Footy à Deux

After a lengthy hiatus we're back to discuss how different life looks depending on what side of North London you support. Spurs sit at the top of the table while Arsenal have gone hours and hours.... and hours without scoring from open play in the Premier League. Plus, Danny Welbeck gets off the mark for the Seagulls, Dominic Calvert-Lewin nets ANOTHER brace, and a makeshift Liverpool side get the job done easily against Leicester. Pardon Our French!

Manchester United have yet again failed to win in the Premier League at home. In four games they have picked up just one point. Is Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to blame? Aston Villa, West Ham, and Burnley all lose making it a tough week for teams playing in the colors of the 1980 Philadelphia Phillies. Chelsea's new look squad improve, City and Liverpool win, and Southampton find themselves in a Champions League spot. Pardon Our French!

Chelsea and United can't find the back of the net at Old Trafford but the game did not lack controVARsy. Plus, Patrick Bamford with a brilliant hat-trick to give Aston Villa their first loss, Arsenal lack creativity in loss to Vardy's Leicester, and Man City lack creativity against West Ham. Premier League: Stock Down. Pardon Our French!

After an international hiatus, we return to discuss the absurdity in the Merseyside Derby. We also get into the Tottenham collapse against West Ham, Pep's triumph over his former assistant, Chelsea's six goal draw, and Villa's dream start. Pardon Our French!

2020 is relentless and football results are not immune to its insanity. Manchester United and Liverpool suffered massive defeats on Sunday that took the football world by surprise. The lads try to wrap their heads around it. Plus, we discuss the biggest deals of deadline day. Smart moves or panic buys? And obviously, we dive deep into the drama surrounding Gunnersaurus which ends with an unlikely hero. Pardon Our French!

Refereeing in the Premier League has hit an all time low after Spurs and Brighton end up on the wrong end of VAR. The new handball rule has created nothing but chaos thus far. Pep's Manchester City were embarrassed in their home opener by the high flying foxes of Leicester City. A Jamie Vardy hat-trick and shambolic defending see Brendan Rodger's men at the top of the table. Pardon Our French!

Zach and Jared are joined by Rotoworld Fantasy Writer, Chuck Booth, to dive deep into Spurs bringing back Gareth Bale. Chuck takes a look at what Spurs can expect from his return on and off the field. Plus, we hold off on criticizing Chelsea too heavily after their defeat to Liverpool. Pardon Our French!

The first week of the 2020/21 Premier League season is in the books. James Rodriguez was just one of the many debutants to sparkle in their first match. Jurgen Klopp criticized Chelsea's transfer policies, Arsenal breezed past Fulham, and West Ham looked awful against Newcastle. Plus, we heavily criticize West Brom's kits. Pardon Our French!

We are back for a look ahead at a brand new Premier League season. The 2020/21 season is on the horizon and Jared and Zach give their predictions for the upcoming season. Can Liverpool retain the title? Will Mikel Arteta get Arsenal back in the Champions League? Will Jadon Sancho make a late move to Manchester United? All of this and much more are debated on this week's episode. Pardon Our French!

On Footy à Deux: European Nights, we talk all things Champions League. Manchester City were gifted two goals to advance, Andrea Pirlo takes charge of knocked out Juventus, and Messi scores a stunner. We discuss the favorites in the quarterfinal ties set to take place in Lisbon later this week. Pardon Our French!

On this week's episode, Jared returns to his dismay to discuss his beloved Chelsea's FA Cup final loss to Zach's Arsenal. The Gunners won their record 14th FA Cup with a 2-1 win over the Blues. We take a deep dive into the match, the managers, the referees, and more. After, we both choose our Premier League Teams of the Season. Pardon Our French!

On this week's episode, Jared is absent due to his travels, so Zach is joined by fellow writer from Last Word on Football, Alex Ayling. Manchester United and Chelsea snuck into the Champions League leaving Leicester City in the dust. Bournemouth are relegated despite a win against Everton while Watford lose to Arsenal to lose Premier League status. Who deserves player of the year? All of that and more discussed. Pardon Our French!

On this week's episode, Zach (@zachrayment) and Jared (@JMRayment) discuss both of their clubs making the FA Cup Final. Chelsea and Arsenal defeated both sides of Manchester to set up a rematch of the 2017 final. Nigel Pearson was sacked by Watford with two games remaining. We discuss the so-called "circus" at Vicarage Road. Also, Robert Lewandowski is a bit unlucky as France Football have announced there will be 2020 Ballon d'Or award. Pardon Our French!

On this week's episode, Jared and Zach discuss Manchester City's UEFA ban being overturned. City will now be able to compete in the Champions League next season. The relegation battle took an unexpected turn with four of the clubs trying to keep Premier League status picking up wins. Also, Spurs win a deflated North London Derby to hop over Arsenal in the table. Pardon Our French!

On this week's episode, Jared and Zach discuss the multitude of clubs vying for Champions League qualification. Christian Pulisic has become the most important player at Chelsea. Does this bode well for the club's future? Manchester have the easiest run-in to finish the season, but have to make up some ground to qualify. Jerry "The Jazz" Sutherland stops by.  Pardon Our French!

In the first half of the episode, Zach is joined by Nick Koloski from The LFC Couch to discuss Liverpool's Premier League Title Win. From ownership, to Klopp, to the on field product, we take a deep look at their success. In the second half, Jared rejoins to discuss the FA Cup quarterfinal weekend and what the semi-finals may bring. Pardon Our French!

Football in England's top flight has finally returned. With 12 matches already in the book and more to come, what does the return look like? Well, for starters, David Luiz has not changed one bit. His awful performance vs Manchester City, combined with the goal-line technology blunder in favor of Aston Villa, made it feel like football never even left. Late goals, great goals, after-match fights... it's great to be back. Pardon Our French!

On this week's episode, Jared rejoins Zach after a week away to discuss what to expect from the Premier League's restart on June 17th. 96 days without football and it has finally returned. Will Chelsea hold on to the top 4 spot? Is Norwich City doomed to the Championship? All this and more discussed in great detail. Pardon Our French!

Zach is joined by David Beeden, host of Tufty Club, to discuss Sheffield United's hopes of qualifying for Europe. They still have eyes on the Champions League, but any shot at a European place will be a massive overachievement. Sheffield United also have a chance to win the FA Cup for the first time in 95 years. A big discussion about this dream season and more. Pardon Our French!

The Premier League has announced a return date. We discuss the ins and outs of the EPL coming back like if they will live up the standards of the Bundesliga, prospective neutral venues, and manufactured crowd noise. Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Pardon Our French!

In the first half of the pod, Zach is joined by the founder and creator of "The 1881 Club", Ricky Harts. They discuss the evolving Covid-19 situation at Watford and how it may affect the Premier League season going forward. In the second half, Zach is rejoined by Jared to discuss our new Bundesliga club's horrid return to football. We also dive into the lack of home field advantage in the first two weeks of football returning. Pardon Our French!

We're back to recording on a weekly basis (at least we think so) based on the Bundesliga's return. All went well in the first week, fingers crossed it stays that way. We debate whether or not football should come back given the circumstances around the world and we also discuss the latest news from the Premier League's ridiculously named, "Project Restart." Pardon Our French!

We're back to discuss the latest football news. France has ended their season, but other nations are not ready to call it quits. Will we see any more action in the 2019/20 season? We dive into that and more. Pardon Aaron Ramsey's French.

We're back for our third coronavirus update. Football might be back sooner rather than later, at least in Germany. Football federations are trying to get creative on how to handle things. We discuss all the different possibilities. Pardon Our French!

...it was scrapped before this episode drop. We decided to take a hiatus from our hiatus and discuss the Premier League's ambitious plans to start playing matches in May. We talk about why the idea is horrible, and what we would do instead. Pardon Our French!

Zach and Jared are back to discuss the chaos going on around the world with the Coronavirus. Pardon Our French!

Jared returns this week to discuss the Premier League. We focus heavily on the Manchester Derby, while also discussing Chelsea's win, Mourinho's comments, Arsenal's luck, and Liverpool's comeback. Pardon Our French!

Zach is joined by Martin Hawkins (Arsenal Content Manger for Last Word on Football) to discuss Liverpool's loss and what it means for the Reds and for the Gunners. We also discuss the results from Goodison Park and the Toilet Bowl in the Premier League as well as Arsenal's FA Cup win over Portsmouth. Pardon Our French!

We're back to discuss Liverpool's big comeback vs West Ham and the milestones they can reach this season. In addition, we discuss a big London Derby with Champions League implications, Arsenal's improving form, Manchester United's dominant showing, and Manchester City's kind of controversial win. Pardon Our French!

*Absolutely not sponsored by Little Caesars in any way. We're back during the boring winter break and we do things a bit differently. Over/unders, true and false, this or that... We discuss a wide variety of Premier League topics and make predictions on how the season will end up shaping out. Pardon Our French!

We're back to discuss the thrilling Chelsea v Leicester draw, Spurs triumph over a disappointing Manchester City, and Arsenal's lack of production away from home from their supposed stars. Pardon Our French!

We're back to discuss the FA Cup 4th round results (or lack thereof). We discuss the best matches, manager's complaints, and a bit of transfer business. Pardon Our French!

The boys are back! After the weekend and midweek matches, we sit down to discuss the biggest storylines. Liverpool still unbeaten, a big London derby at the Bridge, and Ed Woodward escaping the pitchfork wielding mob. Pardon Zach's French!

The Holiday Hiatus™ has ended and we're back to discuss Liverpool's dominance, Bourenmouth's fall from grace, and the biggest storylines from the time we've been away. Pardon Our French!

This one gets a little off the rails. It has been a bit since we last talked, so we discussed not only last weekend, but also the midweek. Miserable Arsenal, even more miserable Everton, high flying Liverpool, and Spurs on the rise. Pardon Our French!

This week we discuss the shortcomings of Arsenal and Manchester United in addition to Mourinho's first game in charge of Spurs, Liverpool's close call, and Manchester City's comeback win at home against a young, overachieving Chelsea side. Pardon Our French!

We've hopped on to do an impromptu/emergency pod regarding the big news out of North London.  Mauricio Pochettino is out and Jose Mourinho is in.  Good or bad move for Spurs? Special edition of Nick's betting bonanza as well.  Pardon Our French!

Zach is joined by Last Word on Football's Mike Lindquist. Mike is the Manchester City content manager at Last Word on Football in addition to his role as a European writer.  We discuss the bizarre finish to Man City v Atalanta, Chelsea Ajax, Spurs resurgence, Barcelona's poor play, Real Madrid's new star, and Italian club drama.  Pardon Our French.

We sped through this one due to our late night recording but we cover Manchester United's loss to Bournemouth, Liverpool and Manchester City's comebacks, Everton Spurs draw, and Leicester's top 4 push. Pardon Our French!

We're back and better (but not really) than ever.  This week we discuss CP10's first, second, and third Chelsea goals, Arsenal's catastrophe, Liverpool's comeback win, and more.  Brother Nick joins Zach and Jared for his weekly betting bonanza.  Pardon Our French!

Jared and Zach are back to discuss matchday 3 in the Champions League (mostly) and Europa League. There is a call to the bullpen for Nick's betting bonanza and Zach rants about the fixture list.  Pardon Our French!

This week our focus is the big club that lost to the little club.... City, Man United, AND Spurs all go down in the same weekend? Our thoughts and more along with analysis of the Leicester's near success at Anfield. Pardon Our French!

Zach is joined by not so special guest, Jared, for the second edition of European Nights.  We talk all English clubs involved in Europe, except for Man City and I'm only just realizing that as I type this out.  Oops.  Sorry City fans we'll get you next time.  

Jared gets delusional about the Manchester United v Arsenal fixture, and not just this edition.  The brothers discuss the Monday Night Football fixture in great detail, as well as Liverpool v Sheffield, Leicester's top 4 chances, Steve Bruce's job safety, and Pulisic's inability to get playing time.  Plus, some spontaneous Chinese Football trivia. 

For the first edition of Footy à Deux: European Nights, Zach is joined by brother Nick to talk all things Champions League and Europa League.  Nick's betting bonanza (10-leg parlay he can never win) is also included.  

The brothers have a special guest, new intern Maisy! The adorable pup gets all the mentions plus spends some time breathing heavily into the mic.  If that is a problem, this is not your type of show anyway.  Norwich City got a famous win over the Champions, Chelsea's academy provides 5 more goals, Man United convert from the penalty spot, and Arsenal fall apart at Vicarage Road.  

This week, Jared and Zach discuss in great detail the North London Derby.  Lineups, formations, tactics, managerial decisions, the atmosphere, and the standout performers.  Chelsea lost a 2 goal lead at home and Kante is clearly the missing piece.  Plus, United get yet another goal from new singing Daniel James, but can't hold onto their lead.

Zach and Jared discuss the shocking results of the week where Spurs and Manchester United failed to take points at home against relegation candidates, Liverpool's maybe dominant, maybe not so dominant win over Arsenal, and Chelsea's young crew taking all 3 points at Carrow Road.  Jared was delusional about Jack Grealish's hair on twitter this week so its only fitting that the delusion of the week might be good news for the fans and players alike at Villa Park.  

Footy à Deux: Jared Who? Most of the podcast is a solo show by yours truly, Zach.  I discuss the VAR controversy at the Etihad with Spurs feeling lucky again, Dani Ceballos' brilliant Arsenal performance, Teemu Pukki's hat-trick and name pronunciation, Sheffield's big win, and Pogba's penalty miss. Jared takes a break from building furniture to talk Chelsea v Leicester and Liverpool v Southampton.

Jared is away so brother Nick joins the pod for the first time! This guy might be the most delusional Rayment brother there is.  He and Zach discussed the Old Trafford beatdown that United gave Chelsea, how the Premier League newcomers fared, Liverpool and City's dominance, Harry Kane's importance to the title race, and Arsenal's away clean sheet.  Also, who has the worst hair in football? The title is a massive clue.