Summary: Phil and Anto are joined once again by former Wimbledon, Newcastle and England international defender Warren Barton for another episode that gets into this pitched battle for fourth in the Premier League and who exactly gets more damaged for finishing fifth - Arsenal or Chelsea. Clearly Arsenal have an edge here because the job does appear to be over the head of Andre Villas-Boas and something will have to change there soon enough if the club hopes to change momentum for the final stretch now that there is no other way to inject a new dynamic into the squad. We also look at Arsenal in the event that Wenger cannot pull of this Great Escape and does Newcastle United step into the breach or are they just too short to make that leap? We also look at the Newcastle model in terms of what they have done with the Andy Carroll windfall and if they have indeed discovered a new blueprint on assembling a squad in the future for those clubs in the EPL who do not spend huge transfer fees for players who are considered the finished article. We also gauge the impact of the Sunderland-Newcastle United dynamic on the EPL itself given that these are the best squads that these clubs have had at the same time in recent years. We close on the matter of the dire situation at Blackburn Rovers and Wolverhampton where a caretaker manager has been appointed for the stretch run and what we can expect in those two situations where the clubs are under extreme threat of relegation. We close this episode on EBTs and players and how taxes are paid to players in wake of the HMRC revelations with Rangers FC.
