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Eliot a independent writer and journalist and James a journalist in training at Stony Brook sit down for a weekly podcast about life football and philosophies about the sport we love.
Roma Secure Their Future: New Contracts for Mastrantonio,Missori,Oliveras,Tahirovic, Mancini, and Felix Afena
Nicolo Zaniolo Now Poised to Stay: Why his actions need to show promise over Juve deal.
Why Tammy Abraham could Reject Chelsea if the Buyback clause is triggered聽
Dybala is coming to Rome: The Break down of the Situation and how he fits 聽
The influence of Mourinho聽
A.C Milan needs a Striker, or they could be in trouble聽
Napoli Trending down: Koulibaly, insigne and Martens all gone聽
In this Episode, We Talk about the Group Stage of Euro 2020; We talk about Messi and Ronaldo and their legacies; The Squad Selections of Spain; Which teams are truly the Contenders. We also talk about the Christan Eriksen situation and the Heartless nature of American media refusal to discuss it as well and many more topics Surrounding The Euros聽
On this episode of the football Apex podcast we talked about Robert Lewandowski finally breaking the record scoring his 41st goal in the 89th minute of Bayern Munich's Victory against Augsburg; we also broke down the departures of Jerome Boateng Javi Martinez and David Alaba and what the bavarians will have to do going forward; Atletico Madrid are La Liga champions we break down the influence of the Luis Suarez and the impressiveness of Diego Simeone a winning another title for Atletico Madrid; we broke down all the problems and issues that are surrounding Arsenal and briefly talked about the Europa League and Champions League final.
On this Episode of the Futbol Apex Podcast @247ItailaFutbol and @JamesBown Talk Mourhino Mania as The Special one joins Eliot's club; We Breakdown the Premier League Chase Can Man City be caught? Does the loss to Chelsea mean anything to the CL final? Why Weston Mckinnie is the Real Captain America and why he is everything that US fans think Pulisic is. We talk about who should be the next USA Captain for the Future Gio Reyna's Dortmund success and Tyler Adams Development; All of What has been bad with Juve; Champions League Downfalls and fading Ronaldo; Why Man United and AC Milan will always be Bigger than Man City and Inter Milan; Football owns Robert Lewandowski for Ballon D'or as history awaits; 聽Why World Cup and Euro Success should be accounted in the Voting; La Liga title Race; Ruben Dias and Nogolo Kante and the CHampions League final; the Handball rule; Finishing with a Discussion of why the league with the BEST Champions League Success doest reflect the quality of the league only the quality of the top teams.聽
On this episode of the Futbol Apex Podcast, @247ItailaFutbol and @JamesBowen Continued their conversation about the Pantheon of Greats in football history; We Broke Down the Difference between how Cristiano Ronaldo is perceived vs. the Actuality of what he is right here right now; We reminisce about the 2015 and 2017 Juventus sides that we likable for all of Europe unlike Juve In a year in and year out basis; Eliot talk about his issue with fans supporting their rivals in European Competitions; Whether or not cutting bait with Ronaldo to complete the rest of squad would be worth it; The differences between Messi and Ronaldo; Breaking down the simple truth of comparing ledgnds; forgot about the numbers and trophies A simple question of who is better at football; looking back the CR7's Madrid era; Where he ranks in Football history; We talk about the Short yet electric Prime of Ronaldinho; The Peak of R9 Ronaldo; Pele's international career and many topics in regards to football history; We finish by Ranking our top 5 Footballers of all time; We end with very similar yet different top 5; as we coninte our journey about history. 聽聽聽聽聽
On this Episode of the Futbol Apex Podcast @247ItailaFutbol & @JamesBowen React to the Super League Madness over the last week; We Talk about what we would be giving up from this situation and gave our thoughts on the entire ordeal. We talked about our most humiliating matches as fans. Eliot's went for Roma's 7-1 loss to Pep's Bayern Munich in Rome; While James went for the 3-0 AC Milan loss to Inter Milan; We talked about the possibility of AC Milan not making the Champions League the what a sizeable collapse that it would be; We break down some of the choices made by Maldini and how two lucky decisions saved his job; as we draw a contrast of Totti's unhinged relationship with Roma's previous ownership; We talk about Whether or not Maldini was telling the truth about knowing nothing about the super league and how a Champions league collapse could affect things with AC Milan as Inter inch closer to the title; We finish off with some underdog stories that we would have never got to witness if the Super League had gone through. 聽聽
On This Episode of the Futbol Apex; @247Itailafutbol and @JamesBowen are joined by @Interfootballdaily; We Breakdown who should be Inter's Next Captain; Eliot Argues Barella's personality doesn't embody Captainship as Skriniar's leadership intangibles make him the right choice; as Danielle and James see Stefan de Vrij as worthy of the Honor; We talk about what is Inter's best course of action for Inter next season and beyond; Leo Messi scores twice as Barcelona win Copa Del Rey over Athletic as the GOAT takes Worst Barca to Cup glory; We talk on why this dufunts a Leo Messi myth and Why this is one of the most impressive accomplishments of his career the GOAT is the GOAT after all; Champions League Semi-Final match-ups and who has the edge; Why PSG could overwhelm Man City and Chelsea and Madrid is too complicated to call; The influence of Neymar in Champions League picture; What would be the bigger deal PSG claiming glory or Man City finally getting it done; we break down the Europa League Semis; Villarreal should not be underestimated; The writing on the wall may be on the cards for Man united but Eliot Explains why a 10-Year old Lorenzo Pellagrini who was broken by the 2007 7-1 loss United as a kid that became Roma captain could fuel could fuel Roma to an improbable final. 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽
On this Episode of the @FutbolApex Podcast @247Itailafutbol and @Jamesbowen; Had a very interesting discussion about football history. We started talking about the El Classico as Real Beat Barca the La Liga title Rice; Diego Simone's negative football; Just lead into talking about the GOAT conversation some of the What ifs in Football history from R9 Ronaldo to Marco Van Basten; The Age of Messi vs Ronaldo and what he has down to the history of football; Talent vs Hard Work but not disregarding that they both have both aspects; From Pele to Deigo, Cryuff to Leo and What was the moment the GOAT debate settled for us; We talk about the Future GOATS Haaland and Mbappe and the concerns we have in regards to their longevity; We talk about Why Mattias Deligt is one of kinda; Talk some Champions League and much more.聽
On this Episode of the Futbol Apex podcast; @247Itailafutbol and James Bowen were joined by Jack Bryant as he makes a return to the show; We broke down the exiting Champions league Quarterfinal between Real and Liverpool; The impact of Real being without Sergio Ramos and Why Liverpool shouldn't bring back Van Dijk regardless of the circumstances; Talk about Bayern vs PSG and Whether or not the injury to Robert Lewandowski changes Bayern's path winning the Champions League again; Should Key players be kept out of International duty as this stage of the season?; We pick our best Midfidlers in world football; We talk about the Legacy of Ronaldo and Messi and what CR7 would need to do to get more acclaim in the GOAT conversation; and Why Ronaldo stacking the deck with records may be viewed in the future generation in the end that being the better player trumps all accomplishments; We talk about the improvement of Mbappe and Why Neymar is so misunderstood and his greatness will not be judged that why it will based on what people think about him; We ask Jack about the expectations of England and Why if they go through the Round of 16 they could win it; Eliot makes an argument for Chris Smalling making the squad as he believes that he meets the criteria and why he thinks he's being punished for playing in Serie A; Then we end the show we answer some questions from Jack's Twitter followers; Can defensive football still win in the Modern Game? Could Kane do what Robert Lewandowski in a better team the Importance of an All round striker and whether TAA should become a midfielder or stay at RB and Many more!
On this Episode of the Futbol Apex @247Itailafutbol and @JamesBowen Discuss the biggest storylines Throughout Europe both Domestically and Champions League. Robert Lewandowski scores hat trick as he bags his 35 Goal of the Buinesliga Season with 9 games remaining; Can he catch Ged Muller's League Record 40 Bundesliga Goals? What would have to happen for him to become the greatest player to ever grace the Bundesliga and what could the next few years look like at this rate; Who will be the second top scorer Haaland or Silva and Why? Dortmund could be tricky for City in the Quarterfinals; Even if City Advances their not winning the champions league; We break down why Bayern Munich would be a horrible matchup for them and are a different level to City; Deducting the inaccurate weak at the back argument and why Frankfurt would have a better chance over two legs then City; PSG Match up vs Bayern and what it could take for them to pull off the upset; We talk about the Germany job and who would be ideal; Liverpool's and Chelsea's path to the final; The Liverpool Match vs Real with Salah and Ramos; Talk about the Atalanta Situation; the Future of Athletico Madrid and much more. 聽聽聽
On this Episode of the Futbol Apex: We discussed the rise and future of the scoring Machine Erling Haaland; Is it in his best interest to stay another season in Dortmund; Of the teams interested which team makes the most sense and which teams just want him; Why the best partner for Haaland is Felix and what will happen? We talked about everything that has gone on at Juve what the solutions are and What does all this mean for CR7 should they blow it up? What players work for the revolution at Juve and Why Pogba to Juve is ridiculous speculation; The Problem with the perspective of Serie A and the Bundesliga following Micheal Owens comments; 聽Why Chris Smalling will be punished this summer for not playing in England and why that is inherently wrong; Some Bayern and City chat as well as many more topics聽
On This Episode of the Futbul Apex Podcast @247Itailafutol, @Jamesbowen and @Interfootballdaily Talked about the impact of Inter winning a title; What it would be for the Expectations regarding the champions league; What could happen to AC Milan in the Champions League race if the form continues to falter What they would need to sign to take them to that level; We talk about the future of Erling Haaland and where he could land and when it could happen; Man City's continuous form and if they could run riot in England; Given financial situations, this summer which stars should club go for that are outside of the Haaland and Mbappe price tag; We briefly talk about Young Boys beating Leverkusen and we preview Man United vs AC Milan; Eliot's Defends Zaltan's comments about Lebron James as he agues the media took it out of context and he fears the American media will try to box him in with the Fox news anchor. Then we finish it off by talking about RB Leipzig keeping the title race alive after coming back vs Gladbach聽
On this episode of the Futbol Apex podcast @247Italiafutbol and @Jamesbowen are joined by the inter Queen @Interfootballdaily to talk about the pending title challenge of Inter Milan. We discussed which Inter Milan side is our favorite; the big match against AC Milan and what we can expect who is more valuable between Lukaku and Martinez. The future of Dortmund and what that could mean for erling haaland; Bayern defeat at Frankfurt as well as highlighting and discussing some of the big takeaways from Champions League games and what ultimately could happen during the second leg.
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On This Episode of the Futbol Apex, We talked about Speiza's shock win vs AC Milan and Juventus losing to Napoli as it shakes up the title Race with Inter have a chance to go top with a win Sunday. We talk about The GOATS Leo Messi CR7 and what the impact of their upcoming accomplishments can do for their GOAT status especially CR7 that may need a massive trophy to climb into the top three. 聽We talk about Neymar and his legacy and the impact of the injury concerns. Why Mbappe now has everything to lose if things don't go well vs Barca. We also talked about Portugal's Euro and World Cup. Highlighting that Joao Felix must be Batman for them to fulfill their ambitions. The evolution of this Portugal team if the right approach is made. Why Man City could still make a run at Messi this summer now that they join PSG as the only team that can threaten Bayern for the Champions League glory as well as many more conversations throughout Europe
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Eliot鈥檚 Proposal of Andre Silva & Erling Haaland partnership
Inter vs AC Milan Copa Italia Drama and the Serie A title race
Why PSG vs Bayern are on a collision course for CL Final
Atletico Madrid on the verge of Laliga Crown
Luis Suarez Still showing unbelievable production
Why Simone鈥檚 defensive tactics have hidden the best young talent in football
Felix is the best young talent in the world and why the system he plays in and stats obsession is getting in the way of seeing it.
On this episode of the @futbolapex33 @thefutbolapex & @247italiafutbol discussed so many different topics throughout European football. we talked about AC Milan dropping big points and the title race in Italian football. we talked a little Bundesliga we discussed the controversial Robben penalty in the 2014 World Cup the ripple effect of that moment; Luis Suarez 59 goal season Gonzalo Higuain amazing Napoli season and many different historical football moments. we also speculated on the potential of Killian mbappe what has gone wrong what has gone right and whether or not it is make-or-break for the French youngster. and so many other interesting topics in what was our longest ever episode
On this episode we did something a little different we just sat back and discussed different defining World Cup moments and how certain situations have to find and shaped certain players careers as well as talking a little bit about the Bundesliga and Serie A
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On this episode, we discussed and break down the controversial comments that Bayern Munich Winger Leroy sane made about the farmer League narrative as the German playmaker perfectly capture the false narrative about Italy and Germany being farmer leagues. we talked about Bayern Munich leaky defending and the importance Leon goretzka as well as Joshua kimmich; a player Eliot believes is a top-three in the world. we discussed the status of the Premier League title race and whether or not Manchester United can push for the title ; how good Ruben Diaz can be for Manchester City we touch on Schalke finally winning a game and the status of Italian football and what the results of the next weak could mean for the rest of the league. as well as discussing some of the Juventus hierarchy regarding to decisions being made in the summer and many more topics across Europe
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On this episode @jameswbowen & I about the depth and quality Bayern Munich; what is the ceiling of their team and does anybody have the resources to stop them. we also talked about some of the misconceptions of the criticism and wrong conclusion in regards to the farmer League inaccuracy that sometimes he is associated with the Bundesliga and Italian football. Manchester United situation and whether they can recruit erling haaland in a couple Seasons as well as what Mauricio pochettino taking over at PSG means We briefly touched on Roma potential bid for the title as well as what happens to Barcelona when Leo Messi leaves.
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On this week's episode of the football Apex podcast, we were joined by Joseph Porco a massive Juventus fan and the voice of reason out there Club fan base. we talked about some of the mistakes they may have made in the summer what the issue has been so far this season, touched on the Arsenal Chelsea shocker as well as the perception of Italian football the future of Zinedine Zidane at Real Madrid, the similarities between the problems at Barcelona and Juventus in regards to the lack of Youth coming through and how good is Bayern Munich team can be. as well as many other topics.
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James interviews Eliot as he reaches a historic milestone as Eliot reflects on the journey to a thousand articles
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On this week's episode we discuss The Narrative that is attached to the Premier League and why all their best players and top transfer targets are departing for Italy and Germany. Frank Lampard's a job at Chelsea while highlighting Liverpool's win over Spurs. Brushing up on Andrew Robertson comments against Atletico Madrid last year. As well as what AC Milan winning the league could do two potentially pursuing sought after Killian mbappe.
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On this episode we talked about Neymar now being the best player in the world and why he would have to win a treble to truly be recognized as a Ballon d'Or winner as well as the misconceptions about him
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On this episode we talked about Juventus this season and why everything has gone wrong.
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Fellow journalist Jack Bryant joined the show as we talked about Leo Messi and his future as well as how Jack feels about England's chances in this upcoming tournament
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We talked about the life Diego Maradona and what he has meant to the game of football
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We discussed so many things in this episode but once again we brought up the conversation we seem to have a lot on the show what should the criteria be of the Ballon d'Or and how differently it has changed over the years
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Ryan is back with us again on this episode as we talked about the future of American soccer and the potential superstars in European football
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Eliot and James are joined by fellow podcaster Ryan as we break down what we can expect to see from the Euros this summer and why the Atletico Madrid Superstar pushes the needle
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On this episode we talked about Mario Balotelli and why his career went so sour
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On this episode we talked about the Ballon d'Or the issues with it and What needs to change
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Eliot make the argument that the Juventus Center back is already Superior to Virgil Van dijk as we talked about what makes the Dutch Center half so good
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On this episode we talked about the winning intangibles of Juventus and what separates them from everybody else
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On this episode we talked about one of the greatest forgotten teams in football history the Hungarian golden team of the fifties
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This was the first podcast that we did months ago uploading our first episode featuring myself and James.
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