Football podcasts

Caulkin on the TF pod today.

There's a 'Price of Football' podcast that I've just discovered.

 

Episode 2 is all about us and Ashley. Just started. Nervous it's gonna be a load of wank.

Few minutes in, always love listening to non-Newcastle fans explain Newcastle fans' opinion of Ashley. Especially great when they're really confident and so matter-of-fact about it.

Right, no. Managed five minutes. Off with that.

What were they saying?

Well I turned it off when the bloke said Keegan fell out with Ashley purely cos the budget constraints were too tight and he wanted flair players and 4-3s every week. But there had already been a couple of ill-informed assumptions prior to that; eg the fans started to dislike Ashley when we started losing football matches. Also said we were in debt cos of the players we bought, which is partly true but not when you're citing Ginola and Asprilla as examples. Just nah. No ta.

Gone back to it and it has improved, but "Mike Ashley has a very very thick skin."

Ginola

Yorkie[/member] all owa the airwaves with superbly put together points.

Get in there, so pleased that made it on. Cheers for the heads up.

Set Piece Menu?

~19 minutes if you want the Newcastley stuff.

Yorkie[/member] all owa the airwaves with superbly put together points.

 

Being beamed out all across space right now too.

Subbed up to Second Captains as I wanted to listen to some of the politics podcasts they've done in the past, I think it's the best football podcast there is as well. I could listen to Ken Early read the phone book.

Subbed up to Second Captains as I wanted to listen to some of the politics podcasts they've done in the past, I think it's the best football podcast there is as well. I could listen to Ken Early read the phone book.

 

He’s class, some of the comparisons he pulls out are ridiculous

 

Edit: also his political pods and Richie Sadliers players chair are nice additions to the world service.

Ken Early is one of my favourite people. Their radio show back years ago was even better than the podcasts

Will give that a try, cheers for the recommendation.

Will give that a try, cheers for the recommendation.

 

I think you'll like it, the Monday football podcast (the only one you get for free unless you're into fucking hurling or Gaelic football or something) hits a really nice mix of discussing what happened in the big games over the weekend and also often a Set Piece Menu type 'big picture' discussion, usually with a guest and they generally get the cream of the crop on - Rory Smith, Jonathan Wilson, Miguel Delaney etc.

Aye, it’s good even when they're banging on about some Irish cunt you’ve never heard of. Ken Early is class. He and Rory Smith are probably the two most erudite journalists on football without being dull, OTT or unrealistic.

The name rings a bell, feel like I might have heard Ken Early on something else recentlyish, maybe a Guardian Football Weekly or something like that, and thinking he was great.

Sorry, just the usual, but the latest Set Piece Menu was a fascinating chat. Focused mainly on the MLS but the discussion branched out into all sorts. Really recommend a listen.

Fans of Serie A nostalgia should listen to Graham Hunter's recent two parter with Sven Goran Eriksson. In fact I'd say it's a must listen if you're a fan of that era. He's great is Sven. More talent in his little fingernail than in the entirety of our chump in our dugout.

Always thought he got a raw deal as England manager tbh. I know it was our so-called ‘Golden era’ but the likes of Brazil & Portugal in particular were also class around that time. We’d have probably won the World Cup if Ronaldinho hadn’t fluked that free-kick for instance.

I know he's not everyone's cup of tea but I massively recommend the recent Quickly Kevin podcast with Clive Tyldesley. He's got some fascinating stories and he's genuinely a funny guy. Skip to about nine minutes to avoid the hosts' tedious cackling over moderately amusing matters and get straight to the interview.

Was a good listen