In Episode 37 of the Regista Football Podcast, Ben and Jack take stock of the Premier League after the opening weeks of the season.
We start with the Manchester City guilty verdict, before moving into our full Premier League stocktake: which teams and managers have genuinely changed our minds, whose stock is rising, whose is falling and which early-season narratives are being overblown.
We also ask whether Brighton have shown the league a blueprint for beating Arsenal, what has gone wrong for Manchester United, how real City’s perfect start actually is and what Coventry, Hull and Ipswich have shown about surviving as promoted sides.
Then we re-draft some of our preseason expectations: the title race, top four, relegation, surprise packages, biggest disappointments, best players and the takes we’re already prepared to admit might have been wrong.
Five games in. What do we actually believe?