CoshCast – Under The Cosh

This week we realized there was an international break but decided to put out a pod for you all anyway. We're delighted to be joined by one of the brightest young minds in Canadian football coaching, Cameron Herbert. Cam tells us about his philosophy, how he got into coaching and where the future will take him. We also talk about the state of play in the Canadian Premier League, his favourite team...

On a weekend that saw Man Utd bring back the prodigal son to Old Trafford, premier league referees take the spotlight: Xhaka sees red as City steamroll Arsenal. Reece James does the same but Liverpool can't break down Tuchel's stubborn defense. Thanks to Mason Greenwood, Man United sneak past Wolves after surviving Adama Traore and a dodgy VAR call. We debate how real Spurs are this season as well...

Big Rom shows Mari and Arsenal whose boss as Chelsea run rampant at the Emirates. Man United are held by Southampton as Martial's ballon d'or clause comes in to focus. Kyle Walker vs Reece James - we discuss (and make very little sense). Moyes' boys leave Brendan destroyed while Jota and Harvey Elliott steal the show for Liverpool as their good start (over two games, calm down everyone come on! lo...

The league is back, the players are back to doing to bits, managers are back saying nonsense and the fans are back chanting good and bad things. Also, goals from long throws are back as well. United thrash Leeds, Grealish is brought down to earth repeatedly by Tanganga, Chelsea roll, Liverpool stroll while Brentford show how bad Arsenal are and West Ham win Saint-Maximin proving he can be a star....

Messi leaves Barcelona for Paris St. Germain. C'est vraiment difficile pour l'autre equipes en france et le monde. Alex and Bernie dig in to the details. We also discuss Lukaku to Chelsea, Grealish to City and what those mean for Harry Kane. Aston Villa have done some great transfer work that we dig into as well. We end with a quick premier league top 4 and relegation prediction as the new season...

This is a special transfer window round up episode and we also discuss Canada's attempt to win Olympic football gold (our apologies to any Scandinavian women out there). Will Kane's strike work and get him his move to Man City? Can city sign both Grealish and Kane without legal repercussions? How funny is the predicament involving Barca and Real Madrid's finances? Canada vs Sweden. Who wins and wh...

Here we go! Manchester United have agreed a deal with Real Madrid for Rafael Varane. With Sancho signed, we talk about this new sense of competence at Old Trafford. We answer the quesions, ho is Albert Sami Lokonga and what do Arsenal need to get back into...the europa league. We talk about the other transfer stories going on around Europe and debate who was better Totti, Rooney or Del Piero. Enjo...

England didn't win The Euros and in the 120 minutes against Italy, Southgate couldn't find a way to end the national curse and in penalties it was Donnarumma and co who stood tallest. We discuss England's run, Mancini's redemption and the resulting racist fallout. Messi reaches the promised land by leading Argentina past Brazil in the most violent Copa America final we've seen in a long time. Tear...

The Euros went from casual watching to must see television in the blink of an eye. Span and Croatia gave us a game for the ages with 8 goals shared between the two. But as Morata overcame his slump for Spain, Kylian Mbappe sunk deeper into his as his penalty miss confirmed France's departure after Switzerland came back from the dead. We run through the other Euro games including Portugal's demise...

This episode of the Coshcast might be the greatest rollercoaster of a podcast you'll ever listen to and it's worth every single minute. We cover: The Euros group stages so far with a special focus on the nonsensical teams A little bit of Copa America chat at Fred's expense Some transfer news A detailed investigation into the benefits of horse placenta in football Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

Euro 2020 +1 has officially kicked off and so far its been decent background content. As always, we answer the most critical questions: Is it coming home? Who has the best kit and why is it Slovakia? Why did Mohaned choose Turkey as his dark horse team and why did Bernie pick Poland? What should UEFA do moving forward in emergency health situations? We also have an extended Q&A segment where g...

Euro 2020 has snuck up on us, even though it's a year late so we decided to fumble around and try to fill out a predictor bracket without any preparation. We think we did a great job so you should definitely listen us. We argue over the dark horse, the top scorer and if this England team can overcome its history of failure and deliver success. For once, we might actually agree on the winner. As al...

Tuchel reaches the promised land by being competent, in stark contrast to Pep Guardiola. Should Kante or Lewandowski win the Ballon D'or? Unai is inevitable as Villlareal outlast a hapless Man United to win the Europa League. We also hand out Premier League awards. Yes we discuss the best player, best goal etc but who has the most punchable face, the best and worst hairstyles and which team has th...

Aguero signs off his time as a City and premier league legend with a brilliant final day brace. Arsenal finish top 4...this calendar year while Leicester bottle their top 4 hopes. Chelsea and Liverpool find themselves in the champions league further justifying the Super League (SIKE). Nuno signs off losing to United's academy team (haha). On the continent. Juve UNDESERVEDLY make into the Champions...

Not Mane, not Salah (though he scored earlier), not Firmino, not Jota and most definitely not Thiago. It was Allison who saved the day for Liverpool and put top 4 in mersey hands. Brendan Rodgers reaches the promised land (in England at least) by winning the FA Cup over Tommy Tuchel's Kepa flapping Chelsea. Premier League champions Man City enjoy a wild Torres fueled win over a resurgent Newcastle...

City's title celebration was put on hold as Sergio Aguero's awkward panenka and the state of English officiating give Chelsea victory in the champions league final dress rehearsal. United come back...again to win away from home...again with a Bruno Fernandes penalty to boot...again. Willian scores a goal, yes you read that right. Will Liverpool sneak into the top 4 at Leicester's expense? Can Pirl...

On this episode of the coshcast : Alex and Mohaned explain the protests at Old Trafford to help the uninformed. We review the premier league action that did happen and Mo says this about a certain player: "I don't know you like that." Antonio Conte gets his credit for FINALLY breaking Juventus' stranglehold on the Scudetto. Sevilla drop out out the La Liga race as Messi's last dance impression con...

Manchester City ease and we mean ease, their way to another Carabao cup final against Ryan Mason's (yes Ryan Mason) Tottenham leaving Son in tears...again. It's squeaky bum time in the premier league as the top 4 race is almost too close too call. Speaking of too close to call, the title race in La Liga is unpredictable as four teams can win it, who will win it and why Sevilla? Serie A is wrapped...

Emergency pod alert! It's the biggest day in football for years. The Super League is dead! Chelsea fans protest and the blues withdraw. The Sky blues followed suit leading the reds of Manchester, London and Liverpool to follow suit. Tottenham who begrudgingly wave the lily white flag as well. Ed Woodward paid for his crimes as Man United chief executive and resigned amidst the fallout. What will h...

Nothing else matters. Not that Man United beat Burnley, not that Leicester and Chelsea are going to the FA Cup Final, not that Atleti won to stay in control of La Liga, not that Juve may not make the top 4. Not even Jose getting sacked matters. Why? Because of the freakin Super League! The evil Super League! The anti competition Super League. We fume, we laugh and we definitely complain a lot on t...

A good father must feed their children. Well Spurs played like a hungry child abused by their parent. The parent in this case being Ole's Man United who spanked spurs 3-1. Leeds pull off the ultimate catenaccio performance against Man City winning 2-1 and finally beating a good side. Liverpool win at home...finally! Arsenal win a game but confuse their supporters in the process. Chelsea wreck Pala...

We interrupt our regular programming to bring you a special Coshcast interview with Jonathan Grade author of 'Golazzo The Football Italia Years.' The book is a trip down memory lane discussing the glory years of Serie A and Jonathan's personal journey working behinds the scenes with James Richardson and the others on the show Football Italia. This is a great conversation and a must listen for Seri...

Spurs do something that no other big team has been able to do, make Newcastle look competent. Liverpool beat Arsenal causing many to wonder if Arteta has what it takes. Big Sam revels in beating up a foreigner as West Brom disgrace Chelsea. Man City make Leicester look ordinary as the end of the Aguero era is upon us. Solksjaer delivers a hairdryer as Man United come back to beat Brighton as Danny...

We don't like international breaks on the Coshcast, but we do like trivia. So, we had our own trivia pod hosted by the wonderful Luca Capone. Luca is a Canadian radio host, music afficionado and Serie A maestro. This is not for the weak, it's a serious globe trotting, quiz that will also take you through the history books. Find Luca on twitter https://twitter.com/TheNightShiftTO Hosted on Acast. S...

Leicester dump Man United out of the FA Cup and who is to blame, Fred, Maguire, the manager? Iheanacho finally comes up with the goods and Brendan deserves credit. Arsenal and West Ham give us a great advert for the premier league or do they? Messi cares again and Barca are back in the title race we didn't even think was on. Should Kane have left a few years ago? We dive in. It's another great one...