The Top Four: Recent Episodes
Adam Sisson
Today the lads discuss the mid-week Premier League results. Liverpool v Tottenham, City v WBA, Arsenal v Soton. Lots of tactical discussions along with state of the league, VAR, and overall sqaud composition.
Tedinho loves the result, but has questions for Mourinho. Garbs defends Tottenham against a Sisson attack and Lewis gives a breakdown of the Arsenal v Soton game. SORRY JOE.
Back next week with a special podcast around footy trivia.
This week, in honor of Festivus, Sisson tasked the lads coming up with some Grievances that they wanted aired related to anything football. There was a lot about Manchester United, VAR, fixture congestion, Harry Kane's ridiculous fouls, racism in football and more Manchester United.
In the second half, after strenuously trying to avoid the subject but much goading, Lewis and Sisson finally confront the dark reality of Arsenal Football Club at this moment. Predictions, as always are at the end, with an added bonus of how many points Arsenal will take in the month of December. As a way to force himself to be hopeful about watching Arsenal, Sisson comes out with a not unusual optimistic prediction.
Until next week!
This week's pod focuses a lot on the Champions League and the teams that qualified. We talk about Olivier Giroud and his four goals for Chelsea against Sevilla, City and Liverpool both securing their passages to the next round and the fact that 7 USMNT players played in a single matchday and what that will mean moving forward for the Red, White and Blue.
The second half focuses primarily on the Premier League weekend past and matches to come. Sisson and Ted lamnet the 2 hours they will never get back from watching Chelsea v Tottenham, United's comeback against Southampton, and Fulham beating Leicester.
The North London Derby is upcoming, but Arsenal are in all sorts of trouble, so they are left out of the preview, with some lesser teams getting to star in the predictions.
Until next week!
Before the boys talk upcoming Premier League action, they dissect the state of international football around the world. Between injuries and Covid, club teams are getting players back broken and unhealthy, again leading the lads to ask the question, what's the point of all this? Germany get battered 6-0, England lose 2-0 to Belgium, and the USMNT won 6-1 against a weak Peru side.
After the break, the boys discuss the top matches of the weekend, Liverpool v Leicester, Leeds v Arsenal, Tottenham v City, and United v West Brom.
Enjoy the weekend!
The lads all get back together to discuss last weekend's Premier League action, primarily the chaos in the Merseyside Derby, and the two incredible draws from Chelsea and Tottenham. We talk the Pickford tackle, Richarlison's red card, and the Lanzini screamer. Also - what to do about Kepa?
In the second half, we talk about the European fixtures and preview this weekend's Premier League games.
Until next week!
It's a Three Amigos podcast this week - Lewis replaces Garbs and the lads talk about Project Big Picture, preview City v Arsenal, the Merseyside Derby, and Leicester v Aston Villa, as well as what the heck is going on with Manchester United.
We also wonder why the heck we are having international football in a pandemic that's seen multiple players report back to their clubs under quarantine.
The lads gather to recap the weekends action, with a laundry list of grievances against VAR, Frank Lampard and his unfavored son Kepa, Southampton's defending, and our good friends at NBC's Peacock.
We also preview the weekends action, with Liverpool v Arsenal, City v Leicester, and others all getting a shoutout.
Bring on Matchweek 3.
The Premier League season is back. The lads gathered to give reaction on Matchday 1, after a big week for a lot of debutants and the newly promoted clubs.
Everton beat Spurs as Ancelotti looks to have put together a promising midfield 3, Liverpool v Leeds turned into a classic, Arsenal continue to head into the right direction under Arteta, and Newcastle and Crystal Palace both put wins together over West Ham and Southampton.
All of that sandwiched between an appeal to NBC Sports/Peacock over their handling of the Premier League coverage by Garbs and some radicalization of him and Ted into becoming fans of Jose Mourinho.
It's back, baby!
The Top Four don't waste any time before jumping right back on track with Ted ripping England for their tepid Nations League performances and then going on a lengthy discussion of All or Nothing: Tottenham.
After, we talk the transfers so far in the Premier League, specifically around Everton, Chelsea, Man United, City, and Arsenal.
In the second half, the lads break down their thoughts on the Premier League season and predict their candidates for Champions, Top 4, Top 6, Breakout Players and Teams, Relegation Candidates, and who will be the first manager to go.
The new season starts Saturday.
With the season officially over, the boys focus on the transfer window in the short period between last year's season ending and the next one beginning in a couple of weeks.
We start off with the big Messi grenade and where he's going to end up (it's going to be Manchester City, isn't it?), what Chelsea have done, and what other signings have been making waves. Did you know Weston McKennie signed for Juve?
There's some questions to be had in the second half, where we also preview the upcoming Charity Shield match between Liverpool and Arsenal on Saturday! Next week will be a prediction pod, so be sure to tune in!
It's been a minute, but the Top Four lads are back. We (Garbs) start out with an epic rant by the one and only Garbs and go from there. There's a moratorium on the Champions League, we discuss who is favored to win and also go over transfers at our favorite clubs.
There is also a mini baseball rant easter egg.
But seriously, listen to the first twenty minutes of Garbs on City/Pep.
The boys recap the FA Cup final, Anthony Taylor's refereeing, VAR (again), and preview the City v Madrid CL round of 16 match.
We also discuss Chelsea and Man United's transfer spend and answer a listener question that devolves into a savage Major League Baseball evisceration by Ted.
Mea Culpa, as this episode didn't post last week. The boys got together and went over the final Premier League standings, talked in-depth about all of the European and relegation positions, and gave out some awards on the best and worst of the season.
The lads get together and talk FA Cup semi-finals, what exactly was Ole doing with that team selection, Chelsea and other transfer activity, and where we think the relegation battle will end up.
We also talk Jack Grealish, Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes, and will KDB end up with assist record?
Sunday marks the end of the Premier League season until September 12, so its all European after this!
It's the three amigos today, where we focus on a lot of the extracurricular stuff we've noticed during Project Restart. Mainly Sisson rants about how bad VAR has been this season, Lewis breaks down the Arsenal v Pool and Arsenal v City matches, and Garbs gives us an excellent United rant plus an MLS update. Also - he's been blocked by Miguel Delaney.
We also have some Champions League/Real Madrid talk, a look ahead to the final games of the relegation/European candidates in the Premier League, and predictions as always.
With tons of Premier League action in the last 7 days, the boys get together and discuss recent results and talking points. 45-yard goals, Danny Welbeck overhead kicks, the Premier League is back in action and picking up pace. We discuss United and Tottenham's positions, which way the relegation battle is trending, and give a little love to some teams we don't discuss a lot but are trending up: Man United and Spurs.
From there, Ted murders a water bottle, Christian Pulisic becomes the best US player at his age, and predictions are announced for the next match week. It's going to be a good one!
The lads get together this week to discuss the recent Premier League action over the last 6 days, begrudgingly giving Tedinho the respect and congratulations he deserves. The FA Cup Semis and European places are also discussed before the break and then the boys get into a little La Liga talk, mainly about Benzema, what's going on at Barcelona and Santi Cazorla's magic assist.
Ted gets ganged up on by Sisson and Garbs and Lewis leads our predictions for the upcoming action before we end it with a little Vardy/Rooney action. Follow us at @thetopfourpod on Twitter and Instagram.
The Top Four lads are back after the first full week of Premier League action. 12 games in and Arsenal look to be in real trouble, the European spots are getting awfully congested, and the bottom three look to almost be cemented now.
We also talk how City look to have never stopped playing, talk Pulisic and Gio Reyna, and then answer a whole host of listener questions sent in via the various back channels. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @thetopfourpod
The Premier League is back! It's been a long preseason with not much football to chat about, but finally the Top Four get together to preview their upcoming favorite league.
We talk players and teams to watch out for, managers in the hot seat, and what the big narrative will be going into ProjectRestart. We also debut two new features as we predict 5 upcoming matches in the latest rounds and also do a roundup of the USMNT stars playing abroad.
The Top Four doesa riveting re-cap of the weekends brand new La Liga reaction, before discussing the transfer market that is currently heating up across Europe (thanks Chelsea).
We also speak to our admiration for Marcus Rashford before we answer some amazing listener questions around changing Arsenal's lineup, swapping players between United and Liverpool, and why one of our members hates Southampton so much. College Football coaches also make an appearance.
Enjoy this episode and be on the lookout for tomorrow's Premier League special!
We start out with an immediate apology directed at Jadon Sancho. After that, during the episode the lads talk about what they think the bottom half of the table will look like come end of the season, what does the Saudi takeover of Newcastle look like for the league going forward, and what can we expect from La Liga.
The poor Bundesliga looks to be in the rearview mirror, but with the Premier League so close, the lads are starting to get amped up!
The lads get together the topic of all four leagues starting to open up with the main focus being on expectations of the rest of the season for our respective clubs, how we think the season will play out, and who has the best chance of making the champions league places.
The second half is a fireside chat grading Germany's handling of live sport so far, discussing the last two Bundesliga match days, and wondering what the heck is going on at Schalke.
The lads briefly discuss the Premier League situation and then dive head first into the Bundesliga. Not a great weekend for the Leipzig boys, but Dortmund and Monchengladbach had rip roaring starts to their post COVID campaigns.
We also talk about Haalands future after this season, is the CL really going to start back up, and a bad day for defending in general.
The Top Four gets together for a quick Bundesliga Preview before this weekend's first football action in over 2 months. We discuss the top of the table, the teams we'll be supporting, as well as some young players and coaches that we're looking forward to watching. Grab a beer, set your alarm for 9:30 Saturday morning, and get involved.
The Eredivisie and France's Ligue Un and Dux have both shut down for the season, with different methodologies involved for both. The boys discuss what that means for the Premier League, La Liga, the Bundesliga, and the transfer market.
With not much else to talk about, we enter into a bit of the banter early, talking about moments we could change, the USMNT, plus places and clubs we would like to see in our lifetimes.
We finish with a forward from each of our Fantasy XI's.
Until next week.
With not much going on in football, the boys latch on to the news that Ze Bundesliga is shooting for a May 9 opening. Halleujah! We might just have live sport back on the television. We pick our Bundesliga teams, our players to watch, and get into what we're most disappointed to miss out on now that the Premier League has been almost canceled. We also go through the young players at each club and worldwide we're most excited to see. Don't miss the midfields of our fantasy elevens either! Until next week.
This week the Top Four are all together as we talk about the (potentially) good news that the football could be starting up as early as 6 weeks behind closed doors. What will that look like for the league, who will benefit from the layoff, how crazy is Arteta's world, and will journos stay on their soapboxes with the impending Newcastle takeover?
Also - the laws of football have been "simplified" as we offer our take, and we talk about the most overrated and underrated player in the Premier League this season. Mason Mount's name leads us down an England/Euro2020 rabbit hole, before NC State, Mario Balotelli and the Red Sox make an appearance.
Lastly, our new mini weekly feature starts as the boys go through the first part of their ultimate fantasy 11.
The first episode of The Top Four Podcast has (finally) arrived. Garbs, Sisson and Ted spend the first half talking about what's in store for the premier league and world football with the ongoing pandemic, if there's any way that this can be resolved in a coherent manner, and how footballers have been helping the fight by giving back.
In the second half we answer some questions about our own personal favorite and most hated footballers, and Garbs leaves us all stunned by admitting he'd actually like to hang out with Jose Mourinho.
We'll be back next week as we try to keep sane.