Episode 22: Superclásico, Ligue 1 and Premiership Roundup
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It’s that time of the week again, and after a week of technical glitches that made me very nearly give up on the computer altogether, we are back with Pod episode 22. Joining me for this one are Christian Reyes, who is still licking his wounds a bit from River’s loss to Boca in the Superclásico, as well as Inara to keep us up to date on the French title race (those words still don’t sound right together), and Daryl to talk about both the top and the bottom of the Premier League.
Among the many bumps in the road this week was the cancellation of our interview with Nigel Henderson, but we hope to have him back on soon. We have a few other guests coming up, but in the interest of avoiding any further jinxes, I think I’ll wait a bit to announce them.
Just a month to go until Euro 2008 takes over not only our entire lives, but also our podcast. Look out for announcements about our Euro 2008 coverage, including special podcasts, special guests, and a big giveaway. As always, thanks for listening. You can listen to the show on the player below, or check out our feed, and if you want to be our friend, you’re always more than welcome over at our Facebook group.
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Next week’s podcast crew will be Ian, Christian, Dave and Anne. Please leave your questions and subject suggestions here in the comments. Thanks, everybody.
UPDATE: Unfortunately, Nigel Henderson will have to miss the program this week, due to illness, and so it will be just us same old regular podcasters. Thanks for your questions, and we will have him on in the future and get them answered.
Category: Listener questionsEpisode 21: Paris is Burning
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No, film buffs … we will not be talking about the drag documentary, but Paris St. Germain is a main topic of discussion this week, as Ligue 1 faces the very real possibility of losing its only Parisian club, and its fans go a little insane. Inara from the Lyon Offside brings us up to date on PSG’s relegation fight, as well as answering listener questions about Lyon players, present and future.
Meanwhile, we hear from Ryan about all things España, including Spanish reactions to Barcelona’s first leg Champions League draw with Man United, and the continuing drama at Valencia. And lest we forget the other big continental club tournament going on right now, Christian Reyes brings us up to speed on the upcoming knockout rounds of the Copa Libertadores.
My apologies if we didn’t get to your question this week. We got to as many as we could, and if we didn’t answer yours, we’ll try to talk about that subject on the next podcast. Keep the questions and suggestions coming.
As always, you can listen to the show on the player below, or subscribe using our feed, and you are of course more than welcome as well to join us on our group on Facebook. As always, thanks for listening.
Category: Weekly Podcast Tags: France, Ligue 1, PSG, Paris St. Germain, Lyon, Hatem Ben Arfa, Spain, La Liga, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United, Champions League, Valencia, Relegation, Copa del Ray, Argentina, Brazil, Copa Libertadores, River Plate, Boca Juniors, LDU Quito, Scotland, SPL, Old Firm, Celtic, Rangers, Hearts, Vladimir Romanov, football, futbol, soccer, Weekly Podcast, Tag IndexOur latest winner, and next week’s show
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Hello everybody. Congratulations to the latest predictor giveaway winner, Tim from Georgia, who took home a Russian national team jersey for his pick in the Bayern v. Zenit UEFA Cup match. We’ll have more giveaways soon, with more prizes from our prize sponsor, SoccerPro.com. The Champions League final is coming up, for example …
This coming week’s show is a milestone for us, our 21st episode. As with any 21st birthday, I imagine there will be some drinking involved, but I wanted to follow in the footsteps of some other podcasts and start opening the pod to questions and suggestions of subjects from our listeners. We’ll try it out, and see how it works, and like anything else, we’ll scrap it if it doesn’t.
On this week’s show, I’ll be joined by Ryan Knapp to talk about Spain, Inara to talk about France, and Christian Reyes to get us ready for the Copa Libertadores knockouts. If there are any subjects you’d like to ask them about, or anything in general about football you’d like us to talk about, leave it in the comments, or email me at podcast @ the offside . com. Thanks for listening.
Category: ContestEpisode 20: Champions League Semifinal Preview
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year … perhaps not, but it’s pretty damned close. European football seasons, both domestic and continental, are coming to a close, and not far off over that horizon is the joy of Euro 2008. We focus on the big show this week, as the Champions League semifinals begin, and Anne Ramzy, Daryl Grove and Dave Martinez each give their picks for the eventual champion. I’d like to state for the record that mine was right on until the 95th minute, but there’s no accounting for John Arne Riise’s head. That’s why we play both legs, though.
We also talk about Man United’s razor-thin edge in the English Premiership, and the week that was in the MLS. Looking back on games like San Jose’s win over Colorado, we have to wonder - is the league suffering from its own near-perfect parity?
Also, you have until Thursday’s kickoff to enter our Bayern Munich / Russia jersey giveaway. If Matt wins two in a row and gets a big head about it, you only have yourselves to blame.
Thanks for listening. You can listen to the show on the player below, or go to our feed to subscribe. And, as always, feel free to poke us on the Facebook.
Category: Weekly PodcastBayern or Russia jersey giveaway
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Well, we’re just a few hours out from the launch of Episode 20 here on the podcast, but I wanted to drop a quick note before then and announce our predictor contest for this week. On Thursday, we have the first leg of the UEFA Cup semifinals, including Bayern Munich v. Zenit St. Petersburg. Whoever can most accurately predict the score of that match will get their choice of a Bayern Munich jersey or Russia National Team jersey (Zenit’s are a bit hard to come by) from our sponsors at SoccerPro.com. Just send your final score (and halftime score, to use as a tie-breaker) to podcast @ theoffside.com, and you’ll be entered. Good luck, and thanks for listening.
Category: ContestEpisode 19: Blatant Abuse of the 4-3-3
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The podcast family widens a little as we welcome a new member to the crew. Red Bull New York Offsider Dave Martinez joins us for his first run out, to discuss his Bulls, as well as the rest of the MLS action this week. Don’t worry - there’s still plenty of European and South American chat as well, with Christian Reyes keeping us up to date on the Copa Libertadores and taking stock halfway through the Argentinian Clausura. Ryan Knapp discusses the limp, er, run in to the La Liga title, and the heartbreak of Eurogeta. And Inara’s back to discuss Lyon and the very real possibility of a huge French club going down to Ligue Deux. Comparisons between big clubs are drawn, and the choice of various clubs to put award-winning French center forwards onto the wing is harshly questioned.
For those of you that only love us for the presents, there’s also a brand new giveaway, and its dedicated to the new kid on the podcasting block. This Saturday, the Red Bulls host New England at Giants stadium, and whoever picks closest to the actual scoreline gets their choice of a Red Bulls or Revolution Adidas Teamgeist ball, from our friends over at SoccerPro.com. Just send your prediction for the final score (and halftime score, as a tiebreaker) to podcast [at ] theoffside.com. Easy as that.
As always, you can listen on the player below, or check out our feed to subscribe to the show. And, as puppet Jose would say, you can always start poking at us on the Facebook here. Thanks for listening.
Category: Weekly Podcast Tags: football, soccer, futbol, MLS, Major League Soccer, Red Bull New York, La Liga, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Villareal, Argentina, Clausura, Copa Libertadores, Brazil, Boca Juniors, River Plate, France, Ligue 1, Ligue 2, Promotion, Relegation, Champions League, UEFA Cup, Lyon, Weekly Podcast, Tag IndexEpisode 18: We’re Legal!
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That’s right. Our little podcast turns 18 today. We can vote, we can go to war, and in several of the more enlightened countries of the world, we can even buy beer. A certain internet access company, who shall remain nameless lest they sue us into at least the Bronze Age, tried to rain on our parade by keeping one of our podcasters from having their say this week, but we’ll have none of that. I’m joined by Anne Ramzy of ESPN SoccerNet and Christian Reyes of River Plate and Argentina blogging fame, to talk about the Champions League, the Copa Libertadores, and, since spring has sprung, it’s time to start talking about the MLS.
We also announce the four winners in last weekend’s prediction contest, and nearly pull a muscle patting ourselves on the back that they aren’t all American.
Starting this week, we have a new way to keep in touch with listeners and other interested parties. As a crusty old professor of mine might have put it, we’re “on the Facebook pages!” If you want to be our friend, check us out there. As always, you can listen below, or visit our feed to subscribe. You can also find us on iTunes. Thanks again for listening, and stay tuned for more contests, soon to come.
Category: Weekly PodcastReminder: Barcelona and Man U giveaways
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Just a little reminder about our backpack and sackpack giveaway. If anyone is interested in winning Barcelona or Man United gear, you need to send in your picks to podcast[at]theoffside.com before the games kick off.
The contest is closed, after the 2-2 draw with Middlesbrough and the kickoff of the Barca-Getafe match. I’ll be announcing the winners on this blog soon. Thanks, everyone for entering.
Category: ContestEpisode 17: Champions League and Title Races (+ Contest)
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Well, it’s April, and rather than play any nasty tricks on you the way Matt at the Celtic blog did on me, we bring you a preview of the Champions League quarterfinals starting later today. We’ll go through each of the four matchups, and tell you what we think. If last round is any guide, bet against me and you’re well on your way to riches. This week on the pod, Anne Ramzy, Daryl Grove and Inara also join me in getting our grubby little hands into some Serie A news, including the tight title race and the debacle at AC Milan.
And, this week, we offer you, our listeners more than just twenty-five minutes of football chatter. We’ve got a giveaway. SoccerPro.com has once again come through for us with a couple of prizes for our podcast predictor contest. For Manchester United and Barcelona fans, we have some team swag for you. We actually have four prizes this week, a sack pack and backpack with each club’s logo.
Here’s the contest. Man U fans predict the score of the Middlesbrough v Man U match this coming weekend. First place will get the Man U backpack. Second place will get the Man U sack pack. If more than one score is correct, all correct guesses will be placed in a hat and drawn at random for the prize. The same goes for Barca fans. Just predict the score of this weekend’s Barcelona v. Getafe match, and we’ll send the winner a Barcelona backpack, and the runner up a Barcelona sack pack. Thanks again to our prize sponsor, SoccerPro.com, for providing the prizes.
Just send your guesses to eunrose [at] gmail [dot] com (there seems to be a problem with the podcast email), any time before kickoff of those games, and thanks again for listening. As always, you can listen to the podcast in the player below, or go to our feed to subscribe to the show.
Also, if you like Nike boots, SoccerPro is giving away a pair of Nike Vapor boots for the next day or so.
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