The Double Pivot: Soccer analysis, analytics, and commentary

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The Title Race Understanders Dec 03, 2020

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Do we have a better sense of who's going to win the Premier League title? Maybe a little? Spurs-Chelsea analysis, how much are Liverpool favored by, how close are City, and is there anyone else.... maybe?

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Masterclasses: Mourinho, Klopp and not-Arteta Nov 25, 2020

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A Mourinho Masterclass from Spurs, what does it mean? Why are we feeling so sure that Jurgen Klopp is the best manager in the world right now? And what is Mikel Arteta doing?

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USMNT and More of Your Questions Nov 19, 2020

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Our listeners can have a little USMNT analysis, as a treat. And then on to more of your questions, including discussions of Gareth Bale, Roberto Firmino, Diogo Jota and the importance of the "utility player".

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Mailbag, Part I Nov 12, 2020

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We take your questions on Liverpool, penalties, Barcelona, Mason Mount, Southampton, Yunus Musah and more!

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Five Questions about a Bonkers Season Oct 29, 2020

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We still don't understand what's happening in football. We bounce a few questions off each other -- Juventus, Barcelona, Tottenham, Everton and Manchester United, what's going on?

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Is Anyone Good? Part I: Premier League Oct 22, 2020

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The Premier League table is strange right now, but unlike what you'd expect when the table is weird after five matches, it's not *lying*. It's just weird. We walk through the teams that we still expect to be good but have questions about, the teams we're reasonably convinced are now good, and the teams we're starting to give up on.

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Project Big Picture and Arsenal Oct 14, 2020

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There's a plan to bail out and massively reorganize English club football, and it's both a fascinating document chock full of good ideas and a total scam. We break it down! And then we try to sort out what Arsenal are doing and how bad it's likely to get.

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Wild Weekend, Part I Oct 08, 2020

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What a weekend! The Premier League continues to delight and confuse and we try to sort out as best as we can what happened in Saturday's matches -- in particular the strange patterns of Leeds vs Man City -- and look at what we can draw from Everton's continuing dominance, Chelsea looking competent, and Manchester City... what.

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We're Still Confused by the Premier League, Part I Oct 01, 2020

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So much is happening in the PL that isn't what we expected. In part one of the pod here on the free side, we look at the hot starts by Leicester, Everton, Brighton and Liverpool (ok we expected that last one) and consider what's gone wrong early at Manchester City.

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Premier League "Is This Anything?" Sep 25, 2020

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Mike and Michael look at the hottest narratives of the first week or two -- Everton, Palace, Arsenal, Leicester, Weston McKennie and more -- and ask, "is this anything?" How much can we have really learned from 180 minutes of football? In most cases, of course, not that much, but there are real trends to take a look at.

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