Infinite Football

Ryan O’Hanlon is joined by Brett Koremenos for a listener-mailbag show. Among the questions answered: How high would you take Pep Guardiola in a league-wide fantasy draft? Why don’t managers use their subs earlier? What historical soccer team would be best suited for a death match against a squad of extraterrestrials? What would it take for a new club to break into the Top Six? And more!

Ryan O’Hanlon is joined by Brett Koremenos to draft their top eight teams in the Premier League. Then, they discuss Barcelona’s Messi-less struggles, Atletico Madrid’s layups-only offense, and the transfer window’s loan-deal obsession.

Also, an announcement: For next week’s episode, we’re doing a mailbag. Please send in your questions!

Ryan O’Hanlon is joined by Brett Koremenos to discuss now-retired Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck’s soccer bonafides (and his USMNT prospects?), before dissecting all of the upheaval from a wild Matchday 3 in the Premier League. They end with a conversation about Serie A: How badly does Italy need a title race?

Some pieces referenced in the show:

-Ryan on Manchester City for ESPN: https://www.espn.com/soccer/english-premier-league/story/3926191/should-we-be-worried-about-man-citys-superteam-dominating-the-premier-league-in-the-long-term-Nick Dorrington’s Watford preview for Statsbomb: https://statsbomb.com/2019/08/watford-2019-2020-season-preview/-Flavio Fusi’s Serie A preview for Statsbomb: https://statsbomb.com/2019/08/who-wants-to-dethrone-juventus-napolis-quest-for-the-scudetto/

In this week’s episode of Infiinte Football, Ryan O’Hanlon is joined by Brett Koremenos to discuss Matchday 2 of the Premier League season, along with the starts of La Liga, the Bundesliga, and Ligue 1.

-Ryan’s piece on Kevin De Bruyne: https://nograssintheclouds.substack.com/p/i-watched-all-nine-of-the-chances

Ryan O’Hanlon is joined by Brett Koremenos (@BKoremenos) to discuss the most important questions ahead of the 2019-20 Premier League season — and how the answers changed after Matchday 1.

-Will there be another title race between Manchester City and Liverpool?-Who’s the best of Tottenham, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Manchester United?-Will anyone else break into the top six?-Which promoted teams can avoid relegation?

In the inaugural episode of Infinite Football, a podcast from No Grass in the Clouds, Ryan O’Hanlon is joined by writer Noah Davis to discuss the lack of progress made by the US Men’s National Team, the proper expectations for the team, and the right way to think about tactics. After you listen, check out Noah’s profile of Bob Bradley for ESPN. Please send feedback!