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The Sound of Football Podcast
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Since 2009. One of the longest running, fully independent football podcasts. New eps every Tuesday. Posts are by @firefli.es Other voices: @terryduffelen.com and @janbilton.bsky.social Website: sofpodcast.com Weekly newsletter: soundoffootball.substack.com
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If in doubt, they just chuck a load more granulated rubber on the pitch.
They’re commentating in click bait
An a la carte goal for Arsenal? Is that a thing?
In that I take my socks off to peel bananas
If I had a tattoo it would only be a monkey on back
Let's do a vodcast!*

(*record ourselves drinking vodka)
Well, there is that, I am possibly the only ruggedly handsome football podcaster out there.
Yeah, we’ve managed to persuade @terryduffelen.com out of this.

Well I say persuade, we just slagged off the idea on the podcast when he wasn’t around
If this Liverpool side want to challenge they should concentrate on scoring from corners
Quite amusing watching Casemiro out-cheating Gakpo. 🍿
Manager of the month now taking on a new meaning
Fascinating trends. Obviously, correlation doesn’t necessarily equate to causation - the stylistic influences of Klopp and Guardiola will also have had an effect - but it’s hard not to conclude that better data has changed the way the game is played.
The impact of Expected Goals (first model introduced 2012):

Shots from outside the box down by a third.
Initial drop in total shots, but numbers on the rise
Average distance of shots down
Number of goals up
Conversion rate up and rising
Pfft “Black knickers”
Arsenal first played a league game at Craven Cottage 112 years ago. I hope we fare better tomorrow than back then when the Cottagers won 6-1. Arsenal losing Angus McKinnon early didn't help.
Programme here, and match report from the Islington Gazette.
thearsenalcollection.org.uk?page_id=54726
If you're editing on desktop and only need a functional video editor, Blender has one built in, and it's entirely free. Of course if you're not familiar with Blender the interface will look a bit scary but I find it does what I need it to do.
Pointless stats fans will be delighted to know that this week's Boxset covers our two most covered matches:

Since November 2016 we've written 18 previews for both Bayern v Dortmund and Liverpool v Man Utd. Pulling ahead of Chelsea v Man City (17)