Football Ramble Presents

This week on your all-new Mailbag, we field questions about Nice's Jean-Michael Seri and his likely next destination, Shakhtar's incredible scouting network and just how they do what they do (think Fernandinho, Willian, Henrikh Mkhitaryan etc) and what's next for Jorge Mendes' latest project now they've been promoted to the Premier League. Before we dash off, there's also time to smash through some rapid fire questions from Twitter (@otcpod) about Bayern Munich, head-to-head v goal difference and Faouzi Ghoulam's possible departure from Napoli. To be a part of all this, hit us up: show@otcpod.com ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On this week's episode, there are champions to be crowned in Netherlands and France as PSV and PSG are top of the pops respectively, the latter battering Monaco into submission in some style. Elsewhere Porto seize the initiative by beating Benfica, but Napoli have a Serie A mountain to climb after a draw at the San Siro. But that's not all, because we still have time to discuss possibly the most controversial VAR decision we've ever seen in Germany in the game between Mainz and Freiburg. To get in touch and have a question considered for Saturday's Mailbag show, or even just to tell us what a *brilliant* job we're doing, hit us up on Twitter: @otcpod, and email: show@otcpod.com ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

The Mailbag is here, which means it must be the weekend! So sit back, relax and stick on the dulcet tones of Marcus Speller, James Horncastle and, in a Mailbag first, the great Jonathan Wilson. This week, there's questions answered from *you* the listener on the relative merits of goalkeeper Keylor Navas, Gerd Muller's place in the pantheon of great strikers, Sassuolo manager Giuseppe Iachini and the plight of English teams in Europe. Lots to get through then, and to have a question considered for the Mailbag next week, hit us up: show@otcpod.com ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

With the delightful Jonathan 'J-Dubs' Wilson stepping in for the absent Andy Brassell, On The Continent returns with chat about Roma's incredible comeback against Barcelona and Liverpool finishing the job against an angry Pep Guardiola's Man City. There's time to chat all things Napoli after Marcus and Luke's trip to the San Paolo at the weekend, and Jonathan regales us with a barely believable encounter with Fernando Torres in Bloemfontein back in 2010. Don't forget we'll be back with our Mailbag show this Saturday, and to have a question considered for that, it's show@otcpod.com ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week in the show that attempts to answer your burning questions about football, we find out why there's no big second team in Paris, why PSV look further afield than the rest in the search for new talent, what's next for Renato Sanches and, roughly speaking, just how much trouble Wolfsburg are in. To have a question considered for our Mailbag, please email us at: show@otcpod.com ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Predictably, we open this week's proceedings by marvelling at the talent and application of the great Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid's beating of Juventus, before mentioning Sevilla's reversal at the hands of Bayern Munich. There's also time to discuss Fiorentina's recent form following their defeat of Udinese, including the potential of players Jordan Veretout and Giovanni Simeone, before we assess the current situation in Portugal as Porto lose two in three to hand Benfica the initiative. ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Happy Saturday! It's Mailbag time! Marcus guides Andy and James through the stormy waters of European football using your emails as a compass, and this week we take in such disparate subjects as players to watch at this summer's feast of football in Russia, Stephan El Shaarawy's resurgence at Roma and what the future holds for Federico Chiesa. Elsewhere there's more news on Robert Lewandowski before we round off by talking about the role of the sporting director in modern football. Go get it! ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

It's time to round up the international break ahead of league football's return this weekend, and we do that in some style, taking in Italy's trip to Wembley and the current state of play with the Azzurri and Spain's humiliation of a soft-centred Argentina thanks to an inspired Isco. Elsewhere we fear for host nation Russia three months out from the start of their World Cup after they are beaten badly by Brazil and France, before taking in Portugal's chances of following up their Euro 2016 win by making an impression this summer. We also welcome back club football with an extended look ahead to the big games of the weekend, including Milan's trip to Juventus and Dortmund's visit to Bayern Munich. Enjoy! ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Ciao a tutti! The Mailbag is back and answering all your burning questions about European football, starting with why Croatia are better than Scotland and Uruguay's prospects of making an impression in Russia this summer. Elsewhere there's talk of Aymeric Laporte potentially missing that World Cup, for both France and Spain and why man of the moment Mauro Icardi should be given a go for Argentina. For all this and much more, subscribe to make sure you never miss an episode! ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

The boys pore over the Champions League draw, including whether Roma will fancy themselves against Barcelona and the chances of a successful revenge mission for Juventus against Real Madrid. After that, there's the five-goal thriller that Marseille were on the wrong end of at the Stade Velodrome, which naturally included some handbags. In the second half we take a moment to appreciate Mauro Icardi's destruction of Sampdoria in their own backyard, find out what's been eating Ivan Perisic, and glory in everyone's favourite plucky nephew RB Leipzig's beating of big, scary uncle Bayern Munich. Don't forget to check out our Mailbag show every Saturday, and to have an email read out on that one it's: show@otcpod.com  ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

In the latest edition of the European football show that answers the burner questions you the listener asks of us, we start off with the prospect of David Wagner moving away from Huddersfield. What's his most likely next destination? Meanwhile, there's plenty of heat around Racing's Lautaro Martinez who looks set to sign for Inter, PSG's next managerial appointment - is it likely to be Jose Mourinho? (Spoiler: Probably not) and Toulouse have a brilliant young goalkeeper, just how good can he be? To have a question answered on the show, hit us up: show@otcpod.com ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

We start proceedings this week in the Champions League with a look at Sevilla's remarkable performance against Man United at Old Trafford before segueing nicely into Roma's progression at the expense of Shakhtar Donetsk, thanks to an Edin Dzeko goal. Staying in Italy, there's time to mull over Napoli's latest slip up as they draw a blank in the San Siro making it very hard for them to keep up with Juventus in the Serie A title race. After the break we take in the madness currently happening in the Greek Super League before rounding things off nicely by assessing the situation at the bottom of the Bundesliga, as Koln and Hamburg both look certain for the drop. ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Rejoice! Rejoice, for the Mailbag is back and that means it must be the weekend!  This time around we answer your questions on little Scottish lad Ryan Gauld and big English lad Eric Dier's time at Sporting, deliver a touching tribute to part time footballer and full time nightclub botherer Gabriel Barbosa and there's a bit on the Iranian footballer most likely to light up the World Cup this summer. We also assess Thomas Tuchel's job prospects and find out in detail why he parted company with Borussia Dortmund. To be an important part of all this, email us on: show@otcpod.com For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

We start today's proceedings by poring over Real Madrid's professional job on PSG in the Champions League, before taking in Barcelona's 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid which all but finishes Diego Simeone's team's title hopes. There's time for chat on Porto who look close to winning their first league title for five years after an important win over Sporting and we also commiserate with Napoli following their reversal against a resurgent Roma side. After that, we take stock of the tragic death of Davide Astori as James brings us up to date with the latest on his untimely passing. Please rate and review the show on iTunes or wherever you get your pods, and to have an email considered for the Mailbag show each Saturday, it's: show@otcpod.com For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Plenty to chat about on this week's Mailbag as Marcus puts Andy and James through their paces amply supplied with questions from you, the listener. This time around there's opportunity to find out why Marek Hamsik is always substituted by Maurizio Sarri at Napoli, the latest news on Romania's Adrian Mutu, and Guy Roux's astonishing reign at Auxerre. As ever, to get in touch with a question of your own, hit us up at: show@otcpod.com  Further Reading: Guy Roux's remarkable stint at Auxerre: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/jun/12/sport.comment1  Marek Hamsik's Napoli beat Cagliari 5-0: http://www.sportstarlive.com/football/cagliari-0-napoli-5-hamsik-edges-closer-to-century-in-five-star-display/article22862101.ece For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy