Armchair Analysts

By Cameron Macdonald and Rupert Meadows

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Episodes: 262

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We talk about football. Almost exclusively.

Episode Date
Ep 253 - Arsenal Winners, Southampton Sinners
May 21, 2026
Ep 252 - Heating up at the top / cooling down at the bottom?
May 16, 2026
Ep 251 - Arsenal and the Tortoise
May 07, 2026
Ep 250 - Forest Fire, Newcastle Dire, Chelsea Haywire
Apr 28, 2026
Ep 249 - Is there a way back for Arsenal?
Apr 23, 2026
Ep 248 - Quickfire Fixture Forecast: Who's Going Down?
Apr 17, 2026
Ep 247 - Can de Zerbi save Spurs? Are England in crisis?
Apr 10, 2026
Ep 246 - Who's Going to the World Cup?
Mar 26, 2026
Ep 245 - Have Arsenal done it?
Mar 18, 2026
Ep 244 - Comparing Cup Sizes
Mar 11, 2026
Ep 243 - Breaking the news, live commentary
Mar 05, 2026
Ep 242 - Surviving the Tudor Period
Feb 28, 2026
Ep 241 - Are Man Utd becoming title contenders?
Feb 12, 2026
Ep 240 - Scorpion Kicks & The Importance of Being Interim
Feb 04, 2026
Ep 239 - Riot in Rabat & The Premier League's Upside Down
Jan 21, 2026
Ep 238 - It's Sacking Season!
Jan 14, 2026
Ep 237 - Should Spurs sell Cristian Romero?
Dec 29, 2025
Ep 236 - Cryptic Comments at Christmas
Dec 19, 2025
Ep 235 - What will go first, Mo Salah or Arsenal's title hopes?
Dec 13, 2025
Ep 234 - Are City back to their best?
Nov 13, 2025
Ep 233 - Boring, Boring Arsenal?
Nov 07, 2025
Ep 232 - Sheffield Wednesday's administration fiasco
Oct 31, 2025
Ep 231 - Ange Out, Liverpool Spiral
Oct 23, 2025
Ep 230 - How many Horses are in this Race?
Oct 08, 2025
Ep 229 - How to Lose Games and Alienate People: This Year's Relegation Candidates
Sep 25, 2025
Ep 228 - Are Nottingham Forest done for?
Sep 17, 2025
Ep 227 - Ranking YOUR Team's Transfer Window
Sep 05, 2025
Ep 226 - Transfer Swoops and New Gen Players
Aug 28, 2025
Ep 225 - Running the opening Prem weekend gauntlet
Aug 21, 2025
Ep 224 - Top Fourcasting, Moves in the Market & the Isak Question
Aug 06, 2025
Ep 223 - New Champions, New Transfer Windows
Jun 16, 2025
Ep 222 - Best of the Season
May 31, 2025
Ep 221 - How to make this season's run-in interesting
May 22, 2025
Ep 220 - Year One of the New Champions League
May 15, 2025
Ep 219 - Will Inter win it all?
May 06, 2025
Ep 218 - Playoffs, Permutations and Promotions
Apr 23, 2025
Ep 217 - Who will win the Champions League?
Apr 20, 2025
Ep 216 - Rice does it Twice!
Apr 11, 2025
Ep 215 - The Last True Prem Derby
Apr 04, 2025
Ep 214 - Tuchel's First Two and Trent to Madrid?
Mar 27, 2025
Ep 213 - Carabao, Champions League and Tuchel's England
Mar 20, 2025
Ep 212 - The Billion Pound Prize
Mar 07, 2025
Ep 211 - Is the title race over?
Feb 26, 2025
Ep 210 - Haramball and Dramatic Derby Delights
Feb 18, 2025
Ep 209 - A pop quiz and domestic cups
Feb 12, 2025
Ep 208 - Moyes Makes Moves & Was Hurzeler too Hipster?
Feb 04, 2025
Ep 207 - Can Severance predict Arsenal's future?
Jan 31, 2025
Ep 206 - The Prem transfers we want to see
Jan 25, 2025
Ep 205 - The Pros & Cons of the New FA Cup
Jan 17, 2025
Ep 204 - Are the wheels coming off at Anfield?
Jan 08, 2025
Ep 203 - Managers Sacked, Mudryk’s Contract & Everton Backed
Dec 21, 2024
Ep 202 - A Refereeing Fiasco and a Premier League Bonanza
Dec 12, 2024
Ep 201 - Unusual Hattricks & Chelsea the Challengers?
Dec 05, 2024
Ep 200 - Will the real Spurs please stand up?
Nov 27, 2024
Ep 199 - David Coote's Afters & Ipswich's First Win
Nov 13, 2024
Ep 198 - Are Liverpool now title favourites?
Nov 08, 2024
Ep 197 - Ruben Amorim: The Facts, The Figures, The Future?
Oct 31, 2024
Ep 196 - Can Tuchel do it?
Oct 23, 2024
Ep 195 - Woeful Wolves, Brilliant Brighton and...Alright Arsenal
Oct 09, 2024
Ep 194 - Palmer or McNeil for Player of the Season?
Oct 02, 2024
Ep 193 - Everton's New Owners & the Etihad Showdown
Sep 27, 2024
Ep 192 - Can Arsenal win the league?
Sep 20, 2024
Ep 191 - Mixed Fortunes on Merseyside & The Transfer Report Card
Sep 05, 2024
Ep 190 - Gameweek 2 Recap
Aug 30, 2024
Ep 189 - The Premier League's Opening Gambit
Aug 21, 2024
Ep 188 - Predicting the Premier League Table
Aug 15, 2024
Ep 187 - One Transfer for every Prem Club
Aug 10, 2024
Ep 186 - England Lose, Southgate Goes
Jul 17, 2024
Ep 185 - We're in the Final. Can we win?
Jul 12, 2024
Ep 184 - Who's Winning the Euros?
Jul 04, 2024
Ep 183 - Might it Still Come Home?
Jun 29, 2024
Special Episode - Eve of the Euros
Jun 12, 2024
Ep 182 - Our Teams of the Season!
May 24, 2024
Ep 181 - A Vote on VAR & Final Day Formalities
May 16, 2024
Ep 180 - Time up for Ten Hag?
May 09, 2024
Ep 179 - Forest Fires, Everton's Buyers and Liverpool Misfires
May 02, 2024
Ep 178 - PGMOL's Forest Fire & FA Cup Replay Remorse
Apr 25, 2024
Ep 177 - Is the title race over?
Apr 18, 2024
Ep 176 - The Run In Begins
Apr 03, 2024
Ep 175 - Forest's Appeal, Turkey's Deal and England's Achilles Heel
Mar 27, 2024
Ep 174 - Forest’s Four Point Deduction & Colossal Cup Ties
Mar 21, 2024
Ep 173 - Arteta's Top, Villa's Flop and Forest's Drop
Mar 14, 2024
Ep 172 - Bayern's Blunder & Chaos in the Championship
Mar 05, 2024
Ep 171 - Everton's Points, Palace's Manager and Man City's Challengers
Feb 27, 2024
Ep 170 - Mbappe's Move, Glasner's Gig & the Fist Fight For Fourth
Feb 23, 2024
Ep 169 - Blue Cards, Qatar and Côte d'Ivoire
Feb 15, 2024
Ep 168 - Expected Vibes, Goals Galore & Mauricio's Meltdown
Feb 07, 2024
Ep 167 - Klopp, Senegal and Man U's exciting new signing
Feb 01, 2024
Ep 166 - AFCON Highlights, Letters to PGMOL and Liverpool's Life without Salah
Jan 24, 2024
Ep 165 - Our January Transfer Wishlist - Firmino to Man U??
Jan 19, 2024
Ep 164 - FA Cupsets, Timo's Transfer & Evading a Stadium Ban
Jan 10, 2024
Ep 163 - Should Brentford Sell Ivan Toney?
Jan 03, 2024
Ep 162 - Super League Back, Steve gets the Sack & Arsenal’s Legal Hack
Dec 22, 2023
Ep 161 - Amortization Baseball and the Prem's True Villains
Dec 20, 2023
Ep 160 - Has the TV Money Bubble Burst for Global Football?
Dec 06, 2023
Ep 159 - A lucky Liverpool and an Unlucky Everton
Nov 29, 2023
Ep 158 - Explaining Everton's Deduction and Voting to Ban Loans
Nov 22, 2023
Ep 157 - Wolves' quiet excellence and managerial dismissals
Nov 15, 2023
Ep 156 - Carnage at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Nov 07, 2023
Ep 155 - Does the Ballon D'or mean much?
Nov 02, 2023
Ep. 154 - Betting Scandal in Italy & Vacuum Derbies
Oct 25, 2023
Ep 153 - We've got Euros 2028!
Oct 12, 2023
Ep. 152 - Klopp wants a replay, Saudi Arabia want a World Cup
Oct 05, 2023
Ep 151 - The North London Derby and Marcelo Bielsa's Rattlesnake
Sep 28, 2023
Ep 150 - Everton's New Owners: Saviours or Scamsters?
Sep 21, 2023
Ep 149 - Rubiales furor, the Ballon D'Or and Southgate no more
Sep 14, 2023
Ep 148 - Salah & Saudi, Boehly's Billion Pound Boys and Alejandro VARnacho
Sep 06, 2023
Ep 147 - West Ham's Winning Ways & Arsenal's Havertz Headscratcher
Aug 30, 2023
Ep 146 - Sheffurnleyton Townited, the Prem's 3 Newest Clubs
Aug 15, 2023
Ep 145 - Can Aston Villa finish top 4? Predicting the Table
Aug 10, 2023
Ep. 144 - PGMOL's Stopped Clock & the Price to Pay for Strikers
Aug 02, 2023
Ep 143 - Billion Mbappe
Jul 29, 2023
Ep 142 - The Mbappe Standoff, the Dele Interview & the Stalled Takeover
Jul 19, 2023
Ep 141 - The Ever Changing Football Landscape
Jul 12, 2023
Ep 140 - Naming A Price: Have Transfers Changed?
Jun 29, 2023
Ep 139 - Our Premier League Predicting Downfall
Jun 15, 2023
Ep 138 - Messi in Miami?! Dissecting Football’s Craziest Transfer
Jun 08, 2023
Ep 137 - The Playoffs and the Prem's best players
Jun 02, 2023
Ep 136 - Vinicius Jr., the Comeback of Calcio & Dortmund’s Date with Destiny
May 24, 2023
Ep 135 - Who's getting relegated, Leeds or Forest? Barca and Napoli win their leagues and Champo semis
May 17, 2023
Ep 134 - City's Conquest, Brighton's Brilliance & Everton's Erosion
Apr 30, 2023
Ep 133 - Relegation teams scrapping and Arsenal fighting success
Apr 26, 2023
Ep 132 - Arsenal’s Double Disappointment & Scran at the Johan Cruijff ArenA
Apr 20, 2023
Ep 131 - Polish Referees, VAR Seagulls and Roy's Flying Palace
Apr 12, 2023
Ep. 130 - Graham Potter and the Goblet of Fired
Apr 05, 2023
Ep 129 - Everton the FFP Villains and Sans Antonio Spurs
Mar 29, 2023
Ep 128 - Conte's Comments, Pity for Patrick & Intrigue from Italy
Mar 23, 2023
Ep 127 - World Cup Expansion, Referee Corruption & European Eliminations
Mar 17, 2023
Ep. 126 - Liverpool's 7-Up, Arsenal's Late Comeback and Racing to the Bottom
Mar 07, 2023
Ep 125 - The Curious Case of the Prem's Top Half
Feb 22, 2023
Ep 124 - Sacking Nathan Jones, Arresting Duncan Ferguson and Reviving Neil Warnock
Feb 17, 2023
Ep 123 - Have Man City flown too close to the sun?
Feb 09, 2023
Ep 122 - Grading YOUR team's January Transfer Window
Feb 01, 2023
Ep 121 - Plusvalenza, Lampard Leaves & Kane's Ambition
Jan 25, 2023
Ep. 120 - How Chelsea are navigating FFP
Jan 19, 2023
Ep 119 - Is Ronaldo's Transfer a Coward's Choice?
Jan 05, 2023
Ep 118 - Bouncing Back from the Break
Dec 30, 2022
Ep 117 - Argentina win, and our Team of the Tournament
Dec 21, 2022
Ep 116 - Casablanca Dreams & Penalty Screams
Dec 13, 2022
Ep 115 - The Round of 16, and an England vs France Preview
Dec 09, 2022
Ep. 114 - England in the Knockouts and Guendouzi on the Wing?
Dec 01, 2022
Ep 113 - Guest Feature: What does the World Cup mean to Wales?
Nov 24, 2022
Bonus Ep - Who Should Southgate Start for England?
Nov 19, 2022
Ep 112 - Ronaldo vs. United
Nov 16, 2022
Ep 111 - The Barber of Brighton, Measuring New Managers & Chelsea’s Challenges
Nov 09, 2022
Ep 110 - Does Aston Villa hate Steven Gerrard, and can you stay up after a foul and still get penalties?
Oct 25, 2022
Ep 109 - The Title Race, the Ballon D'Or and the Mighty Bournemouth
Oct 22, 2022
Ep 108 - Casillas, Mwepu & the Second Best Team in England
Oct 13, 2022
Ep 107 - Are Mitrovic and Trossard benefitting from Haaland? What's in a derby?
Oct 05, 2022
Ep 106 - Bodd Toehly, the England Squad and Will Someone Please Give Paul Pogba a Break
Sep 16, 2022
Ep 105 - The Elephant up the Tree
Sep 07, 2022
Ep 104 - Germany, France, and the importance of good leadership
Aug 26, 2022
Ep 103 - Barcelona's Woes, their La Liga Foes and Italy's Scudetto
Aug 18, 2022
Ep 102 - First Impressions!
Aug 12, 2022
Ep 101 - 11th to 20th Place Prem Predictions
Aug 05, 2022
Ep 100 - The Top Ten Teams in Twenty Two/Twenty Three
Jul 27, 2022
Ep 99 - FIFA’s Ukraine Ruling and the EFL’s Streaming Struggle
Jul 22, 2022
Ep 98 - The Flip of a Sterling Coin, and why Barcelona Signing Raphinha Makes Sense
Jul 13, 2022
Ep 97 - The Raphinha Bidding War, Neymar’s Next Move & Arsenal Turn To Jesus
Jun 30, 2022
Ep 96 - The Window Opens & Rookie of the Season
Jun 16, 2022
Ep 95 - 1 Club = 1 Player in our Team of the Season
Jun 09, 2022
Ep 94 - The Dust Settles on a Fantastic Season
May 31, 2022
Ep 93 - Summit of the Season & Rookie of the Year
May 19, 2022
Ep 92 - New Chelsea Owners and the Prem Table's Tale of Two Halves
May 11, 2022
Ep 91 - Inverting the Follicle
May 06, 2022
Ep 90 - What's more thrilling, the Battle for European Football or the Relegation Scramble?
Apr 26, 2022
Ep 89 - The Sacking of Sean & Devastation for Derby
Apr 20, 2022
Ep 88 - A Rivalry Building, a Season Collapsing
Apr 15, 2022
Ep 87 - The Tightening Title Race & Top Four Turbulence
Apr 06, 2022
Ep 86 - Dazzling Derbies in Europe
Mar 25, 2022
Ep 85 - The Fall of Roman's Empire
Mar 14, 2022
Ep 84 - The European Super League 2.0 and a Ton of Good Football
Mar 10, 2022
Ep 83 - Marcelo's Farewell, PGMOL's Apology & Liverpool's Victory
Mar 03, 2022
Ep 82 - New Horizons and Old Problems: NFTs, and Man City losing to Spurs
Feb 22, 2022
Ep 81 - Senegal’s Success, the New Newcastle & Leicester’s Lethargy
Feb 10, 2022
Ep 80 - The Transfer Window Breakdown: Have Everton & Newcastle Done Enough?
Feb 03, 2022
Ep 79 - Coutinho's Comeback, Anguish for Algeria & Bye Bye Benitez
Jan 19, 2022
Ep 78 - Liverpool's Statistical Miracle & Why you should be watching the AFCON
Jan 12, 2022
Ep 77 - One January Signing for Each Club
Jan 06, 2022
Ep 76 - Half-Season Heroes & Torres to Barca - But Why?!
Dec 29, 2021
Ep 75 - The Postponement Predicament
Dec 21, 2021
Ep 74 - Sickly Spurs, the Broken Ballon d’Or & Rangnick the Revolutionary
Dec 09, 2021
Ep 73 - A World Cup Special
Nov 29, 2021
Ep 72 - The New Manager Trounce
Nov 22, 2021
Ep 71 - West Ham's Czech Mate, A Tale of Two Harrys and New Managers All Round
Nov 16, 2021
Ep 70 - A Managerial Massacre
Nov 09, 2021
Ep 69 - Sympathy for the Red Devil
Oct 26, 2021
Ep 68 - Regretting Ronaldo’s Return
Oct 21, 2021
Ep 67 - Gulf State Geordies
Oct 12, 2021
Ep 66 - Beers....at the football?!
Oct 05, 2021
Ep 65 - All to play for in the Premier League
Sep 30, 2021
Ep 64 - Five Top Transfers (feat. Xavi)
Sep 21, 2021
Ep 63 - Patrick's Promising Palace & Escaping the Ultras
Sep 14, 2021
Ep 62 - Abandoned Matches & Purple Patches
Sep 07, 2021
Ep 61 - Ronaldo Returns, and the Premier League Marches On
Sep 01, 2021
Ep 60 - Fistfights in France, Protests in the Premier League
Aug 24, 2021
Ep 59 - Pogba's Perfect Passes, Dennis the Menace & the Diet Vardy
Aug 17, 2021
Ep 58 - The Messi Saga Ends, a New Season Begins
Aug 11, 2021
Ep 57 - Citizen Kane, Galactico Grealish & Mullin the Movie Star
Aug 03, 2021
Ep 56 - Preseason Previews & a Painful Post-Mortem
Jul 13, 2021
Ep 55 - Could it possibly be Coming Home...?
Jul 09, 2021
Quarter Final Previews: England vs. Ukraine
Jul 02, 2021
Quarter Final Previews: Czech Republic vs. Denmark
Jul 02, 2021
Quarter Final Previews: Belgium vs. Italy
Jul 02, 2021
Quarter Final Previews: Switzerland vs. Spain
Jul 01, 2021
Ep 54 - Euros Round of 16: England's Ecstasy & France's Fumble
Jul 01, 2021
Special Episode - How do England beat Germany?
Jun 25, 2021
Ep 53 - Reliant Robin, Stuttering Spain & Indomitable Italy
Jun 22, 2021
Ep 52 - King Kalvin, Holy Schick & Cristiano's Cola Conspiracy
Jun 16, 2021
Ep 51 - Expectations for England & Premier League Postmortem
Jun 08, 2021
Ep 50 - European Finals, Buoyant Brentford & Away Goals
Jun 03, 2021
Ep 49 - The Worst Signing, England’s Extras & the 20/21 Table
May 25, 2021
Ep 48 - Zidane and Pirlo, Super League Fallout & FA Cup Foxes
May 18, 2021
Ep 47 - Team of the Season
May 11, 2021
Ep 46 - Protest Postponement & the Rhythm of the Game
May 04, 2021
Ep 45 - The Premier League Hall of Fame & a Game of Three Halves
Apr 27, 2021
Ep 44 - The Super League & The Future of Football
Apr 20, 2021
Ep 43 - The Lingard Question, Kane's Ambition & Guardiola vs. Bielsa
Apr 13, 2021
Ep 42 - Ole, Mikel & Sam
Apr 06, 2021
Ep 41 - A Swiss-style Champions League
Mar 31, 2021
Ep 40 - Southgate's Selection & Champions League Contenders
Mar 24, 2021
Ep 39 - The Football Index Disaster Explained, Wilder Walks & Grateful for Guardiola
Mar 16, 2021
Ep 38 - Changing the Offside Rule, Collapse in China, the Manchester Derby & Schalke's Suffering
Mar 09, 2021
Ep 37 - Why was Barcelona's CEO arrested?
Mar 02, 2021
Ep 36 - The Scoustian Pact, Trouble in Tottenham and Villa’s Fantasy Fumble
Feb 24, 2021
Ep 35 - Social Media Abuse and the European Knockouts
Feb 17, 2021
Ep 34 - Tentative Tuchel, Pompous Peter & Heartbroken Hassenhüttl
Feb 10, 2021
Ep 33 - A Messi Contract Situation, Gambling in the Game & the Winter Window
Feb 03, 2021
Ep 32 - FIFA vs. the European Super League, Life after Lampard & The Snodgrass Scandal
Jan 26, 2021
Ep 31 - Decisive Draws, Playing in Pea Soup & the Scouting Sinecure
Jan 19, 2021
Ep 30 - Crawley Chorley Glory, Betting Bans & Silverware Significance
Jan 12, 2021
Ep 29 - Welcome Back, League Recap!
Jan 05, 2021
Ep 28 - Snubbed Subs, Pitiful Palace & Wine by the Pint
Dec 22, 2020
Ep 27 - How Sir Alex Ferguson Destroyed Manchester United
Dec 17, 2020
Ep 26 - The Kaka Cut Back, Mental Strength & Pulled Promotions
Dec 09, 2020
Ep 25 - Contact in Context, Cowardly Lampard & the Wine Drinking Maestro
Dec 02, 2020
Ep 24 - Rulebook Rewriting, Welbeck Exciting & Nicolas Fighting
Nov 24, 2020
Bonus Ep 2 - Polishing Palace, Enhancing Everton & Brightening Brighton
Nov 19, 2020
Ep 23 - Sergio vs. Didier, Sheffield Thursday & It's Always Sunny in Wrexham
Nov 17, 2020
Bonus Ep 1 - The Pay Per View Fiasco, Top Six Additions and Referee Accountability
Nov 12, 2020
Ep 22 - Pitiful Panenkas, Shrinking Silhouettes & Absent Artillery
Nov 10, 2020
Ep 21 - Soft Talking Steve, A Man of Many Clubs & the Diving Debate
Nov 03, 2020
Ep 20 - Mediterranean Milestones, VVV-Vincible & House Ancelotti of Crosby
Oct 27, 2020
Ep 19 - Captain Redbeard, Merseyside VARby & the European Premier League
Oct 20, 2020
Ep 18 - The Gladiator, The Yorkshireman & The Big Picture Project
Oct 13, 2020
Ep 17 - Gegenstressing, Training Games & Maximum Allans
Oct 07, 2020
Ep 16 - Simian Espionage, Silhouette Shenanigans & the Mystery Journeyman
Sep 29, 2020
Ep 15 - Young Trafford, Jose's Bale-Out & Dominant Calvert-Lewin
Sep 22, 2020
Ep 14 - Robin's Koch Up, Monumental Mike Ashley & Carlo's Congregation
Sep 15, 2020
Ep 13 - England's Conviction, Mike Dean's Addiction & League Prediction
Sep 09, 2020
Ep 12 - Fridge Financials, Final Denials & American Ambitions
Sep 01, 2020
Ep 11 - Messi, Maguire and Madagascar Madness
Aug 25, 2020
Ep 10 - Choupo's League, Lukaku's Legacy and a Tinker Too Far
Aug 19, 2020
Ep 9 - Bergamo Blues and Butt Penalties
Aug 11, 2020
Ep 8 - Angry Magpies, Bielsa's Super Spies and Anthony's Selective Eyes
Aug 04, 2020
Ep 7 - Beckham vs. Moyes and Jesse's Odds
Jul 28, 2020
Ep 6 - Sean Ultimatum and a Hattrick of Nigels
Jul 21, 2020
Ep 5 - Penny's Packed Lunches and Financial Foul Play
Jul 14, 2020
Ep 4 - José's Secret of Immortality
Jul 07, 2020
Ep 3 - The Christian, Martial Arts and Klopp's Kop
Jun 30, 2020
Ep 2 - Phil your Boots
Jun 23, 2020
Ep 1 - The Wealdstone Raider and The Golden Ticket
Jun 17, 2020