Listen to the first ever AFR Podcast!

Oliver Sparrow (London), Eric Beard (Atlanta), Ulysse Pasquier (Montreal), Darshan Joshi (Sydney), and Nick Lichtenberg (New York City) of the A Football Report team talk about everything in the world of football ranging from the 2018/2022 World cup Bids to the new change in ownership for Liverpool to EURO 2012 to the De Jong dilemma.

Our first ever podcast was incredibly enjoyable and in its entirety lasts a little less than an hour. So grab a cup of tea, get some work done, and relax while the AFR team talks the footy.

Here’s the breakdown of our conversation:

0-5:00 (Introducing ourselves and our background in football)

5:00-16:00 (Liverpool Takeover, NESV, Red Sox, Hodgson, New Stadium, Merseyside Derby)

16:00-21:00 (The Spanish mindset, Liverpool vs. Manchester commitment, Rooney vs. Fergie, The tax situation in England, Chicharito as a replacement for Rooney)

21:00-31:00 (2018/2022 World Cup Bids, Joint-bids, New locations, Qatar, Technology in 2022, Australia, the fall of Russian football attendance)

31:00-37:00 (England, Lack of #10, Miserable evening at Wembley, Capello becoming a joke, Kevin Davies, Adam Johnson could be world class)

37:00-40:00 (The French Revival, better team spirit, the Laurent Blanc difference, upcoming friendlies against England and Brazil, Valbuena and other young players)

40:00-50:00 (Hatem Ben Arfa, Nigel De Jong being sued by Marseille, Bert van Marwijk’s exclusion of De Jong, Newcastle and French outrage, “Street Fighter 2” challenges, dirty vs. strong in challenge, Stuart Holden at Bolton, Karl Henry, managers promoting poor sportsmanship, has the Premier League become more dirty recently?)

50:00-55:00 (English straightforward style, leads to physical play, Wolves and Mick McCarthy, Scotland and the 4-6-0 formation, Spain vs. Scotland)

We’d love to do this again, but we’d love it even more if you could give us feedback because we want to more our Podcast as enjoyable to listen to as possible. Cheers!

(Source: philosofooty)