All Stats Aren't We

We've got a special one for you today: a preview of Leeds season in the Premier League. However, rather than trawling through categories and giving you our thoughts, we've livened things up by making it into an Over/Under competition. Jon, Tom Woodhead, Joe Hill and Tom Alderson have everything you need to know about next season in about an hour's top entertainment. Enjoy! MOT Support this show ht...

We're back for the final episode of our short Summer Scouting Reports series. Today, Jon, Josh and Darren cover the news and then spend a long glorious time talking about Illan Meslier and Adam Forshaw. We're back early next week with a Premier League Season Preview and then a Liverpool Preview episode. Enjoy! MOT Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameoftheirlives . Hosted on Acast....

This is the second week of our scouting report episodes. This week, Jon, Darren and Tom W spend a delicious hour talking about the life and times of Liam Cooper and Stuart Dallas. Before they get to that, though, they quickly cover the news stories of the week: The Three Rs (Rodrigo, Robin Koch and Ryan Kent), Sam Greenwood, Rafa Mujica and... Lionel Messi... no seriously... MOT Support this show...

Jon, Darren and Joe are here for the first of our summer scouting reports. They spend a whole episode talking about Mateusz Klich and Patrick Bamford, their careers, their stats and their strengths and weaknesses. MOT Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameoftheirlives . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back! And we're here to finish up our review of the 2019/20 Championship-winning season Before we do that, though, we cast our eyes over the transfer business that has been done before and chat about the logics behind our approach this summer. MOT Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameoftheirlives . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back after a week away to bring you the first episode of a two-part season review! Jon, Tom Woodhead and Darren are here to talk you through pre-season, the Forshaw years, the minor blip, and then a very productive period before the TURNING POINT vs Cardiff at Elland Road... MOT Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameoftheirlives . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

With much sadness but also much exhaustion, we arrive at the last debrief episode of the season with Jon, Darren and Tom W talking through matters arising from the Charlton game. We'll be back soon, though, with a double-header season review episode the week after next so get excited. MOT Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameoftheirlives . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

There's not so much stats and tactics in this one but we did get to talk all about the youngsters on the field today. Jon, Josh and Darren joined by Ben Roberts, a Charlton fan, to talk back over Derby and look forward to Charlton. But in many respects, we're still giddy. MOT. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameoftheirlives . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

Well, we're back. It's taken some of us a good 12 hours but we made it. Leeds are on the cusp of promotion and Jon, Darren and Joe are here to talk you through it all. They're then joined by Ram Srinivas of MRKT Insights to preview the Derby County game on Sunday afternoon. We're nearly there. MOT. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameoftheirlives . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

Well, well, well. What a day! And the lads are back to (attempt to) debrief a horrible game in Swansea that we came out winners from and put us on the cusp of the Premier League... Jon was joined by Darren Driver and Tom Alderson to debrief then later Doug O'Kane - the Sports Editor of the Barnsley Chronicle to preview Thursday's game. MOT Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameofthei...

Well, well, well. Five-nil eh? Not bad. Not bad. Jon, Josh (bet you didn't expect that did you!) and Tom W are back to give you many minutes of waxing lyrical about Leeds, the most ASAW moment ever and some very good insight into Swansea City from Ben Church (@JackArmy_). Come along for the ride. Bask in our glory. MOT. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameoftheirlives . Hosted on A...

It's always good recording after a win and we have a bumper episode for you today. Jon, Darren and Joe are here to talk you through the Ewood Park win for Leeds. They're then joined by Chris Brammer (@Brammered) of the Wizards of Drivel podcast to preview the Stoke game this Sunday. Enjoy! MOT Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameoftheirlives . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

If you are in need of salving your soul after last night, we are the bearers of good news: a new podcast episode in which Jon, Tom Woodhead (@tdwoodhead) and Joe Hill (@joehill96) unpick Tuesday's fixture against Luton and look for the positives to take away. They are then joined by Tom Schofield (@Tom_Schoey) from Rovers Chat (@rovers_chat) ahead of the Rovers fixture this weekend. MOT (Everythin...

It's a pretty buoyant episode today in the wake of the Fulham win yesterday. Jon is joined by Darren Driver (@DarrenDriver) and Joe Hill (@joehill96) to deconstruct the Fulham win, looking at the two halves and Marcelo Bielsa's genius tactical shifts. They then are joined by John Earls - a freelance journalist and Luton fan - to look forward to Tuesday's game against the Hatters. MOT Support this...

Jon is joined by Joe Hill (@joehill96) and Tom Alderson (@tomalderson97) to look forward to the Fulham game this weekend. They are joined by Jack J. Collins (@JackJCollins) of Fulhamish Pod (@FulhamishPod) who gives us a Fulham's-eye view of the game. Come along for the ride! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameoftheirlives . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

We've had 24 hours to mope and we're here in your ears with an upbeat-ish review of the Cardiff City loss. Jon was joined by Darren (@DarrenDriver) and Tom Woodhead (@tdwoodhead) to deconstruct the game and answer (a lot of) your listener questions. If you're wondering where the Fulham review is, that will be up on Wednesday evening hopefully because we decided to split these episodes in two. Afte...

As a special treat for you in the run up to the start of the last nine games, Jon spoke to David Anderson, Brentford fan and friend of the podcast, to talk through the mini-season that could see Leeds end up back in the Premier League. They talked through: How Brentford fans are feeling going into the final stretch How he sees Leeds at the present moment The race for automatic promotion The race f...

Jon is back joined by Darren Driver, Joe Hill and a debutant, Tom Alderson. They cover a number of topics: Daniel Ayala - "It's a no from me" Pablo Hernandez injury scare? Two years of Marcelo Bielsa Helder Costa: Important Cog or Expensive Mistake - Tom talks us through his recent article on ASAW Medium page ( https://medium.com/@allstatsarentwe/helder-costa-important-cog-or-expensive-mistake-11e...

Jon, Darren and Joe are back to chat through the run up to the season starting. Plenty to talk about, including: Jean-Kevin Augustin - has that gamble failed? Patrick Bamford - no talent for finishing? The fixture list - we look at how the season is shaping out to look from the restart Why do Leeds fans love the idea of old players returning? Jamie Kemp's new Medium post - just how good are Bielsa...

In this episode, Jon is joined by Alex Benham, a PhD student from the University of Oxford who focuses his studies on the history of pandemics and their impacts on public health. Alex talks in great detail about: The testing protocols for the Championship How these compare to the Premier League's What Leeds are doing with a PCR testing machine How safe is training? How safe is playng? The dispropo...

In this episode, Jon, Darren (@DarrenDriver) and Joe (@joehill96) are back to complete the squad assessment where they cover: Right wing Left wing and Striker options. Along the way they consider: Project Restart The issues that pandemic football will throw at Leeds under Bielsa Samu Saiz and potential Premier League goalkeeper signings MOT Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameofthe...

The first in what is hopefully a weekly episode throughout the course of the rest of the season (touch wood). Jon is joined by debutants Darren Driver (@DarrenDriver) and Joe Hill (@joehill96) to talk through the possibility of a return to football in the Championship. They then turn their eyes to the issue of squad depth - particularly the question of central midfield. Enjoy! MOT Support this sho...

Josh and Jon sat down to watch the Centenary FA Cup final - a match between Leeds and Arsenal which was held at Old Wembley in 1972. It was a first real analysis of Revie-era Leeds from the guys. Find out how they did by listening in. Watch along here:   https://footballia.net/matches/arsenal-fc-leeds-united   If you want the second half as well, it's available on our Patreon: https://ww...

Jon and Tom have a chat about The Damned United film and book and look back to the history of the Clough failure. Enjoy! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameoftheirlives . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Josh and Jon have sat down to talk you through the Champions League quarter final first leg against Deportivo la Coruna. This episode has the first 45 mins with some context and an explainer for how to watch the game along with us. If you want the full episode, head over to https://www.patreon.com/posts/35271502 Video available at:   https://footballia.net/matches/leeds-united-deportivo-de-la...