The Unsigned Manager: Recent Episodes
Siji Kolawole
On this week’s episode of The Unsigned Manager Podcast, host Siji Kolawole does a roundup of the last game of the Premier League season, and the entire campaign. Then he looks forward to the UCL final before wrapping up with Kylian Mbappe’s contract extension. Enjoy!
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On this week’s episode of The Unsigned Manager Podcast, host Siji Kolawole recaps the frantic, legendary semifinal between Manchester City and Real Madrid. He looks at the tactics, the substitutions and why City just can’t get over the hump. Enjoy!
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On this week’s episode of The Unsigned Manager Podcast, Siji Kolawole recaps Arsenal smashing Chelsea 4-2 and Liverpool putting United to the sword (with a love letter to Thiago). Then he does a mid and post-game of Arsenal boxing United 3-1 at home. Long live Arteta!
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In this week’s episode of The Unsigned Manager Podcast, Siji Kolawole does a round robin of all the things he’s missed in football over the last couple weeks. From Real Madrid’s slow midfield, Heung Min Son’s POTY candidacy and Erik ten Hag’s new job. Enjoy!
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After a mini break, podcast host Siji Kolawole is back with a non-football episode. He breaks down his current dilemma with producing football content, and how the podcast may change in the future. Enjoy! Instagram: @TheUnsignedManager Twitter: 1_Siji YouTube: The Unsigned Manager Podcast Linktree: https://linktr.ee/SijiKolawole
In this week’s episode of The Unsigned Manager Podcast, host Siji Kolawole takes another perspective look, this time for Mohammed Salah. The world’s best Egyptian is looking for a new contract, but Liverpool are stalling. This is what he’s thinking. Enjoy!
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On this week’s episode of The Unsigned Manager Podcast, host Siji Kolawole takes a look at life from Kylian Mbappe’s perspective. In a narrative story, he wonders how Mbappe is feeling after PSG’s embarrassing midweek exit, and whether the grass might be greener. Enjoy!
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In this week’s episode of The Unsigned Manager Podcast, host Siji Kolawole runs through a mashup of different topics. Firstly, he gives a run through of his thoughts on Liverpool’s Carabao Cup win. Then he moves onto Marcelo Bielsa being asked to move on from Leeds, before finally wondering if the POTS is a bit more boring than normal this year.
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On this week’s episode of The Unsigned Manager Podcast, host Siji Kolawole is going back to his old favourites. He builds his starting XI of the players that mean the most to him personally (it’s quite a ridiculous team). Enjoy!
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In this week’s episode of The Unsigned Manager Podcast, host Siji Kolawole dives deep into football’s overuse of overrated. Not everyone is overrated and he breaks down what you should be looking for if you think a player might be. Enjoy!
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On this week’s episode of The Unsigned Manager podcast, host Siji Kolawole dives deep into the managerial career of the man with the best eyebrows in the game, Carlo Ancelotti. He looks at Don Carlo’s previous works, relationship with Arrigo Saachi and work out whether he is a top 15 manager of all time. Enjoy!
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On this episode of The Unsigned Manager Podcast, host Siji Kolawole explains his love of the game in this bad week for football. Enjoy!
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In this week’s episode of the greatest podcast in the world, host Siji Kolawole writes a love letter to Real Madrid legend and constantly appreciated marksman, Raul. In his eyes, Raul never got his flowers because he just wasn’t the most famous person in the team so Siji makes sure you know how good Raul was. Enjoy!
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In the least fun episode ever of The Unsigned Manager Podcast, host Siji Kolawole gets the hurt of Arsenal’s second leg loss to Liverpool off his chest, talking through the current progress of Arsenal’s redevelopment and squad. Then he explains his issues with how we see Brendan Rodgers, before finally sticking it on Everton and their long-term planning. Hope this doesn’t kill your mood.
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On this week’s episode of The Unsigned Manager Podcast, episode 30 (podcast old enough to be your mother’s friend) host Siji Kolawole laughs at everyone who thinks positions in football are important because they just aren’t. To prove that, he builds an XI of players who play in a different style to their position, to show that Marouane Fellaini etc can be a big time CAM. Enjoy!
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On this episode of The Unsigned Manager Podcast, long-lost podcast host Siji Kolawole is finally back after a hiatus (he apologises heavily) with lots of stuff to talk about. He details Romelu Lukaku’s dreadful interview (this hurt him), takes a look at the Premier League table and sees how AFCON will affect the title race. Enjoy!
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On this episode of The Unsigned Manager Podcast, host Siji Kolawole goes through the key points in the “We’re Past It Derby” as he goes through the United - Arsenal game. Then he takes a look at the current mess on Merseyside, before explaining his issues with this year’s Ballon D’or.
Enjoy ✌🏾
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He's baaaaaccckkk!! He knows it has been a while but podcast host Siji Kolawole is back with a new episode (after he apologises for missing the last few weeks). He's been a bit wayward recently so this episode is just him catching up on all the major football news that he's missed. Ole's sacking, Ferran Torres' move to Barcelona, Arsenal's humiliation at Anfield and about 6 more things. Back to regularly scheduled programming. Enjoy! Instagram: @TheUnsignedManager Twitter: 1_Siji Music: Tranquilibrium by Pyrosion Artwork: Instagram @catherinemiller.uk
In this week’s biased episode, podcast host Siji Kolawole takes a look at the current mess at comedy club Tottenham Hotspurs. He looks at their poor managerial appointments which led to Nuno’s sacking this week, how Daniel Levy is like a mafia boss and what Conte’s Spurs could look like. Enjoy! ✌🏾
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Podcast host Siji Kolawole starts this week by apologising for last weeks missed episode (it is what it is) before getting into Liverpool’s annihilation Man Utd, a sullen Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and covering rich Newcastle (which randomly turns into a rant. Enjoy!
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On this week’s episode of The Unsigned Manager Podcast, host Siji Kolawole unfortunately has to admit he was wrong. He has been raving about Manchester City’s lack of a striker but whilst thinking about Ruud Van Nistelrooy and Karim Benzema, he understands why Pep did what he did. It’s not fun admitting you’re wrong but he tried lol.
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In this episode of The Unsigned Manager Podcast, host Siji Kolawole recaps the amazing Manchester City vs Liverpool game from last Sunday. He breaks down the key points from this slugfest, raves about Phil Foden and is almost ready to have the Salah Ronaldo argument from GOAT PL winger. Then he briefly covers Manchester United’s struggles and whether Ferguson went against the number 1 rule. Enjoy ✌🏾
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On this week’s episode, podcast host Siji Kolawole takes a look at Cristiano Ronaldo’s supernova seasons in his first go around at Manchester United. He takes a look at the progression over his time, why Van Nistelrooy hated him and why United fans went wild when he almost went to Manchester City. Enjoy ✌🏾
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In the earliest awards ceremony in football history, podcast host Siji Kolawole hands out the best team, worst team and things to watch from gameweek 5 of the Premier League season. Was he right about Lukaku? (Spoiler alert: Yes) Are the bad teams in the league really bad? (Yes they are) Could Pep coach a game against Siji with his eyes closed? (Possibly)
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In episode 20 of The Unsigned Manager Podcast, host Siji Kolawole takes a look at two of the deadliest strikers of their era: Samuel Eto’o and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. He runs through the summary of their trophy-laden careers, details the player swap and ultimately decides who he would rather have as a manager. Enjoy! ✌🏾
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This one has big sentimental value. In episode 19, podcast host Siji Kolawole takes a look at one of the innovators in English football, Jay-Jay Okocha. He details the career of the Nigerian legend, including his insane start in the game, his relationship with Brazilian talisman Ronaldhino and one of the greatest freekicks ever. Enjoy! ✌🏾
Freekicks against Aston Villa: https://youtu.be/PwLAEnlO0zU Screamers for PSG: https://youtu.be/LTRKlCSkKbo Okocha vs Kahn: https://youtu.be/GUPiMFHbbFU
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In this first episode of what will be a long running concept, podcast host Siji Kolawole breaks down, analyses and compares the differences between generational wingers Gareth Bale and Arjen Robben. This includes an overview of their career, their highest highs and their mind-boggling stats. He uses all this info to decide who was the better player, in an attempt to create unbiased analysis of elite players. Enjoy ✌🏾
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Robben vs Fiorentina: https://youtu.be/6NMxE_JuO4Y Robben vs Man Utd: https://youtu.be/8Zl6znfigTM Bale vs Stoke: https://youtu.be/Kg9VEEVpe3s Bale vs Inter Milan: https://youtu.be/JbsMFqV3ymQ Bale vs Barcelona: https://youtu.be/yWVrolNQ4RU
In this scatty, last-minute change of plan, old man get off my lawn episode, podcast host Siji Kolawole changes his episode plan and instead goes off on the big name football news over the last few days. He wonders how Manchester United decided Cristiano Ronaldo was a better signing than a DM, who is dumber: Perez or PSG in the Mbappe negotiations and whether Pep is furious after striking out on a striker again. Last minute changes to this epsidoe so audio quality is not high level, but he makes up for it with serious frustration and disbelief. Enjoy! Instagram: @TheUnsignedManager Twitter: 1_Siji Youtube: The Unsigned Manager Podcast
In Part 2 of this season preview (yes he knows the season has started), podcast host Siji Kolawole takes a look at the best of the rest in the Premier League, analysing the summer's of Aston Villa, Tottenham, Leicester and Arsenal. As well as predicting where they will finish in the league, Siji gets furious at Arsenal's recent transfers, explains how Villa have avoided a Gareth Bale situation, and which players are like furniture. Stay tuned for the upcoming episodes on the Premier League, Europe's top 5 leagues and some more "what I missed because of my age". Thanks for the support on the recent episodes, please follow the socials below to help out the podcast: Instagram: TheUnsignedManager Twitter: 1_Siji Youtube: The Unsigned Manager Podcast Artwork by @CatherineMiller.uk Music: Tranquilibrium - Pyrosion Peace ✌🏾
Happy Premier League Week! As a preview to the upcoming manager, podcast host Siji Kolawole is doing a big fat season preview of the whole league. This includes evaluating their transfers, looking at the current squad and predicting where they will finish. This episode focuses on last season's top 4 and then the following episodes will move through the best of the rest. Thanks for all the shares and support; it's really appreciated and helps the podcast out a lot. Please follow the social pages below and tell a friend to tell a friend Peace ✌🏾
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In this week's episode of The Unsigned Manager Podcast, host Siji Kolawole takes a look at legendary, yet slightly forgotten Dutch midfielder, Clarence Seedorf. He looks at Seedorf's journey throughout his career, explains the impact Mr Champions League had on a bunch of big-name clubs and shares his frustration at some of the behaviours of the Internet Football Community. The support and sharing lately on the podcast have been so good so please keep it up and support all the social pages: Instagram: @TheUnsignedManager Twitter: 1_Siji Youtube: The Unsigned Manager Podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3vceJIDlLnRuEKRzQyozN8?si=cPEWSkF5RmqqbxQUxbYZFg&dl_branch=1
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In this episode of The Unsigned Manager podcast, host Siji Kolawole takes a look at the competitive rivalry between iconic managers Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho. Siji details the history of their relationship in Pep's playing days, the change in their friendship because of a job opening and their eventual head-on collisions in the UCL and La Liga. The support on every podcast so far is very appreciated so keep following all the socials below:
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In this painful episode, podcast host/lifelong Arsenal fan Siji Kolawole goes through the unsuccessful, 9-year trophyless period Arsenal went through in the 2006’s. He speaks on the effect of the stadium change, the differences in Wenger’s approach after the Invincibles and the mass exodus of star players in the late 2000's. This episode caused the most emotional stress of all of them so sorry if you can hear the hurt in his voice! The likes, comments and support on the last few episodes really help the podcast and keep the motivation going, so please follow all the social pages to voice your opinion and give any tips or advice on how to improve the pod: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3vceJIDlLnRuEKRzQyozN8?si=9iZpwXKjSIqr8DnjW9DU7Q&dl_branch=1 Youtube: The Unisgned Manager Podcast Instagram: @TheUnsignedManager Twitter: 1_Siji Music: Tranquilibrium - Pyrosion
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On this jam-packed episode 11 of The Unsigned Manager Podcast, host Siji Kolawole takes a look at a few different topics, mostly centred around his feelings on the Euros final. He starts off with an overview look at the genius of Dutch legend Johan Cruyff, the innovative yet ultimately unsuccessful Dutch team of the 1974 World Cup, and then finally ending with his thoughts on the racism given to the England National team after losing the Euros final. Thanks for all the support on the last few episodes, it's really appreciated and if you would like to support the socials, find them below: Instagram: @TheUnsignedManager Twitter: 1_Siji Youtube: The Unsigned Manager Podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3vceJIDlLnRuEKRzQyozN8?si=I_hrRmuhQ--msU6_eFrSZQ&dl_branch=1&nd=1
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In the 10th Anniversary of The Unsigned Manager Podcast, host Siji Kolawole breaks down all the background context behind the end of the best title race in league history, the 11/12 season, providing all the history as to why everything leading up to Aguero's winner mattered. The support on the last 10 episodes is really appreciated and please continue to support as much as you can! Instagram: @TheUnsignedManager Twitter: 1_Siji Youtube: The Unsigned Manager Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3vceJIDlLnRuEKRzQyozN8?si=I_hrRmuhQ--msU6_eFrSZQ&dl_branch=1 Music: Tranquilibrium - Pyrosion
In the 9th episode of The Unsigned Manager Podcast, host Siji Kolawole profiles the creation and success of Chelsea's mid-2000's defensive juggernaut. He goes through Roman's hefty investment, Jose's effective playstyle, and whether this team negatively affected Abramovich's hiring of managers. Finally, he ends the podcast with a Euros roundup of an action-packed knockout round. Please like, share, support, subscribe, follow all that corny stuff, and send any comments/feedback to: Instagram: @TheUnsignedManager Twitter: 1_Siji Youtube: The Unsigned Manager Podcast Peace ✌🏾✌🏾
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In this episode, podcast host Siji Kolawole breaks down the massive Italian scandal ‘Calciopoli’ and the massive effects it had throughout Serie A in the mid 2000’s. Then at the end, he rounds up the first round at the Euros, and see how his predictions are looking so far. Music: Tranquilibrium by Pyrosion
In another rewind episode, host Siji Kolawole puts Real Madrid's Galácticos under a microscope, analysing Florentino Perez's initial creation of this superstar team, their peak performances in Europe, the multitude of epic collapses and closes with a final damning assessment of the Galácticos, and Perez in general. Please share and support the podcast any way you can and look out for podcast news, clips and teasers on the official Instagram account @TheUnsignedManager!
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In Episode 6: Host Siji Kolawole gives a disclaimer on his age and football knowledge before talking through a new theme for upcoming episodes, then he explains about the French super academy INF Clairefontaine. He explores their styles, practices, conduct and highlights the players they've produced in their history, before finally sneaking in some Euro predictions just before the end. Instagram: @TheUnsignedManager Music: Tranquilibrium by Pyrosion is licensed under a Creative Commons License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... https://soundcloud.com/pyrosion
In episode 5, host Siji Kolawole details the worst jobs in the Premier League that a Sporting Director could take, including the return of Wilfried Zaha's transfer saga, the issue with Brighton's player development and Burnley's old man squad. Please follow the new Instagram page @TheUnsignedManager and share the podcast as much as possible. Music: Tranquilibrium by Pyrosion is licensed under a Creative Commons License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... https://soundcloud.com/pyrosionSupport by RFM - NCM: https://bit.ly/2xGHypM
In the 4th episode of the Unsigned Manager Podcast, Siji Kolawole breaks down the current state of European Club management, as many elite clubs are choosing to replace their managers at the end of this season. Please support the podcast whichever way you can, either by sharing with a friend or following the new Instagram page, @Theunsignedmanager Music: Tranquilibrium by Pyrosion is licensed under a Creative Commons License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... https://soundcloud.com/pyrosion Support by RFM - NCM: https://bit.ly/2xGHypM
In the 3rd episode of The Unsigned Manager Podcast, Siji Kolawole breaks down the new Premier League Hall of Fame and selects 8 current players he thinks will make the Hall of Fame when they retire. Please share and support however you can and send any advice for the show - Twitter @1_Siji
In the second episode of The Unsigned Manager Podcast, host Siji Kolawole analyses the performances of the traditional Top 6 Premier League teams in the 2020/21 season, reviewing the good, bad and suggesting changes these teams should make next campaign. Please share and support however you can and send any advice for the show - Twitter @1_Siji
In the opening episode of The Unsigned Manager, Siji Kolawole explains the players he would take to the upcoming Euro 2021 tournament. In this, he breaks down their benefits, how they can support the team, what systems they could be used in. Time Stamps
Intro - 00:00 Goalkeepers - 3:08 Defenders - 7:23 Midfielders - 18:50 Attackers - 25:07 Extra Players - 36:35 Outro - 40:03
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