Football Is Fixable, Alright?!

Are footballers becoming too big for their (football) boots? With several recent examples of players running-down their contracts and holding their clubs to ransom, we question whether players have too much power in the modern game. Ces and James can’t help but sympathise with clubs after experiencing similar issues with Dan recently. The boys address the issue of player power in football, but in...

Are goalkeepers as good as the keepers of old? Have their priorities shifted, with more emphasis placed on ball-playing abilities rather than the fundamentals of shot-stopping? It is an increasingly popular topic of conversation, and one that we have never been invited to join - but this will not stop the boys from fixing it anyway! Rest assured, you are all in safe hands... alright?! #premierleag...

Are England good enough to win the Euros? The short answer is that we would win if we were in charge, and in this episode we explore how we would go about fixing the national team #premierleague #arsenal #manchesterunited #mancity #liverpool Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coops is back by popular demand! As he’s a Chelsea fan, we thought it was only right for us to fix Chelsea for him and showcase our ability to fix anything football related. They may be in a bad place, but they’re still fixable… alright?! #premierleague #arsenal #manchesterunited #mancity #liverpool Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’ve all seen it! A striker’s shoelace is brushed which causes them to spring into the air whilst screaming like a sniper shot. Then what does the referee do? Gives a foul. We’ll fear not, as we’re here to fix it… alright?! #premierleague #arsenal #manchesterunited #mancity #liverpool Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Why oh why do we need blue cards?? Is this new rule on the horizon needing to be fixed, or do we need to fix the problem it is being brought in to address? We’ll fear not as it’s within our power to do so… alright?! #premierleague #arsenal #manchesterunited #mancity #liverpool Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode tackles one of the biggest issues football faces. Not all fans are bad, but there are always those who seek to ruin things for everyone! Well fear not, as even this is fixable… alright?! #premierleague #arsenal #manchesterunited #mancity #liverpool Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While we’re all tired of hearing James rattle on about Arsenal, it’s his birthday afterall so we are playing a little Arsenal related game, alongside quite possibly our biggest fan… Nick! #premierleague #arsenal #manchesterunited #mancity #liverpool Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is Klopp better than Pep? Is Mourinho the specialist in sackings? We discuss this and more with our very special guest, Coops! #premierleague #arsenal #manchesterunited #mancity #liverpool Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coops is back as a guest on this special episode where we fix one of the biggest problems in football… money! Can Coops stay awake long enough to help us find a solution? It’s doubtful, alright?! #premierleague #arsenal #manchesterunited #mancity #liverpool Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are refereeing standards getting worse? Can the level and quality of decision making be improved? Surely no one will have the answers to these impossible questions? Well, we’re here to tell you that it is fixable, alright?! #premierleague Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is a big one! We’ve all seen how badly VAR has been utilised in football, but we haven’t heard any legitimate or realistic fixes. Well fear not, as we prove that it is fixable, alright?! #premierleague Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this bonus episode, we invite a Manchester United fan to break down what’s happening with United, and what’s needed to bring back success. Don’t worry though, because they are fixable, alright?! #premierleague Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I’m our bonus episode, we look at the 2023 awards of the popular podcast Rest Is Football. Are Gary, Alan and Micah correct in their opinions? Or do we need to fix this too? Fear not, as this is fixable… alright?! #premierleague Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With episode two, Ces and James start building a wave of momentum that may just transform the fortunes of someone, somewhere. We were still sharing a microphone though… In this episode we tackle the rules of the beautiful game. You may think that this task is too big, but let us reassure you that football is fixable, alright?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In our first ever episode, Ces and James begin a journey that will forever be remembered as another day. The boys may have to share a microphone, but things had to start somewhere. In this episode, we discuss how people use trophies incorrectly when forming an opinion. Sit back and relax as football is fixable, alright?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Boxing Day used to mean wall-to-wall football. Now it’s been trimmed down to a single, underwhelming fixture. This week, Dan and James take aim at how broadcasters and schedulers have quietly stripped the day of its magic, turning one of football’s greatest traditions into just another calendar slot. From packed festive slates to a lone kickoff, the lads ask how Boxing Day football lost its soul —...

From “back in my day” logic to shameless club bias, former footballers dominate football coverage — but should they? In this episode, James takes Dan back to school to question whether playing experience alone still qualifies ex-pros to analyse today’s game. As tactics evolve and the context changes, the lads unpack why so much analysis feels outdated, biased, or just plain wrong. Perhaps the game...

Is football broken? Has it gone to a place of no return? Is it the same sport we knew and loved when we were kids? These were the sorts of questions that brought our podcast to life, as we knew that we would be needed to fix the beautiful game. You may believe it to be irreparable, but it's fixable... alright?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With great confidence, I will be able to predict that you have overrated a footballer at some point in your life. We can say this confidently because we are convinced that everyone rates players incorrectly. The boys introduce a new way to accurately judge players, and come up with a list themselves of players that they judge to be overrated. There is also a little surprise for one of the boys, bu...

This week’s episode hammers into the hardest part of football. Is it scoring? Creating? Goalkeeping? Or just agreeing on anything for more than five minutes? The boys smash into football myths, chisel-away at clichés, hit solid arguments, and still end up between a rock and a hard place. It’s a tough one, but it is fixable, alright?! #football #soccer #premierleague #arsenal #liverpool #manchester...

Fans are often fickle, fashioning fragile fantasies of their favourite football clubs' fortunes, while failing to fully confess their foundering faults. They flip and they flop from fervent faith to fiery frustration faster than a free kick flies in a typhoon. From flawless form to floundering fiasco, their feelings forever fluctuate. Yet, for all their fussing and fretting, they're faithful to th...

People deserve a second chance, right? A former player in need of a second chance is Michael Owen, with his controversial playing career always being questioned, and his punditry skills being ridiculed worldwide. Yet should a man who claims Memphis Depay "looks like a footballer" really be given a second chance? The boys will get to the bottom of this... alright?! #football #soccer #premierleague...

Don't you hate Hate-watchers?! Watching football with the express decision to hate on their rivals is a hateful thing to do. On this podcast, we hate it when people hate on others for no other reason than to hate. Is it just me, or is the word 'hate' now sounding a bit silly? I hate to say this, but hate-watching is fixable... alright?! #football #premierleague #soccer #arsenal #manchesterunited #...

When you listen to this podcast, the first thing that naturally comes to everyone's mind is class. We have been told many times to go back to class and learn everything again. But we do also respect footballers that show the other type of class, which is severely lacking in the beautiful game. The boys reckon they have come up with the perfect fixes to bring class back, and to fix it once and for...