ITALIANO! ITALIANO! ITALIANO!
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hope macintosh doesnāt manage to slide his way into this one
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Half of me thinksā¦oh god not another, the spin offs are getting out of control nowā¦plus if itās anything like On the Continent itāll be a complete disaster (Iāve voiced my opinions on that before, donāt @ me). But thenā¦an in depth Serie A show would interest meā¦especially since the only other competition (Forza Italian Football) is pretty awful.
@shrewbie Mackintosh wonāt be in this oneā¦never hides his disdain for foreign leagues (I will say he is half-decent on the League show, which i quite enjoy) plus every time he appears on the main podcast it smacks of ādidnāt manage to bring in another guestā.
Just please no more Horncastleā¦I like the bloke and heās decentā¦but he and Brassell are just everwhere these days. When decent pundits become over-exposed they lose their sheenā¦currently I rate Philippe Auclair, Raphael Honigstein, Priya Ramesh and Sid Lowe better because they are more elusive (actually I get quite a bit of Sid but heās great).
Enjoyed him getting repeatedly shown up by Barney Ronayā¦whoās turning into something of a regular for them now (always a good thing).
Weāre well into the seasonā¦and Iām wondering how everyone else is assessing the big split now? Still think FW is on topā¦initially Rushden struggled but I think he has grown into itā¦quite like his no nonsense āand thats in todayās Football Weeklyā intros.
The difference in pundits is pretty stark thoughā¦hereās my good/bad lists
TFS:
Good:
David Preece
Michael Cox
Bad:
The rolling list of ānoveltyā pundits who turn up for a single episode. A bunch of comedians (got in trouble for calling one robotic on twitter), directors and internet journalists who I canāt really remember.
Julian Laurens
Iain Mackintosh
FW:
Good
Barry Glendenning
Elis James
Priya ramesh
Sid Lowe
Jonathan Wilson
Barney Ronay
Philippe Auclair
ā¦plus more
Bad:
Paul macInnes
,thatās it really
Just a noteā¦wasnāt too sure about Elis Jamesā debutā¦but the recent episode with him, Glendenning and Paul MacInnes )probably the weak link) was top notch. Love the way he rolls the ārā in RRRRRRaheem Sterling
Would be perfectly happy listening to Elis, Priya and Barney talk about whatever tbh. Just good people.
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Everyoneās entitled to their opinion, but Horncastleās quite clearly the most knowledgable guest on any of these podcasts that itās not really up for discussion. Brassellās the next best, which is why OTCās so good if you, yāknow, want to learn stuff.
Are you even enjoying them any more at all? Seem to be taking a couple of hours of radio quite seriously.
FW won the FSF podcast of the year award. Barry picked up the trophyā¦presented by AC Jimbo. Lolz
The primary thing about Horncastle/Brassell is how many podcasts they appear on. Usually, at least one of them repeats themselves during the week. Secondlyā¦knowledge alone doesnāt make for great pundits. The most interesting ones are those with a more āindividualisticā takeā¦like Barney Ronay, Sid Lowe and Philippe Auclair. If you want knowledge, just load up a few Goal.com articlesā¦
Enjoying something/taking it semi-seriously arenāt mutually exclusive things. Find your tone a bit patronising tbh
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liste to his show with John Robins, itās dead good
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Mina Rzouki is still the best presenter
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Nick Ames is a right curmudgeon.
Is Dr Tom on regularly?
Someone with his voice needs to be saying something really special to justify his inclusion. He doesnāt.
Heās excellent.
Been on TFS a couple of times lately.
Everything he says has a slightly argumentative tone to it. There was an episode a couple of months back where him and another pundit seemed pretty hostile to eachotherās opinions. Barry has to go babyface whenever Ames is on, which is a bit shite.
Top bloke, heās our business development manager (whatever that means) and has some great anecdotes. Great schmoozer at fancy events as well.
Vaguely related, the Quickly, Kevin episode with Miles Jacobsonās one of the greatest hours of recorded chat iāve ever heard.
Will seek it out 
FW was negative jaded shite this week.
Jacqui Oatley stood in for max and did fine, but the rest of themā¦jeeez.
One highlight was them talking about how Arsenal should have kicked the ball in areas of the net that DDG couldnāt get to.
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