Big Weekend: Liverpool v Tottenham, Man United, Pep Guardiola, Kai Havertz
An absolutely bumper weekend of Barclays, this, topped off by a sensational headliner that offers a near guarantee of nonsense.
Big Weekend
Big Weekend: Manchester City v Liverpool, Arsenal, Liam Rosenior, Jarrod Bowen
The club game returns with the FA Cup quarter-final action and the Football League refusing to allow the woke mob to cancel Easter football.
Big Weekend: Arsenal v Man City, Tottenham v Forest, Liverpool, Rosenior, Bowen, Madrid
Carabao. Six-pointers. Liam Rosenior. This pre-interlull weekend is about as big a weekend as one could ever wish to see.
Big Midweek: Barca v Newcastle, Liverpool, Guardiola, Dowman… Newport
Liverpool won’t tolerate more of the same against Galatasaray, while Newcastle are buoyed before Barca, and Man City have no choice but to go for Real Madrid…
Big Midweek: Newcastle v Barca, Arteta, Mamardashvili, Chelsea, Tudor, Manchester City
Newcastle face ‘the biggest game’ in their history, Mikel Arteta can take another scalp and Giorgi Mamardashvili has another opportunity.
Big Midweek: Aston Villa v Chelsea, Liverpool, Igor Tudor and Kai Havertz
We also eagerly await Igor Tudor’s next madness and also look forward to tiki-taka Liverpool and Havertz x Gyokeres in a Big Midweek.
Big Weekend: Arsenal v Chelsea, Tottenham, Haaland, Pereira, Der Klassiker
One way or another, we’ll know a lot more about what Igor Tudor’s Spurs might look like after his second game, with Arsenal facing another biggie.
Big Weekend: Tottenham v Arsenal in relegation-bottlejob derby, Newcastle, Pereira, Ndiaye
We resisted the temptation to make Big Weekend entirely about a gloriously narrative-heavy NLD. Pereira’s also back and an Everton star gets a Man Utd audition.
Big Weekend: Aston Villa v Newcastle, Arsenal, Arne Slot, Crysencio Summerville
It’s FA Cup fourth-round weekend, and that means welcome respites and unhelpful distractions are the order of the day for teams up and down the land.
Big Midweek: Tottenham v Newcastle, Chelsea, Kobbie Mainoo, Sean Dyche
It’s Eddie Howe vs Thomas Frank in El Sackico and Sean Dyche is also on the brink, and will Kobbie Mainoo’s first ‘bad game’ come for Man Utd vs West ...
Big Weekend: Liverpool v Man City, Man United, Oliver Glasner, Igor Thiago
The Premier League weekend begins and ends with a couple of highly promising opportunities for nonsense, with more good stuff in between.
Big Weekend: Tottenham v Man City, Liverpool, Tammy Abraham, Michael Carrick, Gary O’Neil
Spurs haven’t won in five Premier League games so we all know what they’re about to do to Manchester City, while the Michael Carrick era properly begins.
Big Midweek: PSG v Newcastle, Man City, Liam Rosenior, Cristian Romero
With a less cowardly format, the manic final matchday of the Champions League could be one of the great days. It isn’t, but it’s not a total lost cause.
Big Weekend: Arsenal v Manchester United, Aston Villa, Mo Salah, Oliver Glasner
Michael Carrick’s already dealt with Man City, so what can he do to Arsenal? And just how long does Oliver Glasner have left at Palace? It’s another Big Weekend all ...
Big Midweek: Marseille v Liverpool, Tottenham, Rosenior and Havertz over Gyokeres
Manager intrigue abound as Frank stares down the barrel, De Zerbi auditions vs Slot and Rosenior takes charge of his first Champions League game.
Big Weekend: Man United v Man City, Wolves, Watkins, Dyche, Real Madrid
El Sackico may scandalously be hidden beneath the 3pm Blackout, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t still all sorts of good stuff to watch.
Big Weekend: Man United v Brighton, Thomas Frank, Chelsea, Gabriel Jesus, Saudi Clasico
FA Cup third-round weekend is always a big one, and even more so with all the new managers and interims, and still also somehow Thomas Frank.
Big Midweek: Arsenal v Liverpool, Nuno sack, Man Utd, Cole Palmer, Saudi Madrid derby
Arsenal v Liverpool and a managerless Manchester United headline a Big Midweek that also features a Madrid derby in Saudi Arabia.
Big Weekend: Man City v Chelsea, Man United, Andoni Iraola, Rodrigao Bentinha, La Liga returns
We think it’s the weekend, anyway. The games and days are all just a blur at this point. But it’s definitely big. We’re absolutely certain of that.
Big Midweek: Arsenal v Villa, Eddie Howe on the brink, Man City, Matheus Cunha v Wolves…
Arsenal host Aston Villa, Man City have a huge test at Sunderland and Eddie Howe takes Newcastle to Burnley knowing he’s on the brink. It’s a Big Midweek.
Big Christmas Weekend: Chelsea v Aston Villa, Man City, Mason Mount, Thomas Frank
It might be slim pickings on Boxing Day, because of woke, but it’s still a great big bumper Christmas Weekend of football upon which to feast.
Big Weekend: Tottenham v Liverpool, Aston Villa, Martin Odegaard, Enzo Maresca
There are few more certain guarantees of getting something for your time in the Barclays than a game between Spurs and Liverpool. Sorry, Thomas Frank.
Big Weekend: Sunderland v Newcastle, Aston Villa, Xavi Simons, Oliver Glasner
Sunderland v Newcastle is back on the Premier League fixture list after almost a decade away, and have Aston Villa set themselves up for a fall?
Big Midweek: Arne Slot, Real Madrid v Man City, Lamine Yamal, Newcastle, League One title clash
Liverpool and Arne Slot could really do with a stress-free wee-ahh, forget it. They’ve got Inter away. They headline our Big Midweek.
Big Weekend: Aston Villa v Arsenal, Leeds, Marco Silva, Lucas Paqueta
A key Premier League title clash has snuck up on us all to the extent that it’s on Saturday lunchtime instead of Sunday afternoon like it should be.
Big Midweek: Mo Salah, Thomas Frank, Leeds v Chelsea, Aston Villa
Could this midweek round of Premier League fixtures mark the end of days for Thomas Frank, Daniel Farke *and* Mohamed Salah?
Big Weekend: Chelsea v Arsenal, Tottenham, Arne Slot, Michael Keane
Is the title race over before the Christmas decorations go up if Arsenal win at Chelsea? And what next for Liverpool and Spurs? It’s a Big Weekend, all right.
Big Midweek: Arsenal v Bayern, Mo Salah, Thomas Frank, Chelsea, Championship title clash
Two School of Guardiola graduates face off, while another hopes to tame Barcelona. But the main focus is on Liverpool, Mo Salah, Spurs and Thomas Frank.
Big Weekend: Arsenal v Tottenham, Manchester City, Garnacho, Farke, Milan, Sheffield derby
It would be quicker to name the players available to Arsenal and Spurs rather than those who are out or doubtful. Perhaps Newcastle could change the game…
Big Weekend: Manchester City v Liverpool, Tottenham, Xhaka, Farke
Man City v Liverpool headlines a very tasty Big Weekend indeed that also offers the slapstick charm of Spurs v Man United and some relegation six-pointery.
Big Midweek: Liverpool face Real Madrid, Alexander-Arnold at Anfield, PSG v Bayern, Thomas Frank…
Trent Alexander-Arnold returns to Anfield in white, and Liverpool are trying to convince everyone they’re fine again. Strap in for a Big Midweek…
Big Weekend: Tottenham v Chelsea, Arne Slot, West Ham, Erling Haaland, Harry Kane
Loads of good stuff to look forward to in this weekend’s Premier League games that won’t be won 1-0 by an Arsenal corner. Like Tottenham v Chelsea.
Big Weekend: Brentford v Liverpool, Man United, Eberechi Eze, Thomas Frank, El Clasico
We’re pretty sure Brentford will be getting the ball in the air against Liverpool but no longer know remotely what to expect from Man United.