The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

After one of the biggest transfers in years, Jimbo, Adam Crafton, Daniel Storey and David Preece bask in a bumper Premier League weekend.

Cristiano Ronaldo is back at Old Trafford. Did United buy him just so City couldn’t? Does he take them closer to the title? Should the money have been spent on a defensive midfielder? And James Horncastle tells us why Juventus won’t miss him.

Liverpool and Chelsea battle to a draw at Anfield as Thomas Tuchel does a great job of calming his players down after Reece James is sent off.

Tottenham are top and Arsenal are bottom after the Gunners are thrashed 5-0 at the Etihad. What is the process and should Arsenal fans trust it?

Plus Kylian Mbappe, Keith The Duck and what David Preece will do if you try a Gary Crosby.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Tottenham top and Wolves 0-1 Man Utd (04m 00s)

• PART 2: The second coming of Cristiano with James Horncastle (15m 00s)

• PART 3: Man City 5-0 Arsenal (32m 00s)

• PART 4a: Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea (42m 00s)

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

• PART 5: The odds with Paddy Power (64m 00s)

• PART 6: Mbappe to Real Madrid? (66m 00s)

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Big news, big games, it’s all happening in the world of football. And Jimbo, Duncan Alexander, Lynsey Hooper and Adrian Clarke have all the tools to tackle it head on.

Harry Kane is staying at Spurs, for the summer at least. Did City leave Harry hanging out to dry? Meanwhile Pep Guardiola announces his exit in 2023. Will that cause a drop in intensity from his City side?

Klopp v Tuchel and Van Dijk v Lukaku is something to get excited about this weekend. Is someone due a hammering from Wolves? Like Man United this weekend?

West Ham are top of the league. The Athletic’s Roshane Thomas tells us about a group of likeable grafters that have made the London Stadium feel like home.

Plus statues, cardboard cut-outs and a flip reverse to what would have happened if Arsenal had won the Champions League in 2004.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Kane staying at Spurs (02m 00s)

• PART 2: Liverpool v Chelsea preview (11m 00s)

• PART 3: Man City v Arsenal preview (20m 00s)

• PART 4: West Ham v Crystal Palace preview with Roshane Thomas (27m 30s)

• PART 5: The rest of the Premier League weekend (38m 00s)

• PART 6: The odds with Paddy Power (61m 00s)

• PART 7: Flip Reverse – what if Arsenal beat Chelsea in 2004? (63m 30s)

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Jimbo, James Horncastle, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo return to cast their eye over this weekend’s continental football.

It’s a good start for Jose Mourinho and Tammy Abraham at Roma in Serie A, while champions Inter thrash Genoa. But the rumours around Ronaldo suggest he wants to leave Juventus.

Lyon and Monaco continue to struggle in Ligue 1 but the headlines are dominated by trouble between Nice fans and Marseille staff which sees their game abandoned.

La Liga promises to be tight with Barca and Real both held, while Manuel Pellegrini fears there’s not enough actual football being played in Spain.

And we get our first glimpse of Marsch-ball as Leipzig bounce back in Germany.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Moment of the weekend (03m 00s)

• PART 2: Serie A – Abraham debuts but does Cristiano want an exit? (12m 00s)

• PART 3: Bundesliga – Leipzig Marsch on (30m 00s)

• PART 4: La Liga – Real and Barca both drop points (35m 00s)

• PART 5: Ligue 1 – Lyon and Monaco continue to struggle (46m 00s)

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Jimbo welcomes Daniel Storey, Matt Davies-Adams and Colin Millar into the pod after another pulsating Premier League weekend.

Chelsea breeze past Arsenal at the Emirates with Lukaku scoring and immediately looking like the reference point for this side. The performance – and his personality – could be daunting for the rest of the Premier League. And how did Arsenal become so mediocre?

It’s a 100% record for Graham Potter’s side too. But Bissouma still being at Brighton is baffling our panel. Should Solskjaer have started Sancho and Varane at Southampton? And are the margins so tight that United will rue the points dropped at St Mary’s?

Nick Miller fills us in on Nuno’s winning return to Molineux. And Colin offers up an impassioned defence of the Europa Conference League

Plus Livramento, Coventry and Savage’s son.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1a: Arsenal 0-2 Chelsea (05m 00s)

• PART 1b: Routine wins for City & Liverpool (17m 00s)

• PART 2a: Brighton 2-0 Watford (24m 00s)

• PART 2b: Southampton 1-1 Man Utd (28m 00s)

• PART 3: Wolves 0-1 Spurs with Nick Miller (37m 00s)

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

• PART 5: The odds with Paddy Power (56m 30s)

• PART 6: Tammy’s terrific debut (58m 00s)

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Jimbo is joined by Duncan Alexander, Dan Bardell and Charlie Eccleshare ahead of a mouth-watering Premier League weekend.

Arsenal v Chelsea headlines the weekend as the panel salivate over the damage Romelu Lukaku could do and struggle to understand the signing of Ramsdale. Is Arteta safe from the sack because of the chaos above him?

Nuno returns to Molineux as we ask what he’s changed at Spurs and what resolution the Kane saga will have.

Plus Ant & Dec, Norwegian orgies and the origin story of the swimming pool attendant.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1a: That Man City third kit (02m 00s)

• PART 1b: Arsenal v Chelsea preview (05m 00s)

• PART 1c: Liverpool, City & United in action (17m 00s)

• PART 2: Wolves v Spurs preview (23m 00s)

• PART 3a: Crystal Palace v Brentford preview (34m 00s)

• PART 3b: The rest of the Premier League weekend (40m 00s)

• PART 4: The odds with Paddy Power (50m 00s)

• PART 5: Lewandowski’s future and a sex scandal in Norway (52m 00s)

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We’re underway in Spain and Germany, with Italy soon to follow. Jimbo, James Horncastle, Raphael Honigstein, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo have your back on all things continental.

Dortmund come flying out the blocks in the Bundesliga with Erling Haaland stealing the show on matchweek 1. Is he the new R9?

Pique is the hero on and off the pitch for Barcelona as Memphis channels Ronaldinho in La Liga.

Looking ahead to the start of the Serie A season, will there be a big 7? And can Mourinho rediscover his mojo? 

In France, Messi is unveiled and Galtier hammers the champions on his return to Lille. But who got a 1/10 in L’Equipe?

And we pay tribute to the great Gerd Muller. Scorer, singer, weaver.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Paying tribute to Gerd Muller (02m 30s)

• PART 2a: Moment of the weekend (11m 30s)

• PART 2b: Haaland hulks up as the Bundesliga returns (16m 00s)

• PART 3: La Liga - Barca begin life after Messi (25m 00s)

• PART 4: Previewing the return of Serie A (37m 30s)

• PART 5: Ligue 1 latest – a horrific start for Lille (45m 30s)

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The opening weekend of the new Premier League season doesn’t disappoint. Drinking it in with Jimbo are Carl Anka, Sasha Goryunov and Daniel Storey.

Tottenham defeat champions Man City in a dream start for Nuno in North London. Will that inspire City to go and get Harry Kane? Or should they be spending that money on a left-back and a defensive midfielder?

Manchester United thrash Leeds 5-1. Imagine how good they’ll be once they put Sancho and Varane in that team. And Brentford provide the feel-good story of the weekend.

Elsewhere where is the Arsenal leadership? Can Villa create a whole new attack without Grealish? Will Everton fans learn to love resilient Rafa?

Plus we pay tribute to the goal-hanger’s goal-hanger Gerd Muller. And Sasha bemoans the state of Russian football.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1a: A brilliant opening weekend (01m 30s)

• PART 1b: Spurs 1-0 Man City (07m 30s)

• PART 1c: Norwich 0-3 Liverpool & Chelsea 3-0 Crystal Palace (19m 00s)

• PART 2: Man Utd 5-1 Leeds (24m 00s)

• PART 3: Brentford 2-0 Arsenal & Watford 3-2 Aston Villa (37m 30s)

• PART 4: The rest of the Premier League weekend (48m 30s)

• PART 5: The odds with Paddy Power (60m 00s)

• PART 6: A tribute to the late Gerd Muller (63m 00s)

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The Premier League season is almost upon us and Jimbo is joined by the excited trio of Dom Fifield, Natalie Gedra and Tom Williams.

The headline fixture of the opening weekend is Tottenham hosting Man City. If City don’t sign Harry Kane, does that hurt their championship chances? Will European champions Chelsea take the title with their incredible squad depth?

Further down the table, there are big questions to be answered. Do Everton represent the biggest challenge of Benitez’s career? Are Palace fans right to be optimistic about Patrick Vieira? How much are Southampton gambling with their transfer policy?

Billy Grant from the Beesotted podcast joins us on the eve of Brentford’s Premier League bow against Arsenal. And are Norwich about to surprise us all?

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1a: Opening day nerves? (02m 30s)

• PART 1b: Spurs v Man City and the title race (08m 30s)

• PART 2a: Chelsea win the Super Cup (30m 00s)

• PART 2b: New managers in the Premier League (37m 00s)

• PART 3a: Brentford’s hopes with Billy Grant from the Beesotted podcast (49m 30s)

• PART 3b: The promoted clubs and the battle to stay up (55m 00s)

• PART 4: The odds with Paddy Power (63m 00s)

• PART 5: Thoughts on Villa, West Ham and Newcastle (65m 00s)

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The European edition returns with your preferred pod posse of Jimbo, James Horncastle, Julien Laurens, Raphael Honigstein and Alvaro Romeo.

Lionel Messi becomes a PSG player and will be starring in Ligue 1. Why all the cynicism? Could Messi have made a more romantic move?

Feeling the absence of Messi are not just Barcelona but La Liga as a whole. No longer the league of stars.

Speaking of financial crisis, Italian champions Inter are minus Conte and Lukaku. Can anyone see past Juventus returning to the top under Max Allegri? Will Mourinho keep inspiring mass brawls at Roma?

New gaffers galore in Germany. Can Marco Rose’s Dortmund topple Julian Nagelsmann’s Bayern? Or what about Jesse Marsch’s Leipzig, the best squad in the Bundesliga?

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1a: Can anyone stop PSG and Man City? (02m 30s)

• PART 1b: Moment of the weekend (13m 00s)

• PART 2: Ligue 1 latest – more on the Messi move (17m 00s)

• PART 3: Suffering in Serie A with Inter in financial crisis (35m 00s)

• PART 4: La Liga latest – the state of Barca (47m 30s)

• PART 5: Bundesliga preview – new gaffers galore (60m 00s)

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Jimbo’s back with the first Totally Football Show of the new season in the company of Daniel Storey, Duncan Alexander and Adam Crafton.

One of the biggest transfers in football history is about to take place. Lionel Messi says bye-bye to Barcelona and is set to move to PSG. Jubilant Julien Laurens joins us as we discuss if this is a good thing for Ligue 1. And what does it mean for Mbappe?

Jack Grealish joins Man City for £100million but he alone can’t stop Leicester from winning the Community Shield. Is Grealish a problem solver for Pep or will he prove to be City’s Veron?

We ask who is best equipped to challenge City for the title this season. Chelsea with Lukaku? Liverpool with Van Dijk? United with Solskjaer under scrutiny?

Plus there’s the return of the EFL and the end of the Olympics.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Messi leaves Barca for PSG, with Julien Laurens (02m 30s)

• PART 2a: Leicester win the Community Shield (26m 00s)

• PART 2b: Who will win the Premier League title? (33m 00s)

• PART 3: The return of the EFL (45m 00s)

• PART 4: The odds with Paddy Power (49m 30s)

• PART 5: Brazil claim Olympic gold (51m 30s)

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