Spurs spent 413 million this summer, sit bottom of the Premier League, and have not won at home since the final day of last season. Matt, Beato and Ulysses spend ten minutes on whether that club is broken, badly run, or genuinely cursed.

In this episode: deadline day closes with roughly 2.2 billion spent across Europe, Chelsea alone near 476 million, Bradley Barcola moving to Liverpool for 140 million, Ollie Watkins finally forcing his way out of Aston Villa, Man City lodging a 120 million euro bid for Enzo Fernández, Jack Grealish heading back to Everton and Rafael Leão off to Galatasaray. Liverpool get held at Nottingham Forest in a game Matt watched at six thirty in the morning, and the verdict is a side that still has no settled midfield, a right back offering nothing going forward and a goalkeeper who gave away a penalty with a reckless clear. Hull City sit in the top four while Coventry lose a game they controlled, and Matt cannot get over the empty seats in their first season back in twenty five years. Spurs lose at home to Newcastle and the group splits on whether it is mentality, pressure or a curse, with Matt arguing a European trophy outranks a league title and Beato and Ulysses telling him he is smoking crack. Chelsea keep outscoring a defence that gets caught with its pants down. Bruno Fernandes gets a hat trick that Beato calls the most lackluster he has ever seen, and Matt begs United to let Marcus Rashford go. In LaLiga the group digs into Sevilla's collapse and whether Spain's financial rules have permanently lost the league its argument with the Premier League, before Raphinha, Lamine Yamal, Xavi Espart and Anthony Gordon put Barcelona back on top.

Are Spurs still a big six club, or is that just a name they stopped earning years ago?

Back Monday with Arsenal against Chelsea, Barcelona against Valencia, and the Champions League draw we ran out of time for.

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Spurs opened the season with a performance Matt called flat out terrifying, going down at home to a Brentford side that outclassed them from start to finish. Meanwhile Barcelona put on a statement display at the other end of the spectrum, cruising past Elche and setting off alarm bells for the rest of La Liga.

In this episode: Matt, Beato, and Ulysses break down a chaotic opening weekend across Europe. Arsenal made a statement with a routine win over Coventry, but Spurs could not have looked more different, falling behind after a defensive mixup from Lucas Bergwall and never recovering. The hosts dig into whether the mentality issue at Spurs runs deeper than personnel, and debate who should start at number ten once James Madison is fully fit. Man United fared even worse, losing away to Hull City's Tigers off two set piece goals, which was enough to crown United the inaugural Clown of the Week ahead of Spurs and Aston Villa. Man City needed a stoppage time goal to scrape past Bournemouth, while Aston Villa were taken apart by Brighton, with the Ollie Watkins bench situation drawing plenty of heat. Liverpool ground out a late penalty win over Newcastle that the hosts felt papered over a sloppy performance. The back half of the show shifts to Spain, where Barcelona put five past Elche with a standout Champions League level performance from Gavi's replacement in midfield.

Who do you think deserves the Clown of the Week trophy more, Man United or Aston Villa? Let us know in the comments.

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The Premier League kicks off this weekend and Ulysses, Matt, and Beato are calling every single spot in the table before a ball is kicked. From the club they think breaks the record for fewest points ever, all the way up to who lifts the trophy in May, nothing is off limits.

In this episode, the guys work through the whole 2026/27 table tier by tier. Hull City get written off early as a near lock for last place, with the trio debating whether Coventry or Ipswich joins them in the bottom three. Nottingham Forest, Leeds, and Crystal Palace get argued over for the survival zone, with Matt making the case that Forest's poor start last season masked a strong finish. Newcastle's brutal summer sell off gets its own extended section after losing Bruno Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali, Anthony Gordon, and Kieran Trippier in one window. Fulham comes under fire for losing both top scorers Harry Wilson and Raul Jimenez while handing the reins to a first time manager in Marco Arbeloa. On the other end, Everton's business under David Moyes gets praised as some of the best in the league, and the guys spend serious time on Tottenham, breaking down a defense built around Micky van de Ven and Pedro Porro before finally locking in their top five, including a heated back and forth over who actually wins the title.

Where do you have your club finishing this season? Let us know in the comments.

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