Summary: Heading into the final stretch before the Premier League season kicks into high gear this Saturday, not only does the top four seem totally in flux, but so do a number of key questions facing some of the favorites and even a few of the contenders who will look to shape and define the 2014-15 season as new managers, new arrivals and some anticipated departures will likely fill out the remaining weeks of the transfer window. In segment one, Phil Brown joins his SiriusXM broadcast partner Anto to dig deeper into the top four with particular focus into Chelsea, Arsenal and Project Van Gaal at Old Trafford where Jose Mourinho has certainly filled the most holes and should be handed preferred favorite status, but with a question or two left to be sorted in the midfield and perhaps even in defence as rumors linger about a Mehdi Benatia arrival late in the window. We also examine Arsenal and Manchester City who each have their own questions too, and key to that discussion is the question about the striker position at the Emirates and whether the torch has been finally passed from Yaya Toure to David Silva as he is handed another contract extenuation while the Ivorian has spent much of his energy devoted to feeling snubbed as age is likely creeping in. We also examine the situation at Manchester United and this first year under a new manager without Champions League football to gauge whether Louis Van Gaal will have enough to set out on a top four target and whether AS Roma could be a sleeper team in European football under Rudi Garcia, who was able to deliver Lille OSC to the Champions League, but did not progress past the group stage. In segment two deputy news editor for The Guardian sports pages Ed Aarons joins to take up the mantle for even more deep dive into the Premier League and we dig into the matter of two clubs on Merseyside who were the feel-good story of the 2013-14 season with two key factors in Ross Barkley and Daniel Sturridge who both must answer the bell for their respective clubs. We also examine the potential at Tottenham and whether the real focus at Manchester City might exist beyond the Premier League and into European football where ownership truly will be measuring Manuel Pellegrini, and if that narrative about Jose Mourinho in year two has real prospects. We also venture into the matter of the Championship where new characters at Leeds United and Nottingham Forest might be just as compelling as who might be the favorites for promotion. We close on the matter of Hervé Renard landing the national team coach job at Ivory Coast in the wake of international retirement for Didier Drogba and the ongoing saga for Stephen Keshi with Nigeria.
