Tom is joined at Banter by his friend John Balnaves, aka "The Chelsea Contrarian," who tries to make his case that David Luiz has "way better footballing ability" than Virgil van Dijk. Continuing the theme of contrarianism, John explains why the FA Cup is a more prestigious title than the Premier League. The episode also features some less scorching takes, such as why Americans need to embrace soccer as a community-based sport, what the country needs to do to produce more Christian Pulisic and how Freddy Adu was stunted by a flawed system.

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