Fozcast - The Ben Foster Podcast

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“Pep’s FINALLY Cracked” & “Salah Says his Goodbyes” Dec 02, 2024

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It was GOALS GALORE in the Premier League this weekend!! On the Football Fill-In today we have Ben Foster, Darren Bent, Dave Watson and Tom Ochoa as we talk about this weekend of fixtures!

Our first game starts off with the Super Sunday match, which was Liverpool vs Manchester City. What is going on at City and is Pep losing the plot? We discuss all on this game and how it’s now Liverpools title to lose… Moving on, Chelsea beat Villa 3-0 in a convincing win, we had a look at their upcoming fixtures and it looks good for them, could they push for a title charge?! West Ham vs Arsenal saw seven goals in the first half which could lead to worrying times for West Ham and Julen Lopetegui. Manchester United are off the mark with their first win in the PL under Ruben Amorim with a 4-0 victory over Everton, with one manager coming in, will one manager be coming out in the name of Sean Dyche? We also discuss Marcus Rashford going to the USA and how good Amad Diallo was!

Looking at the game in the midlands, we head to Wolves in a thrilling 4-2 defeat to Bournemouth. Wolves gave away three penalties which could all have been avoided, but in doing so, Bournemouth broke two Premier League records with Evanilson being the first to win a hat-tick of penalties and Justin Kluivert the first to score a hat-trick of penalties! Brentford’s AMAZING home record continues with a 4-1 win over Leicester as Ruud van Nistelrooy watches in the stands with the owners. Kevin Schade scores a hat-tick and he is the 2nd Brentford player to score a PL hat-tick with the first being Ivan Toney!

Staying in London, Spurs hosted Fulham as they drew 1-1, which leads to Spurs fans being frustrated with the lack of consistency with results. Crystal Palace host Newcastle, and Palace were dominant and deserved a point going right to the final whistle. A potential worrying time for Newcastle as they only managed 1 shot the whole game with 0 being on target. Isak also comes off injured too which doesn’t look good for the Magpies.

Moving to the final two games, Brighton hosted Southampton on Friday night, which caused a divide in opinion in the studio today with that Adam Armstrong offside. Do you think the goal should have counted? Finally, Forest beat Ipswich 1-0 with a Chris Wood penalty taking them to 6th in the table!

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Football's Gone Soft? Nov 28, 2024

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We reached out to you guys across Instagram to help us come up with things which has made football go soft and you didn’t disappoint!

We're joined by Dave Watson today who gives his opinions on the suggestions you guys made. Some examples include, players not walking on the badge when walking out for a warm up, players not celebrating against former clubs, players celebrating blocks/saves and many more!

Ben also talks about his interactions with players when the game has finished and why players cover their mouth when talking to other players on the pitch!

This one was a good one, thank you to all of your suggestions and go follow our Instagram to keep up to date on what’s going on with everything Fozcast!

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“Nothings Changed at United” & Is Pep Actually Under Pressure? Nov 25, 2024

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This week on the Football Fill-In we have Ben Foster, Darren Bent, Dave Watson and Tom Ochoa on the show! We have also spruced up our set so we hope you all like it!

The first game this week was Leicester vs Chelsea with Enzo Maresca going back to his old club, but the big talking point was Steve Cooper being sacked from Leicester. Who’s going to replace him? Speaking of managers, Ruben Amorim had his first game against newly promoted Ipswich, but it wasn’t the start that they hope for! Moving to the other Manchester Club, Man City signed Pep Guardiola on another 2 year contact but that wasn’t enough to stop spurs as they thrashed City 4-0 away from home!

Cunha stars for Wolves as they win 4-1 vs Fulham, giving Wolves back to back wins in the Premier League! Arsenal shine as Odegaard returns in 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest. Bens former Watford teammate Joao Pedro was involved for two goals for Brighton as they get a 2-1 win over Bournemouth! Will Brighton make it into the Champions League spots? Speaking of Bens former teammates, Ismaïla Sarr scores his first PL goal in over three years as Palace get a draw against Aston Villa! The final draw of the weekend was Everton vs Brentford which finished 0-0. Will Brentford improve that away record?

The final fixture we talked about was Southampton vs Liverpool, in a game where people thought Liverpool were going to run riot, Southampton showed their strength but Salahs penalty was enough for them to get the three points as they sit top of the table.

Thank you all for watching!!

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Things You Didn't Know About Football Part 2! Nov 21, 2024

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We're back for Season 12 of the Fozcast and we start with a belter! We have brought back a fan favourite where we talk about the things you didn’t know know about football… You guys submitted your questions over on Instagram and we also dug into our contacts within the game to tell us some secret stories which go on behind closed doors of a football club that you wouldn’t necessarily hear about...

We are joined by the main man Dave Watson for this episode and we received so many questions from you guys that we can even do a part 3 or even a part 4!!! Let us know in the comments if you would like to see it as we do love these sorts of episodes!

Season 12 is going to be a BANGER so keep an eye out for some top quality guests coming soon!

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Ipswich STUN Spurs and is there a CRISIS at Manchester City?! Ft Stuart Dallas and Ben Tozer! Nov 11, 2024

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The Football Fill-In has got a great line-up this week with Ben Foster, Dave Watson, Ben Tozer and former Leeds Legend, Stuart Dallas!

On today’s Premier League show we talk about Brighton's INCREDIBLE 2-1 win over Manchester City and the talks around if City will retain their title this season after a FOURTH defeat in a row! We then move on to Liverpool with Darwin Nunez and Mo Salah's goals seeing off Aston Villa, putting them at the top of the table going into the international break.

The London Derby between Chelsea and Arsenal ended 1-1, but the Gunners could have nicked it at the end through Leandro Trossard. Staying in West London, Brentford's home form continued as they saw off AFC Bournemouth 3-2 in an entertaining spectacle that saw Yoanne Wissa bag another two!

We had a MASSIVE shock down at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with Ipswich stunning Spurs with a 2-1 win which is their first win of the season! Looking at the other two London clubs at home this weekend, we had Palace vs Fulham where there are now questions about Oliver Glasner's future at the club, but will their form improve with their injury list building? West Ham drew 0-0 against Everton, with both GK’s showing great performances here and we have our two GKs analyse their performance on the show.

Ruud van Nistelrooy got another win to end his short reign in charge at Manchester United versus Leicester, but has recently been confirmed (after the show) that he has left the Red Devils, was this a good decision from the club?

Newcastle beat the Nottingham Forest 3-1 away from home with players like goals from Alexander Isak, Joelinton and Harvey Barnes shining. Finally, Wolves beat Southampton 2-0 at home, which could be a job saver for Gary O’Neil....

We break each game down into more detail on the show and make sure you watch to the end to see who wins in the Football Fill-In quiz!

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“LOSING THESE PLAYERS CAN SET LIVERPOOL BACK 5 YEARS…” TFFI S3 EP 11 Nov 04, 2024

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We have a BRAND NEW set for the show today along with Premier League winner and Leicester Legend Marc Albrighton!

This week there was loads of talking points from the Premier League fixtures including Bournemouth cruising past Manchester City as they ENDED their 32-game unbeaten league record. Fighting for that number one spot is Arsenal, who also lost 1-0 to Newcastle with Alexander Isak scoring a header that sent them to 10th in the table. Liverpool also get a comeback win over Brighton scoring two goals in two minutes, however we discuss what might happen to the Reds if they lose 3 KEY PLAYERS...

On the other hand, at the bottom of the table we saw some big six pointers, with Southampton hosting Everton and clinching a 1-0 win, Rambo with some incredible saves too! Ipswich will feel robbed with not getting a penalty and Kalvin Phillips saw red as they conceded a last minute equaliser to Leicester. Wolves and Crystal Palace were the last game on the Saturday ending in a frantic 2-2 draw with questions now posed to Gary O’Neil and his job. To round off Saturday's matches, Nottingham Forest beat West Ham 3-0 as they end the weekend in 3rd place with Chris Wood scoring AGAIN!

Looking at the Sunday fixtures, Dominic Solanke scored two goals to seal a big 4-1 win over Aston Villa, with James Maddison also scoring a class free-kick for his 50th Premier League goal. Finally, what was set to be a blockbuster between Manchester United and Chelsea ended 1-1 with Manchester United fans looking forward to their new manager Ruben Amorim and hoping he can bring back the glory days...

Finally we end with The Football Fill-In Quiz, can Marc get the guests tally off the mark for the season or will Ben or Tom triumph again?

Watch the full episode on Spotify below!

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Eddie Hearn - Putting Neymar in the Ring, Why is BOXING Booking Superstar Performers, and Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Season... Oct 31, 2024

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We’ve got the main man when it comes to boxing on the Fozcast today! In this episode, we are joined by the guy who puts all of the big boy fights on our screens, it’s Eddie Hearn and it’s fair to say, this one was a belter!

Eddie talks to us about what really goes on behind the scenes in the boxing world including how fighters make weight and how they put it all on back on before the fight, how he makes all the big bouts happen and the time where a boxer wanted to take Eddie’s watch to promote a fight...

Hearn also chats to us about how Saudi Arabia has transformed boxing for the better by enabling all of the biggest fights to happen across the world! He also discusses how boxing isn’t the only form of entertainment on the night anymore and now superstars across the world join the evening with Eminem, Noel Gallagher, Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo just to name a few...

We also touch on his dad and his involvement with Leyton Orient Football Club and we also threw in a few football hypotheticals for Eddie to decide who will win... we had too all right 😝

Thank you for Eddie for coming on the show! We hope you all enjoyed!

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What’s NEXT for Manchester United?! Is Cole Palmer the BEST player in the Premier League?! Oct 28, 2024

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We filmed The Football Fill-In 1 hour before then Ten Hag announcement hence why we didn’t talk about it on the show!

Well this is new…

We are back with the Football Fill-In this week with Ben, Tom and Watto, but in this episode, Ben is currently in Mexico and Watto is in Spain so we have had to resort to a remote set-up! Don’t worry, we will be back to normal next week on the new set…

On the Football Fill-In today we talk about Manchester United and Erik Ten Hag’s poor performance against West Ham after conceding a last minute penalty… Do you think West Ham should have had a pen? We then have a look at the blockbuster Arsenal vs Liverpool match with Saka returning and getting his goal but they couldn’t quite get over the line…

This week was full of last minute winners and equalisers with Bournemouth, Brentford, Wolves, Everton and West Ham reaping the rewards in the 90th minute!

Chris Wood is on fire with another two goals adding to his PL tally taking him to 7 goals, who is now on par with Cole Palmer and 4 behind top goalscorer Erling Haaland. Finally Oliver Glasner is off the mark this season with his first league win coming against Tottenham with Jean-Philippe Mateta scoring in a 1-0 home win.

And don’t you worry, the Football Fill-In quiz is still here this week even though it’s remote! Stay tuned to see how the lads get on and let us know how many you got in the comments below! 👊🏻

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Stuart Dallas - The Career Ending Injury EXCLUSIVE! Oct 24, 2024

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This week on the Fozcast we are joined by former Leeds and Northern Ireland international Stuart Dallas! In today’s episode, Stuart gives us a deep dive into the extent of his injury which unfortunately led to his retirement from football. He goes from the very start from being rushed to hospital from the game, the setbacks he faced and the moment he decided that he should retire and tell the lads in the changing room….

Looking back on Dallas’ career, he made over 400 professional appearances including 67 goals! We look back on his time at Leeds and what Marcelo Bielsa was really like behind the scenes and we also discover what Murder Ball actually was!

Stuart also signed a Leeds shirt for us to give away to you guys too! All you have to do is go over to the Cycling GK website, sign up to the Legends club and follow the instructions for your chance to win! Good Luck!

https://thecyclinggk.com/login

A massive thank you for Stuart Dallas for telling us his story on the Fozcast 👊🏼

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City's CONTROVERSIAL Winner and 5 RED CARDS as Kudus Goes Crazy!!! The Football Fill-In S3 Ep 9 Oct 21, 2024

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Controversy, late goals, red cards and more VAR…the Premier League is back!

Ben is joined by Tom and Watto to look back at the weekend’s action starting with the big moment at Molineux as John Stones scored a late winner for Man City against Wolves…

Should the goal have stood? Was it a foul by Bernardo Silva on Jose Sa? The boys give their say on this HUGE moment for Pep Guardiola’s side.

Elsewhere, Liverpool returned to the top of the league standings with a 2-1 victory over Chelsea, whilst Arsenal slipped up as William Saliba saw red in a 2-0 defeat at an impressive AFC Bournemouth!

There was big wins for Spurs, Manchester United and Brighton, plus Ben and the team discuss whether Aston Villa are the real deal after another victory, this time at Fulham.

There were some big W’s for the teams at the bottom with Jordan Ayew scoring a 98th minute WINNER for Leicester at Southampton and Sean Dyche’s Everton made it four matches unbeaten with a win at Ipswich.

There’s all that and the big TFFI Quiz so stay tuned to see who comes out on top!

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