Schrodinger’s Ball

We meet to discuss the tranche of events in the world of football, which started by Kane winning the Ballon'dor over Kylian Mbappe and Lamine Yamal. We discuss his journey to Bayern Munich. We also discuss the trouble brewing up at Carrington as after Bruno was dropped for the Bournemouth game after his criticism of Michael Carrick's tactics and Manchester United losing 0-3 at Old Trafford. However things are stabilizing after United decided to stick with their midfield veteran on the sidelines and Bruno has resolved problems and is ready to captain his side again. Chelsea themselves had an off day at the office where they lost 0-2 to Spurs including an outburst by Cole Palmer. Things slightly improved for Chelsea in midweek as they drew to Liverpool at Anfield and lost on penalties, but things need to change quickly for Xabi Alonso's blues to not fall in a slump of poor results Hosts: Chinmay, Sanket and Raj

We discuss games from GW 7 of the Premier League as all 3 teams went to tough away grounds and two came back victorious.  We also discuss Chelsea getting their first clean sheet in 25 games as Pedro Neto scores his first EPL brace with defenders like Josh Acheampong especially shining in defence. Worrying signs for Manchester United as Bruno's poor form and Carrick's rigidity in his lineup selection continues as Leeds score a goal from set-pieces. Sanket thinks Carrick's is slowly running out of time and things need to change quickly for him to save his job Raj discusses the impact of Brentford's red card and how we all haven't noticed Isak ramping PL goals despite having injury concerns. He especially praises Wirtz and Jacquet

We discuss the Chelsea and Man United games from GW 6 this week with Chelsea thumping 5 against the Cherries at Stamford Bridge with a brace from Joao Pedro and Henderson each Meanwhile a far more grim picture unfolded at Old Trafford when a 20th placed Tottenham Hotspur managed to look like a better team than the red devils in all aspects but the one that matters, scoring goals. This episode covers the opinions on why Man United is struggling this year, Carrick's role in this, Licha's comments and Bruno Fernandes's dipping form. 

We record the first special podcast of the second season of the Schrodinger's Ball podcast. We are joined by Anukarsh Jain host of the Indie Football Podcast (Instagram: @indiefootballshow) to discuss a 0-3 loss for Liverpool at Anfield following a Gravenberch double yellow. Anukarsh and Raj get into the issues with this squad and how 1 player Florian Wirtz is simply not able to catch a break as his Liverpool career seems to be edging towards disappointment. They also share their opinions on how Andoni Iraola has started his Liverpool stint.  In the backdrop of this loss is the star-studded Manchester City embroiled in their own controversy as this is the first game since the financial doping charges levied against them during international break and as this rolls on and such results happen it makes the Premier League look weak and phony. We also address what an appropriate penalty should be and if the financial rules that have broken were fair in the first place. Hosts: Raj, Chinmay and Sanket Guest: Anukarsh (@indiefootballshow)

We discuss the way the journeys of the two icons of international football Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are at their dusk. The scenarios couldn't be more starkly different. For the Argentinian maestro, it ends in glory and for the Portuguese superstar, it ends in acrimony with the newly appointed coach Jorge Jesus and the Portugal FA. We present our opinions on what could and should happen to give a graceful exit to this legend. As far as popularity contests go, there is nothing bigger than the Ballon D'or ceremony. The race is led by the English veteran Harry Kane, the new La' Masia prodigy Lamine Yamal and the ever-present French Real Madrid talisman Kylian Mbappe. We rate their chances on trophies, goalscoring and football statistics and individual brilliance.   Finally we discuss as injury woes have gripped Liverpool and Chelsea as the face the controversy draped Man City and winless B'mouth. At the same point Manchester United looks desperate to turn a leaf over the underwhelming start by beating the 20th placed Tottenham managed by Roberto De Zerbi.

We return for another episode for the Schrodinger's Ball Pod this week to discuss the GW 4 games in the Premier League where United lose their Mancunian rivals despite an early red card for Phil Foden and Chelsea & Liverpool getting draws against Fulham and Hull City, despite another wonder-show at the hands of CPR (Cole, Perdro, Rogers) due to their naive defense. In the EFL cup Raj is pleased by the hands-on rescue mission undertaken by Macallister and Szoboszalai despite the worrying signs in shot conversion shown by the expensive Liverpool frontline. He sees green shoots of strong pressing and defending in this game though and is looking forward to the next EFL Cup tie where they face Chelsea in the EFL Cup 4th round at Anfield. Manchester United meanwhile also suffered a shocking loss to the Seagulls as the team came back to being 2-0 down in first 10 mins due to a Shea Lacey wonderstrike. Hosts: Chinmay, Raj and Sanket

We are back to cover the Premier League GW 3 and Champions League GW 1. We discuss Everton's last minute banger goal at Hill Dickinson Stadium to steal a point, Liverpool comfortably sending Ipswich packing without conceding a goal and Chelsea looking a level below Arsenal despite good effort.  We also cover Liverpool's UCL win against Atletico Madrid at Anfield despite the customary Llorente goal, thanks to the goals scored by Szoboszalai and Macallister. We also cover United winning against Sabah at OT where 3 goals in first half followed by a 4th by Lisandro Martinez was enough to send Sabah the UCL debutants packing. Chelsea also had their own battles facing off Leeds in the EFL Cup Round 3 where Chelsea were losing 0-2, but an inspire comeback from Rogers, Palmer, Barco and Welbeck led to Chelsea scoring 6 goals in the 2nd half at Stamford Bridge. We also preview GW 4 fixtures including the Manchester derby, Chelsea facing unbeaten Hull City and Liverpool facing Fulham. Hosts: Chinmay, Raj & Sanket

We come back for the third episode of this season where we discuss the games in GW2 and the transfer window debacle where Lamine Camara - Folarin Balogun - Joshua Zirkzee all collapsed at the elevententh hour.  We also discuss the Bruno Fernandes hattrick in the 7 goal thriller at Old Trafford, followed by Liverpool drawing their games against Forest at Anfield and Chelsea getting only a single goal lead vs Brighton despite scoring 4 goals including a screamer by Palmer.  Hosts: Sanket, Chinmay and Raj

We meet to discuss the opening PL fixtures for Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea getting a loss, draw and win respectively. We start with how Sanket, in line with the popular thinking among United legends (Rooney, Scholes), argues that Mainoo can't be dropped and that Baleba is such a key signing to get legs in the United midfield.  Liverpool with a current predicament of good performances from Szoboszalai and Gravenberch carrying the team towards a nail-biting draw at St. James's Park despite easy transitions through a disorganized Liverpool. Chelsea hammered their Fulham road neighbors with quick strikes from all 3 attackers in Xabi's low possession high energy Chelsea lineup. Sanchez however made it tough conceding 2 easy goals. Great advert for the PL with the two ex-Madristas flexing their attacking muscles. Guests: Chinmay, Sanket and Raj

The Schrodinger's ball podcast is back with a fresh PL season on the horizon. We discuss the big transfer stories in the window for Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United including players like Carlos Baleba, Morgan Rogers and Bradley Barcola. Following that we predict the Premier League Top 5, with one of the most open season for 2-5 th place following Guardiola's departure.  Finally we preview Newcastle's opener against Liverpool at St. James's park and other interesting fixtures.   Hosts: Chinmay, Raj and Sanket