The Ealing Road Podcast

Football Finance Expert and lifelong Brighton fan Kieran Maguire joins Mike ahead of Brentford's trip to high-flying Brighton on Sunday. It wouldn't be right to have Kieran on and not briefly touch on the Manchester City case. Kieran talks us trough his coverage of the story, what the punishment could look like, and just how long it might take until we reach that conclusion... Away from that, Kieran sheds light on Brighton's fantastic start to the season under Fabian Hurzeler which has them sitting pretty in third in the Premier League table. We chat about some of Brighton's standout performances, what's impressed Kieran most about Hurzeler's football, and what to expect when Brentford make the trip to the South Coast on Sunday. Follow us on X: https://x.com/TheEalingRoad Follow us on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/ealingroadpod/ Subscribe to Mike's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDpHRfEbmB0m9W5jOP4ReTQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's episode, Mike, Craig and Dan reflect on the 2-0 home win against Nottingham Forest. In a fairly uneventful game, Nikola Milenković's own goal and Igor Thiago's second half strike earned Keith Andrews' side a much-needed win at the Gtech following our midweek Carabao Cup exit at Sunderland. There were also big weekends for current and former Bees, with Romelle Donovan putting in a MOTM performance for Sheffield United, Ethan Pinnock captaining Coventry City, and Bryan Mbeumo's Manchester United losing yet another match... We chat about what went wrong up at Sunderland in the cup, the performances of Dango Ouattara and Igor Thiago against Forest, and a HUGE game coming up away at high-flying Brighton. Follow us on X: https://x.com/TheEalingRoad Follow us on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/ealingroadpod/ Subscribe to Mike's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDpHRfEbmB0m9W5jOP4ReTQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's episode, Mike, Craig and Dan reflect on yet ANOTHER draw, this time away at Hull City. Dango Ouattara's second half equaliser - his first of the season - means Brentford have now drawn 13 of their last 21 league games, winning just four in the process. We discuss Keith Andrews' record in the Premier League since February, and whether he's getting the best out of this team. We also chat about Keith's lineup against Hull on Sunday and the exclusion of Mikkel Damsgaard, the poor form of our attacking options, Caoimhin Kelleher's (or Aaron Hickey's) clanger, and how we're feeling ahead of Sunderland in the League Cup and Nottingham Forest at home at the weekend. Follow us on X: https://x.com/TheEalingRoad Follow us on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/ealingroadpod/ Subscribe to Mike's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDpHRfEbmB0m9W5jOP4ReTQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's episode, Mike and Dan reflect on the 2-1 home defeat against Liverpool in which Keith Andrews side were reduced to nine men by referee John Brooks. Brentford took a deserved lead just before half-time with Keane Lewis-Potter adding to his already-impressive start to the season, but the game turned in first half injury time when Yehor Yarmoliuk was shown a straight red for a headbutt on Jeremy Jacquet. Liverpool piled on the pressure in the second half and it told, with Victor Munoz and then Alexander Isak completing the turnaround. Vitaly Janelt's dismissal deep into injury time means he'll miss Brentford's trip to Hull at the weekend. We chat about the red card incident, the form of Igor Thiago, and how Keith may choose to line us up against the Tigers on Sunday. Follow us on X: https://x.com/TheEalingRoad Follow us on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/ealingroadpod/ Subscribe to Mike's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDpHRfEbmB0m9W5jOP4ReTQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Neil Atkinson of The Anfield Wrap joins Mike ahead of Liverpool's trip to Brentford on Saturday. The visitors have had a fairly mixed start to the season and come five places below Brentford in ninth, following their 3-0 loss at home to Man City last weekend. They did, however, thump LASK in the Champions League in midweek, with marquee summer signing Bradley Barcola netting a hat-trick. Neil chats us through Liverpool's injuries - including whether Bees fans can expect to see the likes of Alexander Isak, Cody Gakpo and Dominik Szoboszlai - how Liverpool fans feel about the Man City case, and the kind of game we can expect on Saturday against Andoni Iraola's Reds. 👉 Follow us on X: https://x.com/TheEalingRoad 👉 Follow us on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/ealingroadpod/ 👉 Subscribe to Mike's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDpHRfEbmB0m9W5jOP4ReTQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices