Episode 1273: Pogba’s Point, The Mendes Derby, Chelsea’s Control Freak, Liverpool’s Headstart
Manchester United are well off the pace points-wise but continue to lead the field headlines-wise, after Paul Pogba’s latest criticism of Jose Mourinho’s style.
Paul Pogba on Man United: “When we’re at home we should attack, attack, attack. That’s Old Trafford. I can’t tell you [why we didn’t attack] because I’m a player, I’m not the manager, I cannot, like, say that.” pic.twitter.com/Af0xpBGr8G
— Squawka News (@SquawkaNews) September 24, 2018
Today we speak to Duncan Castles about the match the Spanish press were calling the “Mendes Derby”. What is the secret of Wolves’ success? And how long can the Pogba-Mourinho feud be allowed to fester?
Man United fans explain why they are flying the banner ‘Ed Woodward – A specialist in failure’.
‘This statement was made in order to challenge the current media narrative of focusing on the manager, whilst ignoring where the issues at the club truly lie.’https://t.co/wQwrP1Koqf pic.twitter.com/GjaF6pN7XR— Duncan Castles (@DuncanCastles) September 2, 2018
Wolves value Ruben Neves at over £100million.#WWFC #MUFC #MCFC #PORhttps://t.co/FtRd1HzyLW pic.twitter.com/PycrZTRmxp
— Duncan Castles (@DuncanCastles) September 23, 2018
Meanwhile we talk about the radical restructuring that has taken place at Chelsea, where Jorginho has already emerged as the most dominant midfielder in European football just a few games into his time at the club. But has this reshaping of the team been to everyone’s advantage?
We also discuss a sensational extract from Kevin Keegan’s new book revealing some of the extraordinary transfer dealings going on at Newcastle when he last managed the club in 2008. Plus there’s Shaqiri’s shakedown, happy Ronaldo, sad Brendan, and Pep’s views on physical condition.
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.@tomwfootball author of the PSG Bleacher Report piece discussed on Monday’s pod, joins us to discuss trying times for Tuchel, how Paris have managed to astroturf cool, and could it be that Ken™? isn’t Kool??
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We talk about the first round of matches in the Champions League – a bad week for petrodollar superclubs and Tottenham, a good one for the traditional big red clubs.https://t.co/Um2JaUIdQj pic.twitter.com/zlsExpeerV
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