Under The Floodlights

What a difference a week makes. Back to back wins for 'Worst Team in History' Liverpool have Darren feeling happy and safe again.

Bailey talks breakup coping mechanisms and progressing to the 'Anger' stage of the '6 Stages of Grief' in the wake of the Frank Lampard sacking.

Man City get some well deserved attention for being straight up better than everyone else and are Newcastle kickstarting their season after being the latest recipients of the Ringland Bump?

This weeks in the mud looks at weird and wonderful ways that managers have tried to motivate their sides.

On that note, if you have a funny manager story from your experience in amateur (or professional) sport (any sport at all) please get in touch - we'd love to read some out in a future episode.

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The Anfield streak is over. Darren's mind spirals at the impending identity crisis, night sweats and flashbacks to that dark period for the club in the early 2010s.

Chelsea are lost at sea after losing 2-0 to Leicester and Frank Lampard's been thrown overboard by ruthless Roman. This may be the toughest breakup of Bailey's life.

And it's FA Cup week again... this episode is dark.

Christopher's riding a dopamine high and revels in the opportunity to see first hand the chaos going on around him.

Leeds drop serious cash on some Tottenham turf, the Barcelona finance department's way out over their skis and will Gunnersaurus be able to hack the hot Turkish climate as his boss Ozil finalises his transfer to Fenerbahçe?

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Football matters again now that the Premier League's back. Liverpool and Manchester United play out a 0-0 draw teaching everyone than Man City are probably the best team in the league.

Wolves get Big Sam'ed as the 7 Point Survival Blueprint starts yielding some results.

Prepare yourself for a (insert Sky Sports clickbait) *HEATED ARGUMENT* as Christopher won't stand for the idea that professional footballers don't need time to adjust to playing with new players.

Dodgy red cards, yuk football pitches, managers lacking thicc-ness and horse semen (yes, horse semen) make up this week's topics.

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It was FA Cup weekend for the Premier League boys so Chris and Bailey inform the listeners (and Darren...) about the main talking points from the fixtures. Darren talks the downsides of the cup and suggests potential changes that would if nothing else, at least introduce some of the 'interest factor' to the cup.

Michael Oliver sat down to do a rare interview with the Daily Mail so the boys get an insight into the thankless and self indulgent world of professional refereeing.

The transfer window's open and the guys say their goodbyes to a prominent podcast character as Sebastian Haller heads off to Ajax. The big fella's in for a shock when he finds out they aren't in the Champions League and the league's competitive this year.

In the mud looks at a pointless FA investigation into the criminal world of gambling with insider information.

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Happy New Year from the Under the Floodlights team.

We kick off 2021 by discussing all of the major talking points from the festive fixtures. Why do Liverpool and Chelsea now stink? Are Manchester City now favourites for the title and will Sheffield United go down as the worst team of all time?

Other topics include Fulham weaponising COVID and Big Sam's Seven Point Survival Blueprint.

This week's in the mud looks at Pele, Beta-male football clubs and Mbappe counting the goals he scores in training.

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Merry Christmas from the boys at Under The Floodlights.

Sometimes things just work out perfectly as after last weeks pod, Takumi Minamino took just 2 minutes to score in Liverpool's 7-0 thrashing of Crystal Palace and their 'vibes players'.

Manchester United from out of nowhere have thrown themselves right back into the mix as they beat the Premier League's favourite losers Leeds.

There's a virus more deadly than corona infecting the Arsenal team at the moment and Darren outlines his 'Tiered' structure for categorising the severity of the crisis.

In the spirit of Christmas the guys write down their wish lists for the Premier League clubs and is there anything better than the hopes and dreams of a child being crushed after suffering their first ever loss at Fifa.

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The boys congratulate Mike Dean on a huge milestone in his professional career and compliment his unrivalled ability to make the game all about himself.

Fans were back at The Emirates to watch Xhaka let the side down again, Aubameyang break his goal scoring drought (kind of) and their team lose to fellow relegation contenders Burnley.

Chris celebrates a big win for the little guys this weekend as each of the 'Big 6' drop points and Brighton get dusted by a very impressive Leicester side.

This week's in the mud involves football curses, public urination and Taylor Swift.

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After another second half comeback by Manchester United, the boys ponder how good United could be if OGS would name the right starting 11 in the first place.

The season of giving is in full swing and Spurs delivering a hand-wrapped Mourinho Masterclass over an Arsenal team who desperately need to ask Santa for a win this Christmas.

Fans are back and despite the stadiums not being close the capacity, it's was great to be reminded for the first time since March how quickly a group of supporters can turn on an opposition player. The manufactured crowd noise never quite replaced the abusive cries of a wound up group of football fans.

Man City quietly go back to being good. Leicester end their "blip" at Sheffield United and this week's in the mud calls into question who at Fifa's in charge of deciding the nominees for individual awards.

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This week's podcast begins with tributes to Diego Maradona and Papa Bouba Diop.

Getting into the show, the guys discuss more VAR controversy, Milner falling out of love with the game and Maupay missing a penalty when discussing Brighton vs Liverpool.

We learnt that Edinson Cavani can't tie laces, but boy can he dig United out of a hole as he inspires a famous comeback against Man United. Chris shares some information about Southampton that'll change the way we think about them forever.

Daniel Podence scores an Under The Floodlights goal of the season contender that even got Roy Keane's engine revving as Wolves beat an Arsenal team in free fall.

A Fulham player finally scores a penalty, Chris turns the podcast into a 'West Ham Live Reaction' show and does being good at Fifa in your teenage years mean you could be a professional footballer? All this and more on this weeks episode.

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Back from the international break, we dust off the cobwebs and get stuck into Man City, Nicolas Pepe, Fulham, Leicester, David Coote and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

After beating Pep Guardiola at 3D chess during the buildup, a Moutinho masterclass sees 'The Special One' lead Spurs to the top of the Premier League table.

Beta-male Nicolas Pepe reminds us how unique a workplace the football pitch is as the red mist descends following a rattling by Ezgjan Alioski.

For the first time on this lighthearted entertainment show things get heated between the hosts as opinions differ on Leicester's performance at Anfield. It's hard to say who won the argument but as its Darren currently writing these descriptions I'm going to say it wasn't Chris.

Fulham miss another penalty. David Coote ruins another team's weekend and this week's In The Mud involves footballers having too much free time during the international break.

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