The Indy Football Podcast

Ed Malyon is joined by Miguel Delaney and Jack Pitt-Brooke to discuss the weekend's action, including the drama-infused Manchester Derby. They also look ahead to Manchester City and Liverpool's Champions League quarter-final second leg, in which City will need to score at least three goals to go through  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jonathan Liew is joined by Miguel Delaney and Duncan Alexander from Opta to discuss the weekend’s football action and looking ahead to Liverpool vs Manchester City in the Champions League. They also analyse the competitiveness of the Premier League, and Alan Pardew, after he was sacked by West Brom.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week the Indy Football Podcast’s revered host Ed Malyon returned to the hot seat, and was joined by reporters Jack Pitt-Brooke and Jack Austin to rank the World Cup nations from 1-32, discuss what they’ve learned from the international friendlies so far, and announce another giveaway.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jack Pitt-Brooke, Jonathan Liew and Luke Brown are joined by Rory Campbell, owner of C&N Sporting Risk, who do data analysis and predictive modelling, and consulting for football clubs and sports betting organisations and other companies in the sporting industry. They discuss the insights that data analysis provides and what it tells us about Tottenham's improvement, Mohamed Salah's brilliant season and why Burnley keep surprising people. Is Jurgen Klopp a high variance coach? Will football men and analysts ever understand each other? And who's going to win the World Cup?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jack Pitt-Brooke, Miguel Delaney and Jonathan Liew were joined by Tony Evans, whose new book 'Two Tribes' is about football and politics in the 1985-86 season. They talk about Manchester United, Liverpool, the limitations of statistics in spotting players, what Margaret Thatcher thought of football and whether the game has politicised or depoliticised as it has globalised.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ed Malyon is joined by Jonathan Liew and Mark Critchley to discuss the weekend's action, including Chelsea's fruitless trip to Manchester and Arsenal's embarrassing defeat in Brighton. They also paid tribute to the late Fiorentina captain Davide Astori, who died suddenly on Sunday aged 31.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ed Malyon is joined by Miguel Delaney and Jack Pitt-Brooke - as well as Mark Critchley on the phone from Manchester - to discuss a big weekend of Premier League action and the Carabao Cup final. Pep Guardiola's first trophy in England sees a very Arsenal-y bottling of a big game at Wembley - a ground they are used to winning at. Manchester United came from behind to reclaim 2nd and put Chelsea out of the top four for now, in a game that did not live up to its Mourinho vs. Conte antagonistic billing.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ed Malyon is joined by Jonathan Liew and Miguel Delaney to chat through the weekend's FA Cup action and preview the Champions League games this week. This week they're also giving away a free Sevilla shirt, courtesy of New Balance. All you have to do is listen in and leave a review on iTunes to win.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ed Malyon is joined by Miguel Delaney and former football league stalwart Martin Gritton to discuss the weekend's action, including the North London derby, Manchester United's defensive struggles and Liverpool's east victory at Southampton. They also take a look at the upcoming Champions League knock-out stage.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week’s episode picks over a weekend of Premier League action, in which the standout game is Liverpool’s 2-2 draw with Spurs. Bucking the trend in football analysis, our team focus on the tactics and performances of the players rather than frothing-at-the-mouth scrutiny of refereeing decisions. Alexis Sanchez also got off the mark for United, as did Aubameyang for Arsenal, and Man City dropped points on the road again - Pep out?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A review of the FA Cup fourth round that saw Liverpool and West Ham crash out takes a sideways turn as the all-star cast of Jack Pitt-Brooke, Miguel Delaney and Jonathan Liew join Ed Malyon to chat whether clubs can be too big to succeed in the Football League, how to find a good back-up striker, and a preview of transfer deadline day.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With Alexis Sanchez finally joining Manchester United, Ed Malyon is joined by Jack Pitt-Brooke and Jonathan Liew to suggest what life will be like at the Emirates without him - along with Watford's situation under new boss Javi Gracia.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ed Malyon is joined by Miguel Delaney and Jack Pitt-Brooke to analyse the weekend's action including City's first domestic defeat of the season, as Liverpool drilled four past the the league leaders in thrilling fashion. We also discuss Arsenal's woes, losing this weekend and seemingly soon to lose Alexis Sanchez.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After a weekend that consisted mostly of televised goalless draws, Ed Malyon is joined by Miguel Delaney and Jack Pitt-Brooke to look at the spat that instead got our attention - between Messrs Mourinho and Conte. We also delve into the transfer market to ponder over the next big signing and discuss the use of a Video Assistant Referee.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After a hectic Christmas football schedule, Ed Malyon is back and joined by Jack Pitt-Brooke and Lawrence Ostlere to dissect the madness and pick out the biggest winners and losers. We've also compiled a special festive league table, which Liverpool sit at the top of.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ed Malyon is joined by Jack Pitt-Brooke and Lawrence Ostlere to talk through the weekend's action and argue how the table will look come May.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A somewhat super Sunday saw Manchester City attain an 11-point lead at the top of the Premier League after a 2-1 win over Manchester United, which ended in a tunnel brawl at Old Trafford. Ed Malyon, Jack Pitt-Brooke and Miguel Delaney discuss whether Mourinho’s United are lacking courage, whether City could hit 100 points this season, as well as the Champions League draw, Liverpool getting Big Sam’d in the Merseyside derby and the weekend’s other games.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Following the World Cup draw on Friday, Ed Malyon is joined by Jack Pitt-Brooke and Miguel Delaney to sift through the possible outcomes for the tournament. We also looked back on Saturday's clash between Arsenal and Man Utd at the Emirates.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ed Malyon is joined by Jack Austin and Jack Pitt-Brooke to discuss the weekend's Premier League action.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ed Malyon is joined by Miguel Delaney and Ben Burrows to look back at the weekend's action, including the North London derby and West Brom's decision to sack Tony Pulis.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.