The Generic Football Show

Si and Dan are back to discuss a host of football topics, including: - The transfer window - Mauricio Pochettino - The problem with the culture at Manchester United

After a big game between Top Premier League club Liverpool and 'Top' Premier League club Newcastle United. Si and Dan discuss if Newcastle was naive to throw away the lead. Plus, as the conclusion of the Transfer Window draws close, Si and Dan discuss who needs more signings. Also, Silas asks, "what is Kai Havertz?"

Dan and Silas are back after a long hiatus and debate over a number of football-related topics. Is the Saudi Pro League spending loads of money a viable business plan? Will it become a league as big as the Premier League? Who would win in a game between Saudi Pro League All-Stars and the Premier League Summer '23 leavers all-stars? Did Kane make the right decision moving to Bayern Munich... Is he the next Stefan Effenberg? Why does no one want to go to Liverpool? Did Onana foul Dawson? Does a foul always lead to a free-kick? All that and more as The Generic Football Show returns. Join the Generic Football League using the code: 5ker4n

...We are not actually going to Morocco but we are reporting on what’s happening in Cameroon as AFCON has begun. In ‘AFCON Watch’, we discuss the opening few games, who are our favourites for the tournament and why does AFCON not get he respect it deserves? Also, the FA Cup third round took place at the weekend. We discuss (as we do everytime the FA Cup comes about) has the FA Cup lots it’s magic? January means transfers! Who has gone where, who is going where?! Finally! The return of the QUIZ… Si and Dan quiz each other on the 3 aforementioned topics. Shout out Baiteze for the ‘We’re Going to Morocco’ inspiration 

Dan and Si discuss the controversy surrounding referee/VAR decision in the big game at the weekend between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool. What constitutes to a foul and is a penalty a fair consequence? Games ar being called off due to Omicron being in the air. Should the Premier League skip a round of games to allow some leeway? Also, who is moving in January's transfer window? 

Who wants to be a captain and have all the responsibility like Aubameyang? Who wants to be a defender and have every decision go against you even when the attacker initiates the contact?... and who wants to be a millionaire, like Aubameyang? Dan and Silas discuss Aubameyang and the discipline. or lack of, at Arsenal. They also discuss the Champions League draw and what should we do about penalties? Also, who wants to be Andrei Arshavin, drawing out the balls in the Champions League draw

Dan and Silas discuss what the newfound optimism at Manchester United as Gandalf takes the wheel at the Premier Leagues protagonist club. West Ham look really good but just how good are they and can they sustain this form and make a push for Europe next year? and Aston Villa have new manager bounce, but are they Gerrard enough? All that and of course Dan slandering Arsenal! Recording whilst watching the Champions League goal show on BT Sport

Si and Dan discuss Ralf Rangnick (whose name sounds like a record being played backwards - like the bit in Missy Elliot's, 'Work It') as well as breaking down their thoughts on the 2021 Ballon d'Or rankings. They also discuss the World Cup play-off draw for European teams... One of Wales or Scotland and Italy and Portugal aren't going to make it?! Plus, Silas says F**K Ronaldo?!

We're finally back! Dan and Silas return after a long hiatus to discuss the ever-changing roster of managers in the Premier League following Ole leaving Manchester United and Conte joining Spurs.  Are Arsenal on the way up and why does Dan have such a problem with them? Does Kane need to leave Spurs to have a 'good career' (like Jamie Vardy)... Even Alan Shearer won a Premier League title Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegenericfootballshow/ Join our Fantasy Premier League: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/8rhtfw

Dan and Silas round up the Euros so far looking at each group and declaring their predictions for the Quarter Finals and beyond. Also, who's left in the Sweepstake and how are they doing? Check out the Sweepstake draw here: https://fb.watch/6sJUX6WZNJ/ Follow us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheGenericFootballShow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thegenericfootballshow/

Dan and Si select the Premier League 11s of the year as well as round up the end of the season and look ahead to the Champions League Final!

Dan and Silas quickly catch up on a rare day where no major football is being played to discuss the FA Cup, where Leicester City, formerly the only team to have won the league and never the FA Cup, take home the glory and restore the magic. Fans were back at Wembley, the Leicester fans made themselves heard as they booed their former player Ben Chilwell who nearly had the last laugh if it wasn't for VAR. Strangely, they didn't boo N'golo Kante however who is also a former player of theirs?! But have Leicester sacrificed the race for the top 4 by taking home the FA Cup? and should you qualify for the Champions League by winning the FA Cup?  In the race for the top 4, Alison towers over everyone and gyrates his neck to thunderbolt a header in the last minute and clinch 3 points for Liverpool against an already relegated West Brom.  Ferran Torres nets a hat-trick included a back healed volley for the champions Man City who won despite conceding the goals away to Newcastle United. Elsewhere, is Emma Hayes a good fit to take the vacant manager role at Tottenham? The French Ligue 1 *orgasmic noise* is set up for an exciting finish wherewith one game left, three teams are still in contention of winning! Hopefully, it's not a Lille too late! What's your favourite European league outside of the Premier League?

Dan and Silas have a debate about the proposed Super League, money and competition in Football. Was the proposed Super League potentially a good thing for football and is something similar inevitable?

After a short hiatus, Dan and Si break down from bottom to top how they see the Premier League season finishing. Can West Brom and/or Fulham stay up? At least Sheffield aren't as bad as Derby County 07/08... who played for them again? Will West Ham qualify for the Champions League? How could Dan get his prediction at the start of the season so wrong?!

On a rare occasion where Dan and Si are together, the mandem discuss the recent football in the Premier League and Champions League whilst they walk along the River Thames in Oxford!

Dan and Si speak about the weekend's action including Manchester United's triumph in Manchester over local rivals City Bale and Kane are really good aren't they? Fulham is on the up whilst Liverpool are on the decline... Is Klopp on the way out and Gerrard on the way in? Wan Bissaka is a good left-back but what if he just wants to play for DR Congo?  What do Sean Dyche and Tom Malone Snr have in common? Does Isaac Hayden look like a young Bob Marley? Who are the UB40s and why is Silas so excited about them?

On a weekend where Everton reclaim Anfield for the first time in the 21st century and West Ham reclaim London, Silas and Dan discuss why English players are difficult to manage yet unable to use their ego's to their advantage...

Another top 10 countdown In this one, Dan and Silas count down their favourite African footballers to ever grace the Premier League. From South Africa to Senegal, Togo to Tunisia and of course, Nigeria, Ghana and Ivory Coast, the Premier League wouldn't be the same without African players. In the past few years, the goalscoring charts have featured players from Gabon, Egypt and Senegal at the top. Tune in to find out who made Dan & Silas' top 10 and have a think about who would be in yours!

Dan and Silas purr over just how good Man City are whilst Silas feels smug that he triple captained Gundogan in his #FPL team.  Are VBM (Vardy, Barnes, Maddison) the new 'front 3' we should be talking about? Silas reels off the stats to make their claim. Au-back-eyang, Magic Maja and the Fulham stay-up brigade and is Diagne the lovechild of Sadio Mané and Usain Bolt?  All that and more on the Generic Football Show! Join the Generic Football League https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/pyirro League Code: pyirro

The first of our new bonus series where Silas and Dan count down their Top 10s. In this one, Dan and Silas count down their favourite South American footballers to ever grace the Premier League, from Guyana to Guatemala, Uruguay to Venezuala and obviously Argentina and Brazil. Who's their number 1s? and who would make yours? 

Man City brush aside Liverpool and Dan has decided that he doesn't like Phil Foden! Manchester United are too complacent to see off Everton and instead must settle for a draw, should we change how injury-time works to make sure Manchester United win matches? After Sean Dyche's strange press conference about the Looky-Likey game, Dan and Silas ask which professional football player do you most look like? 

After another week and weekend of Premier League action, Dan & Si discuss how much Spurs miss the current Kane and the old Bale, the wonderful unorthodox style of and shape of Tanguy Ndombele. Be sure to check out our friend Daniel Watkinson's post 'Tan Guy Love' here They also question if Oleksandr Zinchenko is the new Kevin De Bruyne as Man City look set to run away with the league. Dan goes back on his pre-season predictions about West Ham and Silas goes back on his about Mohamed Salah. With all the attacking options available to England at the moment? Which attacking midfielders would you choose for the England Euros squad? All that and more on the Generic Football Show

Manchester United knock Liverpool out of the FA Cup and Silas is ecstatic! Also, Frank Lampard has been sacked as Chelsea manager!

Dan & Si catch up to talk about the most anticipated game of the season…  They even went to special lengths to get a special edition cover art for this episode! Their two favourite clubs, respectively…  The two most successful clubs in English Football… Liverpool going for 36 points and a 20th league title to match United's points and league title totals… United was trying to increase their lead over Liverpool in the short term and the long term….  All this for it to end in a goalless draw. Are city now the undisputed favourites with the form they’re in and with the team they have? Has Ozil just gotten out of the situation Bale is just getting into? Does Ndombele’s strange body shape work in his favour? Does McGoldrick’s running style work against him? Is the Black Country derby the best derby there is? So Blades fans sing Billy Sharp Do Do Do-Do Do-Do in the style of Baby Shark?  … and just how nice is Harry Winks?

Dan & Silas catch up for the first time in 2021 and for the first time in ages to discuss Manchester United and Liverpool's chances of winning the Premier League! Dan challenges Silas to see if he can work out who are the top 5 most valuable players in the world (Messi, Ronaldo and Neymar come nowhere near). The mandem discuss the significance and advantages of being a great player when entering the world of football management + an off the cuff QUIZ!

Dan and Silas catch up to discuss the week of Champions League football, where Liverpool's kids step up to the plate and Manchester United are unlucky despite the quality performance. Plus, Dan discussed his Football Bug Bears and breaks down who is World Class and who isn't!

Dan and Silas commemorate the life and footballing ability of the late Diego Maradona who passed away from a Cardiac Arrest, aged 60 on the day of the recording. They discuss how the game has become more important than just having good players and how teams can do with simply good tactics. Paul Pogba is the perfect example? as Manchester United looked great without him against the 'Istanbullies' Whilst recording the pod, Champions League football was in full swing and Liverpool was losing to Atalanta All that and more on The Generic Football show

Dan and Silas discuss (whilst watching the Champions League) the importance of teams deploying systems in today's team football. Does Donny van de Beek fit into Manchester United's system? Do Manchester United even have a system? On the other hand, why does Liverpool's system work so well? Diogo Jota fits in perfectly?! All that and more on the Generic Football Show!

Dan and Si catch up and reflect on game week 5's action in the Premier League! Is it too early to say or are there going to be unlikely winners and losers this year?

On a weekend where the two most successful clubs (and our hosts' respective supported clubs) conceded 13 goals between them, Dan and Si discuss the current state of affairs of Premier League teams. Plus a round-up of the Transfer Window and the deadline day deals and a look ahead to the Champions League groups!

Dan and Silas discuss the first round of games in the Premier League and analyse how Gareth Bale fits into Jose Mourinho's plans as he returns to Tottenham. Is James Rodriguez... actually... good? Were the boys wrong about Salah? All that and so much more on the Generic Football Show

As the new Premier League season begins, Silas & Dan are calling it! Who will win the league? Who will finish top 4? Who will get relegated? Who will win the Golden Boot? Who will win Player of the year? Any surprise packages? Unpopular opinions? Also, be sure to join our new Fantasy League 'The Generic Football League' and get the week-to-week lowdown of how you're getting on in the league table on the pod! Code to join: PYIRRO

Dan and Silas conclude the last round of games in the Premier League and announce their best 11 and hand out a number of Prestigious Generic Football awards

Si and Dan discuss the weekend's FA Cup action as well as take a forward look to the final games of the Premier League. Who will make the top 4 and who will make the bottom 3?

The first time Dan and Silas speak since Liverpool have been crowned as champions of the Premier League 19/20, but how does Dan feel about it? Are Michail Antonio and Jordan Henderson any good? and how? Was Dan right about Newcastle and is the North London derby the least anticipated North London derby we've had for a decade?!

Dan & Silas, discuss the multitude of premier league football over the last week whilst watching the Chelsea vs Man City game as Dan eagerly awaits Liverpool to be crowned as Premier League champions

Prior to the season restarting, Dan and Silas find a moment to reminisce on some of their favourite players to have never played for their favourite respective clubs. They also take the opportunity to reminisce on some of their favourite football kits of past and present.

Have you missed us?  Well, we have missed each other... The Generic Football Show is back after a short hiatus. Dan and Silas discuss how excited they are now the Premier League is back. Silas has cheated on football with Basketball after watching 'The Last Dance' on Netflix. Countries are buying clubs and smaller clubs are suffering and the almighty quiz returns, but who has the best knowledge on the top European leagues?

Dan & Silas catch up via a Zoom meeting to discuss their favourite goals of all time!

Whilst there is no football on. Here is a golden opportunity to reminisce on some of our favourite football memories!

In a special episode. Silas and Dan countdown their Top 20 players in the world in the 21st century. Some strong arguments and lots of controversies. Who would make yours?

COVID-19 has postponed all football (or at least, all of the football we like to talk about). As a result the mandem bring you a slightly shorter episode talking about Corona virus and the week's Champions League games

On a weekend where Manchester United completed the league double over their city rivals for the first time in a decade and Chelsea thumped Everton. Liverpool edge closer to winning the title and Tottenham and Mourinho are dun out here! All that and a load of giggles on the Generic Football Show

This week, Silas is tired after a big weekend in Dublin.  Guardiola has now claimed eight of the past nine trophies on offer in England, including Community Shields with Phil Foden impressing in the final of the League Cup. Watford ends Liverpool's unbeaten run and prove that Liverpool is vincible after all, but still will win the league anyhow. Dan hates Arsenal and their fans Controversy as Manchester United come unstuck against their bogey team, Everton after Jeepers Keepers, David De Gea's gift to the prolific Calvert-Lewin. Tottenham field a somewhat unfamiliar team and lose to the best of the chasing pack Wolves! The Eagles play against the Seaguls and the Eagles win! Alonso saves Chelsea's bacon against Bournemouth as they try and fight their way out of a relegation battle. Norwich with the highest mountain to climb, put on their hiking boots and axe down the tall tree which is Leicester Newcastle played against Burnley... Plus we talk about the Champions League

After a short time off with the Winter Break, Silas and Danc catch up to discuss what football they watched during the Downtime in the Premier League. One eye on the Championship and who is likely to come up with only 9 points separating Leeds in 2nd and Cardiff down in 9th.  Likewise in the Premier League, the upper-middle echelon of the table means that almost anytime is in with a chance of earning a premier league spot, especially with Man City now banned for 2 seasons?! Catch all this and more on the Generic Football Show!

Another head to head between Dan & Si's favourite clubs and inevitably Liverpool somewhat comfortably come out on top. Looks likely that Liverpool they'll win the league, it's just a case of when.  Big game at the bottom of the league between Norwich and Bournemouth. The boys discuss who they think will be going down! Leicester City and Man City both drop points with Man City conceding late against their bogey team Crystal Palace and Leicester being stunned against the run of play at Burnley. Dan invites Sean Dyce to the pub even though he's going off of Burnley?! How many Turkish Premier League players can you name? The ref looked at the VAR screen?! Is Nathan Redmond Theo Walcott?! and oh... Happy Anniversary

This week, Si and Dan round up the weekend's action of football with a heavy focus on the magnificent Aguero as he sets a new record as the greatest ever foreign goalscorer in the Premier League. The conversation around Marcus Rashford being world-class or not is back! Liverpool set a new record for the greatest start to a league in the top 5 European leagues. They also discuss the English strikers who smashed it in the Championship but are never quite good enough for the Premier League Join our Fantasy Football League: code - pbbmxi

Dan and Silas look back at an incredible decade of football!  - Ronaldo vs Messi - The 3 World Cups including a first in Africa, the Germans thumping Brazil in Brazil and a Semi-Final for England!  - Leicester City winning the league, with Vardy breaking records - Agueerooooo - Some incredible Champions League come backs for Barcelona, Roma, Liverpool and Spurs - Gareth Bale's incredible goal against Liverpool in a Champions League final - Legendary players becoming managers - Financial Fair Play and Unfair play - The Premier Leagues two longest-serving managers bowing out and so much more.. What was your highlight? @TheGenericFootballShow @Silecta @DSamworth

Dan went to see Oxford vs Man City at the Kassam Stadium in the Quarterfinals of the Carabao cup. The boys discuss the Carabao Cup, Champions and touch on the league with close attention the recent shift in managers!

After a 2 week hiatus, the boys are back in full effect. After week that saw Manchester United defeat Mourinho's Spurs and Pep's Man City, Silas is feeling very positive about Rashford's World Class ability! Dan on the other hand is unhappy that Liverpool aren't getting the credit they deserve. We also discuss, does Messi deserve the Ballon D'or for a record 6th time? Does Gabriel Jesus deserve more credit? Did Amazon do a good job televising the Premier League and just how bad are arsenal? Also how is the Generic Football League looking? Join our league with the code: PBBMXI All that and more on the Generic Football Show