Arsenal topple Chelsea, Iraola's First Win, Flo Balogun Aftermath: Men In Blazers 09/07/26
Men In Blazers

Arsenal topple Chelsea, Iraola's First Win, Flo Balogun Aftermath: Men In Blazers 09/07/26

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 7, 20261 hr 25 min

Rog and Rory recap all the action from Premier League Matchweek 3. Martin Ødegaard keeps Arsenal’s perfect start alive with a statement performance against Chelsea in an early-season heavyweight clash. Manchester United twice surrender the lead against Everton—is it time for United fans to start worrying? Liverpool earn their first win under Iraola with some notable changes to the lineup, while Hull City continue their Cinderella start to the campaign. Plus, what should we make of the Flo Balogun–Everton fallout? And, Rog and Rory reveal their top and bottom three “Fan Mood Rankings”—where does Everton land after a rolle...

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You're listening to the Men in Blazers Media Network. Suboptimal Radio. Holy crap! What did we just watch? Arsenal are the one true entertainers. Electric, Arteta, Football. The whole city of London. Liverpool fans, first winner of the season of the era.

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Ole' era. Can you believe how fun it can be just to watch football again? Massive weekend for Tottenham too. First point of the season. That happened. They're not making it up. At Everton fans we don't need strikers, we don't need right backs. We just need fight. Blue boys bangers only. Rory Smith. Let me ask you the question everyone in football

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is asking. Is Ainsley Maitland-Niles now in Messi, Ronaldo, Haaland, Ethan? Well I think if you're judged by goals per minute for current club, he's outstripping It's the only metric by which we live our lives. Let's raise our third first Michelobolt to a day and plunge right into the football suite.

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