50/50 Football

In the first show exclusive to 50/50 Football, Neil Atkinson hosts a packed preview of the weekend’s big Premier League matches and speaks to those who know the game best – the fans. Neil is joined in the 50/50 studio by Rob Gutmann, Paul Duhaney, Matt Jones (The Blue Room) and Sam Walkerdine and the panel first look to Tottenham Hotspur v Everton. Sunday’s early kick-off is a battle of the in-form strikers with Spurs’ Harry Kane, who has plundered 17 Premier League goals, going head to head with Romelu Lukaku, who boasts the same top-flight haul. How do Mauricio Pochettino and Ronald Koeman go about stopping the opposition goal machines? And who else on both sides could prove to be a key player in the televised clash? Steve Goldsmith from Sunderland’s Wise Men Say Podcast and Bradley Hayden (Watford FC Blog) then speak to Neil about Sunderland v Manchester City, Watford v Southampton and the battle at the bottom. It looks like it could be any three from seven – what are the pros and cons for the team