Episode 141 - Buy or Sell: Roma Top 2, Bundesliga Shakeup, and Forest Relegated?

On this episode, Ted and Hayden go around Europe and play buy or sell on the biggest storylines outside the Premier League. Villarreal’s push toward Spain’s top three, Roma’s rebuild under Gasperini, and why the Bundesliga race behind Bayern looks completely different this season. They dig into whether anyone can get close to PSG, how Enrique has reshaped the squad, and what the depth in Ligue 1 really looks like this year. Then it shifts to recruitment, the mistakes that matter, what people get wrong about player evaluation, and how clubs actually improve their processes. The episode wraps with the Premier League relegation fight, Forest’s chances of staying up, and the teams that should be worried as the season grinds on. Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheTransferFlow Subscribe to our FREE newsletter: https://www.thetransferflow.com/subscribe Join Variance Betting: https://www.thetransferflow.com/upgrade Subscribe to our Clips channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TransferFlowClips 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 Timestamps: 00:00 – Intro and episode overview 02:26 – Villarreal’s rise and whether they can crack Spain’s top three 03:13 – Why their Champions League form muddies the picture 05:48 – Villarreal’s recruitment model and defensive identity 08:30 – Buy or sell on Villarreal finishing third 09:25 – Roma’s rebuild under Gasperini and the Serie A traffic jam 11:27 – Roma’s defensive ceiling and why second place is a reach 13:26 – Inter, Juve, Milan and the top-end parity in Italy 14:04 – Bayern’s insane metrics and the Bundesliga hierarchy 15:40 – Leverkusen’s early meltdown and fast correction 16:06 – Frankfurt’s upside and the challenges of young squads 17:20 – How Leipzig and Dortmund keep shifting week to week 18:10 – The injuries that could flip the Bundesliga race below Bayern 20:33 – PSG’s depth, fatigue and the reality of the title race 22:22 – Similarities to last season for PSG 23:16 – Shot profiles, xG gaps and how Ligue 1’s depth is changing 25:17 – What would it take for PSG to not win Ligue 1? 27:00 – PSG vs Bayern in how well they are run 28:32 – How coaching cycles open windows for challengers 29:45 – What you can see on our Patreon 31:55 – The challenges of player recruitment and the lessons we learn 33:55 – Buy or sell on Nottingham Forest staying up 35:01 – Sean Dyche and squad fit 36:01 – West Ham’s slide and the red flags in their recruitment 36:45 – Who will get relegated? 38:09 – Leeds, Brentford and the margins at the bottom 39:04 – Why West Ham might be the real danger team 43:20 – Wrap-up and Patreon plug