Iāve got quite bored with the roundtable format over recent months. Donāt know if Iād say any of the main podcasts are better or worse than before, but going around three or four men who essentially list things that have happened in the same order both as each other and as the written press do sort of grates on me a bit now.
There was quite a high-profile racist incident in Spain around two months ago when Cadiz played Valencia. Sid Lowe was on Football Weekly and he spoke about it at length. Did this ten minute piece about it in great depth and I might be misremembering it slightly, but the host barely interjected, Sid just properly deep-dived it and it was exceptional radio.
That sort of thing is what they should be going for. Recalling Premier League highlights and getting Barry to read a few continental results out of the paper doesnāt cut it. When the really knowledgeable pundits offer genuinely in-depth insight, thatās magic. A couple of them a week going long-form on key issues would be a noticeable improvement on ā(team) are good at football, arenāt they?ā and āShould Ole be sacked?ā.
