and they wonder how many goals Manchester United would have scored if there had been fans in Old Trafford.

More importantly, there’s a jingle competition for Championship Corner between Paddy and Matt Sayward.