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The Independent
A weekly podcast from The Independent's football team covering the Premier League, the Champions League and everything else fans need to know.
A rotating panel of guests including players, agents and coaches will join Sports Editor and host Ed Malyon, as well as others from the Independent football team.
Recording every Monday, The Indy Football Podcast will bring you all the analysis and in-depth previews you need for the week ahead.
Ed Malyon, Miguel Delaney and Luke Brown are in London, while Jack Pitt-Brooke and Jonathan Liew are in Dortmund for this week's podcast. The guys look back on a big weekend in the title race, discuss the upcoming Champions League action and there's enough time for talk about Gareth Bale's situation in Madrid and also craft beer.
Ed Malyon is joined by the returning Jonathan Liew and Miguel Delaney to discuss the big games of the weekend including - but not limited to - Manchester United's bore draw with Liverpool and Man City winning the Carabao Cup. They discuss the Kepa-Sarri incident that marred the final moments, Claude Puel's dismissal by Leicester and review the midweek continental action.
Ed Malyon is joined by Miguel Delaney and Jack Pitt-Brooke, the latter of whom has just returned from interviewing Manuel Pellegrini. The guys start off on Pellegrini and West Ham before previewing Chelsea vs Manchester United, talking about last week's European games and previewing the upcoming Champions League ties as well as loads more nonsense besides.
Ed Malyon, Jack Pitt-Brooke and Miguel Delaney are reunited - three men, two microphones, one podcast. The guys discuss Jack's trip to Dortmund to interview Jadon Sancho, the Premier League's stand-out result of the weekend and a big dose of Champions League preview
Ed Malyon, Miguel Delaney and Jack Pitt-Brooke reconvene to discuss the weekend's big games, starting with Man United's victory over Arsenal on Friday night. Then they move on to talk FA Cup in general, Spurs' exit and their skewed priorities as well as why the transfer window has so far been such a damp squib.
Ed Malyon is joined by the returning Jack Pitt-Brooke this week, as well as Luke Brown who took in Arsenal's win over Chelsea. The guys discuss Spurs' last-gasp win over Fulham, what it means for Pochettino's future and Tottenham's transfer policy. Plus, a ton of talk up and down the league and throwing things ahead to the FA Cup next weekend.
Ed Malyon, Miguel Delaney and the Wall Street Journal's Joshua Robinson are in the studio to dissect the weekend's big game at Wembley, discuss what it means and take a deep dive into Joshua's new book, The Club. The guys also chat about spying and espionage in sport after Leeds and Derby were embroiled in a row
Ed Malyon is joined by Jonathan Liew, Jack Pitt-Brooke and Miguel Delaney to discuss... well, all of the football that'shappened since the last podcast. Does Mauricio Pochettino love himself? Should Ole Gunnar Solskjaer get the permanent United job? These questions and many more are answered on the return of the pod.
Ed Malyon is in the chair, hosting some post-draw chitter-chatter with Miguel Delaney and Jack Pitt-Brooke. The guys rank the most intriguing ties of the Champions League last 16 and discuss each team's chances before moving onto the weekend's big talking points from Anfield.
Miguel Delaney and Jonathan Liew are in Barcelona to go deep on the racist incident that has dominated the weekend's headlines (but only because people have refused to listen for so long) as well as previewing the Champions League and reviewing the Libertadores final, which Miguel attended in Madrid.
Ed Malyon, Jonathan Liew and Jack Pitt-Brooke look back at Arsenal's defenestration of Tottenham, discuss Jurgen Klopp's antics after beating Everton and Mark Hughes' sacking amid a ton of other football chatter.
Ed Malyon and Jonathan Liew break down a quiet weekend in London before Miguel Delaney, Jonathan Wilson, Joshua Robinson and Rory Smith discuss an altogether more curious couple of days live from Buenos Aires
Jack Pitt-Brooke is joined by Jonathan Liew and Luke Brown, as they look back at England's famous 2-1 win over Croatia on Sunday afternoon and ask whether this was the best England game to be held at the new Wembley Stadium over the last 11 years. Or was there a better game in another sport played there?
Sunday afternoon felt like a vindication for the Nations League format, which will climax in Porto next June. Have UEFA been proved right by how competitive these games are? And what connections can we draw between the teams who have been the most successful so far?
It has been a remarkable year for the England team and the team discuss the steady improvement, which meant that reaching the World Cup semi-finals has not been the peak for this team as they have continued to develop since then. The 4-3-3 appears to have made England more dangerous than the 3-5-2 ever did, but how?
Finally we look back at the England career of a man who won 11 caps under Steve McClaren as a teenager before fading into obscurity far quicker than anyone could have imagined.
On today’s show Jack Pitt-Brooke stays in caretaker charge and he is joined by chief football writer Miguel Delaney and ESPN’s Liam Twomey. One third of the way into the Premier League season, they discuss the clearer distinctions of the Premier League table and whether Manchester City will start to pull away at the top. Is it unfair to judge Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool if they cannot catch them? Does he have to win the title to be a success there? And are Liverpool – like their rivals – waiting until Guardiola eventually steps aside in 2020 or 2021? This is the international fortnight and so attention moves onto the Wayne Rooney Foundation International at Wembley on Thursday night. Is it a nice tribute to a great player? Or is it an embarrassing devaluing of what it means to play for England? And if Rooney is devaluing what it means to play for England, then what about all the other, lesser players to wear the shirt in recent years? Then after the international break is the second leg of the Copa Libertadores final between River Plate and Boca Juniors, which Miguel is flying out for. He tells us what to expect and the special status the Libertadores still enjoys.
On today’s Indy Football Podcast, stand-in host Jack Pit-Brooke is joined by chief football writer Miguel Delaney and chief sports writer Jonathan Liew. The trio discuss their different experiences of Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool on Saturday evening, and how writing about a football game changes your experience of it. Can you take bias out of football journalism? What about emotion?
Then we move onto this season’s title race and whether we expect Manchester City to rack up another 100 points. Is this Manchester City hegemony good for the Premier League? Where will it all end? Given what we learned from Football Leaks this week, what is the immediate future for the top end of the professional game? Is football finished as we know it?
Ed Malyon is joined by Jack Pitt-Brooke, who knows how to speak into a microphone, and Miguel Delaney - who doesn't. They discuss Man United's draw at Chelsea, their upcoming clash with Juventus and a lot more besides.
Jack Pitt-Brooke and Miguel Delaney are in Seville to talk over a phenomenal win for England in Seville, where they dealt with Spain handily and forced their way back into the Nations League reckoning.
Ed Malyon was joined by Jack Pitt-Brooke and debutant Tom Kershaw for the latest episode of the podcast, where they discussed Sunday's two most surprising results, a bit of Manchester United and Bayern managerial woe and then England's young-looking squad for this week.
Ed Malyon is joined by Luke Brown and ESPN's Liam Twomey to discuss Liverpool's draw at Chelsea before an experimental Champions League phone-in with Mark Critchley, Jack Pitt-Brooke and Miguel Delaney, who are away for the Champions League, and Jonathan Liew, who has a big five-a-side game this week.
Ed Malyon is joined by Jack Pitt-Brooke and Luke Brown to talk about Tottenham's return to normality, Paul Pogba taking shots at his manager (again!) and JPB digs into Jurgen Klopp's past to see what it tells us about their chances this year