Rio Ferdinand Presents

Jody Morris joins Rio and Joel in the week that Manchester United announced the departure of Dan Ashworth - the trio discuss the hierarchy’s decision making as well as reviewing Ruben Amorim’s impact following two consecutive defeats.Jody reveals how he and Frank Lampard approached changing the style of the Chelsea time after they arrived and the importance of leaders and communicators in that initial period.They also analyse Cole Palmer’s game, the reasons teams are struggling to contain him and debate whether he could perform at this high level consistently if he was still at Manchester City, along with whether Pep is responsible for ‘eroding’ players’ games. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rio is joined by Ste Howson and Joel Beya in the aftermath of Arsenal’s victory over Manchester United. Rio reveals how he would setup a team to successfully defend Arsenal’s set pieces and details the concerns about the attacking talent that new manager Ruben Amorim has at his disposal.There’s a lot of praise for William Saliba and Leny Yoro and analysis of Chelsea’s credentials in the title race along with Enzo Maresca’s comments about Noni Madueke’s training standards.Rio has also spoken to Marc Guehi in the week the Palace defender was warned twice by the FA for wearing the rainbow armband and writing messages about Jesus on it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jorginho comes to the pod studio to meet Rio for the first time since the pair had some beef on social media. They discuss those negative comments Rio made in 2019 about the Italian’s game and why they ‘touched’ Jorginho more than any other criticism he took at the time.The Arsenal midfielder reveals why manager Mikel Arteta is “better than he expected”, what part of Bukayo Saka’s game can be improved to ensure he’s considered amongst the world’s elite and talks about his strong connection with midfield partner Declan Rice.Despite being an important player for Premier League rivals Manchester City, Jorginho reveals why he admires Rodri so much and the reasons he’s so effective in a number 6 position.Jorginho also has praise for Thomas Tuchel and details why the current England manager was able to make such a positive immediate impact at Chelsea, discusses the Champions League and European Championship victories in 2021and his love of Musicals as well as his experience of living in a monastery. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rio, Joel and Ste are reunited to look back at Ruben Amorim’s first game in charge of Manchester United to discuss whether the players like Marcus Rashford are equipped to deal with the Portuguese’s dramatic tactical shift and identify those players who could benefit most from it. They look at the concerning statistics related to United’s goalscoring which pre-dates even Erik Ten Hag and pick their favoured front three to fit into Amorim’s 3-4-3. Ste then switches attention to the title race focusing on a ‘concerning’ win for United's rivals Liverpool, the developing contract scenario between the club and Salah before discussing Arsenal’s realistic title hopes when they sit 9 points behind the leaders.Subscribe: http://bit.ly/15QO9WE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.