We are joined by a new cohost, Kema, as we debate the effectiveness of Erik Ten Hag and our assessment of his performance with the club this season. We also discussed players such as Harry Maguire and Fred and the legendary skipper Alex Ferguson.

Andy joins us for another episode, where we speak about Leeds United current struggles, and what the club needs to do to improve to avoid the drop

1. First of all congratulations on the strong performance by wales yesterday. What was the atmosphere like in Wales leading up to the match?

2. How has welsh football changed in the time you represented Cymru to now? Has there been added attention?

3. Can you walk us through how you joined Swansea City? Do you have any particular affinity for any club you’ve played with?

4. What led you to get involved as both a coach and presenter? Was that something you envisioned while you were playing or did it just naturally present itself? I’ve seen in some other interviews that you had been prepping for post career even as a player!

5. As a native welsh speaker and current presenter for S4 do you think Welsh Football has helped grow the language? 6. What are your thoughts of the Cymru Premier league? Has there been renewed interested in the league?

7. How did you hear about your first call up with Wales? Did you anticipate the call or was it unexpected?

8. What skills (both innate and learned) would you say characterizes a good defensive midfielder?

9. As someone who went through their fair share of injuries throughout your career what did you do to keep yourself motivated and work your way back through injuries?

10. What teammate/teammates were the most memorable during your career/ had the greatest impact on you?

In this episode, we speak with Luxenberg and Venecia forward, James Alves Rodrigues who has joined their Primavera squad, and is starting to make waves at only 18 years old. He discusses what football is like in Luxembourg, receiving his first call up to the national team, football in Italy, and why he ultimately opted to leave Luxembourg and play abroad.

Former Canadian National Team Striker Alex Bunbury joins the program. Alex chats about his career both with the Canucks (Canada National Soccer Time) as well as West Ham United and CS Marítimo. Alex made his debut for Canada at the age of 17 and explains how it felt to barely miss out on making the cut for Canadas 1986 World Cup Squad. Alex explains what it was like immigrating from Guyana to Canada and how he became one of the first Canadians to play for a major European football. Alex went from playing in the Canadian Soccer League to signing with West Ham United and how he dealt with the lack of playing time and his fortuitous transfer to CS Marítimo of the Portuguese Primeira Liga (Portuguese First Division) where he amassed 59 goals and won foreign player of the year award and helped guide the club to an impressive finish in the 1994-95 Taça de Portugal in which the club defeated FC Porto before narrowly losing to Sporting Clube de Portugal (Sporting Lisbon). Alex explains why he has so much admiration for Portuguese football fans and share some amusing details about his time with the club and why he decided to remain loyal to the club despite interest from other clubs. He also explains what makes a good football coach/ football manager and how he helps develop young soccer players. See https://linktr.ee/foreignfootballforecast for more information

In this episode we are joined by Zambia‘s most capped footballer Kennedy Mweene. Kennedy was named goalkeeper of the tournament after helping Zambia top their group which included Senegal, then holding Susan, Ghana and Ivory Coast goalless. Oh and did we mention he scored the winning penalty kick against Ivory Coast. Kennedy explains how to save penalty kicks, and what makes a great goalie. He explains what it’s like to suffer relegation and than be promoted the very next season with Free State Stars FC. He also explains what the differences between tactics in African football versus European football, as well as his expectations for African National Teams (particularly the Senegal National Football Team) at the 2022 World Cup. Kennedy also outlines what attributes make a great footballer (hint mentality is one of them) as well as how he decided to leave Zambia for South Africa (and his take on the Premier Soccer League). See https://linktr.ee/foreignfootballforecast for more information and episodes

In this episode we are joined by Swiss super fan Luca Loutenbach. Luca went viral following Euro 2020 after the Switzerland National Football Team (Rossocrociati if you will) defeated Les Bleus! But was he always so passionate about the national team and what about his fellow countryman? Luca explains why he became a supporter of the national team, what the football fan culture is like in Switzerland, as well as the Swiss Super League and both his (and his countryman’s) expectations for the 2022 World Cup. Luca also regales us with some interesting tales about the 2018 World Cup (hint it involves fifa offering free transportation). So if you want to learn why so many Swiss clubs like FC Basel, Young Boys and Grasshopper Zurich produce so many great players like Granit Xhaka, Breel Embolo, Djibril Sow, Xherdan Shaqiri and more than plop some headphones in and enjoy! Also find out if hockey is actually more popular than football in Switzerland. See https://linktr.ee/foreignfootballforecast for more information

A recap of the champions league, a wonder go from Haaland and the issue of lack of lack of minority managers

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In this second part of our Ghanian Football we speak about the state of the Ghana Black Stars and Ghanian Football. We uncover the reasons for Ghana's recent poor form and why the Black Stars have started to show some cracks after being one of the most powerful nations in African football. Mr. Opoku recounts Ghana's strong performance in AFCON as well as the World Cup and explains the issues in Ghana's football academies as well as as what changes must be made.  We speak about the tendency of Ghanian footballers to play in supposed "smaller european leagues" and why this has been a recent phenomenon.  You might ask yourself why Ghana has not had as many elite players recently? We have the answer.  We also look at the reasons that many Ghanian footballers have left the Ghanian Premier League as well as the prospects of Ghana in the upcoming 2022 world cup qualifying as well as the upcoming AFCON qualifers. 

 What do you all think of Ghana and what changes would you all like to see? 

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