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Everything Wrong With Italian Football
19 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Italian football is in a really really tough spot right now. Everything seems to be going wrong. And if they are not careful, it could cost them m...
Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City: The Controversial Rise Of The Centurions
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Guardiola's Manchester City is perhaps the most dominant football team in the history of the Premier League. More than just titles themselves, they pl...
The Tragedy Of Unai Emery’s Arsenal
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When Arsene Wenger left Arsenal, the club were in a precarious position. In stepped Unai Emery to pick up the pieces. However, I highly doubt he kn...
Playing For A Draw In A Cup Final...
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the first cup showdown of the season, Pep Guardiola showed his student, Mikel Arteta, that he still has a long way to go if he wants to become the ...
Bruno Fernandes Is Remarkable
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Surely Bruno Fernandes is the best player in the league. You put players that can actually finish in front of him and boom- 16 assists and counting. ...
Tottenham Hotspur: Somehow Worse Than We Thought
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tottenham Hotspur are the 9th richest club in the world, have the most expensive stadium in the most popular football league on the planet, yet are on...
Bayern Munich Are Inevitable - This Week #2
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It's a tale as old as time. Bayern Munich give Borussia Dortmund hope, only to snatch it away at the last minute. As expected. In other news, the P...
Eric Ten Hag’s Manchester United: The End of An Error
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Manchester United Under Eric Ten Hag was quite the rollercoaster. One that millions were begging to get off early. Fortunately for United fans - E...
Ball Talk #1 : Tottenham Hotspur Have No Hope
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tottenham Hotspur have no hope whatsover. Let's talk about it. A more casual, less scripted football iconic podcast Learn more about your ad choice...
The Greatest Team To Win NOTHING: Kevin Keegan’s Newcastle United
15 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Early days of the premier League boasted some of the craziest teams that have ever blessed the game. Newcastle United were no exception. Under K...
Why Rich Football Clubs Fail
08 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When Chelsea and Manchester City made their big money splashes on the global stage, an opinion seemed to permeate the general football atmosphere that...
The Absolute Chaos Of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Manchester United
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Manchester United under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is one of the strangest periods in recent Premier league history. The team was good, but also not great...
The Complicated History Of German Football
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Football is a simple game, twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win” - Gary Lineker. Having said that, th...
Carlo Ancelotti's Chelsea: The Ultimate Victims Of Success
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Under Carlo Ancelotti, Chelsea looked like they had it all, only for everything to fall apart immediately after. Was it fair? Probably not. Was it t...
Hansi Flick’s Bayern Munich: The Greatest “Overnight Success” Ever
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hansi Flick had spent roughly 3 decades toiling in the background of football management. Failing to break his way through, having to settle for roles...
The Business Of Barcelona: A History Of Politics and Glory
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's difficult to explain Barcelona from the outside looking in. This is a club that is no doubt one of the greatest the world has ever seen. Howeve...
How Sir Alex Ferguson Rebuilt Manchester United
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Once upon a time, Manchester United were believed to be finished under sir Alex Ferguson. It was believed that he was finished and needed to hang up h...
Sir Alex Ferguson's Greatest Achievement
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is the story of how a young, fiery, some might even describe as delusionally ambitious man achieved the impossible in Scotland. Crushing the ol...
The Rise Of The French Dynasty
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
France is an elite football nation. In the modern day, they produce, perhaps, the widest pool of world class talent on the planet. But, contrary to ...
Why Nobody Can Touch Thierry Henry - the Premier League GOAT
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thierry Henry is, in my humble opinion, the greatest player in Premier League history. An insanely versatile striker that popped up everywhere, scored...
Luis Enrique’s Barcelona: An Imperfect Picture Of Perfection
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2014, Barcelona was at a crossroads. The club that had scaled unprecedented heights under Pep Guardiola just a few years prior was now reeling from...
José Mourinho’s Manchester United: An Inevitable Collapse
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you were to quiz the average football fan, you’ll find that Jose Mourinho is both the furthest thing from Manchester United in ethos, yet is so s...
Leicester City Were NOT Supposed to Win The Premier League
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Leicester City winning the Premier League is the closest thing that we will ever get to a real life fairytale. A team that was languishing in the lowe...
Manchester City Before The Money
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we re-tell the story of how Manchester City made it to the big time. The setting, the characters, the controversy and more. Learn more a...
Jürgen Klopp’s Borussia Dortmund: How To Silence Bayern Munich With No Money
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jürgen Klopp’s Borussia Dortmund were a marvel in full flight. A team built from relatively minimal cost, with the heart and soul of an incredibly ...
Pep Guardiola’s Bayern Munich The Most Successful “Failure” Ever
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bayern Munich are the greatest German team to ever exist. Pep Guardiola is arguably the greatest manager of his generation (an easy argument to make)....
How Liverpool FC Became Great : The Liverpool Way
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Liverpool is a special football club. One that revels in grit, passion and togetherness. "You Never Walk Alone" Is the mantra for a reason. But why ...
Donald Trump's Plan For FIFA
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
FIFA and US officials have been getting awfully cozy lately. More specifically, Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA and Donald Trump, the Presid...
The Unstoppable Multi-Club Ownership Dilemma
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Multi-club groups are frequently brought up within the sports community. For good reason, too. The list of drawbacks seem to dramatically outweigh t...
The Rise Of The Great Spanish Dynasty
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
International domination is not something that happens all too frequently. When a nation band together and becomes an unstoppable force that is feared...
The Football Industry Is WAY RICHER Than You Thought
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Since 2016, the 100 million euro mark has been crossed 17 times in the transfer market for one player. The evolution of the player trading game ov...
Antonio Conte's Juventus: An Invincible Machine Back From The Dead
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2006, Juventus unraveled before out eyes and were sentenced to a fate that nobody saw coming. Relegation to the second division. However, somehow...
When Portugal Shocked The World In 2016 | A History Of Portugal
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Portugal is a fascinating footballing nation. A country with a population of only 10 million, dwarfed in size by the global elite, yet always in the c...
How Good Was The 2024/25 Football Season
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The 2024/25 football season had absolutely everything. Emotion, drama, shock, vindication, relief, domination. You name it. But how good was it, rea...
Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid: A Mesmerizing, Stunning, Toxic Rollercoaster
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 2012 , Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid scored 121 goals. The most goals scored by a team in one season in the history of La Liga. They put up 1...
Carlo Ancelotti's AC Milan: The Dynasty That Should Have Been
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Carlo Ancelotti is arguably the most successful European manager of all time. His Milan acted as a perfect representation of why experience matters ...
The True Business of Paris Saint-Germain: Football, Politics and Power
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2008, Paris Saint Germain was minutes from relegation and experiencing rapidly compounding debt. 3 years later, it became a perennial winner of ev...
Graeme Souness: How Football's Angriest Man Broke All The Rules and Still Won
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Graeme Souness Is a One of a kind player and a one of a kind personality. One of the Angriest Men to ever grace a football pitch. And a man that someh...
George Best : The Tale Of Football's Greatest Rockstar
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
George Best Was, quite simply put, the equivalent of a rockstar. In many ways, football’s first true Rockstar. He won everything available to him ...
Why Football Never Stood A Chance In the United States Of America
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In football terms, the men’s department of the United States Soccer federation was once seen as an exciting underdog, with fledgling popularity and ...
Kenny Dalglish: The Greatest Liverpool Legend Of All Time
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny Dalglish is one of the most successful and enigmatic figures in football history. A player nobody could touch – a manager that could lead the ...
How Ryan Giggs Went From Hero To Villain Overnight
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Giggs is one of the strangest and most shocking examples of a legendary athlete. The most successful football of all time on the island. 13 Leagu...
Blackburn Rovers: The Premier League Champions That DISAPPEARED
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Blackburn Rovers were once one of only two teams to win the Premier League. They spent like crazy, they attracted the top talent in the land and they ...
When AC Milan Were The Undisputed Kings Of The World
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AC Milan isone of the most successful teams to grace football. And there is a good reason for that. One of those reasons is the period between 1988 to...
How José Mourinho Rebuilt Chelsea... Again
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jose Mourinho and Chelsea are two entities that were interchangeable to many for a very long time. Over 5 years (not consecutively), the pair have del...
The Most Powerful Man In Football: Florentino Perez
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Florentino Perez is the mastermind behind the success of Real Madrid Club de Fútbol. In turn, he is also one of the most successful people on the pla...
How UEFA Became Football Kingpins
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
UEFA is a bonafide global superpower in the realm of football and politics. Many feel as though they are bigger than FIFA, Many feel they are bigger ...
David Moyes’ Manchester United: A Generational Disaster
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Sir Alex Ferguson retired from football management in 2013, his parting gift to Manchester United was setting them up for future success. This wa...