Summary: A week that was ultimately shaped by the biggest club match in the world opens even more questions about a Champions League field that seems to narrow by each round of fixtures, and serves as the point where we begin to evaluate the top managers, the contenders as well as the prospects for the future as Carlo Ancelotti takes round one over Barcelona. In part one of the show, international sports broadcaster Tim Caple helps us dig into a Real Madrid that did not have to be at its best to overcome a Barcelona side clearly in transition under Luis Enrique as Luis Suarez samples the pressure and pageantry of El Clasico for the first time, and how yet again Carlo Ancelotti finds more ways to improve the fortunes for a Real Madrid side that will seek out Pep Guardiola and Bayern Munich as perhaps its sole challenger to the throne of European football. We also examine what Bayern must do this season under Guardiola and how the Bavarian side itself has begun to shape not only the Bundesliga, but also its own fortunes within Europe. We also evaluate whether Carlo Ancelotti should be regarded as the biggest manager in the sport given his track record of success. In the second segment Graham Ruthven unpacks yet another interesting weekend in the Premier League where there are more questions than answers and how so many teams appear to be in transition at some stage, and whether Chelsea has begun to show an unintended wrinkle while defending away results late in 2014-15. We examine the evolving fortunes for Southampton and Big Sam at West Ham United, as well as the ongoing questions for Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United under Louis van Gaal. We also examine the combined flaws for Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool at this early stage and consider whether crisis can be used at any of these clubs given the level of investment, changes and considerations of the flaws that each side seems to present with so much of the season to consider.
