The Offensive Third

The Offensive Third

By Brett Hullander, Hemal Patel, Ryan Poore, Asher HaleSportsSoccer
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  • Episode 30 - The King, The Prince, and The Arsenal

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    Welcome back, TOT fans! We are back after a week off, and discussing some big happenings in and around the Premier League! 

    We start off with Liverpool, and discussions of Salah, the King. What's his standing in PL history, who is he as a man, and where do he and the Reds go in the next two years?

    After that, we cover Spurs and United, and wonder if they would be in relegation scraps were it not for the bottom three being poorly. However, the prospect of a Spurs-United European final is as tasty as any the senior competition might offer. 

    As we cover the other games of the week, we turn our attention to the Egyptian Prince, Omar Marmoush. Only Salah has more goals since he has joined the league, and everyone is quite impressed with him. 

    And, of course, we cover the biggest European night in Arsenal's history since the final against Barcelona. After Rice's heroics in London, what will the Gunners have for the largest of European giants at the Bernabeu? We discuss the prospects, and offer our predictions for the game Wednesday that will command the attention of the footballing world.

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    59 min
  • Episode 29 - The Break Is Finally Over!

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    Welcome back TOT fans! 

    Shew, we survived the LONGEST INTERNATIONAL BREAK LITERALLY EVER. It has felt like ages, but the league is back and we are ready.

    This week we discuss the USMNT debacle vs Panama, the FA Cup and where should the semifinals be played, Trent leaving Liverpool, and discuss the best games for the upcoming week. Then we finish with some quite difficult PL trivia to end the show, during which you'll hear a lot of "hmm" and "errrr," but not a lot of correct answers. Try it at home and see how you do! 

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    1 hr 12 min
  • Episode 28 - The Show About Nothing

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    Welcome back TOT fans!

    On the show this week we tackle the week to forget for Asher with his Liverpool team crashing out of Champions League and losing the Carabao Cup Final. How quickly things can turn from "bring on Real Madrid and the sliverware," to "are we going to bottle the league!?"

    Dale, Casey, and Cobalt discuss the snoozefest that was Arsenal v Chelsea, Ryan just hopes that Ange keeps his job through to next season, we discuss games we didn't bother to watch, and we briefly get into the upcoming International Break, which we all need at the moment, quite frankly. This is our last break until the end of the season when one of our teams will be crowned at Premier League champions. Will it be a sputtering Liverpool, or will it be the Spursiest bottle of all time and Arsenal will nick it at the post? 

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    1 hr 4 min
  • Episode 27 - 4.3 Cocks Out Of Five

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    Welcome back, TOT fans! We're back this week a man down after Cobalt was given two yellows on his Stag. Actually, he was feeling poorly and said his, "voice was gone." A likely story!

    Harry Kane counts us in as we get into all the action from the weekend, and talk a little about the Champions League and tell a few stories from over the weekend. Should United have won? Why would you captain Palmer over SALAH!?! Who got the better deal in a 2-2, Spurs or Bournemouth? How many cocks out of 5 is Darwin Nunez? Casey knows, and he will clue us in. We get into all this and discuss a few of the games coming up over the weekend, and who has the nicest path to a Champions League semi-final. 

    As always, thank you for listening! Please like, share, subscribe, download, and as always, we love you!

    1 hr 3 min
  • Episode 26 - Millwall Are Kung Fu Fighting

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    Welcome back TOT fans! This week we are coming to you live from funky Chinatown, where Millwall are kung fu fighting!

    Just kidding, it's still Asher's basement, and Millwall's keeper is just booting people in the head.

    We get into all the FA Cup action from the weekend, including red card madness, some incredible games going into PKs and extra time, who United should sign, Gordon missing a final against his new club, and who we think (barring City) will win, and who we HOPE win the Cup. 

    After that we get into the PL action, where Asher admits the league is done but for the shouting, Dale and Cobalt discuss Arteta Out, and Ryan is please with Spurs even in a losing effort. We discuss the games next weekend and which ones will be worth watching, and wrap it up with some What Is That Is He Said about a certain ref who is not very well liked these days. Almost makes you pine for David Coote... almost. 

    Thank you so much for listening! Please like, subscribe, download, share, and as always, we love you!


    1 hr 9 min
  • Episode 25 - A Wrap For Your Chub

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    Welcome back, TOT fans! The boys are back to discuss what was a potentially seismic weekend in the title race for the Premier League. After an Arsenal loss and and Liverpool win away to City, the gap is 11 and the Arsenal boys are calling it a wrap. Asher, however, is scarred by too many heartbreaking run-ins with City and isn't ready to call it done.

    We cover the best results of the weekend, including a United fight back, Tottenham looking good against Ipswich, a thriller at St. James Park, Busy Bees, and Villa turning over Chelsea.

    Finally we look ahead to an incredible midweek slate with some cracking games, play a little "would you rather," and Casey pitches us an idea for a new dating show starring him. 

    Thank you for listening! Please like, share, subscribe, download, and as always, we love you!

    1 hr 10 min
  • Episode 24 - Fortnight Title Decider

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    Welcome back, TOT fans! We are getting close to the title run in, with Liverpool holding a tenuous seven point lead over rivals Arsenal. The boys discuss all the games from the previous weekend, starting with the Spurs double over United. Turns out Anthony wasn't the problem, it was the Red Devils! Will Amorim make it through to next season? We don't mean sacked, we mean will he walk! Then we get into boring Liverpool, and the game of the season thus far in the Merseyside Derby. It was an incredible match and a fitting end to the rivalry at Goodison. 

    We get into the other match ups and talk about Arsenal, and discuss how their lack of a 9 might affect their title hopes. After that, we get into the run in and look at some of the fixtures that could make or break the two teams fighting for the crown. Could the season come down to the May 10th meeting between the two? 

    Before we wrap up with a preview of the games coming up, Asher asks the boys a "would you rather," score in an FA Cup Final, or a UCL Knockout game? We'd love to hear your take on the matter! Which would you choose? 

    Thank you for listening and supporting us! Please like, subscribe, share, download, and as always, we love you!

    1 hr 7 min
  • Episode 23 - Stay Humble, Eh?

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    Welcome back, TOT fans! Well, well, well, what a week it was! Seventh heaven for Notts Forrest, Liverpool pop the Cherries, United are in the mud, Spurs pull out of their dive, and five star Arsenal humble City.

    This week, Dale, Hemal, and Asher start us off with Ryan and Casey coming in hot from Cookeville later in the show. Dale hustles the boys off the games "nobody cares about" as Asher and Cobalt discuss the inconsistency in teams in the PL. Ryan comes in and we talk about Spurs getting a much needed win, and Casey has to excuse himself with a cheek clencher. Then we get to the game everyone wants to discuss, the Arsenal dismantling of City. It's the win Arsenal needed, and City have never looked worse under Pep. It's a conundrum, but we attempt to unpack it. 

    No show next Monday, as it's Super Bowl Sunday and we will all be watching with a gleam in our eyes, and prop bets in our hearts. The next PL game is the 2/12 make up fixture for Liverpool and Everton, and then the next Game Week is 2/14-16, so we'll be back 2/17 with a recap of that action.

    Thank you for listening! Please like, share, subscribe, download, telephone, tell a friend, and as always, WE LOVE YOU.

    1 hr 9 min
  • Episode 22 - We met Harold and Didn't Talk About It

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    Welcome back, TOT fans! We have braved the elements this week to get back to recording after being iced out last week.

    The most exciting part of the week was having the boys (sans Asher) meet Harold, our FPL league leader! Unfortunately we talked about everything but. Sorry Harold!

    Topics up this week are Amorim's health, are City back, what is Sanchez doing, what is MICHAEL OLIVER DOING, was Veltman's red legit, Liverpool roll along, but not as well as you may think, Isak is destined for London, Spurs are poor, and Casey is three. There's also a little play-by-play of the AFC title game from old timey 1930's announcer man.

    Thank you for listening! As always, like, subscribe, download, share, telephone, tell a friend, and until next week, we love you!

    1 hr
  • Episode 21 - North Oxy Derby

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    Welcome back, TOT fans! We're back this week live on location from Asher's basement. 

    We start the episode with a heavy dose of post mortem on Arsenal via Dale and Cobalt, who are fed up with the Gunners. We get into what's wrong, and why they lost both Cup games in the same week. Then Ryan and Asher discuss the Carabao Cup game between Spurs and Liverpool. Casey asks the boys what, exactly, constitutes silverware? This leads to a discussion about which trophies are most important to which clubs.

    Afterwards, the boys get into the team of the half-season, trying to come to a consensus on the standout 11 so far. We briefly get into the midweek games, in particular the Notts Forest-Liverpool game, and the North London Derby. This leads Casey to ask what constitutes a Derby match, and tells us what would be the surprising derby for his South Doyle HS team. 

    We thank you for listening! Please like, subscribe, share, download, and as always, we love you!

    1 hr 10 min

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A humorous take on all things EPL, Fantasy EPL and current affairs as they relate to football, from the perspective of 4 Knoxville natives.