Graham Ruthven

The NFL-ization of the Premier League Rehearsed corner-kick routines, punts from deep, deep throws launched from the sideline. Football is resembling another type of football more and more.

A lot of chat about set pieces and long throws and whether this is what we want football to be in 2026!

I wrote this for The Ringer a couple months ago on the subject 👇

Champions League qualification: How the race for the top five is shaping up The Athletic assesses the Champions League qualification chances of those fighting for the top five

How will the race to qualify for the Champions League shake out for Man Utd, Villa, Liverpool and Chelsea?

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Arsenal and Bayern keep their title campaigns on track | Weekend Review Podcast Episode · Total Soccer Show: USMNT, Champions League, EPL, and more ... · 2 March · 51m

🤔 Does it matter if Arsenal are bad to watch?

🇩🇪 Are Bayern Munich getting tired?

🔥 Roma and Juve produce a six-goal thriller!

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A big weekend for Lech Poznan! 🇵🇱

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Glory glory, Lanus! 🏆

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Sam Kerr decided a record-breaking match for the Matildas! 🇦🇺

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🇦🇺 Australia open 2026 Women's Asian Cup, Hearts win the Old Firm Derby, Sydney Sweeney's skills | VAR All the football headlines and viral moments you might have missed!

🇦🇺 Australia open the Women's Asian Cup!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Hearts win the Old Firm Derby!

👀 Sydney Sweeney has some skills!

🗞️ 15 football headlines & viral moments!

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Inter Miami starting the season like Messi really wants the Wooden Spoon to complete the career set

How it’ll feel recording @totalsoccershow.bsky.social tomorrow

Is this football?

Shaking my head at this Tottenham performance

I talk about him 🙋‍♂️

Wrexham are becoming the Championship’s great entertainers Wrexham have turned the dial as an attacking outfit to supercharge their chances of winning promotion to the Premier League.

Another win for Wrexham yesterday! Are they destined for the Premier League next season? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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What an unbelievable goal!

Possibly if he’d lost six out of eight games as manager of a team that hadn’t lost that many in single season in 13 years 😆

They’re certainly interesting

Oh so The Bradley Babes are also set piece masters? Cool

Everton, Leeds, Tottenham – The Premier League underdogs hoping to upset the odds England’s top division is known for its competitive depth, meaning there is usually at least one upset every gameweek

Spurs at Fulham! Leeds at home to Man City! EPL underdog picks for the weekend! 🐶

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Arsenal must embrace the reality of a tighter title race. They have no other choice!

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Best groups at the 2026 World Cup, Harry Kane's Ballon d'Or credentials, how fan-owned clubs work, and more! | Listener Questions Podcast Episode · Total Soccer Show: USMNT, Champions League, EPL, and more ... · 28 February · 56m

🏆 Is this Kane's year for the Ballon d'Or?

🌎 Best groups at the World Cup!

🚜 The best aura-farming players!

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Premier League relegation battle: The pivotal fixtures this weekend The Athletic runs through four fixtures with serious relegation implications this weekend

It's another important weekend in the EPL relegation battle! Here are four matches with huge stakes.

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MLS launch update - let us explain some things! Thousands have signed up to play FUTD for the 2026 MLS season!

◉ Transfer deadline issues
◉ Format flaws
◉ Incomplete teams

Our latest development update after the launch of the 2026 MLS season 👇

Bodo/Glimt pull off the biggest UCL upset ever? | Champions League Review Podcast Episode · Total Soccer Show: USMNT, Champions League, EPL, and more ... · 26 February · 52m

🤯 The biggest UCL upset ever?!

🇮🇹 Juve ALMOST do the impossible!

🤔 Real Madrid still bad, but good!

@totalsoccershow.bsky.social - UCL Review 👇

🇮🇷 Iran's repressive regime is cause for concern at the 2026 Women's Asian Cup Revolutionary guards are feared to have travelled to Australia with the team!

Iran have finally arrived at the Women's Asian Cup, but their problems are a long way from being over.

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We learned from the best how to fry stuff... 😂

Salted or sweet. Sometimes toffee. Who wants soggy popcorn?!

Pitch Points: Bodø/Glimt give us hope for the future; have Arsenal turned the corner? The world of soccer throws up no shortage of questions. Today, Graham Ruthven endeavors to answer three of them

Thank goodness for Bodø/Glimt! 🙏

My latest Pitch Points column for @theguardian.com 👇

What's going on with American popcorn? Why is there butter drizzled on it?

PSG are giving Dro Fernández the platform he was denied at Barcelona Dro Fernández is already demonstrating why Paris Saint-Germain were right to make such an effort to sign him from Barcelona.

Dro Fernandez on for PSG against Monaco! He's already getting more game time than he ever did at Barca!

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