Between The Lines

It was an engaging episode with the guest taking centre stage. We touched on the reasons why young talents are being snapped up by nations thereby boycotting cadet tournaments. We also discussed Neymar Jr passing Pelé in Brazil's colours. We had some selected Euro2024 and CAF2024 qualifiers. We touched on Victor Oshimen's hattrick.

We also touched on the Anthony's saga, the FIBA tournament and USA's poor performance and Coco Gauff's dominance and title winner in the USA Open.

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

Haaland, the PFA player of the year, the UEFA men's player of the year & a hattrick at the weekend. Arsenal's demolished ManU, Chelsea's £1b mess, the machine called Man City and other football stories.

We also discussed the comments concerning Noah Lyle's take about what "world champions" mean.

We wrapped up with the Monza Grand prix where Max Verstappen's 10th straight win was secured.

It was a full house(Folu, Ay, Oluwasegun, Lisah, Ramsey and introducing our banker extraordinaire and also multi batched UEFA licensed coach, Sanmi.

Liverpool showed class in a great game against Newcastle. Darwin's Theory came through in this game.

Arsenal playing with their food culminated in a draw, Man.City continues to win, ManU wins again at Old Trafford.

Also, Bellingham continues to outstand, Barcelona squeaks a win, Harry Kane and Mbappe's double, etc.

The Robiales fiasco took different twists and turns in a very animated conversation and we wrapped up with Max Verstappen's home win at the Dutch Grandprix. His 9th straight win.

This recording had Folu, Ay, Oluwasegun, Lisah and Ibukun'(the host).

A milestone episode where we discussed the journey so far & some hot takes that have occured on the pod. Great one as we went down memory lane.

We also discussed the current sports news- Chelsea continuous floundering, Manchester United's inconsistency, Harry Kane's potential with Bayern Munich, Bellingham's play at Real Madrid, Oshimen's continuous greatness.

We wrapped up with Spain winning the Women's World Cup.

This 100th episode had Ay, Ramsey, Oluwasegun and Ibukun'(the host).

A lively discussion where the return of the leagues for 2023/2024 season. The EPL, La Liga, Ligue 1 all began. The marquee game was the Chelsea vs Liverpool which ended in a score draw (1-1). This match was thoroughly dissected by the panel including the other games, the new officiating rules & the raft of major injuries to some key players.

We had David Olayinka (the fitness coach for Sporting Lagos)in our midst. He discussed his journey and some methods fitness wise that Sporting Lagos used to win Super 8 and also how quickly the team has grown.

We rounded up with the NBA Hall of Fame, 2023 inductees(Paul Gasol, Dirk Nowitziki, Tony Parker, Greg Popovich, Becky Harmon, Dwayne Wade, etc.)

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

A very engaging conversation where we dissected the FA Community Shield,2023. It had takes from Oluwasegun, Ay Ramsey, Lisah and Zach Lowy. Zach Lowy continued with his exposé on Goncalo Ramos' move to PSG from Benfica. We also had a comparative analysis between him and Hojlund.

The Women's World Cup update with the big news being USA kicked out.

We also touched on Anthony David's 3-year extension with the Lakers and what it means.

We wrapped up with the Afrobasketball tournament (Female Edition) with Nigeria winning it for the 4th time. Dynastical!

A great podcast with a new guest, Capt Jeff. It had the following topics:

- The latest transfers

- The latest international friendlies

- Women's World Cup with a short exposé into what causes the major injuries for the women in football

- Max Verstappen's winning run continuing at the Belgian Grandprix

- Jaylen Brown's mega extension of $304m, 5-year extension

- Crawford's massacre of Errol Spence

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

The return of Olisa was a welcome development with the discussion of the transfer window with less heralded talents. Mbappe and PSG's game of hide and seek continued this week. We also touched on the friendlies including ManU beating Arsenal. The Women's World Cup was thoroughly analysed with Olisa giving an exposé on the teams, players and styles of play.

We wrapped up with the Hungarian Grandprix which Max Verstappen won after Louis Hamilton's pole finish the previous day.

This discussion had 'Folu, Ramsey, Lisah, Ay, Oluwasegun,Olisa and Ibukun'(the host).

A very lively discussion where we talked about Arsenal's new signings: Rice & Timber. We touched on Harry Maguire stepping down as Manchester United's captain. We also discussed the aquittal of Benjamin Mendy & what it means.

Finally, we did some Nigerian Premier League & talked about the Super 6 competition in which Sporting Lagos picked up the silverware.

We wrapped up with the Wimbledon Open where Alcaraz beat Djokovic in a gruelling 4.5 hours. He is 20 & his 2nd grandslam title.

All these were done in the company of Oluwasegun, Ay Ramsey, Ugochukwu (guest and Twitter influencer) & Ibukun'(the host).

12 years and multiple accolades and Man U's best player for about a 4-5 year stretch. We discuss his legacy, contract situation,why he left & whether handled properly.

We also touched on Chelsea's outgoings, Harry Kane's potential move to Bayern Munich, Xhaka's move to Bayern Leverkusen and also PSG's transfer dealings. We also analyzed the Mbappe saga.

We touched on the British Grandprix with Verstappen's win and Louis Hamilton's podium finish. We rounded up with Wenbeyanma's Summer League "so so" debut.

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