Best Realmadrid Podcasts (2023)

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Just How Bad Is the Bottom of the Premier League Table? 40:43

1d ago40:43

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The relegation race, such as it is, is defined by the historic weakness of the promoted teams and the 10-point deduction taken by Everton. We put the weakness of Sheffield United, Luton Town and Burnley in recent historical context and talk about how we remain relatively unconcerned about Fulham, Bournemouth and even Everton despite those teams bei…

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777 Partners and Everton with Liz Hoffman 36:23

9d ago36:23

36:23

We are joined by Semafor's Liz Hoffman, who has broken all the big 777 Partners news in the last week, to talk about what she discovered, what her business and finance reporting means for Everton Football Club and what we still have to learn. Read Liz's reporting (and sign up for her newsletter) here: https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/11/15/2023/7…

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Shady Cypriot Banking and Chelsea Football Club 40:54

13d ago40:54

40:54

Roman Abramovich hasn't been owner of Chelsea for a while but he's back in the news with a big leak of documents from Cypriot banks where he did his shady banking. We take stock of what these stories actually mean, what they tell us about how oligarch football team ownership functioned, and whether there will be any consequences for Chelsea. On the…

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Premier League Lightning Round 34:26

23d ago34:26

34:26

Everton, Brentford, Arsenal, United, Bournemouth, West Ham, Brighton, Liverpool and more. Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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How Bad Are Manchester United? 37:57

28d ago37:57

37:57

The Derby gives us the opportunity to do the United pod that's been needed. An impressive win for City (who attacked!) but the real story coming out of it is how bad United were and how fully in line with their performance this season that is. Why is it so bad and can it get better? Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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He Can't Keep Getting Away With This: The Newcastle Story 40:28

1M ago40:28

40:28

Their numbers are so good. Drill down a little and their numbers are so weird. And this was true last season too except they were weird in a completely different way! What are we to make of this? Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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The Double Pivot Discord Fixes Football: Part I 44:33

1M ago44:33

44:33

We asked for your galaxy-brain ideas to fix the game of football and you delivered. We discuss proposals to fix video review and the offside rule, as well as the multi-ref system. Support the show

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Man City Lose Again 31:49

2M ago31:49

31:49

The best team in the world lost again. Does it mean anything? We talk about how City and Arsenal approach their weekend clash, what we can glean from the data about City's attack not quite clicking, and how we think it could get fixed. Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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Referees 39:51

2M ago39:51

39:51

They got a big call wrong in an unusually straightforward way in Spurs - Liverpool. So what's to be done? We talk about what this means about refereeing and VAR, the prospects for positive change and the profound structural limits on organizing toward it. Support the show

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North London Derby 32:09

2M ago32:09

32:09

Spurs and Arsenal played to a more or less fair draw, but given our priors this leads to different kinds of questions about Spurs and Arsenal. Why isn't Arsenal's attack quite clicking? Can Spurs keep taking these risks in possession? And we talk about the tactics of the game and stuff. Support the show…

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Schedule Adjustments and the Premier League 42:52

2M ago42:52

42:52

Caley did an analytics. Talking about Chelsea, Newcastle, Brentford, Brighton, Forest and the bottom of the PL table in terms of their schedule-adjusted numbers. And stick around for the appendices. For reference, Caley's xG table: https://twitter.com/MC_of_A/status/1703908497543356705 Support the show…

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Early Season Statistical Trends 43:39

3M ago43:39

43:39

There's some interesting stuff going on under the hood at a few Premier League teams. Have Crystal Palace's young attackers taken the leap? Can Man City really be this conservative? Have you seen Brentford's xG difference? And is Ange Postecoglu magic? Support the show

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Transfer Window Roundup 43:40

3M ago43:40

43:40

Looking back on the window that was. How PSG ended up doing reasonable business, the disaster at Fulham, and all the maybe / maybe not business at the top of the Premier League including Liverpool. Arsenal, United and Spurs. Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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You are neither over, nor are you back 39:49

3M ago39:49

39:49

It's just three weeks in and there are too many takes about the Premier League. We walk through most of the top teams in the Premier League, look at some numbers, and consider whether there's anything here to be learned just yet. Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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Premier League Midfields Get Weird 29:57

3M ago29:57

29:57

We're only two matches into the Premier League season but it's already clear that the new midfield/fullback tactics are creating some wild, Bundesliga-esque matches. What's going on, and is this why midfielders have gotten so incredibly expensive? Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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World Cup Semifinals Recap / Finals Preview 1:00:49

3M ago1:00:49

1:00:49

Arielle Dror is joined by Kieran Doyle to talk through all the questions before the final. Have Spain been as good as their stats suggest? How many questions do we have about England's path to the final? How will the two defenses hold up under very different kinds of pressure? And how much violence might there be on Sunday? All the analytics you ne…

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World Cup Quarterfinals (with Arielle Dror) 53:03

4M ago53:03

53:03

Arielle is joined by her colleague Casey Thayer, a former collegiate goalkeeper, to break down the World Cup quarters -- in which there was more than a full share of goalkeeping drama. How Sweden keep rolling, the vibes watching Australia, can Spain play their style and win, England's slow and steady success, and more insight on shootout strategy. …

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Premier League 23-24 Preview: Part I 49:05

4M ago49:05

49:05

The every team Double Pivot Premier League preview is back and we are working alphabetically so that means Arsenal through Fulham make up part 1 -- the Premier League is quite profoundly alphabetically unbalanced. Support the show

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Barcelona and Real Madrid 34:12

4M ago34:12

34:12

We expect a close race in La Liga this season between the two Spanish megaclubs, but in the medium term one trajectory is angled down the other, way up. Support the show

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World Cup Begins (with Arielle Dror) 50:33

4M ago50:33

50:33

Double Pivot women's soccer correspondent Arielle Dror has the reins of the pod from Australia to talk about the first round of group games. She is joined by Arianna Cascone (@casconearianna) and Kieran Doyle (@KierDoyle) to break it all down. A solid US performance but what did we learn for the upcoming matches? Concerns about Canada, Australia, E…

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Women's World Cup Preview with Arielle Dror 45:50

4M ago45:50

45:50

We are joined not only this week by Double Pivot Women's Soccer Correspondent Arielle Dror for a World Cup preview but Arielle will also be providing regular coverage on the ground in Australia and New Zealand for Double Pivot listeners throughout the tournament. We cover the very in-flux state of the US and of most of their top competitors and sug…

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Two Approaches to Running a Midsize PL Club 36:24

5M ago36:24

36:24

Brighton and Aston Villa will be competing in Europe next season despite revenues clearly outside the big six (or financial backing outside the big seven) clubs. We break down the traditional Villa approach, the more modern Brighton approach, and the very projectible young attackers that Brighton will be featuring. Support the show…

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The Rise of the Eights, the Fall of the Fullbacks 38:22

5M ago38:22

38:22

Szoboszlai to Liverpool, Havertz to Arsenal, Mount to United -- we're seeing a clear trend of top Premier League teams looking to move to systems with more attacking eights. What's going on? We take a little tactical and statistical tour of recent developments in football and explain why this is really all about fullback tactics. Support the show…

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Chelsea Find a Buyer 35:05

5M ago35:05

35:05

After a lot of worries about how they might plug the ffp gap, Chelsea found buyers for Kovacic and Havertz in the Premier League and for a bunch of their excess salary in Saudi Arabia. How did this happen, was it a conspiracy, and wait who are Chelsea's good players now? Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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Mbappe Drama 26:46

6M ago26:46

26:46

The best player in the world, question mark, is one year from being out of contract at PSG and we've got drama. Where might he go, how might he fit, and just how good in Mbappe right now? Support the show

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Messi to Miami 33:31

6M ago33:31

33:31

Big day! Lionel Messi rejects both Barcelona and Saudi Arabia to go to MLS. We offer context -- why couldn't Barcelona afford him? why couldn't Saudi Arabia land him with an impossibly large salary, and what does that tell us about the KSA sporting project? And what's going on with the MLS offer? Support the show…

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Football, Finance and Politics 38:13

6M ago38:13

38:13

Barcelona's bond offering, Saudi Arabia's current account balance -- we talk about the global financial and political context of European football, and why these contexts weigh harder on the game than they do in American sports. Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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Will Bayern's Title Streak End? 26:42

6M ago26:42

26:42

Drama! Bayern's Bundesliga title streak could end on Saturday. We talk about the frankly bizarre Dortmund team that has a chance to do what no one predicted this summer, and what's gone wrong from Bayern over the season and recently under Tuchel to land them here. Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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Pep City Marches On 27:52

7M ago27:52

27:52

The Champions League semifinals were a dreadful anti-climax. But it's interesting why they were such. And can anyone stop City? Like, ever? Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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Media, Arsenal and Analytics with James Benge 45:09

7M ago45:09

45:09

Mike Goodman is joined by CBS soccer correspondent James Benge (@jamesbenge) to talk about all things media, analytics and yeah a little bit of Arsenal. Support the show

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Relegation 28:55

7M ago28:55

28:55

We got one really live race going but it's a good one. Leeds collapse, Forest bad, Everton bad, Leicester also in trouble, we talk through the teams at the bottom. Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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Spurs Collapse 29:34

7M ago29:34

29:34

Bad game by Spurs. We break down the set of bad decisions that brought them to this point. Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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Brighton and Villa 38:27

8M ago38:27

38:27

The 6th and 7th place teams in the Premier League have, otherwise, quite distinct profiles. We break it down. Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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Quick Hits 41:58

8M ago41:58

41:58

Lots of small takes on Premier League teams. Spurs, Everton, United, Leeds, Villa, Liverpool and on. Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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Potter Out 34:11

8M ago34:11

34:11

Chelsea sacked their manager. He didn't do a very good job! But is replacing the manager the thing that will set this project on the right path, and is continuing at full speed with this project the right thing for Chelsea? We remain skeptical. Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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Multi-Club Models 34:16

8M ago34:16

34:16

It's the hottest thing in owning soccer teams: owning lots of soccer teams. But why is it happening, what risks does it pose to the current state of football, and what do we expect to see in the near future? Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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PL Title and Top Four 47:19

9M ago47:19

47:19

At a certain level not all that much has changed but there's drama and we're here to cover it for you. Support the show

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A Capital of Love: Soccer Finance with Skanda Amarnath 52:27

9M ago52:27

52:27

What's going on with non-state soccer owners trying to sell their teams? What's going on with the aggressive non-state money coming in to soccer? What, for real, is going on with Chelsea and Clearlake? We talk to Skanda Amarnath (@irvingswisher) about the baseline state of play in the sports business. Support the show…

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How is Sheikh Jassim so rich? 30:11

9M ago30:11

30:11

Manchester United are up for sale and the apparent favorite is a debt-free bid by a Qatari businessperson (and royal family member) Sheikh Jassim. We talk about what we expect from the Premier League, the hole they seem to be digging for themselves, and why the source of Jassim's wealth is such a crucial issue here. Support the show…

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Arsenal In Crisis? 35:27

10M ago35:27

35:27

No, not really. But a lot of interesting questions about exactly how to understand their recent slump, what to expect from this team over the rest of the season, and the kind of fascinating tactical periodization of the City match. Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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Man City Is In Trouble 36:01

10M ago36:01

36:01

We all knew Manchester City have been cheating on their financial disclosures. But the news this week is that they might face actual consequences for those acts, which no one saw coming. So exactly what's going on, why is it happening, and what might it lead to? Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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Does Chelsea Have a Plan? 37:48

10M ago37:48

37:48

Yes, Chelsea has a plan! But is it a good plan? We are very skeptical. Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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Frauds at Juventus 34:09

10M ago34:09

34:09

Multiple frauds! Very poorly executed! We walk through the scandal unfolding in Italy, why it happened, what it means, and some light critiques of their fraud processes. Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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Top Four and Relegation: Part I 27:48

11M ago27:48

27:48

A walk through the entire table besides the top two. Starting with top four, Newcastle and United have run hot long enough to look very good, Spurs and... Brighton are their top competition? It could get settled pretty quick. Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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Arsenal and Manchester City 38:41

11M ago38:41

38:41

There's a title race! And if there isn't a title race it's because Arsenal are going to go and win it. Wild stuff, no one predicted it, we talk about how we got here and what to expect from the top of the table in the second half. Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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Enzo, Cody, Mykhaylo and Miggy (Teaser) 10:32

11M ago10:32

10:32

With the transfer window open and big money ready to move, we have been recording player profiles for subscribers, and this is a little teaser of what that's covered. You can subscribe at patreon.com/doublepivot Our Premier League back to speed podcasts coming later this week. Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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Messi and Argentina Champions 27:55

11M ago27:55

27:55

Argentina won the World Cup! And the match, while it developed into a pure vibes Rocky-style haymaker fest at the end, was actually a really interesting tactical battle before that with Argentina coming out very much on top. We have a lot to dig into! Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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Argentina, Brazil, Croatia and the Discourse on "Errors" 34:20

12M ago34:20

34:20

The first half of our quarterfinals review, semifinals preview podcast. Brazil were great and football occurred, Croatia executed their strategy and got lucky, Argentina remain a big step more boring than you'd hope and that's a pretty good semifinals preview right there. Support the show

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Recapping the Round of 16, Previewing the Quarters: Part 1 36:45

12M ago36:45

36:45

We've got the Netherlands, Argentina, Croatia and Brazil through to the quarters. How they did it, how Brazil got so good with a broken team, what might be some ways for Van Gaal to approach Argentina, were we unfair to Scaloni, a lot going on here. (Part 2 at patreon.com/doublepivot) Support the show…

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USA - Iran 34:12

12M ago34:12

34:12

The USMNT won and go through to the knockouts. It was another good game in a good tournament for the USA and so we figured we'd talk about it. Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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