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Show Name: Pitch Perfect

Episode Title: Problems at Manchester United

Episode #9

You are listening to Pitch Perfect the podcast with your host Chris Turnbull.

In this episode of Pitch Perfect the podcast we discuss: the problems with Manchester United.

Before we begin, before we are competing at the level Manchester United need to be, there needs to be a full clearout everywhere and everything needs to change.

Lets play a game, what is the biggest problem at Manchester United? SOUND EFFET the owners of the club. The glazers have been ruining the team for years and it is a very good sign that we are getting Sir Jim and INEOS and hopefully it will lead to the Glazers leaving. Lets dip our feet in the water SOUND EFFECT with all the problems with the Glazers

• Bad things the Glazers do
• Don’t put their own money in the club
• Take dividends from the club
• Bought the team from debt and still has debt on the club
• Ruined the stadium and training grounds
• Have hired terrible people in roles such as the scouting network
• Overpaid for players
• Paul Pogba, Antony, Harry Maguire, Sancho, Lukaku, Di Maria are top 6 most expensive players

Moving on to the new minority owners, I do like what Sir Jim has done so far. At first I wanted Qatar as it would’ve been a full takeover and full ownership but seeing Newcastle now it’s almost like the money doesn’t matter. 

Sir Jim did a good job hiring a new CEO away from City and have been looking to get big names for roles that have been terrible for many years. Controversially, I also like the idea of selling big earners in the summer such as Casimero. First he hasn’t played in a very long time and second if we want to change how we do things then not paying crazy wages for players is a good way to change.

Any Man United fan knows that for us to be successful there needs to be a clearout of the players and before I say anything Ten Hag is the man to lead this rebuild. There are so many players that need to go, it’s like a traffic jam of just dead weight players SOUND EFFECT. The only players currently that should be corner stones for this rebuild is Mainoo, Garnacho, and Hojlund. That doesn’t mean I wouldn’t keep players like Bruno and Lisandro, but those

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Show Name: Pitch Perfect

Episode Title: Current State of Soccer and USMNT

Episode #8

You are listening to Pitch Perfect the podcast with your host Chris Turnbull.

In this episode of Pitch Perfect the Podcast we discuss: how soccer is right now and a little about the USMNT.

Today we will be trying out something new, something never done before in the history of this podcast, an interview. Today we are bringing in special guest _____ to talk with us and give his opinions about how soccer is right now and whats going on. 

Here are the questions we will be answering during the interview

1st question. Just so the viewers get to know you, is there a team you support and how much do you watch soccer?

2nd question. Does anything stand out to you with how the Premier League is looking so far in the season?

3rd question. What are your predictions for the rest of the season?

4th question. What are your early expectations for the USMNT in 2026?

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Show Name: Pitch Perfect

Episode Title: International vs. Club

Episode #7

You are listening to Pitch Perfect the podcast with your host(s) Me.

In this episode of the Podcast we discuss: the difference in International soccer vs club soccer.

If you watch international soccer, the last world cup for example, you would see that there is a slight difference on how teams play, more specifically club teams and international teams. You could see that play is definitely slower and they keep possession more. If these were your thoughts about how the game is played, you’d be correct, and there are stats to back this up. 

• International teams play more passes per sequence (3.9)-(3.3)
• International teams are slower to progress the ball towards the goal (1.45 mps)-(1.64 mps)
• International teams average 12.5 sequences of 10 or more passes, club teams average 8.6

Although this may sound crazy and very strange at first, there are definitely reasons as to why this is the case. The first and biggest reason for all of this is due to the playing time and consistency of the squads. Club teams have full pre-seasons and months of training in order to teach and commit to the coaches preferred tactics. National teams only ever have a few weeks at a time during international breaks, and a few weeks is being generous. Most of the time, they get a week or 2 at a time with 2 or 3 games during friendly international breaks. And they get very minimal time to prepare for major tournaments and games. The trophies in International soccer are more wanted and more meaningful then club competitions. Most major international competitions take place once every 4 years, like the World Cup and Euros. There is also a certain pride in representing your country, which you grew up in and have a very strong connection to for the most part. 

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Episode Title: History of La Liga

Episode #6

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In this episode of Pitch Perfect the Podcast we discuss: The Real Mardid and Barca Dominance, and brief history.

As you can probably tell from the episodes that I have already posted, I am more of a Premier League guy. It’s what I focus on, and I don’t watch nearly as much La Liga as Prem. The one thing I do know about La Liga is that it’s a league that basically consists of 2 teams, Real and Barca. They are the teams with the titles, the best players, all the money, and the fanbases. 

Number of La Liga titles

• Real Madrid- 35
• Barca- 27
• Everyone else- 30

La Liga titles since 2000

• Real Madrid- 8
• Barca- 11
• Everyone else- 4

Atletico Madrid- 2, Valencia- 2 (both before 2005)

El Clasico is the biggest rivalry in all of sports, even though I love the prem derby and all of the American sports ones, there’s no doubt its the best. I always thought that the rivalry was only because of them being the two best teams in the country, but an article by onefootball says a reason for it is their opposing political views, which I found interesting. 

In total competive matches, there have been 205 matches, Real Madrid have won 103, Barca 100, and 52 draws, so Real Madrid barley has the upper hand. 

La Liga was officially formed in 1929, having only 10 teams in the competition at this point. In total, there have been 62 teams that have participated. The best display of dominance was in the 60’s and 70’s when Real Madrid won 14 league titles over this time period. La Liga has produced the most Champions League winning teams (19) and their players have won the most ballon d’ors (24). 

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Episode Title: Best Players of all Time

Episode #5

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In this episode of Pitch Perfect the Podcast, we discuss: Ballon d’Or winners since 2000, and Messi vs Ronaldo debate.

Obviously, when talking about the best players ever, you have to begin with Messi and Ronaldo. 

No matter your opinion on the goat, you have to recognize both players as the two best of all time, and respect both as great players. 

Obviously there is an endless list of the greats, but so the episode doesn’t go on for hours, I will list and talk about the Ballon’ dor winners since 2000

2000- Figo

• 2nd Portiguese to ever win, played great for barca and real madrid, played great at Euro 2000 helping portugal to semi-finals

2001- Michael Owen

• 4th english player to win, won 5 titles in 2001, UEFA cup, European Supercup, League Cup, FA Cup, Community Shield

2002- OG Ronaldo

• Won mostly because of his performance in world cup

2003- Pavel Nedvěd

• Won Serie A and Supercoppa Italiana, won because of his performance in later stages of Champions League, very controversial, many thinking Henry deserved it

2004- Andriy Shevchenko

• 3rd Ukranian, top scored Serie A, Serie A title, 

2005- Ronaldinho

• Won for great play and winning La Liga

2006- Fabio Cannavaro

• Won for performances throughout season and world cup, rare defender

2007- Kaka

• Won Champions League Semi-Final over Ronaldo- pretty much giving him the award, then won final

2008- Ronaldo

• Won Champions League and Premier League, 31 league goals, 8 champions league goals

2009- Messi

• Won La Liga, Champions League, Copa del Rey, beat Ronaldo in Champions League Final

2010- Messi

• 34 goals in La Liga, La Liga player of season, controversial, people thought Xavi should’ve won

2011- Messi

• 53 goals in 55 games, Won La Liga, Won Champions league

2012- Messi

• Record 91 goals, only won Copa del Rey

2013- Ronaldo

• 66 goals, people felt ribbery should have won

2014- Ronaldo

• 61 goals, Champions League win, Club World Cup, European Super Cup, Copa del rey

2015- Messi

• 52 goals 26 assist, Won Copa del Rey, La Liga, Champions League, Spanish Super Cup, European Super Cup and Club World Cup

2016- Ronaldo

51 goals, 17 assist, Champions League and European Cup winner, big champions league goals, Euro 2016 winner

2017- Ronaldo

• Champions League Win, La Liga

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Show Name: Pitch Perfect

Episode Title: World Cup History

Episode #4

You are listening to Pitch Perfect the podcast with your host Chis Turnbull.

In this episode of Pitch Perfect the Podcast, we discuss: The counties with the most World Cups and The tournament's greatest-ever players.

According to a statista.com graph, there have only been 8 countries to ever win a World Cup

1. Brazil, 5
2. Germany, 4
3. Italy, 4
4. Argentia, 3
5. Uruguay, 2
6. France, 2
7. Spain, 1
8. England, 1

• Brazil has had some great players and teams, including Pele, Ronaldinho, OG Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Kaka, Cafu, and there is just an endless list of others, but recently they haven’t been able to get over the hump, even though they have been considered by many to be the most talented team in most of the recent world cups. 
• Germany has had success all throughout the history of the World Cup, winning 4 of them, each about 20 years apart from the 50’s to that legendary 2014 tournament,
• Italy had a lot of success very early, winning the second and third ever tournament, they also won in 82 and 2006. They’re a country known for their strong and solid defense
• Argentina has obviously just won the Qatar World Cup, winning Messi the most undeserved Ballon d’or ever, but thats besides the point. Argentina also won 2 earlier world cups, with Maradona being on both teams.
• Uruguay won the first ever World Cup, which they also hosted in 1930. They won their second 20 years later, and have never won a World Cup since
• France has obviously been very successful as of late, winning the World Cup in 2018 and being the finalist in the Qatar World Cup, it was a great final. They also won the tournament when they hosted in 1998 with a great team led by Zidane and henry
• Spain won their only World Cup in 2010 led by a Barcelona midfield of Xavi, inestia, Busquets 
• England won their only World Cup when they hosted back in 1966. They have been to 2 semifinals but couldn’t get it done in their golden generation in the 90’s

According to bbc.com, some pundits created a list of the top 10 World Cup players ever

1. Gary Lineker
2. 10 goals in 12 appearances, quarter and semi finalists

You are listening to Pitch Perfect the podcast with your host Chris Turnbull.

In this episode of Pitch Perfect the Podcast, we discuss The History of the Best Prem Teams,Hall of Fame inductees, and biggest rivalries.

According to Premierleague.com the most wins

1. Manchester United 731
2. Arsenal 652
3. Liverpool 635
4. Chelsea 632
5. Toteham 528
6. Man City 509

• Manchester United and Liverpool are considered best teams
• Man City success came very recent
• Man United best team

https://www.premierleague.com/stats/top/clubs/wins?co=1&se=-1

• Sir Alex
• Wenger
• Rio Ferdinand
• Peter Cech
• Tony Adams
• Patrick Viera
• Wayne Rooney
• Ian Wright
• Peter Schmeichel
• Paul Scholes
• Didier Drogba
• Vincent Kompany
• Sergio Aguero
• Alan Shearer
• Thierry Henry
• Eric Cantona
• Roy Keane 
• David Beckham
• Dennis Bergkamp
• Frank Lampard
• Steven Gerard

• Manchester Darby
• United 78, City 60, 53 draws
• United vs Liverpool
• United 82, Liverpool 71, 58 draws
• London Darbys
• Arsenal, Chelsea, Totenham, West Ham, Palace, Brentford, Fulham
• Mersey Side
• Liverpool 95, Everton 67, 76 draws

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Show Name: Pitch Perfect

Episode Title: Best Teams of all time

Episode #2

You are listening to Pitch Perfect the podcast with your host Chris Turnbull.

In this episode of Pitch Perfect, a soccer podcast, we discuss the biggest clubs, journeymen, and treble winning sides.

According to talksport.com

France Football made a list of the 30 biggest clubs and based results on 10 reasons

Number of players in the squad to have won a World Cup

Continent level titles won (eg; Champions League),

Shirts sold per year

Annual revenue

Record transfer fee paid

Average attendance

Market value of current squad

Ballon d'Or trophies won since 1956

Social media followers

Clubs with the biggest mythical status

1. Real Madrid
2. FC Barcelona
3. Manchester United
4. Bayern Munich
5. Liverpool
6. Juventus
7. PSG
8. Chelsea
9. Manchester City
10. Arsenal
11. AC Milan

Totenham 14, Ajax 16, Al Ahly 21

• Obviously, it's hard to argue with this list with Frace Football having this criteria, but I will do the best I can
• Shirts per year, revenue, attendance
• Should be considered, but financial was heavily taken into consideration, possibly too much
• MANCHESTER CITY, PSG TOO HIGH
• Agree with top 5
• Tottenham should have place in top clubs, but the haven't won anything in too long to be 14
• Ajax should be higher
• Why is Al Ahly 21?