Squeaky Bum Time: An English Premier League Podcast

In Episode #91 of the Squeaky Bum Time Podcast, Mike and Laurent prepare you for the beginning of the Premier League season!

• We discuss the unusual philosophy that Brentford employs revolving more around xG and xP than match results, and if that's really the smartest way to govern a club. But ahead of their first Premier League match ever--in a new stadium--it's certainly gotten them this far!
• Manchester City head down to North London for the first El Douchico of the season, temporarily known as the Harry Kane Derby. Can Tottenham snatch a result against a far-from-full strength Man City side?
• Leicester City continue to do sneaky good business as they push on to get back in the Champions League places this season, including a signing of Southampton viking Jannik Vestergaard.
• Manchester United host Leeds in a game that might have some more intrigue to it than meets the eye.

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We officially kick off the second season of the Squeaky Bum Time Podcast with our comprehensive 2021-22 Premier League season preview! We discuss the impact of potential transfers like Romelu Lukaku, Lautaro Martinez, and American boy Josh Sargent! And naturally, it's time for some predictions:

• Top four finishers
• Relegation candidates
• Who takes home the Golden Boot?
• Some potential breakout players!

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In Episode #89 of the Squeaky Bum Time Podcast with Mike and Laurent, we send Season 1 of the show off on a high note!

• BOMBSHELL: Leo Messi parts ways with Barcelona! What happened? Where will he go next? Why did Barcelona tweet about it already? We cover it all!
• Jack Grealish is officially a Manchester City player! Laurent describes how he thinks Man City will line up for the new season, even without a top choice striker--sorry, Gabriel Jesus
• Aston Villa reload with the Grealish money, and might be even better off without him. We discuss some of the new signings and where they fit in for the Villains
• Fantasy Premier League Sleepers and Busts - Stick around for this part of the show, whether you play FPL Draft or not... there's a Kelechi Iheanacho reference you're not going to want to miss.

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In Episode #88 of the Squeaky Bum Time Podcast, Mike and Laurent discuss the newest twist in the Harry Kane saga, as he refused to report for training on Monday in an attempt to force a move to Manchester City, and all the Tottenham faithful turned on him immediately. That's...weird.

Also, we discuss a HUGE 24 hours for US Soccer on both the men's and women's side, as USMNT beat Mexico to capture their second trophy of the summer and USWNT get bounced in the semifinals by their own North American rivals, Canada!

We remind you how right we were about USWNT, but then go deep on how to fix the problems at hand, and why their loss might actually be a win for the women's game as a whole.

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In Episode #87 of the Squeaky Bum Time Podcast, Mike bids farewell to one of his Spurs favorites, as Erik Lamela heads to Sevilla as part of a deal that will bring young Spanish starlet Bryan Gil to North London.

Mike takes a lot of joy in USWNT's struggles, fully expecting them to be knocked out of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo by the time he wakes up.

Laurent explains how the additions of Raphael Varane and Jadon Sancho don't actually make Manchester United all that much better, and is hard-pressed to think that it makes them legitimate challengers for the league title.

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In Episode #86 of the Squeaky Bum Time Podcast, Laurent flies solo and talks deeply about the parallels between the England team of 1953 that lost to Hungary and the USWNT losing to Sweden in the Olympics 3-0. Arrogance, hubris and resting on laurels that are going to squander the lead the US had in developing woman and girls sports due to Title IX.

Then we talk the bullshit that is transfer rumors.

Our love of USL's proposed plan for Promotion and Relegation in the United States.

And finally, we finish up with Premier League stats and what they mean... plus how you can use them when you watch football.

In Episode #85 of the Squeaky Bum Time Podcast, Aveline (Laurent's daughter) joins the show! We discuss the radical rules that FIFA is testing out in youth tournaments, and get through most of the league's transfer business so far... even though there hasn't been much.

We're trying new stuff, okay?!

In Episode #84 of the Squeaky Bum Time Podcast, we welcome our friend Chari Bayanker of Topps KICK fame to the show! Chari, often the genius behind the scenes in a lot of our off-air conversations trades deep cuts with Laurent and rehashes how he defeated Mike's juggernaut team in our Fantasy Premier League team to win the championship last season!

Also, we discuss our favorite characters of the first season of Ted Lasso, and look ahead to one of the most anticipated returns of the summer!

In Episode #83 of the Squeaky Bum Time Podcast, we dive deep into the EURO 2020 Final, breaking down England's brilliant early goal, what went wrong for them after that, and Gareth Southgate's questionable decision-making on substitutions and penalty takers that ultimately led to Italy lifting the trophy at Wembley Stadium.

• The Squeaky Bum Time EURO 2020 Bracket Challenge is over! We announce the winners and recipients of $300 in World Soccer Shop gift cards, and thank the wonderful folks at both World Soccer Shop and RunYourPool.com for all their support in running this pool.
• Lionel Messi's long-awaited trophy drought with Argentina is over after a gutsy 1-0 win over Neymar and Brazil in the Copa America Final that looked more like rugby than football at times.

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In Episode #82 of the Squeaky Bum Time Podcast, Mike and Laurent wonder why the English media can't just be happy that their nation is in their first major tournament final in 55 (!) years? All this moaning about the Sterling penalty, just enjoy the ride!

• We bid farewell to Denmark, the EURO 2020 darlings, after England clinches a place in the final with a 2-1 win in extra time.
• Who are the candidates for player of the tournament? No one stands above the rest, but there's a solid group who have a case to make.
• Spain and Italy play another thrilling game in the earlier semifinal, with Italy advancing on penalties as Alvaro Morata plays both the hero and the goat in the span of just over a half hour.
• We make our predictions for the final and recap the scenarios where each of the remaining contestants can win the Squeaky Bum Time EURO 2020 Bracket Challenge!

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