The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

Jimbo, James Horncastle, Raphael Honigstein, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo look back on a weekend across Europe headlined by new gaffers and late drama.

Barcelona celebrate the appointment of Xavi by throwing away a three-goal lead against Celta Vigo. And champions Atletico draw 3-3 as well. Is this the worst group of defenders Simeone has ever had to work with?

Meanwhile Real Sociedad stay top with their manager insisting former Newcastle man Mikel Merino is the best player in La Liga.

The best player in the Bundesliga right now – outside of Munich – might be Christopher Nkunku who propels Leipzig to a huge win over Dortmund.

It’s honours even in the Milan derby but former Milan man Andriy Shevchenko is making his first steps into club management….at Genoa.

Plus it’s a good weekend in France for Lens and Rennes, while Claude Puel’s Saint-Etienne finally secure their first win of the season. 

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Moment of the weekend (02m 00s)

• PART 2: Barcelona appoint Xavi (04m 30s) 

• PART 3: Serie A – honours even in the Milan derby (11m 00s) 

• PART 4: Bundesliga – Leipzig on the mend under Marsch (21m 00s)

• PART 5: La Liga – Atleti ship more goals (29m 00s)

• PART 6a: Ligue 1 – Saint-Etienne win at last (38m 00s)

• PART 6b: A look ahead to the World Cup qualifiers (45m 00s)

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Jimbo welcomes Daniel Storey, Adrian Clarke and Charlie Eccleshare into the studio after a weekend where two Premier League managers bite the dust.

City dominate the Manchester derby at Old Trafford thanks to the likes of Bernardo Silva, a dream player for Pep who plays everywhere and does everything. And Phil Foden who has to play on the left.

West Ham are 3 points off top spot after rattling Liverpool at the London Stadium. Is talk of the Hammers doing a Leicester really that far-fetched?

Villa and Norwich both dispense with their managers. Dan Bardell pays tribute to Dean Smith while we’re thankful Daniel Farke left Carrow Road before it got poisonous. Will we see Gerrard and Lampard replacing them? 

Elsewhere, Conte’s Spurs suffer with their unique shot on target drought. And how many defenders does Eddie Howe need to buy in January to fix Newcastle?

Plus Wilder, mercurial players and the Buxton boss on holiday.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1a: Man Utd 0-2 Man City (04m 00s)

• PART 1b: Chelsea 1-1 Burnley & West Ham 3-2 Liverpool (14m 00s) 

• PART 2a: Dean Smith leaves Villa, with Dan Bardell (23m 00s) 

• PART 2b: Daniel Farke leaves Norwich (32m 00s)

• PART 3a: Everton 0-0 Tottenham (36m 00s)

• PART 3b: Eddie Howe joins Newcastle (41m 00s)

• PART 4: The rest of the Premier League weekend (47m 00s)

• PART 5: The odds with Paddy Power (58m 00s)

• PART 6: Berlin & Boro (60m 00s)

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Jimbo, Michael Cox, Adam Crafton and Duncan Alexander reflect on a massive midweek and preview a giant Premier League weekend.

With Ronaldo once again Man United’s saviour in the Champions League and with the Manchester derby on Saturday, we imagine what life would be like if the Portuguese superstar had signed for City. Would we see a better Mason Greenwood? More sugar in the tea at Carrington?

Antonio Conte is the new Tottenham manager – can he make the natives at Everton even more restless as Spurs travel to Goodison?

Newcastle won’t be appointing Emery but might be appointing Howe. Should we expect chaotic mismanagement in the early days of this new regime at St James Park? And should people turn their noses up at survival specialist Eddie Howe?

Plus the prospect of Xavi as Barca manager, win percentages and other banter stats.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: A new manager at Spurs but not at Newcastle (01m 30s)

• PART 2a: Liverpool 2-0 Atletico (09m 00s) 

• PART 2b: Manchester derby preview – what if Ronaldo had gone to City? (14m 00s) 

• PART 3: West Ham v Liverpool preview (28m 00s)

• PART 4: Everton v Tottenham preview (38m 00s)

• PART 5: The rest of the Premier League weekend (43m 00s)

• PART 6: The odds with Paddy Power (58m 00s)

• PART 7: Xavi – the new Pep or the new Pirlo? (60m 00s)

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With Champions League matchday 4 looming, Jimbo, James Horncastle, Raphael Honigstein, Alvaro Romeo and Julien Laurens cast their eye over the continent.

Barcelona have begun life after Ronald Koeman and face a trip to Kiev that could make or break their season. How did it come to this?

Juventus are cruising the Champions League but are proving themselves to be a mid-table Serie A side. While Zlatan is proving he’s still got it. Can Milan do an Atalanta in the group stage?

PSG keep winning but aren’t winning well. How long before Pochettino’s luck runs out?

Plus a new era at Wolfsburg, a big Basque derby and drooling over Dortmund v Ajax.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Moment of the weekend (02m 00s)

• PART 2a: Big weeks for Barca and Bayern (05m 00s) 

• PART 3a: Battle of the Burgs & Atalanta v Man Utd (18m 00s)

• PART 3b: Woeful week for Juventus (28m 00s) 

• PART 4a: Pressure on PSG and Poch? (36m 30s)

• PART 4b: Milan v Porto & Liverpool v Atletico (45m 00s)

• PART 5a: Dortmund v Ajax and the latest on Real Madrid and inter (50m 30s)

• PART 5b: Real Sociedad 1-1 Athletic Bilbao (59m 00s)

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Jimbo, Daniel Storey, Dan Bardell and Tom Williams are on hand to react to another managerial casualty in the Premier League.

Saturday’s defeat at home to Man United signals the end for Nuno at Spurs. A man without an obvious plan, failing to get the best out of Kane and Son and turning Tottenham into a team of midfielders.

Will Dean Smith be next after Villa’s 4th defeat in a row, against a West Ham side running rampant on the road?

On the other hand, we extol the virtues of Vieira after Palace’s win at the Etihad. And we praise Potter to the hilt. The poster boy for the next era of British coaches. 

Plus Tuchel’s rotation, Ramsdale’s mad vibes and why PSG fans aren’t pleased with Pochettino.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Nuno sacked as Spurs crumble at home to Man Utd (05m 00s)

• PART 2a: Man City 0-2 Crystal Palace (15m 00s) 

• PART 2b: Liverpool 2-2 Brighton (22m 00s)

• PART 2c: Newcastle 0-3 Chelsea (27m 00s) 

• PART 3: The rest of the Premier League weekend (34m 30s)

• PART 4: The odds with Paddy Power (54m 00s)

• PART 5: Euro headlines (56m 00s)

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Jimbo welcomes along Duncan Alexander, Charlie Eccleshare and Robyn Cowen after League Cup last 16 week and ahead of Premier League matchday 10.

Manchester City are out of the League Cup for the first time in 5 years, knocked out by West Ham, a team of no stars, with their best squad in Premier League history.

Tottenham host Man United in the headline fixture of the weekend. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be there but Dele Alli might not be. Whatever happened to him?

It’s a miserable time to be a Norwich fan but we’ve found one willing to speak to us about what keeps going wrong at Carrow Road in the Premier League

We salute Sean Dyche and his 9 years at Turf Moor.

Plus Jonathan Pearce, bad weeks for Bayern and Barca, and the most symmetrical faces in the Premier League.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Paying tribute to Walter Smith & Josh Cavallo (02m 00s)

• PART 2a: West Ham knock out Man City, with Benji Lanyado (06m 00s) 

• PART 2b: League Cup last 16 round-up (14m 00s)

• PART 3a: Tottenham v Man Utd & the Dele Alli debate (22m 00s) 

• PART 3b: Liverpool, Chelsea & Man City in action at 3pm (33m 30s)

• PART 4: Leicester v Arsenal preview (39m 00s)

• PART 5a: Norwich City sadness with Dan Brigham (44m 00s)

• PART 5b: The rest of the Premier League weekend (46m 00s)

• PART 6: The odds with Paddy Power (57m 00s)

• PART 7: Bayern thrashed, Barca bin Koeman (59m 00s)

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Jimbo, James Horncastle, Raphael Honigstein, Alvaro Romeo and Julien Laurens are back to give you your fill of Euro football chat.

El Clasico, Le Classique, Il Derby D’Italia and De Topper. It was a huge weekend of fixtures across the continent.

Coaches in Serie A are raging at referees. Julian Nagelsmann is masterminding Bayern’s title charge from his kitchen. And Joshua Kimmich is not getting his Covid jab.

It was a bad weekend for Dutch coaches. Ronald Koeman is harassed as he drives out of the Camp Nou following Barca’s defeat to Real Madrid. Mark Van Bommel is sacked by Wolfsburg. And Peter Bosz’s Lyon throw away another 3 points at Nice.

But Erik ten Hag had a great week as Ajax follow up their dismantling of Dortmund with a five-star display against PSV.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Moment of the weekend (02m 00s)

• PART 2: La Liga – Real rule in El Clasico (05m 00s) 

• PART 3: Serie A - managers raging at referees (21m 00s)

• PART 4: Ligue 1 - a not so classic Classique (33m 00s) 

• PART 5a: Bundesliga – Kimmich controversy (41m 30s)

• PART 5b: Ajax 5-0 PSV (53m 00s)

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After one of the most incredible results in Premier League history, Jimbo is joined by Daniel Storey, Lynsey Hooper and a reeling Nooruddean Choudry.

Manchester United are thrashed 5-0 by Liverpool at Old Trafford. We dissect a disaster for Solskjaer’s side and their childish performance, while Neil Atkinson from The Anfield Wrap places Salah in the pantheon of Liverpool legends

Chelsea and Man City also hand out hammerings as Grealish sacrifices his brand for the sake of the team. And Watford run riot at Goodison Park. Should Newcastle be making a play to get Rafa back?

Plus managers with beards and the ugly heirloom that is the League Cup.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Man Utd 0-5 Liverpool with Neil Atkinson from The Anfield Wrap (03m 00s)

• PART 2a: Chelsea and Man City also hand out hammerings (23m 00s) 

• PART 2b: West Ham 1-0 Spurs & some Carabao Cup chat (33m 00s)

• PART 3a: Everton 2-5 Watford (40m 30s) 

• PART 3b: Leicester and Arsenal victorious (44m 30s)

• PART 4: Selhurst Park banners and the rest of the Premier League weekend (50m 00s)

• PART 5: The odds with Paddy Power (58m 00s)

• PART 6: Daniel’s European tour (59m 00s)

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Jimbo, Duncan Alexander, Adam Crafton and Dominic Fifield take in another frantic midweek of Champions League action and a tantalising Premier League weekend.

Man United rely on spirit, courage and Ronaldo again against Atalanta. But could Cristiano starting against Liverpool provide a problem for Solskjaer’s side?

Chelsea hammer Malmo but lose Lukaku and Werner to injury. Meanwhile Man City have got Foden, Palmer and also the Salford Silva.

Back in the Premier League, are Leeds in decline? Phil Hay tells us what the future holds this season under Marcelo Bielsa.

Newcastle travel to Crystal Palace with the sub-plot of Parish and co versus the PIF. And Adam tells us about his report on the plight of Saudi LGBT+ people.

Plus unsuccessful loans and sentient fixture computers.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1a: Man Utd 3-2 Atalanta (04m 00s)

• PART 1b: Atletico 2-3 Liverpool (11m 00s)

• PART 2a: Chelsea 4-0 Malmo (20m 00s)

• PART 2b: Ajax and Man City run riot (25m 00s)

• PART 3: Crystal Palace v Newcastle preview (32m 00s)

• PART 4a: The apparent decline of Leeds with Phil Hay (44m 00s)

• PART 4b: The rest of the Premier League weekend (50m 00s)

• PART 5: The odds with Paddy Power (61m 00s)

• PART 6: The plight of LGBT+ people in Saudi Arabia (63m 00s)

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Ahead of Champions League matchweek 3, Jimbo’s back with the Euro crew – namely James Horncastle, Alvaro Romeo, Raphael Honigstein and Julien Laurens.

This week in Europe offers such delights as Atletico v Liverpool, Ajax v Dortmund and Man Utd v Atalanta. Will it be 3 defeats out of 3 for Barcelona in the group stage? Will the fuse box at the Camp Nou go out before they do?

Bayern offer a demonstration of their might as they batter Leverkusen while Marseille offer a fitting tribute to Bernard Tapie. Is it too much to expect a title race in Germany and France?

Plus there’s the latest episode of the Icardi soap opera and more drama to come in the courtroom with Karim Benzema and Lucas Hernandez.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Moment of the weekend (03m 30s)

• PART 2: Tuesday night’s action in the Champions League (06m 00s)

• PART 3: Wednesday night’s action in the Champions League (30m 00s)

• PART 4: A big weekend to come domestically (55m 00s)

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