The week in football

Podcast 56 - FA Cup, Italy and more

2008-05-15 09:15:09

Hello there,

on this week's action packed The Week in Football we have the following for your aural pleasure:

Interviews with a Cardiff City fan and a Portsmouth fan ahead of this weekend's FA Cup final
Gabriele in Italy on the upcoming final day of the Serie A season and some controversy surrounding travelling fans. Can Inter hold on to win the league or will Roma sneak it?
Luigi looks at the battle for relegation in Spain - one of Real Zaragoza, Vallodolid, Osasuna or Reacreativo Huelva must go down
Tom and I discuss the UEFA Cup final and the Championship play-offs as well as the final day the Premier League season, United as champions and Fulham's great escape
The Champions League final next Wednesday

All that and more on this week's show. As well as that we're looking for your Premier League team of the season - you can leave it in the comments here or email it podcast@oleole.com

Cheers and from today you can listen to the podcast via this very page - bookmark it now.

Podcast 54 - the one with Ronaldo's sexy manboypig thing

2008-05-01 23:58:45

Hello OleOle'ers,

welcome to the new look blog on the new look OleOle.com. On this week's The Week in Football we have a pile of aural goodness for you.

Champions League discussion and Tom Thom(p)son is gutted after Chelsea beat Liverpool
Luigi talks about the poor quality of the Spanish league
Gabriele looks forward to the Milan derby and the rest of the Serie A games
Tom and I discuss the final day of the Championship with promotion and relegation still on the cards for lots of teams
And we talk about Ronaldo's dalliances with the 'ladies' of the night in Brazil (see below)

As well as that there's the usual review and preview of the Premier League including our predictions game which Tom won with a score of 3 this week. I am really bad at it - although one day I'll get all 10. Oh yes.

Don't forget you can email us on podcast@oleole.com or leave a comment here on the blog about anything you'd like us to mention or discuss on the show.

Finally, if you listen to the Ronaldo section of the podcast this is the picture we're referring to.

Mmmm, sexy.

To listen to the podcast simply go to the 'channels' menu at the top and choose podcast or just click the podcasts tab on the main page.

cheers

John Johnson

Who will win the league? Thoughts for Podcast 50 needed...

2008-03-24 14:19:14

Ok OleOle folk, for Podcast 50, coming up this Thursday, we'd like your thoughts on the title race after the events of 'grand slam Sunday'.

Is there any way United can be caught? Have Arsenal imploded? Should they have bought in January and not let Diarra go? Can Chelsea beat United to throw it wide open? What about the sending off of Mascherano - harsh, justified? You tell us.

You can leave comments here on the blog or email your thoughts to podcast@oleole.com and we'll get through them on Thursday's episode of The week in football.

The week in football - episode 49

2008-03-20 18:42:36

Hello Weekinfootballers,

on this week's action packed show:

Discussion of the Champions League draw and the match up between Arsenal and Liverpool
Gabriele talks about how Inter aren't in crisis and we look at the possibility of AC Milan not qualifying for next season's Champions League
From Spain Luigi wonders how Sevilla's season would have gone without the Antonio Puerta tragedy plus some insight on what's happening with Ronaldinho
And, of course, Premier League reviews and previews including our prediction game

With Tom Thom(p)son still on his holidays (it is holidays I promise, not prison) and Paul Paulson also on holidays we welcome new presenter for the week Glenn Glenson.

So, check out this week's show and as always your comments and feedback are very welcome - podcast@oleole.com

Cheers

John Johnson

The week in football - episode 47

2008-03-09 14:11:08

Howdy listener,

just to give you a heads up about this week's podcast. With Tom Thom(p)son away on his travels we welcome new host Paul Paulson (he's a Chelsea fan). On this week's show:

Gabriele talks Champions League and the fickleness of fans
Luigi in Spain tells us about managerial changes at Zaragoza and the topsy-turvy race for La Liga
Paul Paulson and I review the Champions League action, including Arsenal's great win in Milan
We preview the FA Cup fixtures, especially Chelsea's sure to be easy win over Barnsley (haha)
And we look ahead to the Premier League fixtures this week

Remember that we're always looking for your contributions to the podcast, so if you have any comments, suggestions or anything else just email podcast@oleole.com

cheers

John Johnson

The week in football - episode 46

2008-02-29 00:41:02

Good evening fans of the week in football. This week's podcast is truly action packed, let me tell you.

We have discussion of the Carling Cup final and the horrific injury suffered by Arsenal's Eduardo
In Spain Luigi tells us why and how Barcelona are just two points behind Real Madrid now
Gabriele in Italy tells us all about the homo-erotic Catania goal celebrations
Plus we meet Tom Thom(p)son's replacement Paul Paulson as we preview this week's Premier League action

To check out The Week in Football episode 46 simply click here.

Podcast 44 needs you!

2008-02-11 23:22:31

Howdy OleOle-ers, on this week's The Week in Football we'll be discussing the proposed foreign round in the Premier League. I'm sure you've read all about it by now but what do you think?

With OleOle members from all over the world we'd love to get your comments for this week's show.

Is it a terrible idea that will start the game on a slippy slope from which it might never recover?

Is it a great idea that will allow fans from all over the world to see their favourite teams in the flesh?

Will it damage local leagues?

Is there a fair way of making the draw for the 39th game?

Would you pay to see United v Arsenal or would you pay to see Derby v Sunderland?

Whatever you think about it leave a comment here on the blog or email your comments to podcast@oleole.com and we'll discuss them on this week's show.

Thanks in advance,

John Johnson and Tom Thom(p)son.

A look inside Podcast 43

2008-02-07 15:51:42

Happy Thursday to you all, here's a quick peek inside this week's The Week in Football.

We're in Ghana again to talk to Teo about the football and an incredible booze shortage caused by Ghana's win over Nigeria
Who are Almeria? Why are they beating the likes of Real Madrid and Valencia in consecutive weeks. Luigi in Spain tries to find some answers
Gabriele tells us about a book being written about the match fixing scandal in Italy a couple of years ago. Interestingly it's written by the Chairman of Bologna, a team very heavily affected by the whole scandal.
Tom and I look at Capello's bow as England coach, the ongoing search for the Republic of Ireland manager, there are some of your emails about last week's Champions League discussion plus our usual round-up and look at the Premier League.

So there you. Don't forget - if you've got comments, suggestions, complaints or questions just email us - podcast@oleole.com. We're always happy to hear from you.

Mostly because we're very lonely but does it really matter why once we're happy? Exactly.

Oh, and here's the video of Totti and Manninger that we mention in the podcast. Until next week, 'castfans.

Podcast 42

2008-02-01 21:07:03

Hello all, and by all I mean Trevor. I know he's the only one who ever reads this blog. And I don't even know anyone called Trevor.

Anyway, just to give you a rundown on what's in this weeks "The week in football".

A chat with Teo who's in Ghana for the ACN. We talk about the football, the players, and what the experience has been like for him over there covering the tournament for OleOle.
Gabriele tells us about controversy surrounding Roma's win last weekend and a player who once kicked a balboy up the arse
From Spain Luigi talks about Valencia manager Ronald Koeman receiving the dreaded 'pañolada' from the home fans. How long can he last in the job after they got beaten by lowly Almeria?
Tom Thom(p)son and I go over your emails, chat about the format of the Champions League and proposed restrictions on the 'big leagues', discuss the week's Premier League results (Tom is not a happy camper due to Liverpool being a bit crap) and we look ahead to this weekend's fixtures and make our predictions.

As always we're more than happy to hear from you so feel free to comment here or email podcast@oleole.com

Cheers,

John Johson

The Week in Football goes to Africa!

2008-01-30 13:15:05

Well, not us but just a heads-up about podcast coming up this Thursday. As I'm sure you all know OleOle's correspondent Teo is in Ghana covering the tournament and we'll be talking to him about the football, which players we should be watching out for and some behind the scenes info on the tournament itself.

That's the Week in Football, this Thursday.