The Football Spin

We can finally watch football in the pub again, but what will that entail? No sound? No celebrations? Hungover by midday after a 6am start to the session?

On The Football Spin, Dion Fanning and Nooruddean Choudry ponder this brave new world along with the possibility of Lionel Messi turning up at Newcastle if the Magpies' proposed takeover ever happens. Plus, guest host Matt Stanger has forced a new feature on the panel: Championship Corner.

Liverpool showed up at the Etihad as champions and left with an embarrassing defeat which left Jurgen Klopp furious, but mainly with those who questioned his players’ attitude.

On The Football Spin, Dion Fanning says the defeat to Manchester City on Thursday night has no meaning and says nothing about next season.

Will Jose Mourinho be at Tottenham next season? And why would Spurs’ supporters want him there after a defeat at Sheffield United which saw Jose fall back on all his old reliable excuses.

After West Ham’s critical victory against Chelsea, The Football Spin celebrates David Moyes, national treasure. Does he deserve a break? He certainly seems to think so which may be the problem as Dion Fanning, Nooruddean Choudry and Paddy McKenna try to figure out how a man who once looked as if he would achieve so much seems to be defined by how he reacts to victory and, especially, defeat.

Paddy also delivered his long anticipated presentation on what Carlo Ancelotti has done at Everton and why he is bringing a revolutionary air to Goodison Park.

When can Manchester United begin to feel they’re on the way back? The victory at Brighton gave further cause for optimism but what are the problems holding Manchester United back?

On Wednesday, Arsenal try to compete with the clubs around them but if United are feeling optimistic now, what about Mikel Arteta and Arsenal? Nooruddean Choudry, Dion Fanning and Paddy McKenna discuss where the two clubs are while they’re joined by Matt Stanger to talk about what Roy Keane can look forward to if he become Azerbaijan's manager.

Liverpool won their first title in 30 years on Thursday but the celebrations have provoked criticism. On a Sunday morning Football Spin, Nooruddean Choudry, Dion Fanning and Paddy McKenna discuss the response to the title win and why Dominic Cummings’ drive to Barnard Castle contributed to the scenes on Merseyside on Friday.

Does it tarnish Liverpool’s title win or are so many arguments made in bad faith in the endless culture war that everything just disintegrates into a shouting match?

Following Manchester United’s victory, there’s a consideration of where Solskjaer is now and if there are now signs that he will restore the club to glory.

Liverpool are champions. On a night when the club won their first league title in 30 years, the Football Spin celebrates the achievements of Jurgen Klopp and his Liverpool side. How has Klopp done it and what does it mean for football as Liverpool appear to stand on the brink of an era of dominance?

Dion Fanning, Paddy McKenna and Nooruddean Choudry consider all that Klopp has done to get the club to this position of dominance.

With Liverpool on the verge of their first top flight title in 30 years, the Football Spin celebrate their achievements. Dion Fanning, Paddy McKenna, Nooruddean Choudry and Reuben Pinder reflect on Jurgen Klopp’s triumph.

There is reflection on Stephen Ireland’s interview in the Athletic. The decision of Leeds United to remove a picture of Osama Bin Laden, which was among photographs of supporters at Elland Road, leads into a discussion of famous fans.

Where does gobshite come from? On tonight’s Football Spin, Nooruddean Choudry, Paddy McKenna and Dion Fanning reflect on this and other pressing issues following Tottenham’s victory over West Ham.

Neil Warnock is back in football and what does his return at Middlesbrough tell us about football in the time of coronavirus? There’s anticipation of what we can expect when Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney end up in court and what we can expect with David Luiz staying at Arsenal for another year.

There is also a discussion about imperialism and education and why the things that need to change as part of the Black Lives Matter movement are really only just beginning.

Another night when football took a stand. As the Manchester City and Burnley players and staff took a knee at the Etihad on Monday night, a plane flew overhead trailing a banner which read ‘White Lives Matter Burnley’.

Burnley were quick to issue a statement condemning it while Sean Dyche and Ben Mee also were eloquent in their criticism.

Mee spoke powerfully about how he felt ashamed by the plane and in doing so highlighted again that there is no turning back. On The Football Spin, Paddy McKenna, Dion Fanning and Nooruddean Choudry talk about the incident and why it illustrated how the world is changing.

There is also Jose Mourinho’s fake news and why some records are too good to be true

Liverpool may have to wait for their title after a scoreless draw to forget at Goodison Park. It was a game that deserved to be played in an empty stadium and Everton could have made Liverpool’s run in even more tense if they had taken their chances or capitalised on the arrival of Dejan Lovren.

It was like Lovren had never been away which wasn’t a good thing for Liverpool. On Sunday’s Football Spin, Nooruddean Choudry looks at Lovren’s career and his apparent political leanings and wonders what it is that links them while Paddy McKenna explains what Carlo Ancelotti is doing to make Everton great again.