The North-South Divide: Kane from The Lane, Everton’s Good Luk Charm And The Wenger Debate.

Mar 02, 2017, 07:17 PM

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 teams trying to escape the drop?

Finally it’s on to Saturday’s evening match at Anfield when under-fire managers Jürgen Klopp and Arsene Wenger try to outdo each other.

Both managers need the lift of a victory as the race for a top-four spot hots up. The pressure on Wenger from some Arsenal fans continues to grow but what are the plus points of the Frenchman staying put after 20 years?

For Klopp, what is going wrong and how does he fix it? And how important is Jordan Henderson to Liverpool now?

It’s the first of many. Have a listen, tell us what you think and tell your mates.