Episode 75 - Barcelona go top of La Liga + Newcastle’s trophy drought is OVER

On this episode, Ted and Patrick begin by discussing Barcelona's 4-2 comeback victory over Atletico Madrid. What went wrong for Atleti and what does it mean for the La Liga title race? After a quick discussion of Villarreal vs Real Madrid, the conversation switches to Newcastle's 2-0 victory over Liverpool to claim their first trophy in 56 years. How can the Magpies build off this moment? Then, Inter Milan has a firm lead in Serie A, but will Champions League commitments and lack of depth hurt their title aspirations? The episode finishes with Chelsea fans finally seeing the truth and if Como are preparing to spend this summer. Enjoy! Don't miss Ted and Patrick's new podcast - ManDown: https://www.youtube.com/@mandown.podcast Subscribe to our FREE newsletter: https://www.thetransferflow.com/subscribe Join Variance Betting: https://www.thetransferflow.com/upgrade Follow us on our Socials: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe1WTKOt7byrELQcGRSzu1Q X: https://x.com/TheTransferFlow Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetransferflow.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetransferflow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@transferflowpodcast 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Ted’s shoutout 02:37 - Podcasts as a record of yourself to leave behind 03:33 - Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona 04:42 - How Atleti exploited Barca’s high line 05:56 - Why xG is an imperfect metric 07:11 - South American strikers and Wenger 08:41 - Lewandowski’s ridiculous finish 09:15 - Did an uncalled handball lead to the finish we got? 10:00 - Lamine Yamal’s goal and Goalkeepers vs. deflections 11:24 - Atleti didn’t deserve the results they got this week 12:09 - Villarreal vs Real Madrid 13:24 - Even when Real Madrid are off they find a way to win 14:15 - La Liga table 16:27 - With no UCL, Atleti can focus on the La Liga race 18:10 - Raphinha to Man United for £70M? 20:04 - Patrick and Ted’s NEW podcast 20:47 - Newcastle Win the Leagues Cup and end their trophy drought 21:15 - Why was Mac Allister marking Dan Burn? 23:55 - How Liverpool uses Salah’s movement before they win the ball back 24:52 - Leicester City and Mourinho’s Real Madrid were great at countering from corners 26:14 - How Newcastle countered this strategy 27:56 - Joelinton’s physicality 29:24 - Newcastle are good at frustrating top sides, but are not set up to deal with bad teams every week 30:14 - Newcastle will have to do some squad building in the summer 31:56 - Inter Milan vs Atalanta and Ederson’s red card 33:37 - Inter really didn’t do much until the red card 34:07 - Depth a problem with Inter still being in the UCL or is the international break more scary? 35:54 - Chelsea fans are finally seeing the truth 37:00 - It looked like Chelsea were off to a great start, but the problems are showing now 38:04 - Jackson and Palmer can’t ALWAYS save chelsea 38:55 - First season with a new manager, give Maresca time to adapt 40:32 - Como and Cesc Fabregas 41:51 - will Como spend big this summer? 43:07 - Will Juventus fire Motta? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.