Matt says La Liga is a farmer league that turns average Premier League players into superstars. Beato and Ulysses say he has not watched enough Barcelona. For twenty minutes, nobody backs down.

In this episode: Ronaldo rage quits Portugal after warming up for thirty minutes without getting on, and the group splits on whether the ego or the manager is to blame. Spurs draw 1 to 1 with Man United despite a red card and a stoppage time Solanke equalizer. Matt argues De Zerbi deserves this season and next, since Spurs dominate every game and still cannot finish, and they have not won a penalty since Harry Kane left almost two years ago. Real Madrid beat Villarreal 1 to 0 with Vinicius Jr. sent off, and the group cannot get over how he lost his mind. Then the main event. Matt says Raphinha, Gordon and Rashford only look world class against weaker opposition, and claims Swansea would beat the bottom ten teams in La Liga. Beato and Ulysses push back on Yamal, Frimpong at Liverpool and what really makes a transfer work. Matt calls the Ballon d’Or rigged if Harry Kane does not win it, and Ulysses says it is Yamal’s. In the Champions League, Barcelona come back to beat Galatasaray 4 to 1 with two Yamal assists, Lisandro Martinez calls out Man United after Atletico win 2 to 0, Inter lose 4 to 3 at Club Brugge, and Viking hold Bayern to a 3 to 3 draw.

Is Yamal a generational talent, or a product of a weaker league? Tell us where you land.

Back next week with Barcelona against PSG, El Clásico around the corner, and the Premier League.

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Spurs spent 413 million this summer, sit bottom of the Premier League, and have not won at home since the final day of last season. Matt, Beato and Ulysses spend ten minutes on whether that club is broken, badly run, or genuinely cursed.

In this episode: deadline day closes with roughly 2.2 billion spent across Europe, Chelsea alone near 476 million, Bradley Barcola moving to Liverpool for 140 million, Ollie Watkins finally forcing his way out of Aston Villa, Man City lodging a 120 million euro bid for Enzo Fernández, Jack Grealish heading back to Everton and Rafael Leão off to Galatasaray. Liverpool get held at Nottingham Forest in a game Matt watched at six thirty in the morning, and the verdict is a side that still has no settled midfield, a right back offering nothing going forward and a goalkeeper who gave away a penalty with a reckless clear. Hull City sit in the top four while Coventry lose a game they controlled, and Matt cannot get over the empty seats in their first season back in twenty five years. Spurs lose at home to Newcastle and the group splits on whether it is mentality, pressure or a curse, with Matt arguing a European trophy outranks a league title and Beato and Ulysses telling him he is smoking crack. Chelsea keep outscoring a defence that gets caught with its pants down. Bruno Fernandes gets a hat trick that Beato calls the most lackluster he has ever seen, and Matt begs United to let Marcus Rashford go. In LaLiga the group digs into Sevilla's collapse and whether Spain's financial rules have permanently lost the league its argument with the Premier League, before Raphinha, Lamine Yamal, Xavi Espart and Anthony Gordon put Barcelona back on top.

Are Spurs still a big six club, or is that just a name they stopped earning years ago?

Back Monday with Arsenal against Chelsea, Barcelona against Valencia, and the Champions League draw we ran out of time for.

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Spurs opened the season with a performance Matt called flat out terrifying, going down at home to a Brentford side that outclassed them from start to finish. Meanwhile Barcelona put on a statement display at the other end of the spectrum, cruising past Elche and setting off alarm bells for the rest of La Liga.

In this episode: Matt, Beato, and Ulysses break down a chaotic opening weekend across Europe. Arsenal made a statement with a routine win over Coventry, but Spurs could not have looked more different, falling behind after a defensive mixup from Lucas Bergwall and never recovering. The hosts dig into whether the mentality issue at Spurs runs deeper than personnel, and debate who should start at number ten once James Madison is fully fit. Man United fared even worse, losing away to Hull City's Tigers off two set piece goals, which was enough to crown United the inaugural Clown of the Week ahead of Spurs and Aston Villa. Man City needed a stoppage time goal to scrape past Bournemouth, while Aston Villa were taken apart by Brighton, with the Ollie Watkins bench situation drawing plenty of heat. Liverpool ground out a late penalty win over Newcastle that the hosts felt papered over a sloppy performance. The back half of the show shifts to Spain, where Barcelona put five past Elche with a standout Champions League level performance from Gavi's replacement in midfield.

Who do you think deserves the Clown of the Week trophy more, Man United or Aston Villa? Let us know in the comments.

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