It's the namesake episode this week as we discuss penalties of all kinds - dodgy, stonewall and missed pens featured heavily in Serie A this week. Plus, we talk about millimetrical offsides, and the ghost game in Venice...

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It's a slimmed down show to go with a slimmed down Serie A calendar as four teams are away in Saudi playing the Supercoppa. We review that, and also discuss Juve going top of the league, Roma and Empoli getting wins after a change of manager, and Marco starts to worry about Venezia's leaky defence...

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On this slightly longer-than-normal episode, we discuss all manner of well-struck goals (or thunderb*stards, as Giancarlo so eloquently puts it) in a variety of games including Milan- Roma, Napoli- Salernitana and Venezia-Sampdoria. Plus we look ahead to the sorry spectacle of the Supercoppa Italia in Saudi Arabia...

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Our first show of the new year sees us with lots to cover, from Inter's controversial win against Verona, Juve's late win in Salerno and poor old Pasquale Mazzochi's debut for Napoli. Plus, Fiorentina lose and we look ahead to the return of Serie B next weekend.

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Our final episode of the year sees us laughing at both ludicrous VAR penalties and comedy goals from this weekend, as well as looking back on Fiorentina and Venezia's years as a whole - and strangely finding out we are pretty happy with how things have turned out

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We look back at a successful week in Europe for all 7 of Italy's teams, wonder whether Inter are marching towards the scudetto, discuss Fiorentina's lucky win v Verona (and their horrible strip), and find out how none of the top teams in Serie B managed to win...

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A fine ranting episode as Giancarlo is frustrated with Roma's antics v Fiorentina, while Marco bemoans Venezia failing to take advantage of a red card v Cremonese. Elsewhere, we cover the traditional 1-0 win for Juve, and try to do justice to Muriel's incredible winner for Atalanta against Milan.

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We are getting giddy this week as Venezia win again thanks to a sublime piece of skill from Denis "Magic" Johnsen, while Fiorentina also win thanks to a fine goal from Sottil. Elsewhere, we look at Inter's victory over Napoli, as well as discussing Gatti's interesting winner for Juve... Plus, we look at the draw for Euro 2024 and wonder how Italy will fare...

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We're back after the international break, reflecting on Italy's qualification for the Euros and what may lie ahead for them. We also look at the resumption of the leagues in Italy as Juve and Inter fight to a stalemate, Milan sneak past Fiorentina, Empoli and Sassuolo share a 7 goal thriller, and Venezia go top of Serie B!

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Much to talk about this week, from asking whether Frosinone are the most exciting team from the Lazio region, wondering whether Milan were lucky v Lecce, and talk about a VAR-packed return to victory for Fiorentina. Plus, Venezia win again and now have daylight in second place, and we look ahead to the crunch Italy games with North Macedonia and Ukraine!

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