Schrodinger’s Ball

We discuss the Round of 32 games this week where we discuss the games won by Portugal, Belgium, England, Argentina, France and many more. We also discuss Paraguay and Morocco kicking out two giants in Germany and Netherlands. We also discuss Tottenham signing Tonali and Matheus Fernandes, two players coveted by Manchester United. Liverpool missed out on Diomande and are poised to also miss on Brad...

We begin the podcast episode covering the 2025 World Cup with us each making a case for a team other than Argentina or France that could win the World Cup: England, Portugal and Germany. We also give hot-takes on some other teams like Brazil, Spain and Netherlands. Some other topics covered were Iraola being appointed the Liverpool head coach, Cucurella's sale to Real Madrid and Barcelona opting t...

We discuss the final gameweek. 9 teams have made it to Europe once again this year. 5 in UCL, 3 in Europa League and 1 in the Conference League. We start with Manchester United's trouncing win against Brighton who were fighting for the final Europa League spot with Bruno getting that record-breaker assist with Dorgu scoring and assisting on his return on the pitch. We also briefly address the Roy...

Note: This episode has been recorded just following the FA Cup Final result.  (So please excuse the speculation before Pep Guardiola departure news)   We are joined again by a friend of the pod; Yashraj to discuss Man City's FA Cup Triumph We discuss the amazing finish by Antoinne Semenyo, 2 brilliant stops by helmet wearing Rob Sanchez and the 2 penalty calls for Khusanov's tackles on Joao Pedro...

We are back for an episode covering the Gameweek 35 and 36 games covering the United vs Liverpool; Liverpool vs Chelsea games, United vs Sunderland draw and Chelsea's loss to Nottingham Forest. Other topics covered include; Slot getting booed at Anfield, David Ornstein reporting Chelsea and Alonso positive talks, Bruno winning the prestigious Football Writer's Association Award beating Rice and Ha...

We mark the #50 episode with our biggest guest ever. We invite Neha Anand a popular sportscaster, actor and avid Manchester United supporter.  We record this episode at the precipice of Manchester United completing a double (a win at Anfield and Old Trafford) against their arch rivals Liverpool. We discuss the grit and determination in the performance, the positive impact Michael Carrick's coachin...

We record this episode on the weekend as Liverpool showed their ruthless side in breaking Crystal Palace's back at Anfield and Chelsea finally score a goal against PL opposition after a 5 game drought. We also preview the Liverpool - Manchester United derby with both clubs gearing for securing Top 5 finishes. Chelsea faces Nottingham Forest who will be facing Villa in the Europa League. There is a...

This podcast focuses on the Premier League fixtures with United resiliently holding a 0-1 lead vs a helter-skelter Chelsea who failed to register a single big chance with 21 shots attempted, almost solidifying United's place in the Champions League next year with Bruno registering another assist. The Chelsea decline hit a tipping point when they showed at Amex Stadium with no tactical know-how, no...

We discuss the fixtures in GW 31 and GW 32, where Chelsea lost to Everton and Manchester City conceding 6 goals and scoring 0. The only positive result midweek was the thumping win against Port Vale where Chelsea scored 7. Chelsea now faces Leeds United in the FA Cup Semi-final and United in the League at Stamford Bridge. Manchester United has received 2 unusual red cards with Maguire and Lisandro...

We welcome Yashraj, an avid Man City fan to our latest episode to discuss the tail end of this season where City was expected to fight on multiple fronts under Guardiola's leadership.  We cover their UCL exit versus an apparently weakened Real Madrid, the emphatic EFL cup victory denying Mikel Arteta yet another trophy. Finally Raj the Liverpool fan previews the FA Cup quarter-final tie v/s Manche...

We invite Chayan or Football Frenzy (@footballxfrenzy777) a Chelsea fan and a content creator on Instagram and Youtube. He shares his story on why he supports the Blues and what is his fondest memory supporting the club. We host an intense 1-on-1 conversation with Chayan to discuss the current state of the club. We start with the new coach changes and our verdict on Maresca and Rosenior now. We al...

In this episode we cover the PL games in GW 30 and the RO16 Leg 2 for Chelsea and Liverpool We start off with Liverpool getting held at a frustrating draw against Spurs at Anfield as despite the massive attacking talent in Liverpool, their only goal was scored a Dominik Szoboszalai Free Kick which rolled over Vicario's fingers in the goal. The Hungarian has broken Liverpool's record for most direc...

We all have our woes to share this week.  Chelsea began March with a bang beating Aston Villa convincingly at Villa Park with Joao Pedro getting his first Premier League hattrick. There was a scare on the weekend as Wrexham nearly dragged Chelsea into a scary scoreline in Extra Time. Chelsea lacked creativity in their B-squad as the team somehow got over the line. The real shock came on Wednesday...

We welcome Johnny back on the pod to discuss the major talking points related to Chelsea: Joao Pedro's amazing form Villa win Red cards Burnley and Leeds draw Palmer injury woes or something else Maresca's sacking Liam Rosenior's huge momentum shift FA Cup; PSG UCL Preview Host: Chinmay Guest: Johnny   

We discuss the GW 28 fixtures; Chelsea lose to Arsenal's Set-piece routines. Some other topics of discussion include Reece James being such a contrast to his teammates in handling big-game pressure. The shambolic red-card record, Palmer's lack of form and why Chelsea could lose out on Champions League spots in 2026-27. We also discuss Liverpool thrashing West Ham with amazing second ball retrieval...

We record this episode to discuss a good-old Premier League week. Though the week was highlighted by Arsenal stomping over Spurs again in the NLD, we had changes in the race for Champions League, with Liverpool equaling Chelsea's point total with a win against Forest at City Ground with a winner scored by Mcallister in extra time. Chelsea meanwhile dropped a point to Burnley after they had the num...

We meet on the evening when Chelsea and Liverpool are both through to the 5th round of the FA Cup. We also discuss the PL results from midweek where Chelsea and Manchester United broke their winning streaks against Leeds and West Ham United. We admonish Chelsea's poor defence when they let a 2-0 lead at 70' wither away and praise Sesko for the point earned by an improvised finish. We also discuss...

We record a weekly episode discussing the Liverpool and Chelsea games at Anfield and Molineux where Liverpool lost the game with a few controversial ref calls despite a peach of a knuckleball penalty yet again at Anfield by Szoboszalai. We discuss why the red card is so detrimental to Liverpool's Top 4 and FA Cup ambitions. For the Chelsea game, we finally saw the yearly Palmer 1st half hattrick a...

This was a long due episode after the insane turnaround in Manchester United's form! We invite Akshat Arora, a known guest for our United listeners. Akshat is Mancunian who lives and breathes everything Manchester United having met Amorim, Wilcox and other key figures in United's staff.  We discuss a tranche of topics from how well has Amorim's sacking transpired, Bruno showing his 2019-20 levels,...

We discuss the crazy scenes at Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge as Chelsea and Manchester United both manage to turn the game in the last minutes. We discuss how brilliantly Bruno created the chance at the end. We also discuss how Rosenior seems to always get his subs right as Chelsea completed a full comeback from being 0-2 down at HT. We discuss how Fofana, Cucurella and JP all got their goal co...

We discuss this episode at the precipice of the end of a hard-fought UCL group stage from a Liverpool and Chelsea perspective. We had a crazy PL GW 23 weekend seeing Liverpool losing to B'mouth and Chelsea thrashing a depleted Crystal Palace squad. The highlight was of course Carrick's 3rd game in charge seeing United beat Arsenal at the Emirates.  We also discuss the Champions League campaigns fo...

We are getting back to regular weekly episodes; GW 22 kicked off to a surprising thrashing of Man City on their visit to Old Trafford. We discuss the ruthless counter-attacks; dropping Matheus Cunha and the controversial referring calls to disallow Mount's goal and not handing a red card to Dalot.  Liverpool unfortunately did concede a single goal after a consistent barrage of attacks against Burn...

In the second part of the Midseason Review, we discuss the state of affairs at Manchester United. We discuss the Amorim sacking (whether justified or not?), lack of midfielder option, lack of creative WBs, Bruno being played in the 6/8 role. We also discuss if Manchester United should hire a coach or a manager. We discuss transfer opportunities: Baleba vs Anderson vs Wharton Sesko vs Watkins vs Gy...

In this episode we evaluate the positions of Chelsea and Liverpool at GW 21. In the short Chelsea section at the start, we discuss the appointment of Rosenior and what Chinmay expects from their new coach, including some eyebrow raising factors like him citing Rooney as his managerial inspiration and how he was a MUFC fan as a kid and how the squad is prepared to take up his football For the LFC s...

We are recording this episode on the eve of a historically bad evening for Manchester United as for the first time since 1995-96 Manchester United will only play 40 games, the minimum possible number of games a PL club can play.  We are joined by Akshat, a Mancunian and an RCB fan who has attended matches, met Berrarda & Wilcox and is there to share his frustration with the way the club has be...