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WELP! That was just awful, Gooners. Feels like a home loss to West Ham is the right spot to yield on the mythical “title race” Arsenal are in this season. Join Coach, Mitch & Gabby for the postmortem on Arsenal’s league prospects. Tap in!

The Champions League Playoff ties concluded with Kylian Mbappe reestablishing his & Madrid’s primacy at the top of Europe’s elite, while Serie A’s representatives are going to have to have some hard conversations about the health of their league. Join Coach & Deen for all of that, alongside a quick detour to the Premier League’s title race & a brief preview of the weekend’s fixtures ar...

The gang’s back together again! Join Tosin, Coach & Deen for the SPS Weekend Review. Eliesse Ben Seghir gets the honors this week for scoring on his birthday, while the gang goes extra hard on Manchester as a concept, swearing at refs, and Inter’s bluntness. Tap in!

Man Utd lost their 12th Premier League match, and Ruben Amorim is looking shakier as the days go on. Join Tosin and Tomi as they discuss another loss, relegation, and academy kids not getting minutes. Same song, different drums. Tap in!

No forwards, no problem. Arsenal went away to Leicester City and stole a win after the disastrous Dubai break that cost Mikel Arteta the final healthy member of his attacking triumvirate: Kai Havertz. Mickey Tets repurposed his fellow Basque man, Mikel Merino, into a big brace bagger and Gabby, Coach & Deen talked about that and much more. Tap in!

No Premier League, no problem. Join Tosin & Coach for analysison weekend's action in Spain, Italy, Germany, France, and the FA Cup. Moise Kean is locked in, PSG found their groove, Bayern remain Bayern, the title races in Spain and Italy are on fire, and the FA Cup retains the proverbial “magic”. Tap in!

Coach and Mitch reflect on the 24/25 season so far, with chatter ranging from red cards and fixtures to injuries, form, and of course, Hale End! Tap in!

There was a ton of intriguing action across Europe last weekend and Tosin, Coach and Gabby covered all the best bits while answering a bunch of Jadakiss’ Black History Month questions. What is Nottingham Forest? Who will win Serie A? What is Bayern doing with their wingers? Why did Real Madrid get robbed and could Ousmane Dembele win the Ballon D’Or? Tap in!

Arsenal getting a PROPER lick back against Man City was only a matter of time and it was definitely worth the wait. Join Gabby, and in the host’s seat, Mitch (on the first episode of Black History Month - SMMFH) for a fun and at times delirious discussion of Arsenal putting 5 past those cheaters from the north. Tap in!

Join Tosin and Tomi as they conduct another post mortem on their Manchester United after yet another loss to Crystal Palace, pay their respects to Marcus Rashford, and try to understand what’s left of a horrid season. Tap In!

Join Tosin and Coach as they navigate the hectic final day of the Champions League group stage and they try to navigate next stage of the competition. Ousmane Dembélé might finally be figuring it out, a pair of seventeen year olds might already have figured it out, and the lads figure their way through ruminations on shame and bag chasing. Tap in!

The SPS weekend is here and it’s dominated by bullying strikers terrorizing the continent in Mbappe, Ekitike & Alexander Isak. Join Tosin, Coach & Deen for striker talk, title races, just a little ref talk and LOTS more. Tap in!

An all Brit edition of the pod as Coach is joined by fellow match goer Marlon (@Marly_D13) for a therapeutic chat over an incredibly satisfying win. Of course there’s chatter about refs but also a lot about the identity of the team and what they are producing. Tap In!

The Champions League was on a bean this midweek, with crazy games and results from Lisbon to Paris and everywhere in between. PSG, Barcelona and Atleti highlight an extremely entertaining slate of games brought to you by Tosin, Coach & Deen. Tap in!

This is going to take a while, United fans. Join Tosin, and Deen off The Emirates bench, for the SPS review of Man Utd’s third straight home loss to Brighton. There wasn’t much to like from this performance, but patience remains key for Amorim’s project and your sanity. Tap in!

The weekend review’s here again. Join Tosin, Coach & Deen for the customary trip around Europe, with plenty of compliments for Eintracht Frankfurt’s striking market expertise. Next off the production line? Hugo Ekitike. For that and more? Tap in!

Seems like things aren’t going to go Arsenal’s way this season, folks. The team threw away a 2-0 lead at home against Villa on the same day that Liverpool managed to secure a late win away at Brentford. With an ever lessening amount of fixtures to catch up and consistent bad breaks in the injury and officiating departments, it might all be a bit much for Arteta’s men. Join Deen and Mitch for their...

So much midweek action and so little time. Join the SPS crew for a review of all the cup and league games around Europe this week, with a little sprinkling of the transfer window and animal kingdom.

Mitch returns to host with Coach as they wax lyrical over another North London Derby win. There’s a special focus on Myles Lewis-Skelly who played in his first derby and impressed! Tap In!

A 12 minute Amad Diallo hat trick powered a comeback against the Southampton at Old Trafford! Join Tosin and Tomi for their review of Amad’s first career hat trick, along with praise for several of his teammates and even a few of the opposition’s players. Is this the boost that Man United needed to get their season back on track? Tap in!

Barca hung another 5 on their eternal rivals in Saudi Arabia while league action started back up everywhere in Europe besides England, where the FA Cup took center stage. Join the lads for an extremely silly review of all of last weekend’s action. Tap in!

Man Utd escaped The Emirates with a win in the FA Cup, as Arsenal failed to take advantage of their many opportunities. A tale as old as time. Join Tosin & Deen for a post-mortem on one of the more entertaining editions of this classic rivalry we’ve seen in a long time. Tap in!

The first weekend preview of 2025 is here! Join Tosin, Coach and Deen for the customary trip around Europe, during which Man United & Real Madrid rediscovered themselves, while the competition wobbled or found different business. Tap in!

Man Utd almost beat Liverpool at Anfield. In a hard-fought, entertaining match, Ruben Amorin's side showed cojones and signs of life. Join Tosin and Tomi as they summed up the 2-2 draw against Man Utd's bitter rivals.

Gooners… sadly, it might be time to accept that the league just isn’t happening this season. A tough schedule, tons of injuries, interesting refereeing, and now ill-timed illnesses have conspired against Arteta and his team. Meanwhile, the league leaders seem to drawing aces at every turn. But it wasn’t all bad at The Amex. Join Coach, Gabby and Deen for our review of the 1-1 draw vs Brighton and...