Ball Chat Sports Podcast

This week the boys rate each PL team’s transfer window activity, with particularly high praise for Man United as the welcome back CR7. They also mull over the Champions League draw, assess MD3’s results, then try to wash Jake Paul v Tyron Woodley out of their mouths by salivating over Josh Warrington v Maurio Lara, the rematch.

Jim and Bissett track the latest movements in the transfer market including potential moves for Christiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappe. They also give the latest Premier League and Championship round-ups before Jim laments Manny Pacquiao’s latest defeat, and the boys wonder whether Jake Paul can actually beat a former UFC champion in the boxing ring.

Jim and Bissett review Match Day 1 of the 21/22 season and peek through the rapidly closing transfer window, before Jim puts Bissett through his paces in the quiz, and rounds off with the latest combat sports news.

Jim and Bissett weigh in on the biggest transfer news this summer, the God of Barcelona Lionel Messi leaving Catalonia for PSG. They decry the unfettered greed of football worldwide, take a look at The Hundred format in cricket, and examine Cyril Gane’s win for the UFC Interim Heavyweight title, as well as giving two new segments for your listening pleasure.

Jim and Bissett examine the ever-growing phenomenon of ‘the mental health angle’ in mainstream sports broadcasting, before continuing their Olympics coverage for Tokyo 2020, digging into the first morsels of transfer news for the upcoming PL season, and rounding off with the combat sports news from this last week.

After a COVID-induced hiatus Jim and Bissett return to mull over some high profile underperforming from Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka, before moving on to marvel at the gymnastics, insult the skateboarding and dressage, then rounding off with a quiet week on combat sports front.

This week Jim and Bissett wipe their tears and do their very best to give a measured account of England’s heartbreaking European Final loss to Italy. Bissett also brings the latest golfing news and a break-down of the 149th Open at Royal St George’s this weekend, before Jim finishes with Conor McGregor’s latest defeat to Dustin Poirier, and the horrific injury he suffered during the bout.

With one game remaining and eternal glory at stake, Jim and Bissett mull over the delectable possibility of England winning the Euros, reviewing the tournament semi-finals and assessing the formidable Italian team that awaits in the final. They also look ahead to the MMA extravaganza that is Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier III. What a weekend for sports!

Jim and Bissett give the England players due praise for beating Germany in the round of 16, except for Harry Kane. We dissect the rest of the games from the round including Switzerland’s shocking, exhilarating win over France on penalties, before rounding off with a combat sports section featuring Vasyl Lomacheko, the UFC’s Cyril Gane, and much more!

Jim and Bissett discuss England’s solid, if unspectacular performances en route to finishing top of Group D, as well as our chances against generational rivals Germany, who await in the last 16. We also compare our tournament predictions with the results so far, and sprint over an exciting weekend of boxing and MMA.