Soccer Sense Podcast

As the title race in the EPL gets crowded, confusing and compressed, Tareque and Vishal look at how Chelsea managed to find themselves out of it, and also look forward to one of the highest stakes Manchester United - Liverpool clashes in years. 

It's time for our annual around Europe episode with Soccer Sense's European correspondent Karan, as he and Tareque look at what's going on in the other European leagues and how Serie A is doubling down on its drama. 

This week our SoccerSense Meter is trained squarely on Manchester United as Vishal, the resident Red Devil, assess their title challenge credentials, while Tareque wonders if Spurs are reverting to Spursy again. We also gingerly mention another North London team. 

Vishal and Tareque are back after a hiatus to look at Tottenham's trajectory to the top of the table and look forward to the top of the table clash as Mourinho and Klopp face off just before festive fixture pandemonium sets in. 

With the Premier Table going all topsy turvy, Vishal and Tareque turn their attention to one quietly humming team that seems to have its plans coming together very nicely as the others' best laid plans have Jordan Pickford sized disruptions running through them. 

Vishal and Tareque try to process the shambolic performances dished out by Manchester United and Liverpool over the weekend in this howler in the form of a podcast episode. 

Vishal and Tareque break down the astonishing results for Chelsea and Manchester City, critique Jurgen Klopp's high line and take a look at a certain other Merseyside team's impressive manager and his progress. 

It started in a frenzy, and to tactically breakdown that madcap game that was Liverpool v Leeds, Soccer Sense's resident tactician Vishal joins Tareque as we usher the new season in. 

Karan and Tareque look ahead to the 2020/21 Premier League season where, while the chasing pack has brought in reinforcements, the champion and the contender will have to deal with that nasty thing called regression to mean. 

Vishal is back as he joins Tareque to analyse how Bayern Munich will match up against PSG in the Final of what has been a protracted Champions League season but may have one final intriguing encounter still left in his tank. 

Tareque and Soccer Sense's European correspondent, Karan, unpack the absolute madness unleashed by the last two quarterfinals in the single elimination format, the X-factor that Leipzig might bring and ponder whether Pep and Barcelona's meltdowns are symptoms of deeper systemic issues. 

Our European correspondent, Karan, joins Tareque to break down the ousting of Juventus and Real Madrid from the Champions League and look forward to whether Manchester City and Pep Guardiola can finally land that elusive white whale that is a Champions League semifinal appearance.

This week, Soccer Sense lets its hair down as it invites three Liverpool superfans - Karthik, Apurv and Anish - to discuss the title winning run and share their unbounded joy at ending a thirty year long wait. 

Vishal and Tareque convene to put Liverpool's title win under the Soccer Sense SenseMeter and provide a reality check for how challenging defending the title might be. But they also have time to stop and smell the flowers of the romanticism that is Leeds United's re-entry into the Premier League. 

Our European correspondent, Karan, is back on duty (safely social distanced, natch) as he and Tareque look ahead to an intriguing new format and some fascinating clashes in store in a business as unusual finale of Europe's premier football competition. Can an unheralded club pull off a Greece or Denmark of the Euros or will the big boys get their due? 

A 30-year wait finally ended for Liverpool. They finally have the league title again. What is their secret sauce? Tareque and Karan decode, Soccer Sense style!

The Premier League returned and teams seemed to be firing at less than 100% (understandably). But as Vishal, Karan and Tareque discover on this week's pod, Arsenal somehow were straight up on brand. Why did the Gunners misfire? And what is it with Merseyside derbies and zero goals? We dive into all that and more. 

The football world is trying to limp back to normalcy, but what is even normal anymore? Vishal, Karan and Tareque look ahead to what the Premier League's restart and action might look like over the coming weeks, and are torn between wanting the game back, but also caring about the emotional and physical toll it might take on the players, staff and managers.

With the Covid19 outbreak raging on and live football a distant memory, Karan and Tareque look back at history of when football was similarly disrupted and fascinating things that emerged out of it. Also, an interpretation of a certain Bill Shankly quote. 

Amid the coronavirus scare, Vishal and Tareque examine the context and the consequences of OGS and Man United's first derby double over Man City in a decade and check if Tareque's immune system and Liverpool's form are linked. 

Vishal and Tareque are back after a brief winter break, and discuss what Pep Guardiola and Manchester City need to take stock of during *their* winter break to get their season back on track. 

Vishal and Tareque take stock of happenings in the Premier League at the halfway-ish point of the season, where besides a consistent Liverpool at the top, everything else seems topsy-turvy and decidedly sub optimal. Also, we try our best to avoid uttering the T-word for the Reds. 

Vishal and Tareque convene an emergency pod to make sense of real Spursy goings on in North London where Tottenham have a new manager. With the return of a familiar face to the Premier League, will anything change for the Spurs or are things going to get worse?

Is it Liverpool's title to lose? Did Pep Guardiola get his Anfield tactics wrong? And what is up with the rest of the top 4? Which North London team are we more alarmed by? Answers to all these burning questions, with a dash of sense and some madman finger waving in a bumper episode where Vishal joins Tareque after a month's hiatus!

Our European correspondent Karan is quizzed by Tareque on if Bayern are in any trouble or is it Barcelona who are in bigger doo doo? Meanwhile, business as usual at Milan and Ajax.