Episode 938: Neymar’s Anime Epic, Man United’s Wild Horses, Chelsea Farm, Arsenal Fox
Neymar has made a pretty decent start at PSG. His career is shaping up like an anime epic with him as the hero. If Barcelona are all about the beauty of efficiency, Neymar’s PSG will feature a bit more of the beauty of showing off.
Neymar having fun at PSG already…what a goal! #Neymar #PSG #Ligue1 pic.twitter.com/vBIOgIudNE
— The Football Lounge (@FootballLounge7) August 20, 2017
Only two games into the English league season and Manchester United have already built up the momentum of a runaway freight train. Will Ken accept he got it all wrong about Mourinho’s side?
That's one way to describe the Man United squad.
Jose Mourinho is enjoying letting his horses run freely! ?
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— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) August 19, 2017
We also discuss how Chelsea’s profitable player farm is football’s greatest example of the Matthew principle at work.
Number-crunched: Chelsea’s 62 senior professionals and a profitable but flawed ‘farm’ system https://t.co/jefAjI7ieg pic.twitter.com/SLJZsr8GOu
— Nick Harris (@sportingintel) August 20, 2017
Paul Doyle was there to see Stoke rain on Arsenal’s parade. Do English football dinosaurs Steven Gerrard and Martin Keown have a point about Mesut Ozil?
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