#checkingvar podcast by #CheckingVAR Podcast

Last Updated: March 15, 2026
We have been friends since high school, and several years down the line, we have reconnected to start the #CheckingVAR football community.Join us, as we sit down every week, to discuss several talking points in the Premier League.Football is a beautiful game, and just as how it brought the crew together, we hope it can bring all our listeners together.Follow us on twitter: @checking_var for updates, live reactions, announcements and many more.
Shades of Fabio Borini for Sunderland
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History always repeats itself, doesn't it? Mostly because humans are unpredictably predictable, and we struggle to learn from our mistakes.

Liverpools chain is FAKE
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Hello CheckingVAR family. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today, we dive into all things Liverpool -- well, at least for the beginning of the show... and try to make sense of their recent struggles.

Did you hit the ground running ?
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Hello, Lovely family, as we run through the results from matchweek 1!

We ARE BACK!!!
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Lovely Checking VAR Family, we missed you!. We are back!!!

Herh Amorim!
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Hello, CheckingVar Family, welcome to another episode! Hope you enjoy.

We hardly ever win together but boy do we lose together!
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Hello Checking VAR Family! Welcome to another episode of the Podcast. This past weekend we all lost yeah that's it. We hope you enjoy it.

Massacre at the Emirates 😭
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Hello Checking VAR family!

It's in Liverpool's hands 🤲🏽
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Hello Checking VAR Family!

Are Chelsea dark horses for the title ?
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Hello CheckingVAR Family. Today we review the weekend's games and deeply dive into the fortunes of a few teams, Man City, United, Arsenal, Chelsea etc.

Is it Liverpool's Title to Lose ?
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Hello checking VAR family. Hope you enjoy this episode!

Ten Hag Out
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Some may say this took Ten months too long, or that the trophies gave the club a Ten fold illusion of where they actually were.

United Therapy Session - 09/21
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Hello Family, Apologies for the late post., This means we get 2 episodes this week.

The Battle at the Etihad
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There are gameweeks and there are Gameweeks. This was a Gameweek. This weekend had everything red cards, great goals , team play, drama, jeopardy everything the fan could hope for and more.

I don’t look for Patterns of Play; I look for Wins!
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Hello Checking VAR Family!

A way too early Season Review
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Hello Checking VAR family. The international break is over!!! It's now time for my favorite part of the season. The part where story lines are built, expectations are shaped, goals are set and re-set ... which is why we've completely jumped the gun and come up with a season review. I hope you enjoy!

Maresca's Molineux Miracle
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Well, that was a match week with excitement all over. Chelsea, Spurs, and City raked in the goals, and Arsenal, and Liverpool trudged along professionally without a fuss.

Dutch Delight! Villa Fight! Arsenal Might! Chelsea Plight!
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Hello Checking VAR Family. Game week 1 out of 38 is in the books... the history of yet another premier league season is being written before our very eyes.

And so it begins
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Hello CheckingVAR family!!!! Welcome back to another episode of the podacst!. This one is slightly longer but it's one I'm sure you'll enjoy nonetheless.

Premier League Show - "The end is here"
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This is a long one but its a good one.

Premier League Show - "United Euphoria, Disasi's Disaster, Coventry Charm & Customary City "
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Hello Checking VAR FAM.

Premier League Show - "Why do we even watch football"
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Hmmmm great episode.

Premier League Show - "The line between Brendan Rodgers and Pep is very thin!"
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Another lovely episode hopefully you enjoy.

Premier League Show - "Mixed Mailbag"
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Hello, loving football family! Apologies for the sporadic recording and releases.

Premier League Show - " Paa Kofi: 'I don't know who will win but Arsenal will be there'"
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Follow us on Twitter @ checking_var

Premier League Show - "It's no longer Black Stars it's just Black; We've lost our shine"
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What can we say ... we recorded this after game 1 vs Cape Verde and even then you could tell that we had no hope. Where do we go from here?

Premier League Show - "We Win together We Lose together 🥳😭"
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Hello, Checking VAR family and welcome to another lovely episode of the Checking VAR podcast. This one was fun - a slightly more relaxed vibe than usual probably commensurate with the holiday season I guess but, an informative and entertaining podcast nonetheless.

Premier League Show - "Chelsea are Consistently Inconsistent"
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We are back. Apologies for the brief hiatus. Hope you enjoy it.

Premier League Show - "Their teams have turned them into philosophers 😭😭"
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Hello lovely Family and welcome to another CheckingVAR podcast.

Premier League Show - "Consistent or Regressing to the mean?"
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Hello Checking Var family, today we were joined by one of our very own, a true Manchester United fan, Paapa.

Premier League Show - "Man City you cannot trick ME!"
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Hello checking VAR family! Apologies for the wait, hope you enjoy this one.

Premier League Show - "PGMOL : Liverpool we are sorry! 🥺 👉🏾👈🏾 "
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Another enthralling week of football. and Chelsea won finally hahah.

Premier League Show - "Unproven manager and a young squad? Something must give! "
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Hello folks, here we go with another exciting upload. We rounded up this weekend's fixtures and shed some light on some of the stuff we saw.

Premier League Show - "Arsenal are doing what City were doing last season!"
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Apologies for the delay. Enjoy.

Premier League Show - "Arsenal Alter, Chelsea United Falter, City Brighton Liverpool Saunter"
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I needed 24 extra hours to process that loss.

Premier League Show - "Mentality monsters are back!!"
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Hot of the heels of Liverpool's impressive result against Newcastle we jumped into the studio to record this session while all the thoughts were still fresh.

Premier League Show - "You want to play that model in a pivot ?!"
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Hello Checking VAR family!

Premier League Show - "Are you not Moved ?"
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The premier league is back!!!!

Premier League Show - " This might be the most intense Pre-Season we have witnessed!"
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Hello Checking VAR Family we are back again with Season 4 of the podcast. This year promises to be bigger and better than any other season. Stay tuned. Enjoy this 2-hour special as we take a deep dive into all 20 teams competing in the league this season.

Premier League Show - "All good things must come to an end!"
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Lovely listeners here is the long overdue, last episode of this season.

Premier League Show - "The League Cast!"
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Hello, Lovely Family join us this week as we celebrate Arsenal's valiant effort to pry the league title away from Peps Mancunians. Unfortunately, their defeat to Brighton has rendered City all but Champions in waiting. We also look at the European hopefuls, Brighton, Liverpool, Spurs Villa, and Brentford ... to piece together who will end up where once all the dust settles.

Premier League Show - "Only Pep Guardiola can defeat Pep Guardiola!"
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Hello lovely family and welcome to another Episode of the podcast. This week we bring out the calculators and crunch the numbers, Who will win the league, who finish top 4, and who will end up relegated? Some findings might surprise you.

Premier League Show - "There comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted!"
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Putting on my Peter Drury cap for this one...

Premier League Show - "Maybe the title is the friends you made along the way"
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Hello, Checking Var Family and welcome to another lovely episode of the podcast. Today we take stock of this weekend's past games, shed some light on the UCL and evaluate the relegation top 4 and league battles as things stand. 90 minutes of bedlam. Enjoy.

Premier League Show - "When your team loses you can host 😂😭"
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Episode 23 is out 🥳.

Premier League Show - " The managerial merry-go-round is in full swing! "
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Hello Lovely Family we are back after a brief hiatus from the game and almost everything is on fire ... a good fire for the likes of Arsenal, City, Brighton, Newcastle, United, Brentford, and Villa, and destructive fire for the rest of the league.

Premier League Show - "From Utopia to Dystopia ... Liverpool lose to the Cherries !"
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Hello checking VAR family join us this week as we chronicle Arsenal's impressive display at Fulham, the title race the top four race, what's going on with Liverpool, Chelsea's recent resurgence, the relegation scrap, and some bonus Champions league coverage as well.

Premier League Show - "Scouse Utopia, an unimaginable Zenith, Liverpool SEVEN!"
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Liverpool 7 Manchester United 0.

Premier League Show - "This is a Premier League for the ages!!!"
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Hello Checking VAR family .... welcome to another fantastic episode. In this one, we try and break down the subplots all over the premier league from the title race to relegation. Who do you have as favorites for the title? Who do you think will get relegated?  How low will Chelsea finish? Are United in the Title race? Do Palace play games or are they just a permanent fixture at 12th?

Premier League Show - "Potter can't seem to work his magic 🧙🏼‍♂️"
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Hello, Friends and Family of the podcast. Mawuena called this emergency Sunday session after this weekend's games because he needed therapy.

Premier League Show - "Love is on the air, but is your team showing you love ?"
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Hello lovely listeners and welcome to another episode of the Checking VAR podcast. In this episode, we start with Wednesday's titanic clash between the table-topping Gunners and the Cityzens, then bounce around the league touching on some UCL games as well. I hope you enjoy it.

Premier League Show - "Man United are dark horses for the Title!"
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Hello Checking VAR Family and Welcome to another episode. This one is a special one dedicated to our one and only Koku who celebrated his birthday recently 🥳🥳🥳🥳 . We're wishing him long life, good health, success, and a Premier League for Man United.

Premier League Show - "Arsene Wenger built the Emirates Stadium. And it feels like Mikel Arteta turned the lights on." 💡
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Compadres, we are here again with another great episode. No need for lengthy descriptions ... we know you'll enjoy this one.

Premier League Show - "Are Manchester United in the title race? Who finishes higher Liverpool or Chelsea? Will Newcastle fall off?"
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 As with most things in life, progress is not linear, making it difficult to quantify. Still, one thing is clear this season a group of teams have set themselves apart from the also-rans in the proverbial chase for progress: Manchester United, Newcastle, Brighton, Fulham, Brentford & Arsenal.

Premier League Show - "WE ARE BACK!"
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Hello lovely Checking VAR Family, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Merry Xmas, Feliz Navidad, Happy New Year, Joyeux Annee, to all of you.

Come on Black Stars GHANA 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭 !
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Hello, family here is the long awaiting Checking VAR World Cup Special. I hope you enjoy it!

Premier League Show - "Let me reassure Chelsea fans ... the tough times are now starting 😭😭😭"
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Hello lovely Checking VAR Family... welcome to another exciting episode where we take a deep dive into this weekend's fixtures and share our thoughts on the Champions League draw.

Premier League Show - "Once you start reciting proverbs, your season cast 😂😂😂"
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Hello Checking VAR family and welcome to another fantastic episode of the Checking VAR podcast. Forgive me if the description sounds like the intro we just recorded so it's still fresh in my mind.

Premier League Show - "I don't like false dawns!"
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19 games in under 90 mins *whew*

Premier League Show - "Every week we say Spurs didn't play well but they keep winning 😂"
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Liverpool *deep negro spiritual sigh*, we try to answer the why, when, who, and hows surrounding their perplexing start to this season and the options Klopp may have at his disposal to arrest this alarming slide.

Premier league Show - "Are we the 'Farmers'👨🏾‍🌾?"
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I tried to think of 6, half dozen, quarter score + 1, ways to write this description but could only come up with 3 😂.

Premier League Show - "Arsenal are beating Spurs 5-0 mark it!"
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The premier league isn’t a sprint it’s a marathon. As a marathon runner knows the start and finish are essential, but so is the middle chunk of the race.

Premier League Show - "100% no more"
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Hello, folks join us this week while we dissect 20 games worth of content in under 90 minutes ... Arsenal's nightmare at the Theatre of Dreams, Chelsea's controversial win against West Ham, the stalemate in the Merseyside Derby, Leicester's annihilation at the hands of Brighton, Ivan Toney's masterful display, and why Mctominay is all of a sudden passing forward!

Premier League Show - "How early is too early to judge your team"
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No, seriously as fans we all watch these games and some of the things we see are either frightening or exciting but is it too soon to be judging your team? What are your criteria?  The top 4 from last season all seem to all have issues and our surprise table toppers, are they the real deal? 

Premier League Show - "Arsenal are City’s biggest title competition!"
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Friends of the podcast, in an unprovoked soliloquy our very own Paa Kofi Simpson willfully offered the Gunners as the lead contenders for perennial champions Manchester City and their Premier League crown.

Premier League Show - "Liverpool Stumbled, United Humbled, Chelsea and Arsenal tested but didn't Crumble, West Ham & Villa Fumbled ?"
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As expected the opening week of this season was rife with entertainment and subplots as early as the first kick-off of the gameweek.

Premier League Show - "Football is back!!!"
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WELCOME BACK !! In this episode, we preview another exciting season of the EPL and make our predictions for match week one. Will City bounce back? Can Arsenal and Spurs be contenders? Will Ten Hag shine? Will Chelsea finish 6th? Find out all of that and more in today’s episode.

Premier League Show - " #lukwhoisgone #summerofrebuild "
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Unfortunately all good things have to come to an end. This is our last episode for season 2 of the Checking VAR podcast. We have had an incredible journey this year following football with you our listeners and fans. None of this exists without you. Thank you for your continued patronage and support. We're coming back next season bigger and better.

Premier League Show - "The Arsenal Special... Did Arsenal underachieve or overachieve ?"
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With the penultimate round of fixtures for most clubs already behind us, we take time to examine the successes and shortcomings of Arsenal, Man United, and, Chelsea (to a lesser extent) with our wonderful guest Eseosa - a passionate member of the ArtetaHive. 

Premier League Show - "REAL MADRID"
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That's it. Enjoy.

Premier League Show - "Burnley's great escape is on... Arsenal keep picking up points & Chelsea desperately want to play Europa next season"
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Sorry for the delay... we faced some technical issues but that means this week you get 2 episodes for the price of one. Join us this week as we discuss all things right and wrong with your favorite premier league teams with a specific emphasis on the title race, top 4, and the relegation scrap.

Premier League Show - "Are you happy with your club?"
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The Red and Blue halves of the famous footballing city of Manchester have their eyes firmly transfixed on matters pertaining to next season as this peeters our into its dying embers. City look set to add another attacking string to their bow in the form of the much sought after striker Erling Haaland while United are pursuing a new pied piper in Erik Ten Hag - one who they hope will get a tune out of this squad of players. Do Liverpool have enough firepower to keep pace, will this prove a bridge too far for ownerless Chelsea? 

Premier League Show - " Is Van Persie a United legend ? "
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Hello lovely listeners and welcome to another episode of the Checking Var Podcast. This week's episode was a special one because it coincided with the birthday of our very own, resident die hard Arsenal fan Paa Kofi. If you haven't already kindly head over to our twitter page and show him some love !!!.

Premier League Show - "Who ever wins, wins the title! #MCILIV"
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Thank you all for listening.

Premier League Show - "COME ON BLACK STARS GHANA!!!"
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Lovely listeners we made it. We are going to the World Cup again 😭😭😭.

Premier League Show - "If Liverpool win all their games, they win the title! If City win all their games, they win the title!"
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Hello folks, thank you for listening to another cracking episode. We delve into the weekends league fixtures as well as a look ahead at some of the Uefa Champions league ties up ahead.

Premier League Show - "In my 25 years of watching football I have never seen a relegation threatened team go away and play a high line 😂😂😂"
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Hello Lovely Listeners, join us this week as we unpack last weekends' freak results .... City oozing class in the Manchester Derby, lucky Liverpool beating West Ham to keep pace with City, Leeds first defeat under new boss Jesse March, Villa's rout of high flying Southampton, Newcastle worsening Brightons woes, and so much more.

Premier League Show - "For the no.8 position any sensible manager will take Fred over Pogba"
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Hello Lovely listeners and welcome to this week's episode of the podcast.

Premier League Show - "Forget that EPL stuff this is prime "Barclays" Premier League ... the script writers are in their bag!"
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The Title Race is back ON.

Premier League Show - "Spurs are in dire need of a rebuild!"
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Hey folks, join us this week as we pay particular attention to the top four race and the relegation scuffle.

Premier League Show - " Who will finish in the top 4 ? 🤷🏾‍♂️"
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There might be a glimmer of hope in the title race with Liverpool closing the gap with 2 games in hand and still yet to play City but the most exciting race this season is going to be the race for the final 2 top four spots.

Premier League Show - " Chelsea falter again, Liverpool back to winning ways, & Newcastle can't seem to buy a win ?"
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With the festive period over, this is the time where teams bring out their calculators and start computing permutations and combinations of where they can finish this season. City are on a run of 12 straight wins but outside them everyone seems to be having a patchy run of games. How is your team doing? Is there anything you think they can do in the transfer window to change that ? Let us know @checking_var.

Premier League Show - "The Title Race is Over! Give City the League now, What is wrong with the Refs ??? Lukaku 😂💀?"
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Hello Lovely listeners, Happy New year to all of you!!!

Premier League Show - "Mid season report card 🥇🥈🥉" Part 2
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Here is part 2 enjoy :).

Premier League Show - "Mid season report card 🥇🥈🥉" Part 1
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to all our listeners from the Checking VAR family! This week, we have not one, but, two episodes grading every one of the 20 teams at the halfway point this season. How did your team fair. Let us know on twitter @checking_var.

Premier League Show - " The Penalty race, Are Leicester finally back?, Norwich put up a good fight against Ralph's tricky Reds! "
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The busy festive season is almost in full swing and we will be here with you to cover every second of it.

Premier League Show - " Stamford bridge is falling down? Origi comes in clutch again! "
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Join us this week as we discuss this weekends slate of games as we discuss Chelsea's struggles against the winners, the most clutch player in modern times Divock Origi stealing the points at the Molineux, Ralph's first game in charge of United and many more stories.

Premier League Show - "United bounce back with a point at the Bridge, the Liverpool and City machines keep rolling on."
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Join us this week as we discuss all the things that occured this weekend. 

Premier League Show - "Ole is no longer at the wheel :( "
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Depending on which side of the fence you sat on last weekend, you were either overjoyed, or dismayed at the turmoil that ensued at Vicarage Road. Funny enough the emotions on either side of the United agenda battlelines were soon reversed as the Manchester United gaffer was relieved of his duties. 

Premier League Show - "West Ham are the real deal, City have mercy on United, Is Chelsea's good run over ?"
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Join us this week with a 90 min episode as we tackle all things game week 11.

Premier League Show - " City Lose! Liverpool drop points and Ole puts the final nail in Nuno's coffin "
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We are sorry the episode is a little late this week 🙈 ... this week has been an eventful one for everyone on the team but we just had to make time to talk about the surprises this weekend from Ole's back 3, Brightons comeback away at Anfield, City's collapse against Palace, and Nuno's sacking. Hope you enjoy ! 

Premier League Show - " Goals, goals, and more goals this weekend!"
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Goals Galore this weekend with serious implications at the top and the bottom of the league. 

Premier League Show - " Are the wheels falling off at United?, Chelsea lucky to win again, Liverpool move from dark horses to front runners"
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Join us this week as we sit down and discuss what can only described as an enthralling weekend of footballing entertainment. From Liverpool's demolition of Watford to Crystal Palaces galant efort at the Emirates and everything in between. We pay particular attention to the red half of Manchester in an attempt to explain what it going on there. 

Premier League Show - "Newcastle are the richest club in the league!!!"
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Follow us on Twitter @checking_var.

Premier League Show - "The title race this season is a 3 horse race, Liverpool, City, and the rest of the league."
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With the international break upon us we decided to give you a longer episode this week. Hope you enjoy. Also have you say below ... who do you think are favorites for the title now.

Premier League Show - "OleOut, hmmm Spurs hmmm, Man City show why this is still their title to lose, Liverpool fragile at the back and, we are happy for all Arsenal fans!"
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Thank you for listening to this episode. 

Premier League Show - "Battle at the Amazon Arena, Man City slipping up at home, and De Gea to the rescue."
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Join us as we discuss this week's slate of hotly contested games with Brighton getting the better of Leicester, Liverpool - the dark horses for the league - continuing to motor on, Chelsea seeming to match Liverpool stride for stride, United lurking just behind them ... joint top, and Man City rounding up the top 5 albeit unconvincingly.

Premier League Show - "Lukaku vs Ronaldo? Arsenal finally win! Liverpool dark horses for the league?"
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Premier League Show - "The International break is over, the season starts for real this weekend!!!"
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Join us this week as we preview Ronaldo's 2nd Manchester United debut, the David vs Goliath match up with City going up against Brendan Rodgers' Leicester, Chelsea and Liverpool look to get back to winning ways against Villa and Leeds, will Viera get his first win against Nuno's table topping Spurs, and finally Arsenal and Norwich face off in a "relegation 6-pointer" - Paa Kofi Simpson. We are so excited premier league football is back !!!

Premier League Show - "Early Title showpiece at Anfield 👀 , 9/10 transfer window for United🔥 , Same old Arsenal 😭 "
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Join us this week as we review the early title showpiece at Anfield, City remind us why they shouldn't be slept on, United stealing the points late at Molineux, the transfer window, and many other stories.

RONALDO
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That's it. 

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