The Double Pivot: Soccer analysis, analytics, and commentary

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Man City Is In Trouble Feb 08, 2023

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We all knew Manchester City have been cheating on their financial disclosures. But the news this week is that they might face actual consequences for those acts, which no one saw coming. So exactly what's going on, why is it happening, and what might it lead to?

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Does Chelsea Have a Plan? Feb 03, 2023

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Yes, Chelsea has a plan! But is it a good plan? We are very skeptical.

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Frauds at Juventus Jan 25, 2023

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Multiple frauds! Very poorly executed! We walk through the scandal unfolding in Italy, why it happened, what it means, and some light critiques of their fraud processes.

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Top Four and Relegation: Part I Jan 17, 2023

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A walk through the entire table besides the top two. Starting with top four, Newcastle and United have run hot long enough to look very good, Spurs and... Brighton are their top competition? It could get settled pretty quick.

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Arsenal and Manchester City Jan 11, 2023

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There's a title race! And if there isn't a title race it's because Arsenal are going to go and win it. Wild stuff, no one predicted it, we talk about how we got here and what to expect from the top of the table in the second half.

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Enzo, Cody, Mykhaylo and Miggy (Teaser) Jan 02, 2023

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With the transfer window open and big money ready to move, we have been recording player profiles for subscribers, and this is a little teaser of what that's covered. You can subscribe at patreon.com/doublepivot
Our Premier League back to speed podcasts coming later this week.

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Messi and Argentina Champions Dec 21, 2022

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Argentina won the World Cup! And the match, while it developed into a pure vibes Rocky-style haymaker fest at the end, was actually a really interesting tactical battle before that with Argentina coming out very much on top. We have a lot to dig into!

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Argentina, Brazil, Croatia and the Discourse on "Errors" Dec 12, 2022

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The first half of our quarterfinals review, semifinals preview podcast. Brazil were great and football occurred, Croatia executed their strategy and got lucky, Argentina remain a big step more boring than you'd hope and that's a pretty good semifinals preview right there.

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Recapping the Round of 16, Previewing the Quarters: Part 1 Dec 07, 2022

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We've got the Netherlands, Argentina, Croatia and Brazil through to the quarters. How they did it, how Brazil got so good with a broken team, what might be some ways for Van Gaal to approach Argentina, were we unfair to Scaloni, a lot going on here.
(Part 2 at patreon.com/doublepivot)

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USA - Iran Nov 30, 2022

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The USMNT won and go through to the knockouts. It was another good game in a good tournament for the USA and so we figured we'd talk about it.

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