Edge of the Box Football Podcast

Is La Liga dead? (00:34)   Should Harry Kane prioritize becoming a club legend or winning trophies, and which should be more important to players generally? (24:55)   Premier League predictions - 2021/22 (36:22) - Champions - Top 4 - Player of the Year - One to Watch

Is Jorginho actually good? (34:46) - Is he genuinely a great player, or just the beneficiary of a great 'system' (a system player)? - Are Xavi and Iniesta the ultimate 'system players'? - Are 'system players' the future of football?   Who is the greatest Premier League captain of all time? (03:06)

We discuss the new rule-changes FIFA are reportedly 'trialing' this season (33:06) These rules include: - Five minute 'sin-bins' for yellow cards - Stopping the clock when the ball goes out of play - 'Kick-ins' to replace 'throw-ins' - Unlimited subs - 30 minute halves   Our Man City fans picks three 'realistic' transfers he'd like to make for Pep's side (00:34)   Who would you rather spend £150m...

We're picking 3 players we'd like our clubs to buy this summer, as well as 3 players we'd happily see leave. The only rule is, each transfer has got to be 'realistic'.   Chelsea Out: (01:49) - Danny Drinkwater, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Emerson Palmieri In: (10:52) - Erling Haaland/Antoine Griezmann (loan), Aurelien Tchouameni   Tottenham Hotspur Out: (28:07) - Erik Lamela, Moussa Sissoko, Lucas Moura I...

TEASER: Name the players to have missed penalties for England at major international tournaments. (00:33)   Reviewing England's tournament + Who was England's best player? (04:55)   Did Raheem Sterling 'dive' in the semi-final against Denmark? (29:52)   Reviewing England's penalties + Do we over-analyze penalties? (38:47)   Why England had a *bad* tournament (45:06)

Part 2 of our End of Season Awards for 20/21. - Breakout Star of the Year (00:34) - Controversial Opinions of the Year (12:25) Why Sergio Aguero shouldn't be considered among the Premier League all time greats (12:25) Why Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has done a 'bad' job at Man United (22:41) Why Leicester City have had a very poor season (40:37) Why Timo Werner gets too much criticism (51:18) Why Raheem...

It's the annual Edge Of The Box end of season awards!! The classic awards are a little boring, we feel, so we're going to breeze through those and hand out a few ... different ones instead. Here's what's to come: - Player of the Year (02:03) - Manager of the Year (07:22) - Overrated Player of the Year (17:16) - Underrated Player of the Year (32:12) - Signing of the Year (43:41)   Next week: - 'Bre...

European Super League discussion (00:33)   Jose Mourinho sacked by Spurs (50:17)

We try and name each of the international captains playing for the Premier League's 'top 6' (00:33)   We ask our resident Man City fan if he'd prefer Erling Haaland or Harry Kane to join this summer (06:44)   Why Lionel Messi is the best midfielder in the world (21:21)   Room 3-4-3: Football pet peeves (39:43)

Teaser: Name the youngest Premier League debutant from each of the 'Big 6' (00:33) Which is better for a young player's development, learning in a top-notch academy or learning out on loan? (05:55) Is the new Europa Conference League a good idea or will it just increase the gap between the big clubs and the small clubs? (19:25)

Why the Arsenal 'invincible' side of 2003/04 gets more credit than it deserves. (44:12) Roman Abramovich and Sheikh Mansour have turned Chelsea and Manchester City respectively into European heavyweights. But which owner has been more 'successful'? (04:25)   And after Messi and Ronaldo are gone, which players will fill their gigantic boots and be scrapping over the Ballon d'Or for years to come? S...

Chelsea v Man Utd: Solsjkaer, Shaw and the handball controversy (05:13)   Tottenham: Mourinho and Nagelsmann (13:14)   Why Joey Barton was wrong to say N'Golo Kante couldn't lace the boots of Gerrard, Lampard, Vieira, Keane and co. (19:04)   Can Leicester City ever break into the Premier League 'top 6'? (37:46)

We ask a Tottenham fan: If you could swap Julian Nagelsmann for Jose Mourinho right now, would you do it? (03:12)   Liverpool's dreadful form (08:12)   Should Liverpool sack Jurgen Klopp? (22:19)   Racist abuse in football (29:52)   The Offside Rule: Three ways to re-write it so it works with VAR (35:21)

Should the Bundesliga step in and stop Bayern Munich pinching their rivals' best players every year? (23:51)   Should 'away goals' be scrapped in the Champions League while there are no fans in stadiums? (05:24)   Room 3-4-3: Football pet peeves (31:52) - Foreign fans with a poor grasp of the English language diluting online forums (32:22) - Injury/Stoppage time being used instead of 'stopping the...

Should teams offer match-going fans refunds if they lose by a massive margin ... say ... 9-0? (*cough, Southampton, cough*) (00:33)   An 'interesting' conspiracy about Mike Dean (09:49)   Should referees be interviewed after games if they make a controversial decision? (21:55)   Why VAR will never properly work in football (33:03)   Egbe's 'Short Corners': - Tottenham Hotspur Qs (46:12) - Chelsea...

We discuss the fallout from Frank Lampard's Chelsea sacking. (00:33)   'Room 3-4-3': Football pet peeves: (40:44)   Entry 1 - Wingers with flair who have no 'end product'. (41:41)   Entry 2 - Unnecessary kit-clashes. (46:32)   Entry 3 - The idea that we should 'enjoy' both Messi and Ronaldo, rather than debate who's better. (50:17)   Entry 4 - The overemphasis on trophies as measurement of a team'...

Ballon d’Or teaser. (00:34)   Premier League teaser. (03:11)   Are Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo & Robert Lewandowski the ONLY ‘world class’ players in the world right now? (07:18)   Four of our football ‘pet peeves’: (34:16)   Ash’s pet peeve. (35:47)   Josh’s pet peeve. (39:37)   Harry’s pet peeve. (46:37)   Dave’s pet peeve. (48:35)

Why Paul Scholes is not (and never has been) on the same level as Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard, and why his reputation has been unfairly and inaccurately enhanced by post-retirement mythology. (23:21) Josh lays down the claim that strikers don't make good captains. (00:26) And the guys discuss whether Liverpool, Tottenham and Man City's recent European 'success' means a resurgence for the Prem...

Teaser: Name the players who have featured - in the Premier League - for any three out of Chelsea, Spurs, Man City & Arsenal (00:33)   We rank the top 5 Premier League centre midfielders since the year 2000, in order.   Discussing Arsenal’s candidates (06:33)   Discussing Tottenham’s candidates (16:31)   Discussing Man City’s candidates (21:05)   Discussing Man Utd’s candidates (27:58)   Discussin...

We try and name the players who have scored 4 or more Premier League goals in the North London Derby (0:49)   Given that we were too young to watch the late, great Diego Maradona in action, we decided reveal which players would make our own personal Mt Rushmore of football,  made up of the 5 best footballers we’ve seen in our lifetime. (I know there’s only 4 presidents on Mt Rushmore before anyone...

We try and name every FIFA Golden Boy Award winner since 2010 - and every Dutch player to score a hattrick in the Premier League (0:33)   We discuss whether heading should remain a part of the game in light of a recent focus on its links to dementia in former pros (12:02)   How would Wayne Rooney have fared if he moved to Barcelona in 2010? (24:24)   Does Pep Guardiola’s new contract at Manchester...

We try and name the 6 Man Utd players who have scored Champions League hattricks (0:34)   Which player has the best goals/game ratio while playing for Liverpool between Robbie Fowler, Michael Owen, Fernando Torres, Luis Suarez and Mo Salah? (04:25)   Harry explains why he believes Sir Alex Ferguson was a BAD tactical manager (08:14)   We discuss the latest on Man United, including Paul Pogba & Ole...

We try and name every player to have played under both Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola. (0:34)   We discuss which penalty technique is the best? Harry Kane’s pin-point wallop? The Jorginho/Fernandes hop? Or could it *actually* be the Panenka? (06:37)   We discuss retiring shirt numbers following Birmingham City retiring Jude Bellingham’s No. 22. (36:28)   We take a stab at trying to name each playe...

We explain why Liverpool fans shouldn't whinge about Virgil van Dijk's injury. (02:58) Later, we discuss Carlo Ancelotti's claim that players with quality will always perform no matter where they go in their careers. (25:33) And afterwards we look at players who might have been better suited to playing in different eras. For example, imagine Gianfranco Zola playing as a 'number 10' in the Chelsea...