Episode 3216: Damp Manchester, Kevin de Baller, Reynolds Is Cooking
Ken, Branno and Mark went to Dalymount Park in search of vitriol – and they found it – but also nearly all of the other emotions on an evening that veered wildly between blind rage and helpless laughter.
If everyone can agree the LOI is in a good place the same is not universally said of the Premier League where most of the teams are giving the impression that they would quite like to be on holidays already.
Mark Critchley and Jack Pitt-Brooke join us to talk about the weekend’s PL football. Did we just witness the worst Manchester derby of all time? If so, who is to blame? Where does Kevin de Bruyne stand in the pantheon of football greatness? And what chance remains of Ange fulfilling his cursed second-season prophecy?
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