Between The Lines

The curtains closes on the end of the arguably the biggest coaching rivalry in EPL history between Pep and Klopp ending in a stalemate at ANFIELD. Also, Arsenal continued with another W against Brentford. ManUtd won, Tottenham as well and a nice relegation dogfight was discussed.

We touched on the Bayerns winning with Bayern Munich scoring 8 and Harry Kane grabbing a hattrick.

Inter Milan's procession to the Scudetto continued win a W at Bologna.

Real Madrid and Barcelona both won with Atletico Madrid loosing.

We also discussed Anthony Joshua's KO against Francis Ngannou. Some NBA conversations happened as well.

We also touched on Max Verstappen winning the Saudi Arabian Grandprix.

The panelists included Oluwasegun, Ay, Ramsey and Ibukun'(the host).

Here, we dissected the Manchester Derby with ManCity winning from behind at the Etihad. We discussed what becomes of ETH and Foden's potential.

We also discussed Liverpool's kids and another late W at Nottingham Forest. We touched on Spurs and Aston Villa's top 4 aspirations.

We discussed Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen's winning run & what it means in the Bundesliga.

Simeone Inzaghi's Inter Milan's dominance was highlighted and their SerieA procession.

We wrapped football talks up with the poor officiating at the Mestalla between Valencia and Real Madrid and what it means.

Paul Pogba's ban was highlighted and also the way forward for the 🇳🇬 's Super Eagles' coaching.

We also eulogised LeBron James' getting to 40000 points and we wrapped up with the 1st Grandprix of the season at Bahrain 🇧🇭 with Max Verstappen winning it.

All these were discussed with Oluwasegun, David Alibi of Vibes FM and Ibukun'(the host).

Congratulations to Liverpool, winners of the Carabao Cup. Here, we discuss what happened in the final at Wembley.

We also discussed the league matches in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. Arsenal's win against Newcastle, ManUtd's loss against Fulham, Man City's win against Bournemouth.

We also touched on the record breaking Bayer Leverkusen and the title race in 🇩🇪.

We breezed on the procession in SerieA and wrapped up the title race in La Liga.

All these were with the crew of Oluwasegun, Ay, Lisah and Ibukun'(the host).

Arsenal have scores 21 goals in 5 EPL games in 2024. Man Utd's winning streak continues. Hojlund can't stop scoring. Man City had a draw against Chelsea. Liverpool's win streak continues. Bayer Leverkusen matches on while Tuchel and Bayern Munich lose 3 in a row. Real Madrid draw in Jude Bellingham's absence while Atletico Madrid and Barcelona win. Inter Milan continues to win.

The Kansas City Chiefs won the Superbowl with Patrick Mahomes winning his 3rd ring and its attendant meaning. We also touched on the gun culture in the 🇺🇸 with a mass shooting at the Superbowl's parade in Kansas.

We wrapped up with the NBA's All Star weekend.

All these were in the company of Ay, Lisa and Ibukun'(the host).

AFCON 2023 finals between 🇳🇬 & the hosts, Cote D'Ivoire held which the Ivorians won. Better on the day. Here, Oluwasegun, Ay, Olisaemeka and Ibukun' dissected our gains and flaws. It was passionate. Williams Troost-Ekong was the MVP of the tournament (worthy winner).

We also talked about Arsenal's 6-0 demolition away at West Ham, Manchester United's win at Aston Villa and Manchester City's continuous march on.

We delved into the tactical flexibility of Real Madrid with a statement W against Girona (2). We also touched on Inter Milan's dominance and Bayer Leverkusen whitewashing Bayern Munich and its attendant implications.

The prediction of the Superbowl between Chiefs and 9ers wrapped up the show with which the Chiefs won.

Shout-out to Olisaemeka for being an engaging guest on the show.

The AFCON 2023 continued with

🇳🇬 beating 🇨🇲 & 🇦🇴 to qualify for the semis. South Africa continued with their Ws against 🇻🇪 & 🇳🇦 and are through to face 🇳🇬 in the semis. Cote D'Ivoire beat 🇲🇱 and 🇸🇳 to face DR Congo in the semis.

In England, Arsenal beat Liverpool in a top of the table clash. Kai, Jorginho and Arteta put up a show. Chelsea continues to flounder with back to 🔙 losses & conceding 8 goals in the process.

Vitor Roque has begun to find his groove with Barcelona with back to 🔙 Ws and goals for him.

The Madrid derby ended with a stalemate and Girona drawing as well.

The Bayerns continues with their title race.

In other sports, Ay gives a short expose on the Louis Hamilton move to Ferrari and the Lakers had 2 statement wins against the Celtics and the Knicks.

All these were discussed with Ay, Oluwasegun, Ramsey, Lisah and Ibukun'(the host).

My Confessions for the year 2024.

Nigeria 🇳🇬 's win against Ivory Coast showed another side of José Peseiro. We also touched on the Portuguese speaking African countries playing the best football. The good quality of the officiating was highlighted at the AFCON 2023.

We also touched on Arsenal's win against Crystal Palace, Liverpool's win against Bournemouth & Man Utd's new CEO. ManU are putting together a front office of repute & that was discussed.

We talked about Bayern Munich's loss & Bayern Leverkusen's last gasp win against RB Leipzig.

We also discussed the La Liga's title race with Real Madrid and Barcelona registering wins. We also discussed Isco's resurgence at Real Betis and where Griezmann is in the pantheon of greats.

The NFL playoffs were discussed with Lamar Jackson having 4TDs& cementing his MVP status.

We wrapped up with the NBA's league standings with Celtics' 1st home loss against the Denver Nuggets & its meaning in the scheme of things. We also spoke about Darvin Ham's numbered days at the LA Lakers.

All these was done in the company of Oluwasegun, Ay, Folu, Ramsey, Lisa & Ibukun'(the host).

A beautiful episode started with the AFCON 2023 where 🇳🇬 and Equitorial Guinea 🇬🇳 drew. What went wrong and Jose Peseiro's performance was discussed. Debutants were also rated. We also talked about Ivory Coast's win as hosts and Egyptian 🇪🇬 lathergic performance against Mozambique 🇲🇿.

We moved over to the draw between Manchester United and Tottenham where Lisah had a mouthful. We also touched on Chelsea's resurgence in the EPL and the return of DeBruyne against Newcastle and his class.

We moved on to the SerieA title race between Inter Milan and Juventus.

Spain 🇪🇸 had us discussing the SuperCopa format, location and 💵. Vini Jr's performance in the El Clasico at the SuperCopa final was highlighted with Oluwasegun doing justice to that topic.

The Bundesliga title race debate continued.

We highlighted Bill Belichick'🐐 status as he stepped down as New England Patriots' headcoach

We touched on Chiefs' playoff win and their credentials.

We rounded up with the NBA's league standings and how soon will Darvin Ham of the Lakers be fired.

All these were done in the company of Oluwasegun, Ramsey, Ay and Ibukun'(the host).

This episode had us start off with 🇳🇬's chances at AFCON. We also discussed other nations' potentials as well.

We also discussed Arsenal's title chances, other Premier League's chances at the Fa Cup & round 3 results as well.

We touched on the title race at both the SerieA and the La Liga as well with Juventus & Inter Milan & Real Madrid & Girona respectively.

We analyzed the fast tracking of players into management in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 & its attendant risks with Rooney, Gerrard, Lampard, etc cited as examples.

We wrapped up with the potential MVPs of both the NFL and the NBA & the standings of the teams in their various sports.

All these were done in the company of Ramsey, Ay and Ibukun'(the host).