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The Double Pivot: Soccer analysis, analytics, and commentary

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Nov 4, 2022 • 35min

On Pressing

Is it secretly another Leeds episode? Well sort of. What does pressing look like in contemporary football, how are Leeds a throwback and what exactly are Newcastle doing that is just so good?Support the show
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Oct 27, 2022 • 27min

Leeds and Marsch

Leeds are in the relegation places and on a four-match losing streak. Their underlying numbers are still more or less fine. What comes next?Support the show
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Oct 21, 2022 • 38min

Checking in on Spurs, United, and Chelsea

United beat Spurs soundly. What's going on at both United and Spurs that this was not exactly a shocking result? And [pokes Chelsea with a stick]Support the show
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Oct 11, 2022 • 38min

Arsenal and Liverpool

Our priors, updating in real time. Arsenal were really good, Liverpool were pretty bad, how far are we willing to go in adjusting our evaluations of these two clubs after another game in line with their performances over the full season?Support the show
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Oct 6, 2022 • 35min

Derbies

Arsenal won a messy North London Derby and we talk about what single-match xG means and can tell us about this game, while City won a pretty silly Manchester Derby and we talk about just how good they might be.Support the show
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Sep 29, 2022 • 40min

September Mailbag

A lot of great questions!  Juventus, Leicester,  Fulham, Odegaard, Kulusevski and the North London Derby.Support the show
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Sep 23, 2022 • 35min

A Variety of Soccer Topics

Potterball begins, Everton are not particularly bad, and we take on the greatest of all soccer questions: what if America's best athletes played soccer?Support the show
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Sep 8, 2022 • 32min

Tuchel Out (Potter In)

Well that was sure something. Thomas Tuchel already sacked, Graham Potter already hired. We talk about the process here (bad!) and the result (interesting, possibly not bad!) and what we are watching to see with Potter at the new club.Support the show
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Aug 29, 2022 • 30min

<Borat Voice> My Priors

It's been four games, are we rethinking anything? On Aston Villa, West Ham, Spurs, Chelsea, Arsenal and Brighton.Support the show
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Aug 24, 2022 • 33min

Are We Rethinking United and Liverpool?

As Beveridge's Law demands, the answer is mostly "no". But we walk through the game and why it suggests a clear floor under United and the bits and pieces of Liverpool concern that it excavated.Support the show

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