EPL Talk

John Turnbull is the proprietor of The Global Game and an editor of the book by the same name.  On Wednesday's edition of the EPL Talk podcast he joins me to talk about the importance of football in day-to-day life, the implications of the extended reach (and influence) of the Premier League, and his Arsenal fan's view of Wednesday's Champions League match at the Emirates.

Manchester United and Chelsea gave dominant weekend performances while Arsenal fell off-the-pace by tripping at St. Andrew's.  On this edition of the EPL Talk Podcast's weekend review show, Laurence McKenna and Richard Farley discuss those matches as well as the race for fourth, the relegation battle, and the impending Champions League fixtures. 

At The Offside and World Cup Blog, Daryl Grove is the Managing Editor, but though he has left his West Midlands roots and settled in the United States, Wolverhampton and the Wanderers are never far from him.  On this edition of the EPL Talk podcast, Daryl joins us to talk about Wolves, his history in fandom, and their ever-improving chances of Premiership survival. 

On the Thursday edition of the EPL Talk podcast, Laurence McKenna and myself look back at Tuesday and Wednesday's fixtures, including the claiming of the final FA Cup semifinal spot.  Also, we look forward to the weekend's matches in the Premiership, where Chelsea will be pressed to maintain their midweek form against Aston Villa. 

On Wednesday's edition of the podcast we welcome Richard Whittall, the award-winning blogger whose work can be found at A More Splendid Life and Pitch Invasion, where he is the associate editor.  In this interview he speaks a writer, musician, and Aston Villa supporter, as we talk about his approach to chronicling the game as well as the year in Villa football.

Declan Hill's The Fix has quickly become a seminal book in contemporary football, sounding the alarm on the growing problems of corruption and organized crime in world football.  Months after Declan's previous appearance on the show, we redress the issue of match-fixing in Champions League and Europa League while looking forward to the possibility of similar problems in this summer's World Cup.

Manchester United has snapped their losing streak to Liverpool while Chelsea stumbled at Ewood Park.  In this episode of the EPL Talk Podcast, I am joined by Laurence McKenna and Kartik Krishniayer to talk about those results, Arsenal's sole possession of second place, the race for fourth and the two big matches that reinforced the fight against relegation. 

In addition to being a contributor to EPL Talk, author John Nicholson writes a regular feature for Football365.com.  On today's episode of the EPL Talk Podcast, John joins me to talk about two of his recent pieces, detailing the problems at Chelsea and Liverpool, asking how each club could have avoided their recent dilemmas. 

Six weeks ago, Oliver Kay joined us ahead of the onset of UEFA Champions League's Round of 16, venturing a prediction that the English Premier League teams would find this year's tournament rougher than those of the preceding seasons.  Today, Oliver joined me to reflect on the knock-out round performances of Manchester United, Arsenal, and Chelsea.  Also, we look forward to this Sunday's match between Manchester United and Liverpool and ask what Liverpool needs to go to maintain their string of good performances over Alex Ferguson's side. 

Chelsea has been eliminated from UEFA Champions League, having lost 1-0 to José Mourinho and Internazionale at Stamford Bridge, leaving the tournament on Tuesday after a 3-1 aggregate defeat.  On this edition of the EPL Talk podcast, Kartik Krishnaiyer and myself review the Special One's return to the Bridge and ask how the surviving English Premier League sides would fair against Mourinho's Inter.  Also, we look forward to Thursday's Europa League matches and Sunday's match-up between Manchester United and Liverpool.