Under The Floodlights

In light of perhaps the strangest week in the history of football, this bonus episode of Under the Floodlights has updated views on the (now dead) European Super League, a breakdown of the new Champions League format and our reaction to the news that Jose Mourinho has been sacked as Spurs manager.

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Clearly unhappy about Leicester and West Ham thinking they're now 'Big Boys', the old 'Big 6' are trying to take their ball and go play somewhere else. What is the European Super League and what does it mean for the Premier League? (These are genuine questions - we don't know...)

In more positive news, it was great to see an entire community come together to collectively laugh at Christopher after an "absolutely muk" (Christopher's words) Newcastle team do the double over West Ham and take a huge step towards survival.

Sheffield United become the first club to be officially relegated. Chelsea ends Manchester City's hopes of a famous quadruple and this week's In the Mud looks at seat coverings at Old Trafford, colour theory and Spurs new paint partner trolling them on twitter.

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Darren and Bailey begin their premature celebration of Leicester's end of season slump as Christopher looks down on all of the peasants not currently in a Champions League position (although does acknowledge that this is as good as it'll ever get).

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Jose Mourinho get into a war of words over different parenting styles after United's victory against Spurs (still awaiting confirmation on whether Heung Min Son received any dinner on Sunday night).

Stuart Dallas cements his position in Northern Ireland football folklore. Would Alisson have saved Villa's goal against Liverpool had he not shaven off his beautiful moustache? And has anyone had a better glow up in 2021 than Jesse Lingard?

This week's In the Mud looks into The Athletic's Supporters' Survey, Newcastle performing terribly across nearly all KPIs and impossible-to-please Manchester City fans.

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Premier League football's back after the international break and Big Sam's tiki-taka West Brom team put an end to Tuchel's unbeaten record at Chelsea. Bailey makes it very clear that he won't overreact but still offers up some different people to blame in case anyone else out there does.

Liverpool cruise past a pathetic Arsenal performance and Spurs go full spursy against Newcastle as the race for top four heats up.

The media's TAA vs Southgate agenda, dodgy referee haircuts and Mateo 'Man of the People' Kovacic looking David Coote in the eyes and telling him he's, "the worst ref ever" are all covered in this week's episode.

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There's talk of an all time Ringland Bump and Christopher tries to assign blame elsewhere as Arsenal come back from 3-0 down to draw with West Ham.

Brighton take a huge step towards safety and leave Newcastle right in the relegation mix.

Darren learns the outcomes of the FA Cup quarter final fixtures, how to deal with losing £250,000 because of a 94th minute stat-padding goal by a bit-part-player and Harry Kane upholds his reputation of underperforming in knockout football against Croatian opposition.

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Erik Lamela goes full Erik Lamela in the North London derby as Arsenal win over rival Spurs.

Sheffield United prove they're the exception to the 'you always win the game after you sack your manager' rule as they're slapped about by Leicester after telling Chris Wilder to pack up his things.

Some big wins for Burnley and Brighton in their bids to stay in the Premier League.

There's an update on the 'Buy Mbappe' GoFundMe page and this week's In the Mud looks at how the Juventus Chief Executive's kept himself busy during lockdown.

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Back after a week of compassionate leave, the boys get their teeth into Manchester United ending City's 21-game win streak... and of course by that I mean we disregard it entirely and talk about John Stones fudging public-voted player ratings, PL TikTok accounts and how success in football will never make you happy.

Liverpool's season continues to get worse as they pay to fly an uninspiring banner over the stadium, get trolled on TikTok by Crewe Alexandra and launch a GoFundMe page to sign Kylian Mbappe.

Thomas Tuchel's gone unbeaten in his first 11 games so again we tackle the big questions around Mason Mount's instagram, Dragonball Z and is it better to be a team that's boring and good or entertaining and bad.

Bust ups on the training pitch, more football manager fashion talk and the Chinese Super League are in the mud.

Writing this I'm realising how little the show talks about actual football...

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The feel good factor's spreading around West Ham United as Spurs have problems that Jose can't fix. Chris continues to enjoy life as Darren and Bailey countdown the days until the sweet mercy of the season ending.

The guys discuss whether Premier League teams need to stop scouting players from the Bundesliga as the list of flops from that league continues to increase.

In other noteworthy(ish) news, the Premier League's got fancy new balls to play with for the rest of the season. Do the rave reviews justify the £124.95 price tag?

Everton win at Anfield for the first time this century, Tuchal sacrifices Callum Hudson-Odoi to prove he's the big man to the Chelsea players and In the Mud (well... what was broadcast-able from In the Mud) looks at naughty referees.

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The era of Manchester City dominance is upon us but the guys question how a team packed full of technically gifted superstars can't find a single player who can consistently take a decent penalty.

After the latest Liverpool mental collapse, Darren turns to theoretical frameworks about team performance in a desperate attempt to feel safe again.

Other topics this week include goal of the season contenders, Chris going 'full Roy Keane' when analysing Harry Maguire and Aubameyang's kids finally getting a football to play with.

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It's déjà vu for Hasenhüttl as Southampton suffer another 9-0 thrashing at the hands of Manchester United with Jan Bednarek having the worst individual week in professional football.

Darren explains how the Premier League is entering the stage of the season where hopes die as back to back defeats deliver the knockout punches to Liverpool's title hopes.

Mike Dean's drunk on power and on the red card rampage. The guys discuss whether someone needs to rein him in or if it's all just wind up merchant behaviour from the league's biggest rockstar.

An update on the Leeds pitch situation, deadline day roundups and this week's in the mud looks at (and belittles) the best team in the history of Dutch football.

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