Carrick Outclasses Pep. Thomas Frank's Gotta Go. Crystal Palace Crumbling. (MW #22)
Release Date: 01/21/2026
Italy NT Circus. Ballon d'Or Favorites. How MLS Should Leverage WC26. | Sam's Army
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HOT TOPICS: It's the summer silly season so, in lieu of actual soccer games, we hit some of the hot button topics and burning questions suggested by our beautiful Discord crew HALFTIME: Ballon d'Or pop quiz STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets + GOAWs
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World Cup 2026 - Is Spain Best Ever? Argentina After Messi. Nixing 3rd Place Game.
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WORLD CUP: The boys are back to run through the final games of the phenomenal WC26, including Spain's decimation of Argentina and what the ridiculous England/France game means for the future of the 3rd place game. HALFTIME: What If you had to guess which uncapped (or lightly capped) American will have the biggest impact on USMNT at World Cup 2030 plus Complement Corner for Gianni Infantino REST OF WORLD: preliminary look at Premier League transfer business STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs
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WC26 Biggest Winners & Losers. FIFA Shenanigans. Is France Unstoppable?
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Rapid recap of the quarterfinals and preview of this week's semifinals, plus biggest winners and losers from WC26 thus far. Also: STOPPAGE TIME f/t Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs.
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World Cup 2026: Messi, Colombia, German Freddy + USMNT vs Bosnia-Herz
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Join our beautiful soccer community/discord and support the pod: The band is back together to discuss the highlights (TONS!) and lowlights (a few) from the group stage of World Cup 2026, f/t biggest winners, losers, surprises and disappointments so far, plus we take a look at USMNT vs Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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World Cup 2026 Preview + Predictions: Group Winners, Darkhorses & Locker Room Cancers
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Join our beautiful soccer community/discord and support the pod: The lads break down the entire 48-team World Cup 2026 featuring group winners, darkhorses, who crashes out early, biggest locker room cancers (Mbappe vs Ronny), golden boot contenders, a gaggle of indy shot bets from our in-house savant plus predictions for who is gonna win this thing.
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All Hail Arsenal's Vincibles. Pep's (Untimely?) Farewell. Xabi Alonso vs Jozay Mourinho. (MW #38)
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PREMIER LEAGUE: Arsenal get over the line in the most Arsenal-y way imaginable. Pep waves goodbye but timing strikes some as odd. Villa does Liverpool a huge favor. Spurs vs West Ham drunken dogfight for the ages goes down to the last day because of course it does. HALFTIME: What If you are EFL judge, jury and executioner and Southampton (hypothetically) gets caught dead to rights spying on Middlesbrough before a Championship playoff semifinal... what punishment fits the crime? ROUND THE WORLD: Xabi Alonso and Dear Leader take over at Chelsea and Real Madrid - who lasts longer and is there any...
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VARsenal vs West Ham Controversy. Spurs/Leeds Instant Reaction. Break Up Bournemouth! (MW #37)
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Join our beautiful soccer community/discord and support the pod: PREMIER LEAGUE: Arsenal take a big, albeit controversial step toward the title with VAR-marred win over West Ham. Tottenham fans have mixed emotions like you read about both that game and disappointing draw with Leeds. Liverpool fans turn on Arne Slot. Bournemouth go 16 straight without a loss. Look ahead to big week of title/relegation-related battles. ROUND THE WORLD: extra spicy MLS hit-it-n-quit-it minute STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs
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Man City Blinks. United May Be Back. Will PSG-Bayern (Round 2) Disappoint?
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PREMIER LEAGUE: Man City blow golden opportunity to go top in extremely un-Man City fashion. Everton remain an enigma. Bruno and Carrick execute another masterclass, this time on battered Liverpool. Spurs players finally give fans a shred of hope. Arsenal vs West Ham on Sunday is a real conundrum for Tottenham fans. ROUND THE WORLD: Where does PSG 5-4 Bayern stack up among best games in recent history? What will Arsenal's performance vs Atletico mean for title race? STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs
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West Ham's Bowen Factor. Bruno's Legacy. Can PSG Take Down Bayern? (MW #35)
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PREMIER LEAGUE: clutch wins for all the relegation battlers does not mean the picture has not changed (though s/o to Spurs for losing even when they win). Jarrod Bowen vying to be the difference for West Ham. Arsenal hang on against a checked-out Newcastle. Another Bruno Fernandes masterclass - but what will his legacy be at United? HALFTIME: Pop Quiz on Ballon d'Or contenders ROUND THE WORLD: Champions League chatter previewing semifinal 1st legs STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs
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Haaland & Gabriel - BFFs? Xavi Simons' Resting Sad Face. Lazy LinkedIn Liam. (MW #34)
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PREMIER LEAGUE: City's win over Arsenal feels like a title decider and Erling Haaland + Gabriel Magalhaes = enemies or frienemies? Leeds, Forest and West Ham know they are in a relegation battle -- unlike Tottenham. Most incredible statistic of all time about LinkedIn Liam's Chelsea squad. Nobody has checked out harder than Newcastle. HALFTIME: What If we lived in a fascist dictatorship... who on the pod would be the best and worst dictator? ROUND THE WORLD: US Open Cup feels extra chalky this year and spiciest MLS Minute on record STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs
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PREMIER LEAGUE: Postmortem of United's dismantling of City in the Manchester Daerby and what it says about each club going forward. Arsenal and Villa stay missing opportunities. Sam has had enough of Thomas Frank. Palace's loss to Sunderland barely makes the top 3 of their biggest L's last week.
HALFTIME: What If - you are Chris Richards seeing your CB partner and coach heading for the exit, what convo are you having with your agent? Also, "Compliment Corner" (air quotes) for Man City.
ROUND THE WORLD: breaking down the insanity of Morocco vs Senegal in the AFCON final
STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs