You should give it more of a go. The main subjects of this episode are, from memory, the Istanbul derby, illegal ticketing at Juventus, Real Betis. They do talk about PSG a bit too much, mind.
This kind of thing is my general problemā¦but I will keep listening and if it as good as you say, Iām sure Iāll change my mind.
Johnathan Wilson seems to be hawking his books a lot at the moment - but are they any good? quite tempted by either the iron curtain or the argentina one but would anyone recommend??
as an aside the man himself has been like a different person on FW this season with the new cast, or is it without the old cast? much less dour and actually quite funny
Behind The Curtain is a lovely piece of work, yes. Would highly recommend that.
Also, Inverting the Pyramid is hugely interesting if youāre into the detail and evolution of football tactics.
I want to read the Argentina one as Iām sure itād be really good as well.
This.
Behind the Curtainās really, really charming, and because the chapters are completely different stories itās an easy read.
Inverting the Pyramidās a bit too heavy, dare i say boring. I liked it a lot, but found myself skip-reading parts of it. Itās over-detailed, iād say.
Keep meaning to get The Outsider, and Angels With Dirty Faces.
I canāt remember if Iāve read The Outsider - if I have, it made little impact on me. But yeah, I canāt imagine Angels with Dirty Faces being anything other than a real treat.
Speller is by some distance the least bearable of the lot.
heās definitely the Richard Hammond to the Luke Moore Clarkson (James May = Jim, obvs.)
that makes Pete the Stig, but that doesnāt work, so close yet so far.
This episodeās excellent. Tom Markhamās really good, Horncastleās obviously always brilliant, and Jimboās in great form. Doesnāt even suffer that much due to Laurensā cheeky chappy/young Lawro schtik.
https://www.acast.com/totallyfootballshow/irish-hangovers-chinese-takeovers-and-the-king-of-crumbles
Listening to this weekās OTC, Iāve decided that my OTHER issue with it is the structure. Too often they revert to either Luke or Marcus asking one of Andy or James a questionā¦who then spend a few minutes explaining something that you can find yourself if you Google it. I find it makes for a stilted showā¦whereas things like the ramble are more fluid.
Iāve tried, but itās not for me Clive
Although this week has Jonathan Wilson in place of Brassellā¦so might be worth a try.
Hope FW keeps bringing in the female Dutch correspondent. Responded to Rushden saying that on paper West Ham look good with āMaybe if youāre playing Football Manager in 2011ā, fantastic.
enjoyed her extensive recap of De Klassieker
Never been a huge fan of Philippe Auclair butbhe waa fucking spot on about Koop this week on FW.
Priya Ramesh? Yeah thought she was really good, too
Followed her on Twitter straight afterwards. Very much enjoyed her contributions.
Enjoyed the Totally Football League Show this week (I listened to most of the other major onesā¦and they are enjoyable enough at the timeā¦but Iām finding that theyāre all blending into one in my memory. I should make an active choice to give a few up, I guess). They featured Ivor Heller, so it was an interesting focus on AFC Wimbledonā¦though he did ruin it a bit by moaning about āenglish jobs for english coachesā a bit.
Elis James is absolutely brilliant.
This weekās FW and the QK, WES? episode heās on are superb.
I want to be best friends with him.
Sachin Nakrani - too chirpy for me.