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MNC: Serie A nostalgia & are Villa being kept out of the 'Big Six'?

2 November 2026

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Should Jamie Carragher have apologised for his comments about Aston Villa, what precedent does it set for those in football media and are Villa being kept out of the 'Big Six'? Just how good is Brighton's Bart Verbruggen? We discuss the data behind Sunderland and Nottingham Forest's seasons. And James Richardson joins Mark Chapman, Rory Smith, Chris Sutton and Shay Given to discuss Saturday's Milan derby, and how it felt to bring Serie A back to UK terrestrial television.

Timecodes:

2:00 Jamie Carragher's Aston Villa apology

16:30 James Richardson on Serie A nostalgia & the Milan derby

34:00 How good is Brighton's Bart Verbruggen?

41:00 Sunderland's tough start to the season

52:30 Forest's underlying numbers