Inside the Six, Ep. #50: Part Two of WCQ Previews, MLS Conference Finals Preview

In the 50th (yep, already at 50) episode of Inside the Six, we continue looking forward to an exciting and important weekend of international football.

Dave Trotter from FrenchLeague.WordPress.com – who I suppose we can call our France correspondent – talks to me about the Ireland-France match-up in the UEFA playoffs.

In the second segment, Chris Riordan [...]

Russian Football Now Podcast #12: Champions League Review

On the 12th episode of Russian Football Now’s podcast, Chris Riordan and myself talk about a successful week for Russian teams in Champions League, were both Rubin Kazan and CSKA Moscow took points from a finalist in last season’s UCL tournament. Oh how things have changes for a league that saw both of its [...]

Russian Football Now Podcast #11: Ramos, League, and UCL

On the 11th episode of Russian Football Now, Chris Riordan and myself continue to discuss the ramifications of Juande Ramos’s exit from CSKA Moscow, but that’s not the only news from around the Russian Premier League. With only four rounds left in the league season, transfer rumors are starting to surface.  We talk about those [...]

RFN QuickCast: Ramos Out at CSKA Moscow After 47 Days

Last night at Russian Football Now, Chris Riordan and I did a quickcast about the shock news that manderlust-stricken vagabond Juande Ramos had parted ways with CSKA Moscow, and while my working my hint at feigned disbelief, the timing of the separation is unbelievable. CSKA is at a critical point in their season, as [...]

Russian Football Now Podcast #10: Champions League Review

If only there was something to talk about. Oh, yeah! Didn’t one of the Russian clubs have a big result in Champions League?

Rubin Kazan was that club, in the headlines all over Europe after shocking Barcelona at the Nou Camp on Tuesday. On the 10th edition of Russian Football Now’s podcast, Chris [...]

Russian Football Now Podcast #9: Premier, Champions League Previews

The ninth episode of Russian Football Now’s Podcast is the second consecutive where hosts Chris Riordan and Richard Farley welcome a guest onto the show. Kartik Krishnaiyer, known most for his work on EPL Talk and Major League Soccer Talk in addition to The Kartik Report, spends the show with us, giving his thoughts [...]

Russian Football Now Episode #8: Russia-Germany Review

Not only was it the most anticipated match of the weekend (national allegiances aside), but it was also the most tactically intriguing. The way it played out, a 1-0 win for Germany in Moscow, gave hosts Chris Riordan and I too much to talk about. Regardless, we had to get another perspective on [...]

Russian Football Now Podcast, Episode #6: Champions League

Chris Riordan and myself  due our weekly installment of Russian Football Now’s podcast.  This week, out cup runneth more-than-full, as we discuss:

Champions League results for Rubin Kazan and CSKA,
The clustering league table,
Last weekend’s results,
This weekend’s match-ups,
The National team call-ups,
The impending battle against Germany,
The latest news and rumors around the Premier League.

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Russian Football Now Podcast, Episode #4

Rubin faltered at Dinamo Kyiv on Wednesday

The newest edition of the RFN podcast is out, and I am not happy. Let’s be real: I invested some intellectual capital in Rubin, and what do they go? They laid a huge fabrege egg in Kiev.

So, I’ve got to be real. I love [...]

Inside the Six, Ep. #17, Distributed

Inside the Six’s weekend wrap-up show has been distributed at World Soccer Reader. This weekend we spent the first half of the show talking about all the epic match-ups that took place around the world. In the third segment, we got caught up on MLS and CONCACAF Champions League. Along the way, [...]