Hitting the Bar. The Football Podcast.

Hitting the Bar. The Football Podcast. Episode 82. Chris Karle and Geoff Saunders look back at the last week, Leicester win the cup and their owner captures the hearts of fans but VAR lets Chelsea down, Liverpool outrageously gifted a win over West Brom by bias and bad refereeing, Spurs play as a team against Wolves, is Alli playing his way into the Euros, Everton and West Ham suffer set backs, Bruce might actually be a good manager, Saurez proves Barca wrong, why Sancho is the best current...

Hitting the Bar. The Football Podcast. Episode 80. Chris Karle and Geoff Saunders look back at the week's games and one that wasn't, will Man United fans' protest change the way owners run clubs or do they just not understand how capitalism works, how a rescheduled game affects other top 4 chasers, Gareth Bale is exceptional for Spurs and shows just how Jose got it all wrong, we look at contenders for the Tottenham job, West Ham go on the attack and beat Burnley, Villa prove Geoff right and...

Hitting the Bar. The Football Podcast. Episode 78. Chris Karle and Geoff Saunders look at what's behind the proposed European Super League and quickly discover it's money, how could the ESL affect the Premier League, why no competition, relegation or risk is like an American sports model and can't work with football, what sanctions can authorities bring and what fan boycotts are needed, if it did go ahead how domestic leagues can reinvent themselves, we also look at the strange and...

Hitting the Bar. The Football Podcast. Episode 79. Chris Karle and Geoff Saunders look at the collapse of the European Super League, why sanctions are not possible and where it went wrong, Ryan Mason channels his inner Mourinho and gets it all wrong in the cup, the ref and VAR rule that kicking a ball is wrong and send West Ham player off, Woolwich get worse as Arteta pulls them further down, Ten Hag best choice and Sarri worst for next Spurs manager, we predict the next round of games and...

Hitting the Bar. The Football Podcast. Episode 75 Chris Karle and Geoff Saunders look back at a week of international action, Southgate plays extra defenders against teams who don't attack, Kane's goal adds class to an average game, meaningless ties for lower ranked teams and how to fix it, Van Basten suggests scrapping off side, Agüero ends a City era, who should and shouldn't get a statue, we predict the next round of PL games and there's Geoff's trivia question! #football #soccer...

Hitting the Bar. The Football Podcast. Episode 74. Chris Karle and Geoff Saunders look back at the magic of the FA Cup, Saints now safe in the league give their season meaning, City cruise past Everton and Leicester show up United's weaknesses, in the league Brighton's beautiful football overwhelms a poor Newcastle, West Ham gift Arsenal a draw and Tottenham bounce back, we look at that Llloris statement, can the current top four be breached, Southgate's puzzling selections, how do Maguire,...

Hitting the Bar. The Football Podcast, episode 73. Chris Karle and Geoff Saunders look back at the week in football, Spurs' lack of energy and negativity cost them against Arsenal, not helped by a one sided ref and a penalty that wasn't, Lamela collects enough points for sending off but how did Gabriel and Xhaka not see red, West Ham show non firing MUFC too much respect, Palace reach record points tally, Brighton score twice in one game with Lallana looking good, Saints sinking, Newcastle...

Hitting the Bar. The Football Podcast. Episode 72. Chris Karle and Geoff Saunders look back at the recent Premier League games, Liverpool mount worst ever title defence, Woolwich Wanderers can't buy a penalty, Man United peg back City, Tottenham play an almost perfect game with brilliant Bale and Kane, Tuchel's touch changes Chelsea, West Ham at the races, the new handball rule and why offside needs reviewing, other clubs could follow Barcelona into financial uncertainty, Geoff dabbles in...

Hitting the Bar, the football podcast. Episode 71. Chris Karle and Geoff Saunders look back at the week's news and action: City work hard to beat West Ham, Brighton agrieved by appalling and ridiculous refereeing, Bruce battles to keep Newcastle up, Arsenal may be getting better but are a one man team, Bale is back with a near perfect performance, more VAR confusion at Chelsea Vs Man United, we fall off our chairs laughing at the news chaotic Barcelona want Arteta as their next coach while...

Hitting the Bar. The football podcast. Episode 70. Chris Karle and Geoff Saunders look back at recent games, Chelsea drop points in a poor display, Everton win at Anfield and deservedly so, is there a crisis with Klopp, Fulham continue their survival push, West Ham lucky to beat a Spurs side with an identity crisis, Bale looking great while the defence looks lost, we analyse Mourinho's cryptic post match comments and ask are you OK, hun, is he planning an exit, Man City take a day off while...

Hitting the Bar. The football podcast. Episode 68 Chris Karle and Geoff Saunders look back at the weekend's games, Spurs more able with Kane, but why does Jose set up the same without him, Arsenal slip to 11th and no one calls for unqualified Arteta to go, MUFC state their intention not to win the league, Liverpool injury list lets City clip Klopp's title defence, Chelsea unbeaten under Tuchel as he plays players in position, referees and VAR Mike Dean and Lee Mason get red cards wrong and...

Hitting the Bar. The football podcast. Episode 67 We are back! Chris Karle and Geoff Saunders talk football, Lampard checks out of Chelsea as Cech's influence brings in Tuchel, how long will he last, how Rooney can become a decent manager if given time and takes his time, has Big Sam bitten off more than he can chew, Fulham and Sheffield United improve but still going down, Spurs' false crisis, Winks not fit for a top six side as Bale is isolated by his own players on the pitch, Arteta's...

Chris Karle and Geoff Saunders look back at the previous round of Premier League games as Man United win the War of the Roses with Leeds, McTominay is superb and Ole keeps confounding commentators, Arsenal lose again in the league and the cup while fellow relegation battlers gain points and Arteta makes bizarre excuses as the Gunners look like cannon fodder, Liverpool hit Palace for 7 and Spurs lose to Leicester who play them at their own game but Tottenham still on course for top 4, (ish),...

Hitting the Bar, the football podcast. Episode 65. Chris Karle and Geoff Saunders look back at recent games including: City and United play out a cautious friendly and Pogba must go, City allow West Brom a glimmer of hope before a change of managers, Arteta is still somehow in a job and blames his players, Hodgson is a manager who knows his limits and plays to his strengths, Chelsea lose two on the bounce but still look solid under Lampard who has the ability to learn while Spurs stay on...

Hitting the Bar, the football podcast. Ep. 63. Chris Karle and Geoff Saunders look back at all the action, including, City back to high scoring, Klopp plays the blame game, Leeds have Championship players and a top Premier League manager, Man United have 3 world class players, Cavani, Van de Beek and Fernandes and misuse all three while Palace only have one player, did Jose park the bus, Arsenal hit their worst start to a season since 1981 as they are beaten by fellow Wanderers, Wolves, we...

Hitting the Bar, the football podcast. Episode 62. Chris Karle and Geoff Saunders cast an eye over the last round of games, Brighton look good with Welbeck scoring and not getting injured (yet), Tottenham play to their strengths and beat City but is it too early to whisper ´title contenders´, Man United rely on a penalty to beat woeful West Brom and need a playmaker like, erm, Van de Beek, Fulham are the anti penalty champs, West Ham could be better if they listened to Geoff, Liverpool are...

Chris Karle and Geoff Saunders look back at the last round of Premier League and International games, Arteta statistically worse than Emery and blames players for Villa loss, Man United's up and down season continues, Spurs unbeaten in 7 but only looking at the next game, too many penalties, off side arms, brilliant Grealish, Southgate sucks the creativity out of a skillful England side whose potential he is destroying, we look at the disgusting racist antics of the Daily Mail trying to...