Premier League Christmas Special 🎄

On The Bench Podcast 🎙

In this episode, we debate the biggest

Premier League talking points:

• Arteta vs Emery — did Emery deserve more time at Arsenal?

• Is Arteta now overdue silverware after years of backing?

• Are Aston Villa genuine title contenders or a top-four team?

• Manchester United injury crisis — Bruno Fernandes & Mainoo out

• Why Bruno is United’s most under-appreciated signing

• United’s squad depth with one game a week

• Garnacho debate — talent or flashes with no end product?

• Chelsea’s lack of experience in the squad

• Zubimendi as Arsenal’s Partey replacement or upgrade

• Merino debate — does he walk into 85% of Premier League teams?

• Viktor Gyökeres — is service the real problem?

🎧 Available now on YouTube & Spotify

📲 On The Bench Podcast

Premier League Christmas Special 🎄

| On The Bench Podcast

In this episode, we debate the biggest Premier League talking points:

• Arteta vs Emery — did Emery deserve more

time at Arsenal?

• Is Arteta now overdue silverware after years of backing?

• Are Aston Villa genuine title contenders or a top-four team?

• Manchester United injury crisis — Bruno Fernandes & Mainoo out

• Why Bruno is United’s most under-appreciated signing

• United’s squad depth with one game a week

• Garnacho debate — talent or flashes with no end product?

• Chelsea’s lack of experience in the squad

• Zubimendi as Arsenal’s Partey replacement or upgrade

• Merino debate — does he walk into 85% of Premier League teams?

• Viktor Gyökeres — is service the real problem?

🎧 Available now on YouTube & Spotify

📲 On The Bench Podcast

In this week’s episode of On The Bench Podcast, we’re joined by financial expert Jamie from Sub-Prime Goals to break down the rules shaping modern football — from Profit & Sustainability Rules (PSR) and Financial Fair Play to amortisation and academy sales.

We explain how clubs calculate what they’re allowed to spend, why the Premier League is changing its financial rules to align with UEFA, and whether these regulations genuinely make the game fairer.

In this episode, we discuss:

• What PSR and Financial Fair Play actually are — and why they were introduced

• Why the Premier League is changing its financial rules now

• How clubs work out their spending limits

• How clubs like Chelsea have spent heavily without breaching the rules

• What amortisation and long contracts mean in simple terms

• Why academy players are so valuable under PSR

• Whether these rules truly level the playing field

• What the financial future of English football could look like ⚽