The ninesixfourtwo’s Podcast

Mr NumberNine and The Fool are back with a new podcast looking back over a few other major sporting events during Februrary not covered in the Football podcast.  In this episode we review the Superbowl, and the NFL season in general. We also look at the NZ vs SA cricket series, and go down a deep deep rabbit hole around the NZ team, the role of analytics in the game and the game of cricket in gene...

NumberNine and The Fool back with another NineSixFourTwo podcast. This episode the pair come back to their roots, with a look into the world of club football. With a look into the outcomes of the January Transfer window for the English Premier League, the Champions League draw and as always, Mou-Corner and a look into the happenings of Jose Mourinho at AS Roma.   The pair also discuss the happenin...

Mr NumberNine and The Fool are back with their recording of their latest live podcast. This was recorded last Monday 31st Jan 2022 NZDST and involved the pair watching the AFC Conference final, Chiefs vs Bengals, live!    This podcast contains the pairs reactions to the key moments, some commentary on the decisive turning points, as well as some good ramblings (including discussion around the then...

Mr NumberNine and The Fool are back with some more football related podcasting! In this episode the pair look into the tournament that is the bane of all EPL managers, the African Cup of Nations! They look into the results from the group stage and preview the round of 16 (which has now been played, so you can compare their results with reality). The pair also have a look into the road to Qatar 202...

Another new to you, but actually old, podcast is here. This episode was recorded back in May 2021 just after the release of the details for the first Silver Lake deal with the NZ Rugby Union, and the controversy around that as the players and some fans didn't like it. This episode covers the way sport is played in NZ, and how where you come from or what school you go to impacts on which sport you...

A new year, but one final podcast from last year (well nearly) from Mr NumberNine and The Fool. In this podcast, recorded in the final days before the end of 2021, we look back over the year and discuss our top 10 sporting people and moments for 2021. 

Here it is for another season! The famous Christmas in December NineSixFourTwo Football Podcast, where Mr NumberNine and The Fool preview the crazy season for the EPL. In this podcast the pair look over the rest of the December fixtures, and then the crazy 4 games in 10 days that may decide the direction of the title race.

Welcome back NineSixFourTwo fans! This podcast has NumberNine and the Fool draft 2 competing test cricket teams, but instead of using actual cricket players with actual cricket skills, NumberNine and The Fool are drafting non-cricketing sport stars. The rules are as follows: Can only pick one sports person from any sport (If a football player is picked, that person can no longer pick any other foo...

NumberNine and The Fool are back with another podcast! This time they are looking back over the just finished ICC T20 World Cup, heroically won by Australia over NZ. The dynamic duo reflect on that final match, looking at how well Australia did to win it and where NZ went wrong. They also review each team in the Super 8's performance in the tournament, and predict how well they might do in the nex...

NumberNine and The Fool were back and Live last night with a Live Podcast on our discord. The two previewed tomorrow night's ICC T20 World Cup Final between New Zealand and Australia. Now, for your viewing pleasure, that livecast is now available for all.  NumberNine and The Fool also veered off into tangents around the nature of T20's, franchise leagues and other cricket related topics.

NumberNine and The Fool had a live podcast in the build up to the final NZ pool game vs Afghanistan at the ICC T20 world cup. In this podcast the boys discussed the game, the tournament so far and other wider ranging details in the cricketing world. Subjects other than this T20 World Cup included some debates around T20's themselves, the qualifying for next years T20 world cup in Australia (maybe)...

This week NumberNine and The Fool have a look at the ICC T20 World Cup in the UAE. The tournament has just started the Super 12 round, so the pair have decided to have a look at each group of six teams. In addition, they have also done a ranking on each team's kit. 

NumberNine and The Fool are back once again, this time with a traditional EPL and Champions League podcast. In this episode the pair dive deep into the champions league fixtures, the fates of the big 6 (and Spurs and Arsenal) and the bottom 4 teams.   There is also some more Newcastle speculation, plus a glance over at AS Roma and the Serie A in Mourinho Watch.

Here are NumberNine and The Fool with another episode, a bit late but better than never! This time the dynamic duo have their take on the latest hot topic, the purchase of Newcastle United football club by a consortium headed up by the Saudi Public Investment Fund. The two delve into other large purchases of football clubs, including Sheikh Mansour's purchase of Manchester City, and of course Roma...

Since we have had the international break, NumberNine and The Fool have a look over the first 3 games of the English Premier League. They discuss the big transfer moves at the end of the transfer window; Lukakku to Chelsea and the return of CR7 to ManUtd. Next a long discussion is also had over manager styles and if Arsenal can be saved. Then there is a brief look at AS Roma and how Jose Mourinho...

NumberNine and The Fool once again discuss the great and wonderful world of football Super Leagues, from the ill-fated European Super League, to potential North American, South American (Pan American?) and ASEAN super leagues. This podcast also delves into the place of Football as an entertainment medium, and how that impacts the way we consume and expect our football to be.

It's that time of the year again where we have our live Fantasy EPL draft night! This year we have 14 teams, with 11 people joining the live draft. Listen as everyone gets super excited about the draft, and see how long it takes them all to realise that the Fool was drafting as many Chelsea players as he could get away with. After the live draft, NumberNine and The Fool continued on a bit to discu...

And so we start the new season of football, and of course NumberNine and myself have a new podcast available! You can listen to it over on the Football section of the blog In this episode NumberNine and myself do our traditional pre-season review of all the transfers in the EPL. We go through each team from Arsenal to Wolves and give each a grade on how good we feel their transfers have been. Also...

NumberNine and The Fool host their live podcast for the end of season 7 Grand Finale Extravaganza! This show is packed with content, from the recent World Test Championship final (GO THE BLACK CAPS) to the euros and how football is coming home! Join NumberNine and the Fool as they discuss it all, as well as reminisce on how Season 7 of the podcast has gone.   The winners of the latest season of th...

NumberNine and The Fool had their first live podcast. The two talked mostly about the start of the (now rain delayed) test between NZ and India. We had hoped to have some live commentary of the test as well, but the rain in Southampton put pay to that idea. However, we were joined by our good friend niquist and we talked rubbish about the game, if it will get any play, and if so what might be some...

NumberNine and The Fool are here to talk some cricket! The ICC Test Championship final is nearly here and NumberNine and The Fool discuss the New Zealand team, the NZ summer of cricket and the NZ teams prospects in the upcoming final. Also, the two get a little side tracked into the admin of cricket and some improvements to the Test Championship, including relegation and promotion! The dynamic duo...

With the apparent death of the European Super League, NumberNine and The Fool do another dive into the world of Super Leagues, this time looking at some other leagues around the world that are considering a super merge. Some of them have an open pyramid, whilst others are closed shops like the proposed European Super League 

NumberNine and The Fool discuss some English Premier League, and who may get relegated, who will get the champions league spots and what will the punishments for the break away European Super League clubs be? Could three of them be relegated?

NumberNIne and The Fool discuss the recent high speed crash that was the European Super League. The pair also look into UEFA's planned revamp of European football and into how different clubs structures can impact on the decisions made in Europe

In this instalment of the 9642 podcast, Mr NumberNine and The Fool discuss some esports, specifically Age of Empires 2 and the current Hidden Cup Tournament