Under normal circumstances, I’d be saying things like “I quite like these types of games tonight”. Arsenal in the EFL Cup, or League Cup as I prefer to call it, is an opportunity to usually rotate a few players, to take the stresses away from the Premier League, and last season it certainly offered that […]
In this week’s football phrase we take a look at the verb ‘to whistle’, which we can use to describe a kind of shot. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing […]
Happy Friday, boys and girls. I hope wherever you are, you enjoy the end of the working week, or if you still have to work tomorrow anyway, you at least get the ‘Friday vibes’. Not least because The Arsenal play tomorrow. It’s a trip up to the Stadium of Light to play Sunderland, who last […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:48 — 8.4MB) | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Podchaser | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | Youtube Music | | More In this week’s football phrase we look at the expression clean sheet, which we can use with two teams after […]
Before a ball was kicked yesterday, I went for a walk with The Management, and she asked, “How are you feeling about this one? The usual nerves?” My response was that no, I actually felt fine. I did. It was a strange feeling not to have the butterflies in my stomach as I wrote the […]
It’s the third match week in a row in which we find ourselves NOT playing on a Saturday and, if I’m honest, I don’t like it. I enjoy change. I work in marketing and ‘doing new stuff’ is something I always try to adhere to as a work principle. Not when it comes to football, […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:19 — 7.7MB) | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Podchaser | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | Youtube Music | | More In this week’s football phrase we look at the expression, ‘to punish a side‘ after Manchester United were beaten by […]
Compared to the walk in the park that was our opening weekend win against Coventry, this was always going to be a sterner test than a newly promoted side, and so it transpired as such a thing last night in Birmingham. We all know that Villa have been decimated. We know they have lost a […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:46 — 10.8MB) | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Podchaser | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | Youtube Music | | More In this week’s football-language podcast we focus on language to talk about new players and new-look sides. We will also […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:10 — 15.8MB) | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Podchaser | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | Youtube Music | | More In this week’s football-language podcast we look at some language for making predictions in football (e.g. I reckon; Too good […]
