still always tune into the ones with Wilson on anyway
will probably end up buying both their books
I was shocked. One of the most engaging football interviews iāve heard. Always had him down as a bit of a Sunday Supplement-style hack. Bought a couple of his books and couldnāt see what the fuss was about, but this State of Play sounds brilliant. Came here to post exactly what you have.
Thereās a really lovely feature by James Montague on Nemanja MatiÄ on this as well - BBC World Service - World Football in Qatar, Valencia, De Boer and the village built by Nemanja Matic
Yeah it was exceptional. Wasnāt expecting something so arresting while doing my LIDL shop.
Really enjoyed Us legend Marcus bean on football weekly, says āexceteraā too much though
Anyone else find the Michael Owen snippet before On The Continent/Football Ramble really funny? Both in content, and delivery.
Really weird human-being, aināt he?
Not convinced.
Good.
Not listened to the ramble this week but it was billed as an otc crossover _ basically Jim and Pete* werenāt there, whatshisname and long hair were instead.
Wild conjecture means either this means otc is struggling for listeners, or Jim and Pete are on the way out, or theyāre going to start yet another weekly show.
*the ones with actual, if not quite proper, jobsā¦
All four regularly go missing. I do think Jim is drifting away from it, though.
OTC probably doesnāt get the numbers of the others, but itās by far the most informative of all the football podcasts, save possibly the World Football one with Mani Djazmi. Only criticism iād have is it gets a bit sort of Horncastle/Brassellās leagues-centric.
Idk, using my extensive knowledge of self employed stand up comics he must make a decent whack from the podcasts. I wouldāve thought a jobbing comedian would miss many many more shows - owing their entire existence being nightly touring in provincial comedy club knightmares
Edit lol knightmares
I just read it simply as Jim/Pete were missing and so they brought the other two in as temporary back-up. No hidden agenda. Pretty sure itās happened before with just 2 of themā¦but that was before they had a sister show to bring in reinforcements.
This interview with Kenny Keegleās great. Always liked listening to him talk about football. However mixed his managerial career was heās still really charming and genuine, and easy to forget how ahead of the curve he was as a player in terms of contracts, sponsorships, all that. Think we should celebrate these sort of characters more and aggressive weirdos less.
https://player.fm/series/football-daily/kelly-cates-with-kevin-keegan
Still not convinced that āLukeā and āJimā arenāt just the same generic southerner
Luke = loud, likes a hot-take, Portsmouth fan, not usually funny
Jim = quiet (to the point where I forget heās on the pod sometimes), usually sits on the fence, Arsenal fan, sometimes funny
Marcus - host, doesnāt have one team but a soft spot for many teams (plus Sven), easily over-excited, Christian
Pete - Newcastle supporter from Hartlepool. Most obviously left wing/liberal. Has some decent footballing opinionsā¦but most of his role is dedicated to him being incompetent/deviant.
Anyone going with that peter crouch podcast? It would be easy to get annoyed by but Iāve tried to just ignore that and have actually enjoyed it a bit. Not sure it has legs tho, latest episode wore thin.
If thereās one thing crouchy has in abundance, itās legs
Like Crouch a lot. Think he comes across really well, smart lad, quite self-depricating, etc, etc. Struggle a bit with the hosts, though.