Happy New Year! For our first podcast of 2025, we start by analysing some of the controversial refereeing decisions in the Tottenham vs Newcastle and Brighton vs Arsenal games at the weekend. After letting out our anger at the penalty given against William Saliba, we turn to Arsenal's performance in the same game, also discussing our frustration at why it takes Arsenal players so long to take set pieces and if Mikel Arteta should persist with playing Thomas Partey at RB.

The middle part of the episode focuses on Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham. On United, we discuss matters on the pitch, asking if their recent run of results mean the club is in a relegation battle. On Liverpool, we talk about events off the field, asking if the noise around the contracts of their three star players could derail their season. On Tottenham, we do a deep dive on issues both on the pitch and off the pitch, returning to Ange Postecoglou's reluctance to adapt his style of play and the club's transfer business under Daniel Levy.

The latter third of the episode focuses on talking points for 8 other Premier League clubs. To finish, we update our predictions given at the start of the season before turning to the promotion race in the Championship and Plymouth's decision to part ways with Wayne Rooney.

As ever, we hope you enjoy. Here's to another year of some excellent football and good content!

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