The False 9

This week it's the annual False 9 Premier League Festive Period Special! We lead off with an incredible comeback win for Neil's Red Devils over Villa where Garnacho ran rampant and Højlund opened his account! Liverpool are top of the table after a hard fought draw with Arsenal and thrashing pf Burnley away, and West Ham had a great holiday as they downed both Man United and Arsenal! Newcastle are...

This week it's the final matchday of the Champions League group stage where the group of death gave us a thrilling finale as Dortmund and PSG share spoils to advance while Milan get a late winner to get into Europa League! In England Aston Villa scrape past Arsenal with an early goal allowing Liverpool to go top with a last minute Elliott winner over Palace! Girona are the story across Europe as t...

This week we welcome special guest Tino aka DJ Fadzwa to the pod! Leading off former co-host and producer Marc hopped to get in his hot take on the last minute PSG penalty against his Magpies in Champions League, and Tino and Neil's Red Devils squandered a lead at Galatasaray! In the Premier League City and Liverpool shared spoils in an entertaining affair, and Arsenal ekes out a win at Brentford...

This week we lead off from Copenhagen in Champions League where we saw incredible late drama in a seven goal thriller as FC Copenhagen down ten man Man United! In England there was an insane London derby as former Spurs gaffer Pochettino took his Chelsea charges to North London and was met by a heroic nine man Tottenham, but eventually the dam broke, and VAR made headlines in a scrappy affair betw...

This week we leaf off with round 3 of the Champions League group stage as PSG styled  on AC Milan, and Dortmund squeaked past Newcastle at St. James' Park! Arsenal left it late to storm from behind at Stamford Bridge where Chelsea bossed it as they shared points, and Tottenham are still top after easing past Fulham! Points are shared in the Sergio Ramos derby between Sevilla and Real Madrid, Juve...

This week we welcome back special guest Roy Chikumbi to the pod! We lead off with the Premier League this week where Roy's Gunners got a dramatic late winner over Man City, and McTominay rescued Neil's Red Devils late against Brentford. What scenes at St. James' Park as Newcastle styled on PSG in Champions League! Bellingham looks among the best players on earth in a dominant win over Osasuna in L...

This week we lead off casting our minds back to the start of this season's Champions League where Bayern triumph over a game Man United in a 7 goal thriller, and Bellingham rescued Real Madrid at the death! It was a thrilling, even North London Derby where spoils were shared, Atletico Madrid take El Derbi Madrileño on the counter, and Inter stay perfect to top Serie A. Leverkusen continue to enter...

This week we lead off with late drama from the Emirates as an injury time Rice winner sees Arsenal down Man United, Son styles on Burnley for a hat trick at Turf Moor, and young Evan Ferguson does the same for Brighton over Newcastle! The Bellingham revolution continues at Real Madrid, Leao scores a worldy in a Milan win at Roma, and Bayern get a hard fought victory at Mönchengladbach! We run thro...

This week we lead off congratulating World Champions Spain! La Roja dominated England in the World Cup final, Bonmatí and Olga styling on the Lionesses! In the Premier League Man City show Newcastle who's boss as Foden does his best KDB impression, Big Ange has Spurs playing exciting stuff in a stylish win over Manchester United, and Arsenal squeak past Palace to keep pace at the top! Bellingham h...

It's The False 9 Premier League Preview! This week we kick things off checking in on the Women's World Cup where Canada crash out at the group stage, and Spain and Japan look like the class of the tournament. Then we launch into our EPL preview, clocking the ins at outs at the big (now) seven and tracking some other stories to watch! We hit some of the big transfers over the last few weeks, hit Wa...

We back! It's the False 9 Women's World Cup Preview! We lead off with our Canadian lasses who come in with a squad laden with talent who will have hopes of a world title, but startbina tough group with Australia and Ireland! We then do a group by group preview, diving deep on the big teams, USA, England, Spain, Germany, France, Japan, and the Scandinavians of course! We congratulate Mexico on thei...

This week it's our big season finale show! We lead off with the Champions League final where Inter made it tough on Man City, but a Rodri goal was enough for the Cityzens to complete the treble! Sevilla are once again kings of Europa League with a penalty kick win over Roma, and West Ham win their first major trophy in ages over Fiorentina in Conference League! We touch on the promotion finals fro...

This week our attention turns to the bottom end of the Premier League where there was incredible late drama in the fight to stay up on the final day as a Doucoure stunner keeps Everton up! In La Liga Atletico Madrid and their talisman Griezmann edge out Sociedad who confirmed their Champions League status, and Giroud heads Milan to victory and a Champions League spot at Juventus. The story of the...

This week it's the Champions League semifinals as Man City ball out in the second leg and put Real Madrid to the sword, and Inter dominate Milan over the two legs to advance from the derby to set up the final in Istanbul! In the Premier League City all but wrap up the title as Gundogan shows out at Goodison while Arsenal get bossed by Brighton at home! Barcelona are champions of Spain as they win...

This week we lead off casting our minds back to what could be the pivotal match in the title race as City show Arsenal what champions are made of! This weekend's Premier League brought us a breathless, 7 goal thriller with late drama between Liverpool and Spurs, and Man United and Newcastle get big wins in their tussle for 3rd! Both Barça and Real Madrid bounce back with impressive wins, Salernita...

This week we lead off with Champions League where there was incredible drama at the Maradona as Rafa Leao puts on a show on the counter to put Napoli out and set up a Milan derby in the semis, and Real Madrid swat crisis club Chelsea aside to face Man City! The title race in England is heating up as Arsenal drop points to a shockingly competent West Ham, and Emery has worked wonders at form side A...

This week Man City lay the smack down against Liverpool on a classic Pep-style display, Grealish with his best performance in sky blue, and Newcastle completely boss Manchester United at St. James' to go 3rd! Barça and Real Madrid both style on minnows, Milan turn around their form as Brahim and Leao show out in a dominant win at Napoli, anf Bayern stamp their authority on the Bundesliga putting 4...

This week we lead of in England and the Arsenal train keeps chugging along as the totally boss Crystal Palace, and Spurs were SO Spursy, dropping points and the death to Southampton, and Conte went scorched earth in his presser! A wildly entertaining El Clásico sees Barça get a late winning to go 12 points clear of Real Madrid, Lazio are victorious in a typically spicy Roman derby, and Dortmund ar...

This week we welcome special guest Roy Chikumbi to the show! We lead off with the League Cup Final at Wembley where Newcastle started hot but Manchester United grew into the match and captured their first trophy in six years! It was the second leg of the Man United-Barcelona Europa League tie, and United bossed the second half to knock Barça out of Europe. Liverpool are in crisis as Real Madrid tr...

This week we lead off with a Neil - Mike derby as Neil's Red Devils travel to Camp Nou to face Mike's Blaugrana in Europa league where spoils are shared in a scrappy but entertaining match! The knockout stages of Champions League are underway as Bayern march into Paris and beat PSG, and Dortmund squeak past Chelsea in a hotly contested game at Westfalenstadion. The match of the week is Arsenal and...

It's The False 9 Deadline Day Special! We kick things off on the field at the Bernabeu as Sociedad stymie Real Madrid in a goalless draw as Barça squeak past Girona to open the gap, Napoli are 13(!) points clear atop Serie A after another victory over Roma at the Maradona, and it is incredibly tight at the top of the Bundesliga as Frankfurt get a point on the road at Bayern! Then it's on to all th...

This week it's derby day around England and Manchester is red! A dominating counterattacking victory at Old Trafford has Neil partying, Arsenal march into Tottenham as Saka and Ødegaard show out in the North London derby, and it's the Solly March show at the Amex as Brighton dominate a struggling Liverpool. Barça take the Spanish Super Copa in the latest El Clasico, and Sociedad and Kubo are pushi...

Club footy is back and so is The False 9! This week Brentford are lethal on the break in victory over a hapless Liverpool, Arsenal and Newcastle share to the spoils in a scrappy scoreless thriller at the top of the table, and Man United style on Bournemouth at Old Trafford! It's the Lahoz show once again in the Barcelona Derby as Barça drop points, and Napoli finally lose for the first time at San...

This week we welcome special guest Carlos Benites of Pelota de Maple to the show! We lead off marveling at an historically great World Cup Final where Messi and Mbappe put on a show and Argentina are crowned World Champions! We then highlight the semifinal matches and shout out an incredible run by Morocco, and do a post mortem on England, Brazil, and Portugal. We preview the Boxing Day EPL matche...

This week we do a round of the group stage at the World Cup including a deep dive on our Canadian Men's National Team! We then analyze the early knockout matches where Richarlison shows out, the Dutch teach USA a lesson, and Argentina squeak by a game Aussie squad. We offer our predictions going forward before congratulating Alistair Johnston on his move to Celtic and Ismael Koné in his to Watford...