All Stats Aren't We

It's been a couple of weeks! Have you missed us? Jon, Joe and Tom A are back to chat all things Wolves and they're joined by Football Manager's Wolves researcher and founder of Talking Wolves, Dave Azzopardi, to dissect the Midlands team ahead of Monday night. Jump on in and have a listen! MOT Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameoftheirlives . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

As a treat for the international break, we're releasing the Patreon Bonus Podcast episode where Jon talked to Seb Wassell of Sports Interactive and Billy Reid of Out of Context Football Manager about Leeds and Football Manager. There was plenty to talk about of course and we looked at what Seb does behind the scenes assessing the Leeds players and the various sub-cultures of FM that have got Out o...

What a beautiful day. The blue sky is visible (in the distance). Sheffield United are in the mud. And Leeds got a draw with one of the best teams in the world of football. Jon, Joe and (not Kenny but) Tom A are here to talk you through the City result. Plenty to talk about and plenty to be said. Enjoy! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameoftheirlives . Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

In the week before the international break kicks in, Jon, Darren and Tom Woodhead are here to look ahead to the Manchester City game this weekend. They're joined by Nico Morales, football writer who has appeared in The Ringer, The Athletic, Howler Mag and StatsBomb, amongst others. Enjoy! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameoftheirlives . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

A fairly comfortable (compared to the last few weeks anyway) win away from home in Sheffield and we're back to chat through the ins and outs and Dallas's positions of the Blades game. Jon is joined by the Toms - Woodhead and Alderson - and we have a cameo from a very special guest.... Enjoy! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameoftheirlives . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

As time rolls on inexorably, we're back to preview the Sheffield United game ahead of Sunday. It's Jon, Darren and Tom Woodhead today and they're joined by Anthony Adshead of S2Stats. Lots to talk about: how will Leeds approach Chris Wilder's unique 3-5-2? what formation will be played? what personnel will fit into the 3-3-1-3? who will man mark who? Come join us! Support this show http://supporte...

Lots to pick over from the bones of the Fulham game this weekend. A game that looked to be going so well very quickly began to look not so well and once again questions were raised about our defence. Jon, Darren and Joe are here to do just that and talked the midfield situation, what's gone wrong with Dallas and then basked in the glory of Bamford and Klich. MOT Support this show http://supporter....

If it feels like we only just previewed a Fulham game, that's because we did. But a lot has happened since we beat the... um... Cottagers (?) at Elland Road in June.  This Premier League fixture was previewed by Jon, Tom Alderson and Joe Hill and they were joined by Jack J Collins of Fulhamish podcast.  Hopefully, you're looking forward to the game and hopefully this will give you the lo...

We're back and we're ace! Jon, Tom W and Josh Hobbs are here to talk you through what was a frantic return to Premier League football for Leeds United. But what can we learn from the game? Are Leeds ready to stake a claim on the division or do we need more data to really decide what this season is going to look like? Find out in this Liverpool review episode. MOT Support this show http://supporter...

Oh look! It's the first match preview episode and it's only Liverpool away to kick things off! Jon, Darren and Teedubs are here to discuss all things tactics and they get stuck in arguing about the formation Leeds will use, whether Koch will play, where Liverpool's weaknesses are and Tom's TV repair man. They're also joined by John O'Sullivan, a freelance journalist who is often found on the Anfie...

We've got a special one for you today: a preview of Leeds season in the Premier League. However, rather than trawling through categories and giving you our thoughts, we've livened things up by making it into an Over/Under competition. Jon, Tom Woodhead, Joe Hill and Tom Alderson have everything you need to know about next season in about an hour's top entertainment. Enjoy! MOT Support this show ht...

We're back for the final episode of our short Summer Scouting Reports series. Today, Jon, Josh and Darren cover the news and then spend a long glorious time talking about Illan Meslier and Adam Forshaw. We're back early next week with a Premier League Season Preview and then a Liverpool Preview episode. Enjoy! MOT Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameoftheirlives . Hosted on Acast....

This is the second week of our scouting report episodes. This week, Jon, Darren and Tom W spend a delicious hour talking about the life and times of Liam Cooper and Stuart Dallas. Before they get to that, though, they quickly cover the news stories of the week: The Three Rs (Rodrigo, Robin Koch and Ryan Kent), Sam Greenwood, Rafa Mujica and... Lionel Messi... no seriously... MOT Support this show...

Jon, Darren and Joe are here for the first of our summer scouting reports. They spend a whole episode talking about Mateusz Klich and Patrick Bamford, their careers, their stats and their strengths and weaknesses. MOT Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameoftheirlives . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back! And we're here to finish up our review of the 2019/20 Championship-winning season Before we do that, though, we cast our eyes over the transfer business that has been done before and chat about the logics behind our approach this summer. MOT Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameoftheirlives . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back after a week away to bring you the first episode of a two-part season review! Jon, Tom Woodhead and Darren are here to talk you through pre-season, the Forshaw years, the minor blip, and then a very productive period before the TURNING POINT vs Cardiff at Elland Road... MOT Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameoftheirlives . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

With much sadness but also much exhaustion, we arrive at the last debrief episode of the season with Jon, Darren and Tom W talking through matters arising from the Charlton game. We'll be back soon, though, with a double-header season review episode the week after next so get excited. MOT Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameoftheirlives . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

There's not so much stats and tactics in this one but we did get to talk all about the youngsters on the field today. Jon, Josh and Darren joined by Ben Roberts, a Charlton fan, to talk back over Derby and look forward to Charlton. But in many respects, we're still giddy. MOT. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameoftheirlives . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

Well, we're back. It's taken some of us a good 12 hours but we made it. Leeds are on the cusp of promotion and Jon, Darren and Joe are here to talk you through it all. They're then joined by Ram Srinivas of MRKT Insights to preview the Derby County game on Sunday afternoon. We're nearly there. MOT. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameoftheirlives . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

Well, well, well. What a day! And the lads are back to (attempt to) debrief a horrible game in Swansea that we came out winners from and put us on the cusp of the Premier League... Jon was joined by Darren Driver and Tom Alderson to debrief then later Doug O'Kane - the Sports Editor of the Barnsley Chronicle to preview Thursday's game. MOT Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameofthei...

Well, well, well. Five-nil eh? Not bad. Not bad. Jon, Josh (bet you didn't expect that did you!) and Tom W are back to give you many minutes of waxing lyrical about Leeds, the most ASAW moment ever and some very good insight into Swansea City from Ben Church (@JackArmy_). Come along for the ride. Bask in our glory. MOT. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameoftheirlives . Hosted on A...

It's always good recording after a win and we have a bumper episode for you today. Jon, Darren and Joe are here to talk you through the Ewood Park win for Leeds. They're then joined by Chris Brammer (@Brammered) of the Wizards of Drivel podcast to preview the Stoke game this Sunday. Enjoy! MOT Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameoftheirlives . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

If you are in need of salving your soul after last night, we are the bearers of good news: a new podcast episode in which Jon, Tom Woodhead (@tdwoodhead) and Joe Hill (@joehill96) unpick Tuesday's fixture against Luton and look for the positives to take away. They are then joined by Tom Schofield (@Tom_Schoey) from Rovers Chat (@rovers_chat) ahead of the Rovers fixture this weekend. MOT (Everythin...

It's a pretty buoyant episode today in the wake of the Fulham win yesterday. Jon is joined by Darren Driver (@DarrenDriver) and Joe Hill (@joehill96) to deconstruct the Fulham win, looking at the two halves and Marcelo Bielsa's genius tactical shifts. They then are joined by John Earls - a freelance journalist and Luton fan - to look forward to Tuesday's game against the Hatters. MOT Support this...

Jon is joined by Joe Hill (@joehill96) and Tom Alderson (@tomalderson97) to look forward to the Fulham game this weekend. They are joined by Jack J. Collins (@JackJCollins) of Fulhamish Pod (@FulhamishPod) who gives us a Fulham's-eye view of the game. Come along for the ride! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegameoftheirlives . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...