The Road to Nowhere European Football Podcast

Alasdair, Barlow and Michael are joined by Albert and Barney (of Long Ball Futebol podcast fame) to discuss and analyse the latest European football news. The boys look at Alasdair's recent Derby della Capitale matchday experience in Rome, Sevilla's short-, medium-, and long-term concerns, Nicolás Otamendi's role in 19-year-old Antonio Silva’s development at Benfica, Pedro Gonçalves&#3...

Alasdair, Barlow and Michael are joined by Luke Entwistle (of Get French Football News and the official Ligue 1 podcast fame) to discuss and analyse the latest European football news. The boys look at Villarreal's post-Emery struggles, Ivan Jurić's impressive managerial résumé, Monaco’s hopes and expectations for Eliesse Ben Seghir, Schalke’s first-rate fanbase and more. 1:29 - What factors h...

Alasdair, Barlow and Michael discuss and analyse the latest European football news. The boys look at Malick Thiaw's emergence as a key figure in AC Milan's back three, Frédéric Antonetti's managerial credentials, Borussia Dortmund's post-World Cup resurgence, Real Sociedad's Europa League date with Roma and more. 1:39 - How have Scottish prospects Lewis Ferguson and Josh Doig acclimatised to life...

Alasdair, Barlow and Michael discuss and analyse the latest European football news. The boys look at Barcelona's home comforts, Wolfsburg's system-enabling tenacity, Cremonese's contrasting league and cup fortunes, Nice's newfound optimism, and more. 1:56 - In a Wolfsburg squad laced with young talent and a sprinkling of more experienced, sage heads, who can we expect to see play a key role for Di...

Alasdair, Barlow and Michael discuss and analyse the latest European football news. The boys look at the Bundesliga's decidedly on-brand Matchday 16 goal rush, Empoli's flourishing youth academy, the wider significance of the most recent edition of the Madrid derby, Salis Abdul Samed's promising start to life at high-flying Lens and more. 1:40 - Which Lens players in particular can we expect to se...

Alasdair, Barlow and Michael are joined by Joe Donnohue (the voice of Scouted Football) to discuss and analyse the latest European football news. In spotlighting several young prospects and developing storylines to follow over the second half of the season, the boys look at Freiburg's sensible recruitment, Villarreal’s dexterous starlet, Will Still’s managerial odyssey, Giorgio Scalvini’s aggressi...

Alasdair and Michael discuss and analyse the latest action on and off the pitch so far in Qatar. The boys look at Lionel Messi’s swan song, Morocco’s endearing collectivism, Kylian Mbappé’s palpable winning mentality, Croatia’s inevitable exhaustion, and more. Notwithstanding the fact that Antoine Griezmann has not scored any goals in Qatar, how might we argue that the 31-year-old has been the bes...

Alasdair, Barlow and Michael discuss and analyse the latest action on and off the pitch so far in Qatar. The boys look at the evolution of Louis van Gaal’s Dutch side over the course of the tournament, Antoine Griezmann's integral role as the orchestrator of the French attack, Fernando Santos’ bold but vindicated decision to hand a start to Gonçalo Ramos, and more. After scraping through against A...

Barlow and Michael are joined by long-time friend of the podcast, Alan Feehely for a look at the action on and off the pitch so far in Qatar. The boys discuss Lionel Messi’s mixed fortunes during the group stage, the case for Australia to be the tournament's most compelling country, the USA’s consistency, and more. After cruising through their group, how many more layers are there to England in th...

Alasdair, Barlow and Michael discuss and analyse the latest European football news. In spotlighting several intriguing storylines to follow at the 2022 World Cup, the boys look at Luka Modrić's poetic apprentice, Theo Hernandez’s advanced role in France’s possible 3-4-1-2 formation, Hirving Lozano’s cult hero status, Jude Bellingham's career trajectory and more. How has Napoli's Hirving Lozano evo...

Alasdair, Barlow and Michael are joined by Alex Collings (of Scouted Football, Football Per 90, and Pot Shot Podcast fame) to discuss and analyse the latest European football news. The boys look at Fiorentina's contrasting fortunes domestically and in Europe, Lyon's existentialism, the apparent decline of Schalke's erstwhile prestigious youth academy, Real Valladolid's purple patch, and more. Now...

Alasdair, Barlow and Michael discuss and analyse the latest European football news. The boys look at the wider significance of Florian Wirtz's long-term absence for Bayer Leverkusen, Bologna's post-Siniša Mihajlović regression, the main factors behind the alarming drop-off in Barcelona's attacking output, FC Lorient's narrative-laced start to life under Régis Le Bris and more. 1:38 - Whe...

Alasdair, Barlow and Michael discuss and analyse the latest European football news. The boys look at Destiny Udogie's development at high-flying Udinese, Athletic Club's European aspirations under the guidance of Ernesto Valverde, Sheraldo Becker's xG-defying exploits, Toulouse's Scottish connection and more. 2:07 - Which factors have enabled Toulouse's post-nadir rebirth? / 19:21 - How might we e...

Alasdair and Barlow are joined by Richard David Pike (Breaking the Lines) to discuss and analyse the latest European football news. The boys look at Seville's evolving footballing landscape, Heart of Midlothian's rude Europa Conference League awakening, the heir apparent to Darwin Núñez's Benfica throne, Union Saint-Gilloise's defiance of post-Felice Mazzù expectations, Pascal Janssen’s managerial...

Alasdair, Barlow and Michael discuss and analyse the latest European football news. The boys look at the roles of Aurélien Tchouaméni and Eduardo Camavinga in Real Madrid's post-Casemiro midfield, Dortmund's rather enduring incompetency, Sampdoria's early season misery, and Angel Gomes' promising partnership with Benjamin André in Lille's double pivot. 1:47 - Just how central could 21-year-ol...

Alasdair, Barlow and Michael discuss and analyse the latest European football news. The boys look at Lucien Favre's second dawn at Nice, Roma's tantalising squad dynamics, Micky van de Ven's promising trajectory at Wolfsburg, and the wider significance of Takefusa Kubo's permanent move to Real Sociedad. 1:31 - With Luka Jović looking to rediscover his goalscoring form of yesteryear, why might Vinc...

Alasdair, Barlow, and Michael are joined by Patrick Caskie (tactical expert of Scouted Football and Breaking the Lines fame) and Byron Hutchinson (Recruitment Analyst at Viking FC, and Social Media Lead at the Bundesliga) to discuss and analyse the latest European football news. The boys look at the striking similarities between Valencia's current direction of travel and Deportivo de La Coruña's w...

Alasdair, Barlow and Michael discuss and analyse the latest European football news. In announcing their alternative end-of-season awards, the boys look at Sanjin Prcić's mesmeric play-making at the base of Strasbourg's midfield, Serie A's scandal of the year, Hamburg's perpetual misfortune, the opening scene of Carlo Ancelotti's sophisticated biopic and more. 3:05 - Which LaLiga club's president's...

Alasdair, Barlow and Michael discuss and analyse the latest European football news. The boys look at Genoa's numerous false dawns, Clermont Foot's architecturally anomalous Stade Gabriel-Montpied, Bayer Leverkusen's resplendent Rückrunde, Espanyol's apparent short-sightedness and more. 3:04 - Following Levante's and Alavés' relegations to the Segunda, what conclusions can we draw from their respec...

Alasdair, Barlow and Michael discuss and analyse the latest European football news. The boys look at 22-year-old Nico Schlotterbeck's intimidating aerial prowess, Carlo Ancelotti's peerless coaching experience, Monaco's idiosyncratic place within the wider Ligue 1 ecosystem, Salernitana's heroic Serie A survival bid, and more. 2:50 - To what extent has AC Milan's resilient character enabled the Ro...

Alasdair, Barlow and Michael discuss and analyse the latest European football news. The boys look at Lyon's defensive friability, Gian Piero Gasperini's Sword of Damocles, Union Berlin's derby dominance, Real Madrid's bouncebackability and more. 2:49 - What was the mood like in the Olympiastadion before, during, and after the most recent edition of the Berlin derby, and, tactically speaking, where...

Alasdair, Barlow and Michael discuss and analyse the latest European football news. The boys look at Ligue 1's riveting recent battle of the wing-backs, 22-year-old Beto's endearing journey from Lisbon's district leagues to scoring a Serie A hat-trick for Udinese, the perhaps inevitable impact of Julen Lopetegui's desired playing style on Sevilla's ageing squad, Hertha Berlin's latest left-field r...

Alasdair, Barlow and Michael discuss and analyse the latest European football news. The boys look at Carlo Ancelotti's faltering job security, Borna Sosa’s irresistible partnership with Sasa Kalajdžić, Lazio’s Derby Della Capitale wake-up call, Jonathan Clauss’ professional pilgrimage and more. 2:10 - How might we explain Stuttgart’s inability this campaign to replicate last season’s impressive Bu...

Alasdair, Barlow and Michael discuss and analyse the latest European football news. The boys look at Dortmund's shortcomings on and off the field of play, Alexander Blessin's unbeaten start to life as Genoa manager, Nantes' inconsistently electric front three, Valencia's Copa del Rey euphoria and more. 2:26 - Tactically speaking, what were the key factors behind AC Milan's recent win over Napoli?...

Alasdair, Barlow and Michael discuss and analyse the latest Europe football news. The boys look at Spezia's influential academy graduates, PSG's ominous reliance on Kylian Mbappé, Real Betis' defiance of our early-season expectations domestically and in Europe, RB Leipzig's fruitful shift away from an intense approach to pressing and more. 2:26 - Notwithstanding PSG's recent Champions League succe...