FootyNotes Podcast

A look at the round of La Liga fixtures from the weekend of Halloween. 

Barcelona draw at home to Alaves 😩

Valencia takes all 3 points in the derby against Villareal. 

In this episode, I discuss Arsenal's impressive win away at Leicester. 

Early goals.

Trusting the defense. 

Relationships appear to be strengthening all around the pitch for Mikel Arteta's men [on both sides of the ball]

Back 3 issues seem to be solved in the last two games as the gunners force opponents to abandon the back 3 structure at half-time, score 5 goals, and concede 1 in the two games. 

In this episode, I am venturing into German Bundesliga territory. 

I talk about a few things that are special players in the League. 

I also look at a couple of surprises after 9 games. 

Leicester vs Arsenal chatter. 

A look at EFL results as Manchester City loses a Carabao Cup tie for the first time in nearly 5 years, 

Barcelona's sacking of Koeman,

Juventus loses to Sassuolo,

Arsenal advance to the quarter-final while giving much-needed minutes to squad players who needed them. Martinelli & Pepe failed to force Arteta's hand for selection. AMN shined in midfield. 

And more...............

In this episode, I talk about the Premier League matches from the last round of fixtures. Manchester United and Everton were embarrassed in front of their home fans as they shipped 5 goals. 

Chelsea 7 - 0 Norwich

Brighton 1 - 4 Man City

Palace 1 - 1 Newcastle

Leeds 1 - 1 Wolves

Southampton 2 - 2 Burnley

Everton 2 - 5 Watford

Brentford 1 - 2 Leicester

West Ham 1 - 0 Spurs

Man United 0 - 5 Liverpool

In this episode, I look at the Arsenal win over Aston Villa at the Emirates on Match Day 9. After coming for some Criticism Mikel Arteta and his young Arsenal team responded in an emphatic fashion to silence critics. 

I do a review of key contributions made by all players in the starting 11, The referee - Craig Pawson, and Mikel Arteta with his coaching staff. I decided to do a more in-depth review of each contributor without giving a number - I thought this way I would be forced to be more descriptive with what I am saying and therefore, offer better/clearer explanations. 

In this episode, I am joined by the Swift Kicks Podcast trio of Ben, Alex, and Steve to talk about the Newcastle takeover and a whole variety of topics. I apologize for the sound of my voice. I was loud and sounded a bit mad 😠 - I swear I was not. I had never recorded a podcast in this way before. 

We talk about the journey of these 3 awesome podcasters and how they came about. They shared bits of their individual stories as football fans and how they came together to create their podcast. 

We talked about Newcastle United from one Newcastle fan's perspective and the rest of us shared from our vantage points. 

There was a lot of laughter and interrupting, please forgive me in advance if you are looking for clean transitions between speakers. We just went with it and had a bit of fun. 

I hope you will enjoy 

This episode is all about Aaron Ramsdale. 

Thought on Arsenal's signing of the player. 

What critics said. 

What he has done since arriving at Arsenal. 

In this episode, I do a think-aloud session about the Newcastle United Takeover. 

I talk about the hypocrisy and fear of the footballing world, the unsustainable sugar-daddy model of success in football. 

Let's give the Newcastle fans a break because most of us would feel the same or similar to them after Mike Ashley's tenure. 

The flaws in the current structures of governance. 

The billionaires are in the building and they are here to stay it would appear. 

Jack Wilshere training at Arsenal

France vs Belgium.