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The boys also feign a vague interest in how everyone else is doing - and though Henry still thinks Cardiff City play at Ninian Park and has a worrying devotion to all things Peterborough and Yorkshire, we haven't been too far away with our predictions in the last few years,
Of course we tackle all the week's headlines from The Bolton News, including the official departure of George Thomason, the hunt for a new striker, Richard Taylor's injury and which puns are suitable to use now that Nathan Broome is not a trialist.
And we bite into the biggest issue of the day... Barmcakes, breadcakes, cobs and muffins. What are they, and why should we care?
Seriously, there is more football chat than we have summed up here but it's late, and I still have to edit the show...
But DO join our brand new EFL Fantasy League - details below - and revel in how many points Aaron Collins is going to score for us at MK Dons.
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If you want to get in contact with the show, please email thebuffmail@gmail.com or tweet Marc on @MarcIles and @Henry__Hewitt
And please, please leave a review. We work hard to put these episodes out every single week, in-season and out, and the more feedback we get, the better the product. Having said all that, we are currently only accepting five-star ratings, as all the other ratings are broken.
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