The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

Jimbo welcomes Duncan Alexander, Nick Miller and Lynsey Hooper into the pod amid a hectic Premier League schedule.Southampton win a thriller at Spurs as we debate the ceiling on the likes of Ward-Prowse and Broja. And the hubris of Antonio Conte.Elsewhere, there’s some Weghorst love, Wilfried Zaha channels Peter Devine and Dan James is outshining Cristiano Ronaldo on the road.Frank Lampard’s Everton are looking nervously over their shoulders as they take on Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds.Natalie Gedra is in Abu Dhabi to preview the Club World Cup final as Chelsea take on a hungry and focussed Palmeiras.Plus Asprilla’s Newcastle debut, footballing truths, games in hand and the neutral’s favourite Premier League players.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Kurt’s cats (02m 00s)• PART 2a: Tottenham 2-3 Southampton (07m 30s) • PART 2b: Burnley 1-1 Man Utd (14m 30s) • PART 3a: Mitrovic and the WSL title showdown (22m 30s)• PART 3b: Newcastle 3-1 Everton & games in hand (25m 30s)• PART 4a: Villa 3-3 Leeds & Norwich 1-1 Palace (38m 00s)• PART 4b: The Premier League weekend (43m 00s)• PART 5a: On This Day and footballing myths (49m 00s) • PART 5b: Chelsea v Palmeiras preview with Natalie Gedra (52m 00s)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR 33% OFF THE PRICE OF AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Euro crew are back as Jimbo, James Horncastle, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo take in a huge weekend across the continent.Milan boost their title hopes with a derby win over Inter, while Vlahovic and Zakaria enjoy dream debuts for Juventus.Barcelona have their shooting boots on against Atletico as Xavi gets the best of Simeone, for whom nothing can go right.PSG also win big in Lille to go 13 points clear, as everyone enjoys the sight of Messi in the middle.Christoph Biermann is back to tell us about Bayern going 9 points clear, Koln’s crazy coach and Dortmund being the problem child of the Bundesliga. Plus Kristof Terreur informs us about Union Saint-Gilloise, Tony Bloom’s promoted underdogs who are leading the way in Belgium.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Moment of the weekend (03m 00s)• PART 2: Milan win the derby & some spectacular Juve debuts (06m 30s) • PART 3: Barcelona 4-2 Atletico (16m 00s) • PART 4a: Balotelli, Giovinco and Italy’s striker search (27m 00s)• PART 4b: Bayern go 9 points clear with Christoph Biermann (30m 00s)• PART 5a: Lille 1-5 PSG (40m 00s)• PART 5b: The rise of USG with Kristof Terreur (47m 00s)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR 33% OFF THE PRICE OF AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo is joined by Carl Anka, Matt Davies-Adams and Flo Lloyd-Hughes after a huge weekend of FA Cup shocks and the AFCON final.Non-league Boreham Wood beat Bournemouth to reach round 5. Kidderminster almost join them but are overcome by Declan Rice FC.Nottingham Forest thrash the holders Leicester. But are they chasing a pointless dream and should promotion to the Premier League be the real goal? And will Cooper, Johnson and Spence be there next season?Man United are knocked out by Middlesbrough on penalties. Are the hungry fans watching Rangnick’s good plan executed in a mediocre fashion?Senegal and Sadio Mane finally shed the weight of previous failures by winning their first ever AFCON title. Maher Mezahi has more from Cameroon.Plus tiny tables, Chris Hughton and the pass of the season.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Boreham Wood through, Kidderminster almost (03m 00s)• PART 1b: Nottingham Forest 4-1 Leicester (10m 00s) • PART 2a: Middlesbrough knock out Man United (21m 00s) • PART 2b: Other FA Cup highlights (31m 00s)• PART 3a: Senegal win AFCON with Maher Mezahi (35m 00s)• PART 3b: Chris Hughton to become Ghana manager (48m 00s)• PART 4: EFL, WSL and the PL week to come (55m 00s)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR 33% OFF THE PRICE OF AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION• theathletic.com/totallyGET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo is joined by Duncan Alexander, Adrian Clarke and Colin Millar ahead of FA Cup 4th round weekend.How seriously should teams like West Ham and Everton take the cup? Or does Frank Lampard need to concentrate on his new chat show?Deadline day saw Alli and Auba on the move. Can Dele return to the raging fire he once was? And was it the right time to bid Aubameyang goodbye?Aaron Ramsey arrives at Rangers but then watches his new team get torn apart by Celtic and overtaken at the top of the table. The Athletic’s Jordan Campbell fills us in on a very busy week in Scottish football, including a Raith Rovers reversal.Maher Mezahi watches Senegal advance to the AFCON final, inspired by the great Sadio Mane.Plus we preview potentially the biggest six-pointer in Premier League history.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Alli & Auba on the move (02m 00s)• PART 2: Ramsey, Rangers and Raith with Jordan Campbell (18m 00s) • PART 3: FA Cup 4th round preview (28m 00s) • PART 4: Burnley v Watford preview & Lamps’ first game in charge (46m 00s)• PART 5a: EFL & WCQ latest (55m 00s)• PART 5b: Senegal 3-1 Burkina Faso with Maher Mezahi (60m 00s)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR 33% OFF THE PRICE OF AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo, Tom Williams, Charlie Eccleshare and a Cameroon-based Daniel Storey take in all the football from around the globe. Frank Lampard is finally confirmed as the new Everton manager. The panel try to determine what kind of a manager Lampard is and why we’ll always compare him to Gerrard.With the transfer window closing, we look at Liverpool’s statement signing of Luis Diaz and the succession plan for Mane and Salah. Plus the Premier League bids a perhaps temporary farewell to one of the most exciting players in the world, Adama Traore.Meanwhile we wax lyrical about some big Newcastle signings in the shape of Bruno Guimaraes and possibly Hugo Ekitike.Can Senegal finally live up to the hype and secure their first AFCON title?Plus The Athletic’s Joshua Kloke reports on Canada’s famous 2-0 win over USA. They’re young, fun and on their way to Qatar?RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Events in Colwyn Bay and Cameroon (01m 30s)• PART 1b: Lampard arrives at Everton (09m 00s) • PART 2: Deadline day – the players who did and didn’t turn down Tottenham (18m 00s) • PART 3: Deadline day – Newcastle doing big business (37m 00s)• PART 4a: AFCON semis to come (47m 00s)• PART 4b: Canada 2-0 USA with Joshua Kloke (57m 00s)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR 33% OFF THE PRICE OF AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION• theathletic.com/totallyGET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo is joined this week by Duncan Alexander, Dom Fifield and Maher Mezahi.Tragedy strikes at the Africa Cup of Nations with 8 people killed in crushes outside the Olembe Stadium in Cameroon.On the pitch, it’s quarter-final weekend with the North African derby between Egypt and Morocco the headline act.In the Premier League, have Watford finally made a sensible managerial appointment in the shape of Roy Hodgson? Could he be the man to finally give them a clean sheet?Greg O’Keefe is back to discuss an episode of Ted Lasso set in Merseyside aka Everton’s search for a new manager. Fans want Vitor Pereira out before he’s in and Pereira conducts his job interview on Sky Sports News.Could Frank Lampard be on his way to Goodison? Are we all too scathing of his past managerial achievements?Plus transfer talk and the prospect of van de Beek at Selhurst Park. Plus the story of Messi’s career in xG.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: The tragic stadium crush in Cameroon (02m 30s)• PART 1b: Events on the pitch at AFCON (10m 00s) • PART 2: Roy returns at Watford (26m 00s) • PART 3: The Everton managerial sideshow with Greg O’Keefe (35m 00s)• PART 4: Transfer talk and Messi xG (47m 00s)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR 33% OFF THE PRICE OF AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Euro crew of Jimbo, James Horncastle, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo assemble after another dramatic weekend across the continent.Real Madrid, Sevilla and Atletico Madrid all come from 2-0 down to salvage something in La Liga. But can Ousmane Dembele salvage his career after Barca tell him he’s no longer welcome at Camp Nou?There’s a top of the table clash in the Netherlands as leaders PSV took on the inexplicably not leaders Ajax. Yordi Yamali has more.Lionel Messi returns for PSG but it’s Marco Verratti who turns goalscorer supreme in their 4-0 win over Reims. And why won’t Poch play the kids?Thiago Motta is earning his managerial stripes as Spezia go from strength to strength in Serie A. And Super Mario Balotelli is back with the Azzurri.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Moment of the weekend (01m 30s)• PART 2: A weekend of comebacks in La Liga (05m 00s) • PART 3: Ligue 1 – Messi returns for PSG (19m 00s) • PART 4a: Bundesliga bulletin (31m 00s)• PART 4b: PSV 1-2 Ajax with Yordi Yamali (32m 00s)• PART 5: Motta flying at Spezia and Balotelli back with the Azzurri (38m 00s)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR 33% OFF THE PRICE OF AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION• theathletic.com/totallyGET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo welcomes Natalie Gedra, Sasha Goryunov and Daniel Storey into the pod after the final weekend of Premier League action for a fortnight.Man City drop points while Liverpool emerge unscathed from their spell without Salah and Mane. Could the title race actually be back on?The race for the top 4 is wide open as Chelsea swot aside Spurs once again. Did Conte show too much of an inferiority complex?At the bottom, it’s looking bleak for Everton as Big Dunc’s battle cries can’t make up for a lack of quality playmakers.There’s lots of love for Thiago Silva, Declan Rice, Mohammed Salisu and Bruno LagePlus the latest from AFCON. And Sasha eats all the pies.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham (03m 00s)• PART 1b: Man Utd 1-0 West Ham (12m 00s) • PART 1c: Arsenal 0-0 Wolves & Brentford 1-2 Wolves (18m 00s) • PART 2a: Everton 0-1 Aston Villa (29m 00s)• PART 2b: The battle at the bottom (35m 00s)• PART 3: Forest 2-1 Derby and Southampton 1-1 Man City (42m 00s)• PART 4a: Palace 1-3 Liverpool and Leicester 1-1 Brighton (49m 00s)• PART 4b: AFCON last 16 preview (64m 00s)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR 33% OFF THE PRICE OF AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo is joined by Duncan Alexander, Tom Williams and Dan Bardell to oversee a Premier League weekend chock full of narrative.The complexion of Everton v Aston Villa is changed completely by Big Dunc taking the helm, up against Stevie G on Merseyside again. David Moyes returns to Old Trafford again as West Ham face a Rangnick side still waiting to play 90 good minutes within the same match.In midweek, Tottenham complete a historic comeback at Leicester with Antonio Conte transforming the mentality of his squad. But what’s happened to Chelsea and why are they all so miserable?The panel discusses the prospect of watching Christian Eriksen play football again if he does indeed join his fellow Danes at Brentford.Maher Mezahi gives us the latest from AFCON as Ghana go out and Gabon progress despite the most shambolic preparations possible. Plus Fulham attempting a Peterborough. And Nutella – the ketchup of professional cycling.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Leicester 2-3 Tottenham (05m 30s)• PART 1b: Brighton 1-1 Chelsea (14m 00s) • PART 2a: Everton v Aston Villa preview (26m 00s) • PART 2b: The battle at the bottom – and in the middle (34m 00s)• PART 3: Eriksen to Brentford? Plus Brentford 1-3 Man Utd (44m 00s)• PART 4: The latest from AFCON with Maher Mezahi (57m 00s)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR 33% OFF THE PRICE OF AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo and the Euro crew of James Horncastle, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo dissect the weekend action on the continent.Real Madrid win the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia with Ancelotti and Modric remaining evergreen. But the real headlines are made back home in the Copa Del Rey with the Betis derby suspended and completed 24 hours later behind closed doors after a missile strikes Joan Jordan.Bordeaux suspend Laurent Koscielny and sink to second bottom of Ligue 1 after a 6-0 defeat to Rennes.In Italy, Nani debuts for Venezia, Paulo Dybala might be on the way out of Juventus and the panel debate whether Ciro Immobile is any good or not.And Christoph Biermann gives us the latest from the Bundesliga where Erling Haaland raises questions about his future and Union finally give Berlin a team to be proud of.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Moment of the weekend (03m 00s)• PART 2: Real win the Super Cup and madness in the Seville derby (06m 30s) • PART 3: The Bundesliga bulletin with Christoph Biermann (20m 00s) • PART 4: Nani, Dybala and how good is Immobile? (32m 00s)• PART 5: The debacle at Bordeaux (49m 00s)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR 33% OFF THE PRICE OF AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION• theathletic.com/totallyGET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.