The 40 Yard Switch

It's been almost a week since the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup kicked off, the second game week is now underway. We share which teams have impressed us, which sides have been disappointing and who has surprised us so far, as well as discussing some important historic moments for a few nations that have already happened. Then we move on to chat about another crazy week in the men's off season, headl...

We both went to the Matilda's send off game against France on Friday so we start this week of by discussing the game and the event and how both teams looked on the eve of the tournament. Then we talk about Dele's interview with Gary Neville during the week and how tough parts of it were to hear, before we finish on a positive note by each making a best XI of players that have been transferred so f...

A week to go until the Women's World Cup 2023 kicks off and it's time for us to give you our tournament predictions! Winners, dark horses, golden boot and golden ball, we've got it all covered. We go through a comprehensive full tournament bracket as well to help all of you see how we came to our decisions. After that, it's been three weeks since we talked about the men's side of the ball so we ta...

As we continue with our Women's World Cup content, this week we preview the second half of the draw as we go through groups next four groups. Groups E, F, G and H contain current holders and most successful World Cup nation the USA, as well as 2019 runners up the Netherlands and former champions Germany. There are also a few more countries making their debut on the world stage as well as some side...

We are in Women's World Cup mode! With the tournament less than a month away we begin our coverage of the biggest event to happen for football in Australia with a preview of the first four groups of teams taking part. Groups A, B, C and D consist of both host nations Australia and New Zealand, as well as the Women's European Champions England, former World Cup Winners Norway and plenty of other ex...

The transfer window is in full swing and Chelsea are going wild, already selling a number of players to Saudi club and looking to offload even more. The Saudi club's are also making waves, buying up a host of players with exorbitant wage packages as the Saudi Pro league makes a significant push to legitimise its standing in world football. We break it all down before doing a whip round of any othe...

Milestone moment! Almost a part of the furniture at this point, Max Resic joins us again for a bumper 100th episode as we look back at all our most notable moments covering football over the last two years. We also discuss Man City winning the treble and a bunch of transfers, headlined by Lionel Messi deciding to join Inter Miami in the MLS

Ange Postecoglu is set to make history as the first ever Australian coach in the Premier League after signing a four year deal with Tottenham Hotspur. We break down what this means for his and for spurs, as well as taking a look at the first few transfers from silly season, and Man City's FA Cup win last weekend.

The Premier League season has drawn to a close with drama on the final day as Everton survive and Leicester and Leeds are relegated to the Championship. We break it all down as well as covering any other notable moments from Round 38, before we get on with the fun stuff! We each give you our Team of the Season and present our End of Season Awards for what was another whirlwind campaign in season 2...

In what was a mere formality by the time it eventuated, Manchester City were celebrated their fifth Premier League crown in six seasons over the weekend. We discuss this City dynasty and where it can sit in Premier League history all time. Then we look ahead to the Champions League and Europa League finals which have been set since last we last recorded, before discussing the eight month ban from...

Brighton came to the Emirates and humbled Arsenal, winning 3-0 and seriously staking their claim for a Europa league spot. We take a look at the disappointing end to what has been a great season for the Gunners, and what an exciting future Brighton could have. We also discuss Newcastles draw at Leeds, making the top four race even tighter, before finally talking through the first real spicy transf...

Some massive results over the weekend saw a major shake up in the standings at the bottom of the table as two sides climbed out of the relegation zone, while the two slides that slid down into the bottom three face a daunting task for survival. We break down the situation before discussing a top four race that has suddenly become very close very quickly.

It's been a big week, which has seen Man City dominate Arsenal 4-1 before taking the lead in the title race a few days late. Erling Haaland has also now broke the all time Premier League single season goal scoring record. Around the same time that was occurring, reports came out that Real Madrid are close to the signing of Jude Bellingham. Max Resic joins Woody once again this week to break all of...

Newcastle dispatched a Tottenham side completely at sea at St James Park to the tune of six goals to one. and the subsequent fall out was the sacking of interim manager Christian Stellini. We break down the fall out and what's next for Spurs before discussing the narrowing of the Chelsea managerial search and the previewing the biggest fixture of the Premier League season: Arsenal's trip to Man Ci...

The quarter finals of the two European Cup competitions have finished, and all that remain are four teams in each respective tournament. We break down the ties, before taking a look at the rise of Aston Villa in the Premier League since Unai Emery took the helm in November.

Erling Haaland scored his 45th goal as Man City beat Bayern in the UCL, the most for any Premier League player in history. We break down both UCL quarter final first leg ties before looking back on what was a dramatic weekend of Premier League football, capped off by the instant classic that was Liverpool hosting Arsenal at Anfield on Sunday. 

Graham Potter has finally been sacked after a painfully long period of poor results, and Leicester have parted ways with Brendon Rodgers in a last ditch attempt to stay alive in the Premier League. We discuss both dismissals as well as the imminent hiring of Frank Lampard as Chelsea caretaker coach, and all the weeks notable Premier League action.

The international break gives us some time to talk about quite a few things related to club football. This week we talk about Antonio Conte and Tottenham Hotspur parting ways, Bayern sacking Julian Nagelsmann and hiring Thomas Tuchel all within 24 hours, the upcoming UCL and UEL quarter finals, and the run in to the end of the Premier League season.

A lot has happened since we last recorded an episode almost two weeks ago. Liverpool smashed Manchester United 7-0, but have gone on to lose their next two games. United bounced back but then stuttered again over the weekend. The UCL Round of 16 is now over and we give our reactions to all the contest before touching on a subject that was huge news in England but maybe not back in Aus.

Wilbur is back and we dive straight into talking about Manchester United's first trophy in six years, as they beat Newcastle to take home the League Cup. We then move on to preview all the exciting European tournament football coming over the next few weeks as the UCL Round of 16 second legs and UEL Round of 16 first legs get underway next week.

This week Yannick Hansen and Vincent Hou once again join the show, this time both together. We go through the UCL Round of 16 1st legs, before looking towards the Europa League Round of 16 after the qualifiers were completed yesterday and draw held overnight. Finally we discuss Chelsea's struggles of late before finally previewing the EFL Cup Final this weekend!

This week Menas Antachew joins to guest host again and we break down in detail, the Merseyside derby and Manchester City vs Arsenal. We then move on to some of the egregiously bad VAR calls from the weekend, which caused the PGMOL to hold a crisis meeting a few days ago.

Everton looked reborn under Sean Dyche as they beat league leaders Arsenal on the weekend. Man City, however, couldn't capitalise as they fell away to Spurs. Things then went from bad to worse for City with a reports of unprecedented FFP rule breaks by the sky blues surfacing days later. As always we're here to talk through all of it and more, before looking ahead to some big games coming up this...

A wild Transfer deadline day brought an end to the biggest spending January transfer window in history. We go through all the notable moves before giving our thoughts on what the best deal was. We then discuss the appointment of Sean Dyche at Everton before going through a breif mid-season review.

Arsenal beat Manchester United at home to avenge their defeat at Old Trafford earlier in the season before a 2-0 loss at West Ham brought an end to Frank Lampard's time as Everton boss. The boys break down what's next for the Toffees, with Bielsa and Dyche waiting in the wings and rumours swirling of ownership considering selling the Merseyside club.