Thanks to Chinese whispers we know who Sir Alex Ferguson is tipping for Premier League title. Would Liverpool getting 97 points and still coming second to Manchester City be a "disaster" for the club? And which team of the two will contain the winner of the Golden Boot? Jonathan Overend, Michael Brown, Jon Walters and David Thompson look at the bottom of the league as well - and ask if Cardiff's strong sense of identity will be what saves them this season.

Who does Fergie fancy for the title?

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Darren Fletcher hosts the Friday Football Social with Glenn Murray, Kevin Nolan and Clinton Morrison. They debate the Football Association's decision to scrap FA Cup replays, hearing from Coventry City boss Mark Robins ahead of playing Manchester United in Sunday's semi-final. The podcast also discusses whether there is a worthwhile alternative to take over from Erik Ten Hag at the Old Trafford club at the end of the season, should he be replaced, amid the news that Southampton say they have "reluctantly agreed" to let director of football Jason Wilcox join Manchester United. The panel then continues looks to ahead to this weekend's football, looking at the Premier League title race, as well as Manchester City's most immediate task of their FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea. There is also talk around how important this weekend could be in the battle to avoid relegation to the Championship. TIMECODES: 02:40 - FA Cup replays
19:59 - Coventry City
22:18 - Manchester United
29:30 - Relegation battle
36:15 - Manchester City
38:30 - Liverpool
44:40 - Arsenal

Friday Football Social: FA Cup replays debate

Steve Crossman has reaction to European results for Liverpool, West Ham and Aston Villa. He’s joined by European football experts Julien Laurens and Kristof Terreur. Stephen Warnock and Vicki Sparks reflect on Atalanta knocking Liverpool out of the UEFA Europa League. Danny Gabbidon and Ali Bruce-Ball watched West Ham suffer the same fate against Bayer Leverkusen. Hear from Jürgen Klopp, David Moyes, and Unai Emery as Aston Villa are left flying the flag in the UEFA Europa Conference League after beating Lille. 00:50 Aston Villa reach first major European semi since 1982
05:00 Emery on Emi Martínez’s ‘important personality’
05:35 Atalanta knock out Liverpool
12:50 Klopp will rank among the Liverpool greats
17:00 Klopp: “We didn’t lose the tie tonight”
18:35 West Ham knocked out by Bayer Leverkusen
25:55 Moyes: “It was a terrific performance”

Euro Leagues: Liverpool out & Martínez ‘makes it fun’

Mark Chapman presents reaction to the Champions League Quarter-Finals. He’s joined by Paul Robinson, Shay Given and John Murray to discuss Manchester City’s defeat to Real Madrid. Hear from Pep Guardiola after penalties knocked the Champions out of the competition. Guillem Balague joins the pod to share his thoughts on a far from perfect performance from Real Madrid, and how Carlo Ancelotti will feel after the match. Matthew Upson joins Ian Dennis to discuss what went wrong for Arsenal after they were knocked out by Bayern Munich. Hear from Mikel Arteta as his team look to bounce back in the Premier League at the weekend. Plus, the panel discuss what these results mean for English sides in the Champions League. TOPICS:
0.26 - Manchester City v Real Madrid
8.33 - Pep Guardiola
9.54 - Bayern Munich v Arsenal
16.00 - Mikel Arteta
17.21 - English sides in the Champions League

City and Arsenal out of Europe

Ben Haines and England Women's record goal scorer Ellen White are joined by England and Chelsea’s Millie Bright. Millie talks about how she is getting on recovering from injury and her time on the sidelines.  Millie gives an insight into what it has been like working her way back from a knee injury, her relationship with Emma Hayes and what’s kept her busy outside of football.  Spurs forward Martha Thomas also drops by to tell Ellen and Ben what it felt like scoring the match-winning goal, that sent Spurs to Wembley for the FA Cup final. Timecodes:
0:10 Intro
01:30 Soccer Aid!
03:10 FA Cup with Martha Thomas
10:50 Millie Bright on recovery 
23:30 Mary Earps 
25:10 Rachel Daly 
30:30 Emma Hayes
37:15 Millie’s charity work

Women's Football Weekly: Millie Bright on recovering from injury

Kelly Cates is joined by Nedum Onuoha, Theo Walcott and Daniel Storey to look ahead to a huge night for Manchester City and Arsenal in the Champions League. Ian Dennis and German football reporter Taufig Khalil join from Munich to preview Arsenal’s quarter-final second leg against Bayern. The panel discuss if Manchester City could do back-to-back trebles as they prepare to play Real Madrid at the Etihad. They also talk about Cole Palmer’s scoring record and the Chelsea penalty row.  TIMECODES:
01:00 Mikel Arteta on emotion 
02:45 Arsenal reaction from loss against Aston Villa 
11:35 The pressure on Bayern with Taufig Khalil 
14:53 Manchester City’s back-to-back treble chances
24:17 Jude Bellingham on this season’s Real Madrid
26:31 Cole Palmer and the Chelsea penalty row

Who does Fergie fancy for the title?

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