Episode 2813: Correct Celebrations, Grit, Rigour & Humour

A great weekend for Unai Emery and Lewis Dobbin, not only because they were winning but because they were celebrating in the right way, according to the people who pay attention to these things.

Manchester United’s 0-3 defeat to Bournemouth came as no surprise to Mystic Murph – but Erik ten Hag’s team selection did. Still, if the title of Sir Big Jim’s new book is anything to go by, help is on the way.

Lars Sivertsen and Gavin Cooney join us to talk about the weekend’s football. Is Emi Martinez emerging as Mikel Arteta’s biggest transfer mistake that nobody really noticed at the time? Why might Martin Odegaard be struggling to hit the levels of last season? And how long can Chelsea hide in the shadows from their own reckoning?

Gavin also brings us up to speed with some of the happenings of the FAI AGM on Saturday.

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