World Football Talk

A huge week in the Premier League saw Liverpool and Chelsea share the spoils, Manchester United scrape by Brighton and Manchester City survive a scare against Huddersfield.

Refereeing decisions have become a big focus between potential suspensions for simulation or even the simple fact of correctly calling a goal in the Barcelona game.

We also talk about the constant yo-yo effect with Premier League managerial candidates and the Ruhr Derby that ended in spectacular fashion.

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Big shout out to The Understatement for letting us use their song "Apothecary" for our intro and outro. Be sure to check them out on Bandcamp (https://theunderstatementnj.bandcamp.com/track/apothecary), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEaEwscwbHE) and SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/user-217504843/the-understatement-apothecary).

Thomas returns for a quick Reactapod after Milan sacked Vicenzo Montella and appointed Gennaro Gattuso as the (hopefully) interim manager.

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Big shout out to The Understatement for letting us use their song "Apothecary" for our intro and outro. Be sure to check them out on Bandcamp (https://theunderstatementnj.bandcamp.com/track/apothecary), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEaEwscwbHE) and SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/user-217504843/the-understatement-apothecary).

The North London Derby came and went and Arsene's Arsenal came out on top in rather convincing fashion. Where was this all season?

Plus, the rest of the "Top 6" eased to victory and that meant the end of the Tracksuit Tornado Tony Pulis.

The Derbies continued around Europe as the derby della Capitale and the Madrid Derby came and went and saw results that impact the top of both Spain and Italy's tables.

Also, see what came of our mock World Cup Draw as we anticipate the official World Cup Draw from Saint Petersburg on December 1.

Leave us a rating on iTunes and connect with us @WFT_Podcast on Twitter for more from Thomas and Ryan.

Big shout out to The Understatement for letting us use their song "Apothecary" for our intro and outro. Be sure to check them out on Bandcamp (https://theunderstatementnj.bandcamp.com/track/apothecary), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEaEwscwbHE) and SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/user-217504843/the-understatement-apothecary).

Ryan and Thomas look back on an eventful week of World Cup Qualifying, including the ultimate collapse of Italy.

Along with that, we take a look at the other UEFA and Inter-confederation qualifiers, along with a couple notable friendlies that also took place.

As promised, here is the article by Christian Pulisic - https://www.theplayerstribune.com/christian-pulisic-usmnt-world-cup/

Thomas rolls in for a quick reactapod on Italy failing to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1958. As an Italy fan first, before any club team or national team, this one stings.

What happened over this playoff tie, how did things go so spectacularly wrong, why did Thomas see this coming, and most importantly, who steers the ship from here.

Let us know what you think on Twitter @WFT_Podcast and leave us a review on iTunes and SoundCloud. Our normal episode will come on Wednesday where Ryan will return and we will look at the qualified teams for the World Cup, as well as look ahead to a spicy North London Derby.

This week we go over the WFT Derby that went Ryan's way and how City looks as unstoppable as ever. We also go over the upcoming World Cup Playoffs as well as the best friendlies to look out for.

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This week's SPOOOOOOOOKY episode contains:

- Manchester City and Real Madrid continue to scare for different reasons.

- Antonio Conte continues to cause fear in the opposition.

- Jose Mourinho shushes the haters in a new way.

- Some mouth-watering Champions League games lie ahead.

- We preview some nasty rivalries, such as Der Klassiker and a Super Sunday in the Premier League.

Remember to leave us a review on iTunes or SoundCloud, as well as check out our Twitter and connect with us to discuss the week's action.

Happy Halloween!

We start off with a little thank you to YOU the listener for helping us achieve 1,000 downloads. We love you all!

We then go over the horribly-named "The Best" awards and how Olivier Giroud didn't deserve the Puskas one bit.

In this episode we also cover:

- The week in Europe and how some surprising fixtures are leading to some equally surprising tables.

- All of the big Premier League results, including United's loss to Huddersfield and Watford and Chelsea's slugfest.

- The sacking of Craig Shakespeare and Ronaldo Koeman.

- The big results around Europe, including Napoli v Inter.

Finally, as always, we give our "unique" insight on the week of games ahead including United vs. Spurs and a double feature of Leipzig vs. Bayern.

We pick up the international pieces to start the show. Between Bruce Arena resigning, the World Cup Seedings and the UEFA Playoff Draw, there is some housekeeping to be done.

We then move to league action as we talk about the absolute early sneezefest between United and Liverpool and talk about how scared we are of Man City. We also, of course, talk about Arsenal and Chelsea's respective losses.

We also move around the world to a testy affair between Dortmund and Leipzig (and it gets testy between Ryan and Thomas). Barcelona stole a point, but Real Madrid closed the gap.

And, of course, Thomas takes the criticism following the heated Derby della Madonnina in Italy.

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Well, in case you didn't hear, USA got eliminated from the World Cup. Yep, that's right. We are American. We are angry. We are dead inside. Maybe you'll find comfort in our misery, maybe you'll find joy in our misery.

Truth be told, Thomas has Italy still (for now) while Ryan will weep in sorrow with Belgium. It's that kind of podcast today.

Around the world, more World Cup dreams were realized and even more were extinguished and we look at them all! Also Syria hit the post in heartbreaking fashion in the 120'.

It's an international break episode of World Football Talk, one with rants and drama, so come join us and let's all be miserable people together.