ROUTE ONE: In which I sneeze so much before filming that my right eye blows up and then I go on a massive rant about the Ballon D'or being a meaningless trinket. youtube.com/watch?v=EOUbwg…

Thanks to a Michael Graham RT, this one blew up, so I thought I'd better expand on it. This is why I think Sunderland will be just fine. trackrecordmedia.org/2025/09/23/sun…

Sunderland are not going to get relegated. Feel free to bookmark this. trackrecordmedia.org/2025/09/23/sun…

We love a board game over here and Best Eleven looks like a lot of fun. Lots of familiar names involved. It's into its final 24 hours on Kickstarter, so check it out. No money has exchanged hands here, btw, we just like fun stuff. kickstarter.com/projects/shiph…

The new ROUTE ONE is here asking questions like: Are Liverpool at risk of an injury crisis? What's gone wrong with Aberdeen JJ Bull ? Is a 64 team World Cup really a bad idea? LISTEN: pod.fo/e/330d0c WATCH: youtube.com/watch?v=l3hgTw…

Got an excellent piece on Track Record today from Chris Smith on this new phase of Pep Guardiola and his "ayahuasca ego death moment" trackrecordmedia.org/2025/09/25/pep…

Real Madrid are seven from seven, but have Atletico turned the corner ahead of this weekend's derby Dermot Corrigan? And what of Forest Matt Davies-Adams? LISTEN - pod.fo/e/331795 WATCH - youtube.com/watch?v=m0OGEb…

Newcastle have beaten Arsenal three times in a row at SJP, can they do it again George Caulkin? And can Crystal Palace stop Liverpool Jim Daly? The new ROUTE ONE is here. LISTEN: pod.fo/e/3321ac WATCH: youtube.com/watch?v=QPDDJ-…

With just two more to play, Robin Roefs is the only goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in the Premier League this gameweek. Based on the shots on target he faced, he was expected to concede two goals. He even assisted two shots.

The new ROUTE ONE is here with Scarlet Katz Roberts on Arsenal and Dermot Corrigan on Atletico and me, sat at home in a small cloud of germs once again. Could this be the 7th visit of Mrs Covid? LISTEN: pod.fo/e/333862 WATCH: You can't. I had to stay at home today.

Ooof. I think I know where Nuno will be focusing his efforts on the training ground this week. <points at board with stick> “This is an opposition player, you need to mark him. That means standing near him. Do I need to go over this again?” <players nod in unison>

Remember that day when David Moyes had his Man Utd team put in 81 crosses against Fulham? Tonight may yet come to vindicate that battle plan.

Pretty sure that every single thing Everton have done for the last 25 minutes has been the wrong thing.

Loads of work there for Nuno ahead of Arsenal, but something to work with too. Diouf looked excellent, I thought Potts was very assured when he came on. They even looked vaguely competent at the back by the end.

I've watched most of Sunderland's games this season and this boy looks so assured. He also followed up a very public dropped-bollock error against Villa with his most impressive performance so far against Forest, which speaks well of his mental strength.

West Ham were a bit better last night, weren't they? We've got Benji Lanyado on ROUTE ONE to discuss that. We also take a look at Chelsea (remember when they were title contenders?) and who's this kid in Germany scoring all the goals? pod.fo/e/3342c3

Youtube content will resume tomorrow because it isn't Covid and I can now mostly be relied upon not to cough up wet yellow lumps on my staff. Yesterday's show sounded like we'd got Sean Dyche in as emergency presenter.