Starting in Outliers there is a thought line which can be drawn all the way to...Poch...so the podcast looks at why Chelsea will be such an issue this season. They also cover:

- Whether Potch is a good for Chelsea

- The nature of 'one off' success in sport (Radacanu, Leicester)

- Newcastle next year, will they struggle?

- Ideal and worst case draw for Newcastle in the Champions League

Host, Laurence McKenna and guest Jamie Slevin dive in.

What is the best way to work out the best team in the land?

Laurence McKenna and Jamie Slevin explore...

Messi has been presented as an Inter Miami player and it was glorious.

Laurence McKenna and Jamie Slevin discuss.

EA FA have finally launched their vision for the future of football simulation. Laurence McKenna and Jamie Slevin look at what comes next for EA and FIFA.

How far back can you go back in time and maintain the current football players at the top level of the game?

Host, Laurence McKenna and Jamie Slevin go through the timeline to work it out.

Threads launched. Is it really the Twitter killer?

Host, Laurence McKenna and guest Jamie Slevin go through the levels that this launch impacts.

This isn't game theory but it is the theory of games.

Laurence McKenna hosts Jamie Slevin as they talk games and how we are playing one big game with the game we love.

Glastonbury weekend. The ultimate. The world’s greatest festival might have come and gone, but not without sparking the thought: what might the perfect festival of football look like?

Host Laurence McKenna and guest Jamie Slevin go through:

- The football formats on show. A Merseyside derby, but Beach Soccer?

- The potential for cult guests - a surprise appearance from Federico Macheda?

- What’s on offer for the footballing hipsters (catch you at Santos u18s)

- Johnathan Wilson’s inevitable stint at the ‘Inverting The Pyramid’ stage

- Bobbly pitches and 19th century village style games for the punters

Deleuze and Guattari chat evolves into consumption of football and how we feel about where the game is going!

You will have needed to listen to episode 3 for this so step back in the feed if you haven't listened yet. If not, enjoy!

Drop Laurence a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, we'd really appreciate it!=

▶️ Jamie's Channel: https://youtube.com/@jamieslev

📱 Laurence's Channel: https://youtube.com/@laurencemckenna

Apple released a vision (pro) of the future last week and it got Laurence thinking: "What does the future of watching sports look like?" So in this podcast, Laurence and his guest, Jamie Slevin, look at:

- Where sports broadcasting started.

- How watching and consuming football has changed up to now.

- What AR and VR offer to our sport.

- What they want to see in AR.

- The dystopian future of the sport...depending on your perspective.

Drop Laurence a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, we'd really appreciate it!

▶️ Jamie's Channel: https://youtube.com/@jamieslev

📱 Laurence's Channel: https://youtube.com/@laurencemckenna