Football Weekly podcast: Different season, but same old Big Four

In a line-up that’s every bit as unsurprising as the top four in the Premier League, James Richardson is joined in the pod by Barry Glendenning and Sean Ingle in another rip-roaring edition of Football Weekly.

The pod squad analyse Chelsea’s demolition of Arsenal, Liverpool’s bruising battle with Everton, and Tottenham Hotspur’s snoozefest with Aston Villa and ask: why are we getting another dose of the same old same old?

Also in the show – and lest we be accussed of Big Four-centricity – we discuss Hull City’s recent revival now that Phil Brown ditched the earpiece and the goatee.

Plus, we ponder whether Fabio Capello’s done the right thing in stripping John Terry of the England captaincy. And we get dewy-eyed about those Brat Pack movies of the 1980s.

Finally, our favourite Teuton Raphael Honigstein brings us news of a rift in the German national team and the latest from the Bundesliga; Sid Lowe brings us up to date with Spain’s La Liga; and Jimbo tells us about Lazio’s mounting woes in Serie A.

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Football Weekly podcast: A two-horse race for the Premier League title?

Joining James in the pod today, Barry Glendenning, John Ashdown and Paolo Bandini are on hand to offer their expertise.

Is it back to a two-horse race for the Premier League title? Plus, who’s for the drop?

After allegations about his private life, can and should John Terry hold on to the England captaincy?

Sid Lowe in Madrid rounds up the latest from the Spanish league. He discusses ‘the heel of God’ as well as picking poppies.

There’s also the latest from Italy, including Adrian Mutu failing a drug test.

As Egypt win the Africa Cup of Nations, the pod is bewildered by the latest decision to come from its governing body.

And also up for discussion: the great east Midlands derby brouhaha, and Barry being the focus of an Irish radio station’s phone-in.

WARNING: contains strong language.

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