Bench and Bleachers

We discuss: the goalless draw between Chelsea and Manchester United; if Manchester City have wrapped up the league already, plus Tolu starts again with his Pep nonsense; how exciting Spurs looked against Burnley; Liverpool's first win in 5 games; Arsenal and Pepe; the relegation battle; some UCL football; and Israel Adesanya's upcoming fight against Jan Blachowicz this weekend at UFC 259...

Stig and Seyi believe a Gen Z XI beats a Millennials XI. We then discuss Mikel Arteta and the Arsenal - Manchester City game; Jose Mourinho and Spurs; Liverpool's despair; Chelsea's 1-1 draw with Southampton; Atletico Madrid potential bottle job; Generation Z poster boys Mbappe and Haaland; and upcoming UEFA Champions League Round of 16 games. Music is "Fun", produced by Jay Bl...

Seyi and Stig discuss Kamaru Usman's TKO win against Gilbert Burns at UFC 258; Manchester City's victory against Mou's Spurs; Liverpool's loss to Leicester; Chelsea and Thomas Tuchel; Manchester United's draw at West Bromwich Albion; UCL games; and GOATs. Music is "Fun", produced by Jay Blakez, and performed by Jamal Swiss & Hue.  Follow us on Twitter at twit...

We are joined by our second ever guest: Doyin. He joins us to talk about Pep Guardiola and Manchester City, as well as coaching a semi-pro football team.  The boys then carry on to talk about Arsenal and the FA's conspiracy against them; stat padding in football; Thomas Tuchel's new Chelsea; and Kamaru Usman's upcoming UFC 258 Welterweight Championship bout against Gilbert Burns. Mu...

We discuss: Manchester City's resurgence; Liverpool and the brilliant Egyptian King; how Thomas Tuchel has looked at Chelsea after just one week; classic Jose Mourinho; United's week; Atletico running wild on everybody in Spain; Lionel Messi and his big contract; plus some other topics here and there. Music is "Fun", produced by Jay Blakez, and performed by Jamal Swiss & Hu...

The boys talk about Chelsea's sacking of Lampard and the seemingly inevitable hiring of Thomas Tuchel as his replacement; Liverpool's woes and senior man Thiago Alcantara; Stig's hate for black players; Mesut Ozil’s departure from Arsenal; Conor McGregor's TKO loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 257; and Tolu's questionable knowledge of Nigerian songs. Music is "Fun",...

We are joined by our first ever guest: Ifedotun. He joins us to talk about Ole Gunnar Solskjær and Manchester United. He then introduces an interesting Liverpool agenda.  The boys then carry on to talk about Manchester City, Chelsea, and Leicester; plus the James Harden trade to the Brooklyn Nets. Music is "Fun", produced by Jay Blakez, and performed by Jamal Swiss & Hue.  Follow us...

We talk about the events at Capitol Hill; COVID-19 and how it affects Lagos and the English Premier League; FPL; Mou vs. Pep; and some NBA. Music is "Fun", produced by Jay Blakez, and performed by Jamal Swiss & Hue. Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/BenchNBleachers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk about: Liverpool's loss to Southampton, Chelsea's horrible first half display against Manchester City, Arsenal's resurgence, Ole and his boys winning the league, Mourinho and stubborn Marcelo Bielsa, Atletico winning La Liga, and Edinson Cavani; plus some Steph Curry and Brooklyn Nets talk. Music is "Fun", produced by Jay Blakez, and performed by Jamal Swiss &...

We talk about Chelsea struggles and wonder if Lampard needs to be sacked. We also discuss Mourinho's poor form, as well as Liverpool's tepid draw against West Brom. We then talk about our favourite sporting moments of 2020, and how Twice as Tall is better than MIL and ABT. Music is "Fun", produced by Jay Blakez, and performed by Jamal Swiss & Hue. Follow us on Twitter at tw...

Tolu and Stig say they hate Christmas, and it should be every 4 years just like the World Cup. We then talk about various EPL topics that happened over the past 7 days, including Chelsea's form, Arsenal's woes, #OleIn, Bored Pep, Jurgen Klopp, back-to-back losses for Mou and Spurs; plus some others. Music is "Fun", produced by Jay Blakez, and performed by Jamal Swiss & Hue....

We talk about Arsenal, Arteta and Aubameyang; tepid Chelsea and tepid Havertz; and the tepid Manchester derby. We briefly talk about James Harden. Music is "Fun", produced by Jay Blakez, and performed by Jamal Swiss & Hue. Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/BenchNBleachers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss United and their spotless away record, the refs messing up, Bruno vs. KDB; Havertz agenda, Chelsea, Timo, and Giroud; Arsenal, Ozil, and Mr. Arteta; Mou and Spurs. We also talk about a new segment we are introducing next week. Music is "Fun", produced by Jay Blakez, and performed by Jamal Swiss & Hue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk about the Liverpool - Brighton draw, the slightly disappointing Chelsea - Tottenham goalless draw, United comeback against Southampton, City's convincing win, and some UEFA Champions League groups. Tolu also lies about a previous hot take. Music is "Fun", produced by Jay Blakez, and performed by Jamal Swiss & Hue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

We talk about Spurs as title challengers, Pep's current run of form, Lampard and Chelsea still looking good, Arteta listening to our podcast, Everton back in the win column, Manchester United doing Manchester United things, Ibrahimovic, Barcelona, and Erling Haaland.  Music is "Fun", produced by Jay Blakez, and performed by Jamal Swiss & Hue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

We discuss the boring international break, our worst international football memories, the upcoming EPL Matchweek 9 games, and some current NBA rumours. Music is "Fun", produced by Jay Blakez, and performed by Jamal Swiss & Hue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss the Matchweek 8 games in the English Premier League including: the shocking Arsenal - Aston Villa result, Chelsea looking comfortable again, Manchester City v. Liverpool draw, Everton and Manchester United. We also talk about Real Madrid and Barcelona. Music is "Fun", produced by Jay Blakez, and performed by Jamal Swiss & Hue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

We talk about the Manchester United v. Arsenal game, Liverpool's win against West Ham, Manchester City's win at Sheffield, Everton's second loss in a row, Chelsea's easy W at Burnley, and Southampton's form; plus Real Madrid and Barcelona.  Music is "Fun", produced by Jay Blakez, and performed by Jamal Swiss & Hue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

We discuss the absolute shit show that's called the House of Assembly. We also talk about the UEFA Champions League Matchweek 2 games, plus the upcoming Manchester United vs. Arsenal game. Music is "Fun", produced by Jay Blakez, and performed by Jamal Swiss & Hue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss the #EndSARS movement that's been happening over the last 3 weeks, the football matches that happened over the past weekend, Kai Havertz (obviously), Khabib Nurmagomedov's retirement at UFC 254, and MJ versus Lebron. Music is "Fun", produced by Jay Blakez, and performed by Jamal Swiss & Hue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tolu's banned for the first 5 minutes, so Seyi and Stig have a civil conversation about Chelsea. When he joins, we talk about the weird results that happened during Matchweek 4 of the EPL. We also talk about some transfer news, and the UEFA Champions League draw. We end the show with a weird NBA Finals game 3 conspiracy, courtesy of Tolu.  Music is "Fun", produced by Jay Blakez, and...

English Premier League Matchweek 3 recap (except the Brighton - Manchester United game, because Tolu and Stig kept going back-and-forth over Kai Havertz).  The new handball rules  NBA Finals review plus predictions  Israel Adesanya and Hakeem Dawodu. #NigeriansInTheUFC  Music is "Fun", produced by Jay Blakez, and performed by Jamal Swiss & Hue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

Manchester City win  Chelsea woes  Manchester United  Arsenal are still winning the league  Entertaining Leeds  In-form Everton  Tolu's previous hot takes  Mbappe to Chelsea  Music is "Fun", produced by Jay Blakez, and performed by Jamal Swiss & Hue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

KAI, Leeds are indeed finishing 6th, Arsenal are winning the league, and Carlo > Jose. The Rockets, Bucks, Clippers, Siakam, and Eastern Conference Finals predictions.  Music is "Fun", produced by Jay Blakez, and performed by Jamal Swiss & Hue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seyi believes Chelsea are winning the league, Tolu chooses Sancho as his PFA Player of the Year, and Stig thinks Leeds are going to finish 6th.  Music is "Fun", produced by Jay Blakez, and performed by Jamal Swiss & Hue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.