What do you think of the new Champions League format? It gets mixed reaction in the studio – full of excitement but was there any real jeopardy?

Manchester City got through, but the sight of Pep Guardiola clutching at straws was something to behold. Villa were in a thriller with Celtic and one man stood out – Morgan Rogers. A hattrick in the Champions League at 22 with the England manager watching on.

Another young talent on show was 17yr old Ethan Nwaneri where is his best position?

A quick look at transfers – is Ollie Watkins worth 60 million and a look ahead to some key games this weekend. 

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Can it get any worse for Spurs? Losses to Everton and at home to Leicester have piled the pressure on Ange Postecoglou, but the fans are turning on chairman Daniel Levy. How long before something breaks? Tom Allnutt makes an impassioned defence of Ange…Alyson Rudd isn’t buying it!

Bournemouth in contrast play a similar pressing game, have lots of injures but are on fire. What is the difference, how is Andoni Iraola doing it?

Man City against Chelsea was a show case in how not to defend – Gregor Robertson felt for debutant Khunsanov.

Yellow card, Red card…orange Card. What did Lewis Skelly deserve? Is the reaction of the Arsenal players and coaching staff make things worse?

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Manchester City threw away a two goal lead again. As they sign three players in a week, will Pep Guardiola be around for the re build?

The result proved one thing, this new Champions League format is great, isn’t it?

Is the criticism levelled at Kai Havertz unfair? His stats suggest he is an effective forward so what’s is the problem?

After the break, clever footballers, the hipster derby and a new definition of ‘the big six.’ 

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All the latest from the Football League with Tom Clarke and Gregor Robertson.

Tony Mowbray is back, and he is back at West Brom. After recovering from cancer one of the most well-liked managers in football has returned to the Hawthorns. What could he achieve there?

Burnley and Sunderland made headlines with a nil nil draw. Who will be happier and which is better placed for a promotion push?

The bottom of the championship is a managerial merry-go-round will the changes pay off?

In League One it’s the clash of the cash as Wrexham play Birmingham at the Racecourse.

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What is the future of Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou? With his Spurs team sitting in their worst league position at this stage since 2009, injuries galore and the pressure mounting, what happens next? For Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest life couldn’t be better. Andoni Iraola is drawing rave reviews for his style of football as his team are one point of the Champions League places. Forest are in the title race, let alone the race for Europe.

After the break, a tribute to Denis Law, is it time we drop the term ‘Big Six’ and did Villa play well or did Arsenal mess up?  

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A tough win in the north London derby has but Arsenal well and truly back in the title race. But who else is in the picture? Liverpool and Forest; Chelsea have stumbled but are Newcastle – on a nine game winning run - now live contenders?

Is Gabriel Arsenal’s best defender?

What is good football and do Tottenham play it?

Forest don’t press, what a refreshing change. Liverpool didn’t win but they still looked good.

And how can Everton score a goal?

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Did Manchester United display fantastic spirit, organisation and grit or were they lucky and should have lost by three if Arsenal could finish?

For Mikel Arteta has his Arsenal team stagnated?

Is extra time a good thing or a bad thing for smaller teams?

On Tuesday Nottingham Forest play Liverpool. Will it be blood and thunder or a cagey stalemate?  

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How many Newcastle players would get in a Premier League team of the season - two, three…five?!

Would any manager other than Ange Postecoglou buy a twenty-one-year-old goalkeeper on Monday and play him in a cup semi-final on Wednesday?

After big results for both teams what’s next.

For Arsenal, have they progressed this season or was their best chance last year?

After the break how will a rejuvenated Graham Potter fare at West Ham and Martin Samuel thinks Forest could win the title…why not!?

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A must listen for fans of teams in the football league.

With Stoke, Millwall, West Brom, Oxford, Hull just some of the clubs who’ve changed manager. But, will it change the table?

It’s a two from five for automatic promotion in the Championship. Sheffield United are in it but they’ve had a bumpy Christmas. Across the City Could Sheffield Wednesday make a push for the play offs The Times’ Paul Hirst thinks they might…

In League One is it already a three horse race at the top. Who are the lower league strikers in demand and will their be an FA Cup shock?

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