We get to the bottom of how philosophically VAR works, whether humans are to blame and if following the rules is what football is all about. We are joined by none other than Ben Ferguson, our go to philosopher from Warwick university.

'Such a beautiful individual on the inside and out.' Si, March 2021.

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Spoke to the wonderful guys over at @soccersnobs1 in sunny Canada.

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We get to the bottom of what shapes your opinion of teams and players, how you stick to your tribe and the new low of punditry in 2021.

Si experiments with voices and opens a whole new chasm of self loathing and prejudice.

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We are joined by former Leicester City striker Helen Busby to discuss the women's game and how it is evolving and growing. We ask her about her playing career, how she thinks the women's game is changing and current events surrounding high profile women in football.

Si embarrasses himself by mentioning Kevin Davies and mispronouncing an out of trend liquor.

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The final of our special three episodes in which we discuss data, transfer fees, probability and Mario Balotelli with Joost van der Leij, the Dutch statistical philosopher that helps to find players, explain their impact and promote the use of probability in football.

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We are still excited to be joined by Joost van der Leij, an academic philosopher with an incredible knowledge and understanding of how philosophy and statistical analysis of football helps to mould and shape a club and the effectiveness of players. Joost has worked with some of the top Dutch teams and we are delighted to have him on our two part special.

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In other news, we discuss our favourite chocolate by merely listing the names of them (apologies for any offence), some special Valentines plans and Si's weekly update on his feelings about all things Kevin Davies.

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Otherwise, we round up the results in the week and we check in with long term favourite Rosco and gauge his somewhat jaded views of Manchester United's chances in the league this year despite the fact they were currently scoring 9 goals against Southampton.

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Si takes the reins introducing the concept of weak and strong link sports.

We talk Chelsea, what it is to be a 'big' club and how the big two might finish their careers.

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A twosome becomes a threesome as we kick off our podcast series on the intermingling of philosophy and football.

Jim is now part of the team and we are back to discuss all things metaphysical whilst Si keeps bringing up Kevin Davies in every single debate.

In this episode we discuss Ocamm's razor and the quickest way to goal.

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In this episode we actually talk about football.

The usual array of hot potatoes are handled: Strategy, PPV, ethical quandaries and a mooted charity walk.

We look back on Villa, literally and metaphorically, and look forward to Leicester.

Si thinks he is it.

I just try to get through the time with a modicum of dignity.

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