Arsenal’s Perfect Start, Liverpool’s Growing Pains & Tottenham’s Search For A Breakthrough | Big Weekend Preview 09/17/26
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Arsenal’s Perfect Start, Liverpool’s Growing Pains & Tottenham’s Search For A Breakthrough | Big Weekend Preview 09/17/26

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 17, 202628 min

Big Weekend Preview returns as Rog, Rory Smith and Humphrey Ker break down another massive Premier League weekend. They start with Mikel Arteta’s perfect Arsenal and whether high-scoring Brighton can finally expose a weakness in the champions, before turning to Andoni Iraola’s Liverpool and his first trip back to Bournemouth. Then they dig into Tottenham’s search for a breakthrough against Unai Emery’s struggling Aston Villa, before looking at Manchester City’s evolving midfield as their perfect start continues against Sunderland. Plus, full score predictions for the weekend ahead. Watch our interview with Mikel Arteta her...

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You're listening to the Men in Blazers Media Network. Suboptimal Radio. Massive Premier League weekend, ahoy, can Arsenal stay perfect? Or will they become the latest team to be pecked by the seagulls of Brighton? And don't hear it all, return to his happy place. Liverpool face the war fruit of Bournemouth. Spurs pursue life's simple pleasures,

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Make a first goal of the season against Villa in a sad-off. This is Big Weekend Preview, the show where we tangle ourselves in the Gordian knot of football. I'm joined by the envy of Turkish transpantors everywhere. Mr Rory Smith. How you doing Rog?

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The Baltimore Day of Words. It's Humphrey Carr. Hello. Gents off the top. Hard politics. Let me show you the photo from last night. Prime Minister Andy Burnham of the United Kingdom and Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada.

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