The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

Jimbo welcomes Daniel Storey, Matt Davies-Adams and Colin Millar into the pod after another pulsating Premier League weekend.Chelsea breeze past Arsenal at the Emirates with Lukaku scoring and immediately looking like the reference point for this side. The performance – and his personality – could be daunting for the rest of the Premier League. And how did Arsenal become so mediocre?It’s a 100% record for Graham Potter’s side too. But Bissouma still being at Brighton is baffling our panel. Should Solskjaer have started Sancho and Varane at Southampton? And are the margins so tight that United will rue the points dropped at St Mary’s?Nick Miller fills us in on Nuno’s winning return to Molineux. And Colin offers up an impassioned defence of the Europa Conference LeaguePlus Livramento, Coventry and Savage’s son.RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1a: Arsenal 0-2 Chelsea (05m 00s)• PART 1b: Routine wins for City & Liverpool (17m 00s)• PART 2a: Brighton 2-0 Watford (24m 00s)• PART 2b: Southampton 1-1 Man Utd (28m 00s)• PART 3: Wolves 0-1 Spurs with Nick Miller (37m 00s)• PART 4: The rest of the Premier League weekend (47m 00s)• PART 5: The odds with Paddy Power (56m 30s)• PART 6: Tammy’s terrific debut (58m 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 PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special 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, Dan Bardell and Charlie Eccleshare ahead of a mouth-watering Premier League weekend.Arsenal v Chelsea headlines the weekend as the panel salivate over the damage Romelu Lukaku could do and struggle to understand the signing of Ramsdale. Is Arteta safe from the sack because of the chaos above him?Nuno returns to Molineux as we ask what he’s changed at Spurs and what resolution the Kane saga will have.Plus Ant & Dec, Norwegian orgies and the origin story of the swimming pool attendant.RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1a: That Man City third kit (02m 00s)• PART 1b: Arsenal v Chelsea preview (05m 00s)• PART 1c: Liverpool, City & United in action (17m 00s)• PART 2: Wolves v Spurs preview (23m 00s)• PART 3a: Crystal Palace v Brentford preview (34m 00s)• PART 3b: The rest of the Premier League weekend (40m 00s)• PART 4: The odds with Paddy Power (50m 00s)• PART 5: Lewandowski’s future and a sex scandal in Norway (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 PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re underway in Spain and Germany, with Italy soon to follow. Jimbo, James Horncastle, Raphael Honigstein, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo have your back on all things continental.Dortmund come flying out the blocks in the Bundesliga with Erling Haaland stealing the show on matchweek 1. Is he the new R9?Pique is the hero on and off the pitch for Barcelona as Memphis channels Ronaldinho in La Liga.Looking ahead to the start of the Serie A season, will there be a big 7? And can Mourinho rediscover his mojo? In France, Messi is unveiled and Galtier hammers the champions on his return to Lille. But who got a 1/10 in L’Equipe?And we pay tribute to the great Gerd Muller. Scorer, singer, weaver.RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1: Paying tribute to Gerd Muller (02m 30s)• PART 2a: Moment of the weekend (11m 30s)• PART 2b: Haaland hulks up as the Bundesliga returns (16m 00s)• PART 3: La Liga - Barca begin life after Messi (25m 00s)• PART 4: Previewing the return of Serie A (37m 30s)• PART 5: Ligue 1 latest – a horrific start for Lille (45m 30s)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 PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The opening weekend of the new Premier League season doesn’t disappoint. Drinking it in with Jimbo are Carl Anka, Sasha Goryunov and Daniel Storey.Tottenham defeat champions Man City in a dream start for Nuno in North London. Will that inspire City to go and get Harry Kane? Or should they be spending that money on a left-back and a defensive midfielder?Manchester United thrash Leeds 5-1. Imagine how good they’ll be once they put Sancho and Varane in that team. And Brentford provide the feel-good story of the weekend.Elsewhere where is the Arsenal leadership? Can Villa create a whole new attack without Grealish? Will Everton fans learn to love resilient Rafa?Plus we pay tribute to the goal-hanger’s goal-hanger Gerd Muller. And Sasha bemoans the state of Russian football.RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1a: A brilliant opening weekend (01m 30s)• PART 1b: Spurs 1-0 Man City (07m 30s)• PART 1c: Norwich 0-3 Liverpool & Chelsea 3-0 Crystal Palace (19m 00s)• PART 2: Man Utd 5-1 Leeds (24m 00s)• PART 3: Brentford 2-0 Arsenal & Watford 3-2 Aston Villa (37m 30s)• PART 4: The rest of the Premier League weekend (48m 30s)• PART 5: The odds with Paddy Power (60m 00s)• PART 6: A tribute to the late Gerd Muller (63m 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 PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Premier League season is almost upon us and Jimbo is joined by the excited trio of Dom Fifield, Natalie Gedra and Tom Williams.The headline fixture of the opening weekend is Tottenham hosting Man City. If City don’t sign Harry Kane, does that hurt their championship chances? Will European champions Chelsea take the title with their incredible squad depth?Further down the table, there are big questions to be answered. Do Everton represent the biggest challenge of Benitez’s career? Are Palace fans right to be optimistic about Patrick Vieira? How much are Southampton gambling with their transfer policy?Billy Grant from the Beesotted podcast joins us on the eve of Brentford’s Premier League bow against Arsenal. And are Norwich about to surprise us all?RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1a: Opening day nerves? (02m 30s)• PART 1b: Spurs v Man City and the title race (08m 30s)• PART 2a: Chelsea win the Super Cup (30m 00s)• PART 2b: New managers in the Premier League (37m 00s)• PART 3a: Brentford’s hopes with Billy Grant from the Beesotted podcast (49m 30s)• PART 3b: The promoted clubs and the battle to stay up (55m 00s)• PART 4: The odds with Paddy Power (63m 00s)• PART 5: Thoughts on Villa, West Ham and Newcastle (65m 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 PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The European edition returns with your preferred pod posse of Jimbo, James Horncastle, Julien Laurens, Raphael Honigstein and Alvaro Romeo.Lionel Messi becomes a PSG player and will be starring in Ligue 1. Why all the cynicism? Could Messi have made a more romantic move?Feeling the absence of Messi are not just Barcelona but La Liga as a whole. No longer the league of stars.Speaking of financial crisis, Italian champions Inter are minus Conte and Lukaku. Can anyone see past Juventus returning to the top under Max Allegri? Will Mourinho keep inspiring mass brawls at Roma?New gaffers galore in Germany. Can Marco Rose’s Dortmund topple Julian Nagelsmann’s Bayern? Or what about Jesse Marsch’s Leipzig, the best squad in the Bundesliga?RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1a: Can anyone stop PSG and Man City? (02m 30s)• PART 1b: Moment of the weekend (13m 00s)• PART 2: Ligue 1 latest – more on the Messi move (17m 00s)• PART 3: Suffering in Serie A with Inter in financial crisis (35m 00s)• PART 4: La Liga latest – the state of Barca (47m 30s)• PART 5: Bundesliga preview – new gaffers galore (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 PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo’s back with the first Totally Football Show of the new season in the company of Daniel Storey, Duncan Alexander and Adam Crafton.One of the biggest transfers in football history is about to take place. Lionel Messi says bye-bye to Barcelona and is set to move to PSG. Jubilant Julien Laurens joins us as we discuss if this is a good thing for Ligue 1. And what does it mean for Mbappe?Jack Grealish joins Man City for £100million but he alone can’t stop Leicester from winning the Community Shield. Is Grealish a problem solver for Pep or will he prove to be City’s Veron?We ask who is best equipped to challenge City for the title this season. Chelsea with Lukaku? Liverpool with Van Dijk? United with Solskjaer under scrutiny?Plus there’s the return of the EFL and the end of the Olympics.RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1: Messi leaves Barca for PSG, with Julien Laurens (02m 30s)• PART 2a: Leicester win the Community Shield (26m 00s)• PART 2b: Who will win the Premier League title? (33m 00s)• PART 3: The return of the EFL (45m 00s)• PART 4: The odds with Paddy Power (49m 30s)• PART 5: Brazil claim Olympic gold (51m 30s)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 PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nick Miller joins Producer Ben to discuss the biggest news in publishing: The Totally Football Yearbook 2021!The Totally Football Yearbook 2021 - edited by Nick Miller, with a foreword by Jamie Carragher and contributions from all of your Totally favourites - is available on 5 August in hardback and ebook and as an audiobook. You can pre-order it now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Italy are European champions. Jimbo, Carl Anka, James Horncastle, Raphael Honigstein, David Preece and Daniel Storey review a wonderful night for the Azzurri but a heart-breaking night for England who lose on penalties at Wembley.Gareth Southgate’s side take a very early lead but are pegged back and worn down by their opponent. Like the 2018 World Cup semi-final but worse. It’s an inspirational group of players but in hindsight, did England throw this Euros away? And did they play that much football in the tournament?As for Italy, we salute a team that every other team made changes to their system for. And of course, they had the amazing Chiellini. The star of this Italy team and finally a European champion.RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1: Carl Anka at Wembley (02m 00s)• PART 2: What went wrong for England? (16m 00s)• PART 3a: What went right for Italy with James Horncastle (25m 00s)• PART 3b: Looking ahead to Qatar (35m 30s)• PART 4: The odds with Paddy Power (45m 00s)• PART 5: Copa America and final conclusions (48m 30s)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC:• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the penultimate pod of the Euros, Jimbo is joined by a bumper crew of James Horncastle, Michael Cox, Tom Williams and Duncan Alexander.Anticipation builds ahead of the final at Wembley on Sunday. Italy the complete team, managed by Mancini the serial winner. Whereas England look to be physically fresher. Are both teams already heroes and in a no-lose situation?We reminisce about a tournament including lots of goals, classic matches and most importantly, fans.And 15 years on from Italy’s last major tournament win, a chat about Zidane’s headbutt on Materazzi, much like the incident itself, gets out of hand.RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1: England v Italy preview (02m 00s)• PART 2: Looking back at Euro 2020 (32m 00s)• PART 3: The odds with Paddy Power (47m 00s)• PART 4: Zidane’s headbutt 15 years on (50m 00s)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC FOR £1 A MONTH FOR YOUR FIRST 6 MONTHS:• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.