Park Ze Bus: Recent Episodes
Kartik Kolwankar
This is a podcast where we (Anmol, Kartik and Thomas) talk about what’s happening in the world of football. We address transfer rumours, share our opinions and talk about football in general.
In this episode, we talk about how the club is going to be financially changed and how the club can better the financials and prepare a better squad in the upcoming years.
In this episode we talk about how Manchester United at the dying moments signed Cristiano Ronaldo stealing him from Man City, it’s pretty safe to say Manchester United signed Ronaldo in Fergie time. We talk about how signing Ronaldo would impact the Premier League itself, but more importantly, the team and the squad and their mentality. We also rate the Manchester United transfer window and players that United should’ve sold/loaned.
We also talk about what we as fans and supporters of Man United expect from this season and is Manchester United the contender to win this season’s Premier League.
In this episode, we talk about the whole chaotic situation Barça and Messi are facing and how La Liga was involved in it. We also talk about Messi’s future, the clubs he might go to.
In this episode, we talk about the finals of the Euro 2020 competition England vs Italy. Roberto Mancini’s team outclassed and outperformed Southgate’s England. The game went on to penalties and that’s where it all went down for England after Rashford, Sancho and Saka missed the penalties.
QF review
In this episode we discuss the entertaining round of QF. All 8 teams went all out and gave their best to win it. Sadly, only 4 teams would win and they were Spain, Italy, Denmark and England. As a football fan, most of us would’ve loved to see Switzerland progressing ahead in the competition, but this fairy tale comes to an end with disappointing penalty shoot outs.
Belgium vs Italy was by far the most entertaining QF of all. A cut throat match which kept us biting our nails. Chiellini and Bonucci had a great CB partnership and managed to clear the ball every time the ball got into the 6 yard area. Nevertheless, Belgium performed good, but not good enough, but Jeremy Doku won everyone’s heart. Fantastic footwork and fantastic dribbles.
Czech Republic vs Denmark was yet another masterpiece. Both the teams pressed high and had a high tempo to the game, but when your team is fuelled by emotions, there is no greater power and energy than that. Denmark clearly has talent, but no doubt about it that they’re playing for Eriksen. Denmark won the game comfortably by 2-1 and are progressing ahead in the competition to face England in the semis.
Ukraine vs England was one of the best QF played in Euro 2020, if not the best and also the most dominating match yet. England didn’t give Ukrainian players any room whatsoever to go past the defenders and finding the back of the net. English players were dominating right from the start. The first half was fine and had a low tempo, but second half was completely fire. Harry Kane with outrageous performance scoring 2 goals and Luke Shaw just proving he’s the best LB in the world right now.
In this episode, we discuss the crazy Round of 16 of Euro 2020, one of the best rounds so far in this competition. Underdogs winning the games and surprising us all. Switzerland having a trick up their sleeve to knock France out, one of the favourites who lost on penalties because of M’Bappé’s miss. Spain making a ridiculous comeback out of nowhere against Croatia. Probably match of the tournament and Alvaro Morata silencing his critics. Belgium vs Portugal, one of the most emotional match for Ronaldo fans as this probably was his last Euro, a tough match, but Belgium apparently was a better team to go through. England winning against Germany probably was the highlight of this tournament so far and Harry Kane silencing his critics too. We also give our predictions as to whom according to us is making to the semi finals.
FOOTBALL, BLODDY HELL!
In this episode, we discuss the possibility of 8 teams finishing in the QF of Euro 2020. As we all know, Round of 16 has been confirmed and there are 16 teams (Wales, Denmark, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Portugal, Croatia, Spain, England, Germany, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Ukraine) and we predict who according to us might make it to the QF with Belgium vs Portugal, Croatia vs Spain and England vs Germany being the matches to keep an eye out for as they are gonna be most entertaining matches in the RO16.
In this episode, we talk about how both the squads are absolutely filled with talented players and how this was a really toughest and the most entertaining match yet in the Euro 2020. We talked about Joachim Löw and Didier Deschamps as managers and how both of them have won silverware for their teams. We talked about the fine margins, the Pogba and Rüdiger situation and our thoughts on that incident. We talked about the referee’s decisions and the offside decisions and just our overall thoughts about the match.
In this episode we discuss the match played between England and Croatia at Wembley. We talk about Gareth Southgate’s weird Starting XI and Trippier playing as a LB when he’s a RB and overall game analysis and whether England actually have a shot at Euro 2020.
In this episode, we discuss/ analyse the potential England squad for the Euros 2021. We talk about a few aspects of Gareth Southgate’s game style, we also give our prediction of the starting XI for England. We talk about Jessie Lingard being omitted from the 26 man squad of England and finally we discuss how far England could go in this competition.
In this episode, we have a Liverpool fan Abhishek as a guest. We talked about how Liverpool started off great, and how it all went south after a while. We discussed how Van Dijk not being in the squad is so disastrous for Liverpool in general. We talked about what Abhishek thinks of FSG’s ownership in Liverpool and how well Klopp managed the team when it was all going south.
In this episode we have the Joint Secretary of Arsenal Bengal, Sauradeep. We talked about how Arsenal went from winning the FA Cup in 2019, but had a not so great season in 2020/21. We talked about how the season started off on a great note with them winning the early fixtures, but then had a downfall after the win against Manchester United, how they bounced back during Christmas, etc. We talked about Kroenke, and Mikel Arteta as a manager.
In this episode, we take a deep dive into the ownership of Man United, we talk about how it isn’t only the right players not being in the squad that’s the problem, but Glazers being the root of the problem. We give our final verdict on United as a team and how they’re still evolving and need more 2-3 seasons to be a perfect squad to win Premier League and fit to play in a competitive competition such as UCL.
In this episode, we have Shashank and Georgin with us who are Man United supporters. We had a detailed discussion with them about how Manchester United as a team has evolved under OGS, his overall impact and how we think this squad is much better compared to 3-4 years back. We also talk about how Manchester United couldn’t win any silverware despite the change of managerial change, and what Ole deserves more time at United.
This season has been one of the weirdest seasons for most clubs with their managers getting sacked half season and some managers wanting to leave their club. We talk about why this is happening and address what be next for these managers. We talk about Zidane leaving Madrid, Allegri coming back to Juvé and the return of Poch to Spurs.
In this episode, we had a guest, Ishan who is a city fan. He goes to town with his rant which is hilarious. We share our thoughts about the finals, what made Chelsea the champions. We talk about Thomas Tuchel’s impact at this Chelsea squad since Lampard was sacked and how he transformed this squad completely and whether this could be considered a successful season for Pep.
In this episode, Anmol, Kartik and Thomas, 3 football enthusiasts talk about what the UCL finals between Man City and Chelsea could potentially be like, why the sudden change of venue happened, a little review of both the teams this season in their domestic league. How Chelsea have transformed under Tuchel and what would the mastermind Pep could come up with and give their prediction and they think might win the 2020-21 season.