The Transfer Flow Podcast

Episode 229 - The Premier League Table is LYING

The Transfer Flow Podcast

Show Notes

Patrick and Ted go through the Premier League weekend and ask which teams should be worried, and where the table is hiding what the numbers say.

They cover Newcastle, Crystal Palace, Arsenal, Man City, Liverpool, Man United and Chelsea, plus Brighton's numbers and the inside cross trend Ted is seeing in the weekly roundup.

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Timestamps:

00:00 – Intro

00:37 – Weekend reaction: what's changed after six games?

02:06 – Who should be worried? Newcastle's table position vs the numbers

07:11 – Crystal Palace's rough weekend, and Brighton's numbers

12:02 – Nottingham Forest's defence

13:24 – Arsenal scrape past Forest

18:07 – Man City: 21 points from 7 games, and the defence

21:34 – Liverpool: the defence, Isak and the shot quality

25:16 – The inside cross: a growing way of creating chances

31:32 – More Liverpool: the attacking signs

33:04 – Man United: winless in the league, 7 points vs Brighton's 16

37:35 – Chelsea beat Everton, but how much can we read into it?

40:20 – Fulham, and how little we know about these teams yet

42:06 – Midweek Champions League preview

43:14 – Which Witch? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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