Cryptomania in football
This week we're joined by Martin Calladine (@uglygame) to get our heads around cryptocurrency and NFTs in football - what are fan tokens, why are fans buying them, why are the likes of Manchester City getting duped by fake companies and where is the regulation? Plus, why this could lead to club ownership takeovers funded by NFTs and why John Terry is posting cartoon monkeys all over everyone's timeline. (from 30mins)
Before all that, the lads talk about the latest AFCON madness as Comoros go out with their heads high, while Sadio Mane's clearly concussed state could lead to problems down the line. We also talk about the relegation scrap at the bottom of the Premier League, Newcastle's warm weather training and the latest Irish transfer interest, as James Abankwah ventures to Serie A and Lee O'Connor makes his Tranmere move permanent.
Contact: editor@backpagefootball / Twitter @bpfootball / Host: Kevin Coleman (@kvn_clmn) with Phil Greene (@iampgreene) and Enda Higgins (@endahiggins88).
Ronaldo returns as Liverpool lack in attack & Ireland announce Equal Pay
The lads unpack a manic few days in the football and transfer front, with Cristiano Ronaldo's seismic return to Manchester Utd the headliner. We're joined by Daniel Harris to see what the transfer means for the club, our moral compasses and the expectations for the club this season with his impactful return (from 51mins).
On the Premier League front, we talk Liverpool's 1-1 draw with Chelsea and if Liverpool's lack of transfer activity could put paid to an extended title challenge. We consider the Paul Pogba tackle that had Souness fuming, Arsenal's utterly absymal form that has then drawing comparisons to Derby of 07/08, plus there's the Irish international break and what we can hope to get out of the upcoming games as well as the fantastic news over the Equal Pay announcement.
3 Aug 2022 · Three At The Back
01:19:58
The gang are back for a new season and kick things off by looking at the impact Euro 2022 has had on the women's game, both worldwide and here at home in Ireland. We take a look at Liverpool and Manchester City heading into this season, including Darwin Nunez and Erling Haaland's English football adjustment, why City might be got at and why Spurs could be a surprise package for the first half of the season in our first spicy hot take of the campaign.
On the Irish front, we analyse Nathan Collins and Gavin Bazunu's big Premier League moves and why Burnley may turn out to be the perfect landing spot for Josh Cullen. Also, there's some chat on the new offside technology, tiny defenders, Hawk-Eye and Enda gets his first reps of the season in on Mikel Arteta.
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One regular day of Barclays
17 Aug 2022 · Three At The Back
01:10:50
There's a busy weekend of Premier League action to unpack - the lads talk about Liverpool's struggles to find a win, Man Utd's struggles to do anything right, what they should do at the goalkeeper position and the state of online fandom following the abuse of Crystal Palace defender Joachim Anderson. We also discuss if Arsenal were slept on heading into this season as well as Spurs and Chelsea serving up the finest of Barclays action on Sunday.
Elsewhere, we chat about Robbie Brady possibly breaking back into Ireland's plans, Michael Obafemi finally getting his head screwed on and the state of the Bundesliga as Bayern go in search of an 11th title in a row.
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Div delivers, Ralf's revolution & Serie A with Emmet Gates
7 Dec 2021 · Three At The Back
01:22:55
Ralf Rangnick is in town and has turned United around overnight... or has he? We talk about United's win against Palace and how the Rangnick blueprint could look beyond this season. Divock Origi continues his cult hero status with aplomb against Wolves, Everton live to fight another day as Rafa seeks more power and the Bundesliga is just hotting up, despite what you might have heard.
In part two (from 43min) Emmet Gates is back to run the rule over all things Serie A, including the Milan sides leading the title race, Atalanta as perennial entertainers, lowly Juventus, Jose's struggles at Roma and why the latest financial controversies shouldn't be a Calciopoli repeat.
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