The Athletic FC Podcast

After just one win in their opening ten Premier League games, Manchester United will spend the November international break in the relegation zone.

Emma Paton is joined by former England international Rob Green, The Athletic's football journalist Tim Spiers and Senior Editor Colin Millar to get into whether the dramatic comeback against Aston Villa that saw Man United salvage a point, will be enough to save Michael Carrick's job.

Plus, the panel discuss the biggest surprises and trends so far, now that we're ten games into the Premier League season.

Host: Emma Paton
Panelists: Rob Green, Tim Spiers, Colin Millar
Producer: Jay Beale
Executive producer: Adam Jones
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Emma Paton is joined in the studio by The Athletic's deputy managing editor Dan Kilpatrick, football reporter Tim Spiers and former Arsenal winger Adrian Clarke to pontificate on Arsenal’s emigration across the road to The Emirates, and was it actually worth it?

Plus… Should Manchester United finally move from the leaky roof above them? Do the profit printing concerts justify Spurs’ shiny new stadium? And does the Hill Dickinson carry the same aura as Goodison?

Host: Emma Paton
Panelists: Dan Kilpatrick, Tim Spiers, Adrian Clarke
Executive Producers: Adam Jones, Max Curwen Bingley
Producer: Mike Stavrou
Videographer: Grayson Moody
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As we go into our final matchweek before the November international break, we take a look at which teams are floundering at the bottom of the table, and which, against all odds, are still standing strong.

With all three newly promoted clubs out of the relegation zone, Kate Mason is joined by Rob Green and tactics writer Liam Tharme to dive into why and how the newcomers are exceeding initial expectations.

Host: Kate Mason
Panelists: Rob Green, Liam Tharme
Executive producers: Adam Jones, Max Curwen Bingley
Producer: Mike Stavrou
Videographer: Grayson Moody
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Jason Wilcox has been in the eye of the storm at Manchester United ever since Lisandro Martinez publicly blamed the club’s Director of Football for the current balance of the squad.

So with sporting directors more in vogue and recognisable than ever before, are they no longer safe from scrutiny?

Kate Mason is joined by former England international Rob Green and the The Athletic's Matt Slater and Adam Crafton, plus Joel Roberts who is the Managing Director of the Association of Sporting Directors.

Host: Kate Mason
Panelists: Rob Green, Adam Crafton, Matt Slater
Guest: Joel Roberts
Producers: Xavi Bird, Lara Sinclair
Executive Producer: Adam Jones
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Four of the five managers nominated for the Men’s Coach of the Year at the Ballon d’Or ceremony last week hailed from Spain.

So what is it about Spanish managers, particularly from the Basque region, which makes them such good leaders from the dugout?

Emma Paton is joined by The Athletic's Barcelona correspondent Pol Ballus, Spanish editor Tomas Hill Lopez-Menchero and Spurs writer Jay Harris to assess the influx of Spanish managers across Europe, Pep Guardiola's influence and which current players are destined to become stellar coaches.

Host: Emma Paton
Panelists: Pol Ballus, Tomas Hill Lopez-Menchero, Jay Harris
Producers: Xavi Bird, Lara Sinclair
Executive Producers: Max Curwen Bingley, Adam Jones
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