For Footies Sake Podcast

We go back and forth asking and answering football questions, without knowing what the other will ask.

We take a look at the upcoming Homeless World Cup in Oslo, and see how they use football to build community and help cut homelessness.

This week we look ahead to the new Premier League season and what we are looking out for.

It's that time of year again where we all become football gurus and predict how the tables will look in 10 months time. Hoping not to look to foolish com the end of the season, we predict the Premier League table and who will get relegated and promoted from the National League up to the Championship.

We take a delve into football's newest tournament and see the pros and the cons of the tournament. We also take a look at the future editions and how this could impact the footballing world.

We work our way through a shortlist of 10 managers that love getting to finals but hate or don't always like winning them. Then we rank them from 10th to best loser.

We look at the questions you all asked us and give our point of views on each matter and explain why we think how we think.

We take a look back at how the Premier League played out this season and see how well we did the predictions we made at the start of the season... not very well.

We take a look around Europe and the shocking results around the continent with who has won what and how they have won it.

We take a look at the rogue career choices some footballers have made once retired from the beautiful game.

We take a look at the EFL season, the ups and the downs for all clubs involved and see how we did with out promotion and relegation predictions for the Championship, League One and League Two.

We welcome Walsall U18s Head Coach Ryan Simmonds back onto the podcast as we discuss his managerial career so far and what experiences have led him to where he is today.

Izaak is joined by special guest Sam Cumiskey, for a discussion on how transgender people can participate in football and what hurdles they have to overcome just to get on the pitch. Highlighting key instances that have brought the topic to light in the last year to last week.

We look into how young players may or may not cope with the fame and fortune of becoming a professional footballer and aspects like the media that can cause added pressures.

We take a look at where the game has led the 'Old Guard' of managers and what could be next for the freshers of the game, but also the long term greats.

We look into how the prices of all things football are affecting supporters, but also participation at grassroots level.

We look into the demise of Reading Football Club under Dai Yongge and the rise from the ashes of phoenix club Macclesfield FC.

We look into the international break and delve into Thomas Tuchel's first team selection as England Manager. We also look into the future stars that pack out the England u21's

This we week we put our lab coats and goggles on as we delve into the scientific side of the game. Seeing how it has developed over the last 30-40 years, and debate as to whether it's almost gone too far and could be harming the players, rather than keeping them fit and healthy.

We delve into the English football pyramid and how it's just about surviving down at amateur levels and grass roots, and what the top bodies do to support this and what could be done to stop lower leagues and clubs getting left behind.

We look at what is happening to the beautiful game now and what this could mean for the future of the sport, whether that lies with the powers that be or the players themselves.

We discuss each Premier league clubs movements in the January transfer market and decide who had the best and worst winter window's.

We take a look back at the ups and downs and some of the many shocks that the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League have given us in the new format League Phase.

We look into how one of the biggest clubs in the world is looking at a lengthy spell on the touchlines of greatness as business both behind the scenes and on the pitch seem to be worsening for the once immense Manchester United

This week we look into why English managers are rarely seen abroad at the elite level and what factors could come into play whether it be European clubs or the managers themselves!