Episode 3081: Hyping The CL, Arsenal Liverpool, There Was A Dream That Was The Regulator, Tidy Larne

Miguel Delaney and Jonathan Wilson join us for an experimental slot we are calling Trying to Stay Positive About the new Champions League Format. Maybe we have moaned too much about it. Looking to the sunny side of the street is also, arguably, a kind of journalism. So – three rounds in – what are the apparent benefits of the switch?

Liverpool and Arsenal both got the job done in different ways and play each other at the Emirates on Sunday in one of the biggest games of the Premier League season so far. Who do our guests expect to win? And is there any chance of Wilson putting his knives away every time Arsenal get mentioned?

We also talk about the new Football Governance Bill being introduced by the British government. Why do some people believe an independent regulator will help to solve football’s many problems? What in theory is this new entity supposed to achieve? And what chance of it actually staying independent as various wealthy and powerful forces try to capture it?

A step in the right direction, but don’t expect the football regulator to be a panacea. https://t.co/JAfZlYjkcW

— Jonathan Wilson (@jonawils) October 24, 2024

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We ponder which of Aston Villa’s Johns/Jhons we prefer, and tell Ken that Real 5 – 2 Dortmund was a Champions League classichttps://t.co/8CeA7W69rB pic.twitter.com/DpLn5vbnSW

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