Ahmed Talks Football: Recent Episodes
Ahmed Awadalla
Selection of recordings discussing thoughts about the day to day current affairs in the footballing world.
Ahmed finally explores the title race for the first time this season. He makes an interesting cultural reference to Alexander Hamilton, explains why Arteta is the most privileged manager in the game today and finishes off by explaining why City will win the league but it still WON'T be a bottlejob by Arsenal.
Ahmed previews the 9th vs 10th place "Mid-Off" this Saturday lunchtime by analysing which of the 2 flops have been a bigger failure this season. He reacts to opinions expressed by the ESPN team in their Liverpool vs Chelsea preview. He also looks ahead to what both Chelsea and Liverpool need to do to repair their respective seasons. Who do you think will finish higher this season?
Ahmed records his first post-World Cup episode with the help of his good friend, Maansib, a fellow Chelsea fan. The 2 work together to digest Chelsea' problems so far that have led them to 8th place, and discuss what they need to do to salvage their season.
Sadly, the World Cup has come to an end. What a month it has been. Ahmed reacts to a memorably and iconic World Cup in Qatar, starting off with Argentina's huge win before covering the other big nations and how they performed this year.
In a podcast intended to cover the events of the past week and look ahead to the final, Ahmed decides instead to devote this entire episode to Morocco's sensational achievement in reaching the Semi-Finals, having somewhat optimistically predicted this himself only 2 weeks prior.
Ahmed reflects on what has been an explosive, pulsating and incredible World Cup so far, as he analyses every quarter finalist and their journey to date. He explores the upcoming ties and anticipates the potential pitfalls in each game. Ahmed provides a personal touch in this podcast at the beginning...beware the sound at the start!
Time stamps:
00.00 - 02.04 (Intro)
02.05 - 22.30 (Morocco vs Portugal)
22.31 - 27.57 (Brazil vs Croatia)
27.58 - 38.49 (Netherlands vs Argentina)
38.50 - 01.03.35 (England vs France)
01.03.36 - End (Why this is the greatest world cup of all time)
As we get through the final group stage matches at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Ahmed analyses the performance of all 5 African nations so far, whilst providing an outline of what each team needs to do to progress in the tournament. Ahmed provides an optimistic, or some would say delusional, theory for how Morocco could potentially reach the final 4 of the World Cup - an unprecedented achievement for an African country to date.
In this episode, Ahmed previews England's upcoming World Cup Campaign, starting with the opening fixture against Iran on 21/11/2022. Ahmed analyses Gareth Southgate's reign so far, providing a balanced evaluation of his achievements and flaws to date.
Recording during March International break of 21/22 Premier League season, Ahmed looks ahead to Arsenals final 10 games of the PL season with a place in the top 4 at stake.