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The FC crew look back at Man United's 1-0 win over Newcastle with Ruben Amorim making tactical tweaks to his formation in the absence of Bruno Fernandes. Plus, the panel looks ahead to an action packed weekend of Premier League matches & make their predictions. And, the guys discuss some AFCON action & check in with how some big names in football celebrated the holidays.
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The FC crew look back at football in 2025 starting with Liverpool's tumultuous year. The also argue if Chelsea had a successful year after winning the inaugural FIFA Club World Cup. Julien Laurens gives out his best XI of the year featuring a host of PSG players. Plus, the guys pick their player of the year.
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Gab Marcotti & Julien Laurens look back at 2025 and rank their Top 10 moments of the calendar year. The guys also share their players of the season so far.
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1The FC crew look ahead to the matchup between Man United & Newcastle on Boxing day, will United struggle without their main man Bruno Fernandes? Plus, the panel discuss Marcus Rashford's comments about pressure at his new club Barcelona. And, the guys look back at the best players in the Premier League so far this season & Shaka breaks out a new Power Rankings.
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Cristina Alexander and Ali Krieger are joined by Natalia Astrain to review the Top 50 Women players in the world. The crew is later joined by Alex Scott, Lianne Sanderson, Nedum Onuoha, and Fara Williams as they debate which league is better: WSL or NWSL? Also, Gemma Soler sits down with Aitana Bonmati for an exclusive interview.
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The FC crew look back at Arsenal beating Crystal Palace in a penalty shootout to advance to the Carabao Cup semifinals. Plus, the panel discuss the imminent transfer of Antoine Semenyo in the January transfer window, with Man City reportedly leading the race. And, the guys continue to break down the Mickey Van de Ven challenge on Alexander Isak.
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Mark, James and Rob wonder how injuries to Bruno Fernandes and Alexander Isak will impact Manchester United and Liverpool with the January transfer window approaching. The trio also debate Viktor Gyökeres’ impact at Arsenal so far and Don Hutchison joins to open up about football’s relationship with alcohol.
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The FC crew react to news that Liverpool striker Alexander Isak has undergone surgery for a leg fracture and break down how they expect the club to cope without the Swede. Plus, the guys review the controversial calls from the Premier League this weekend.
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Gab Marcotti & Julien Laurens discuss Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur and ask whether Thomas Frank is the right fit at Tottenham. The guys also discuss Real Madrid’s 3rd consecutive victory, FIFA’s new video game to compete with EA Sports & praise Morgan Rogers’ performance against Manchester United.
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The FC crew looks back at Aston Villa's 2-1 win over Man United with Morgan Rogers bagging 2 goals. Plus, the crew discusses the reported leg injury of British record signing Alexander Isak & how it will affect Liverpool. And, discussion of a few of the controversial refereeing decisions in the Premier League this week. Also, Barcelona & Bayern Munich take care of business in their respective leagues & AFCON kicks off.
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The FC crew react to Arsenal and Manchester City's respective wins and argue if Manchester City will overtake the London club for the Premier League title. The guys also bemuse Liverpool after a lackluster win at Spurs. Plus, Steve Nicol and Craig Burley question why Newcastle weren't awarded a penalty in their 2-2 draw vs Chelsea.
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The FC crew discuss if Mikel Arteta & Arsenal can handle the pressure of a title race from now until the end of the season with Manchester City on their tails. Also, the panel talks how many years it will take for Manchester United to get back to lifting the Premier League trophy. Plus, talks of Xabi Alonso's job still under pressure & a look back at Dortmund's win before winter break in the Bundesliga.
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Christina Alexander, Shaka Hislop and Alejandro Moreno react to PSG defeating Flamengo on penalties to win the Intercontinental Cup. Then, a discussion about Luis Suárez's contract extension. Plus, Derek Rae joins the show to discuss Wilfried Nancy's future as Celtic manager and preview Gio Reyna's return against his former team, Borussia Dortmund.
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The FC crew look back at the most expensive PL strikers this past summer and give out grades for each of the players' transfers so far. Plus, the crew react to another Bruno Fernandes interview and question why he would compare himself to Totti. Shaka Hislop also gives out his weekly power rankings!
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Gab Marcotti & Julien Laurens discuss PSG’s win over Flamengo on penalties and ask if there is more this PSG side can achieve under Luis Enrique. The guys also discuss Rayan Cherki’s continued brilliance for Manchester City, Real Madrid’s lucky escape against Talavera in the Copa del Rey & ask if PETA’s criticism of Paul Pogba’s camel-racing ownership is justified.
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Alexis Nunes and Ali Krieger react to Matchday 6 in the UEFA Women's Champions League. They break down Chelsea's impressive win vs Wolfsburg in Germany as they secure a Top 4 spot. Then, they discuss Juventus losing to Manchester United and losing their Top 4 spot. Also, predictions for who they think will find form in the knockout stage of the tournament.
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The FC crew react to Real Madrid squeezing past Talavera in the Copa del Rey Round of 32 and question why Xabi Alonso would play Kylian Mbappe against such an inferior opponent. Plus, the guys break down Man City's 2-0 win over Brentford in the Carabao Cup and argue how their unavailable list will impact the Premier League title race.
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The FC crew react to Chelsea's 3-1 win over Cardiff in the Carabao Cup and Enzo Maresca's 'worst 48 hours' at Chelsea comments. Then, a discussion on Bruno Fernandes' comments on Man United 'wanting him to go' during the summer transfer window. Plus, a discussion on whether Raphinha was snubbed from the FIFA Best XI.
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Alexis Nunes and Shaka Hislop react to Tyler Adams suffering an apparent knee injury vs. Manchester United. Then, a discussion on how Bayern Munich should manage Alphonso Davies ahead of the 2026 World Cup. Plus, a discussion on Real Madrid's Brazilian connection between Vini Jr and Rodrygo.
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Mark and Rob are joined on the pod by Ed Dove, Colin Udoh and Leonard Solms to discuss the impact of the Africa Cup of Nations call-ups on the Premier League teams, and to tell you everything you need to know about the tournament itself ahead of kick off in Morocco.
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Some utter BS from the guy Mark on that podcast. Stevie Nico the only one talking sense No idea what Shaka was talking about!
Looking back & in comparison between Man Utd & Arsenal fc.. Arsenal always have a polished game while Utd have to grind big games.. I think that's Utd strength. I hope they remembered that. Congrats to both club for qualifying
you werent that eager to talk about refs in madrid derby when de paul should have been sent off just before the greezhman goal. why there is no real ref to talk about this kind of decisions? ex barca and atleti player , luis garcia is enough? him and kieran gibbs are the worst pundit of the show plus lebof. at least lebof is funny unlike the other two.
Great show today , fair and logical
Really poor guest. Loved to say hmm hmm and yeah yeah a lot. Could not complete the episode.
The Gab or Juls show indeed
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Thanks for informing the people about the Iranian women's situation ✊🏻✌🏻
Please stop the horrendous background music when people are speaking!
Jules' point of correlating mindset and mental strength of a player to performing and justifying his price tag is simplistic and unfair. It is completely arrived at with the benefit of hindsight. If Joelinton had not reinvented himself, he would have been seen as weak and not able to manage Geordie expectations. If Haller didn't bang in the goals at Ajax, the enduring image would have been of his failed stint with West Ham. Is Aurelien Tchouameni mentally sorted enough to be a guaranteed success at Real? Did anyone think Tammy Abraham would be such a success in his first year in Roma?
Maybe Stevie watched the wrong game again 🍻
They need to flip Lukaku with Kane and everyone would be happy
Opening audio sounds terrible
Please lose the background music, it distracts from the actual content and is annoying
Please lose the background noise, it is annoying and distracts from the content
Good
Best extra time ever 🔥🔥
Burley is a fud. He bangs on about how signing good players would put increased pressure on Solksjaer. What then? Is he supposed to make no signings and give up trying to improve the team? Does Burley never listen back to these shows and find out what a tosspot he's been.
I wanted to ask the FC crew: when does player decide when it starts becoming about money and when does it end about the passion. Specially when players like Frank left to leagues like Abu Dhabi and leave a competitive league