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by Libero
A podcast about football, the least important of the most important things, featuring John Brewin, Miguel Delaney, James Horncastle, Tariq Panja, Jack Pitt-Brooke, Rory Smith and Jonathan Wilson.
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- 2 days ago54 min
174 | Football Has A Persecution Problem
Football has a growing persecution complex, from fan abuse and owners’ responses, to social media algorithms that reward outrage. Clubs increasingly feel emboldened to weaponise tribalism in a way that has implications for free speech, seeking to control the media in a way that serves to amplify polarisation. James Horncastle, Jonathan Wilson, and Miguel Delaney take on this one. P1: P2: --- Because of you, our treasured listeners, we have been shortlisted for podcast of the year at the upcoming FSA Awards. For that, we say thank you. If you feel so inclined, we would really appreciate you now going a step further and giving us a vote, you can do that here. --- Libero is going live again! This time we're doing two of the most important of the least important live shows, one in Leeds on 18th November and a second in London on 20th November. Tickets are on sale right now, the link for the show in Leeds is here and the link for London is here. If you sign up to the Special Ones tier of SC Libero you claim 20% off the ticket price for the live show. Join the most important of the least important membership clubs right here: liberopodcast.com. — Produced by: Tom Bassam Email in via getintouch@liberopodcast.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel @liberopod Join our Discord @Libero Podcast Follow us on X @podcast_libero Follow us on Bluesky @liberopodcast.com Follow us on Instagram @liberopod Follow us on TikTok @liberopod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- 6 days ago56 min
173 | Unai Emery And The Choices That Define A Managerial Career
Is there a bad time to take the Manchester United job? Almost certainly yes. Does that make it easy to turn down? Certainly not. These tough choices can be the difference between a glorious managerial career and having to rebuild your reputation at FC Twente. The allure of The Big Job™ will always turn heads and it forms the centre of discussion between Jack Pitt-Brooke, Rory Smith and John Brewin here. P1: P2: --- Because of you, our treasured listeners, we have been shortlisted for podcast of the year at the upcoming FSA Awards. For that, we say thank you. If you feel so inclined, we would really appreciate you now going a step further and giving us a vote, you can do that here. --- Libero is going live again! This time we're doing two of the most important of the least important live shows, one in Leeds on 18th November and a second in London on 20th November. Tickets are on sale right now, the link for the show in Leeds is here and the link for London is here. If you sign up to the Special Ones tier of SC Libero you claim 20% off the ticket price for the live show. Join the most important of the least important membership clubs right here: liberopodcast.com. — Produced by: Tom Bassam Email in via getintouch@liberopodcast.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel @liberopod Join our Discord @Libero Podcast Follow us on X @podcast_libero Follow us on Bluesky @liberopodcast.com Follow us on Instagram @liberopod Follow us on TikTok @liberopod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- 1 weeks ago1h 1m
172 | Why Don't Premier League Clubs Want Winners In The Dugout?
This is not an episode about Manchester United, but the odd situation where reports suggest by the far most qualified person to solve the problematic lack of success Old Trafford is considered behind managers with lesser qualifications does raise some questions. The serial winner on the market is of course Antonio Conte, so what does it say about the executives running top clubs that the Italian is seen as a risky option when he has consistently shown he can deliver the thing they all claim to want, trophies? Rory Smith is joined by James Horncastle and Miguel Delaney. P1: P2: --- Because of you, our treasured listeners, we have been shortlisted for podcast of the year at the upcoming FSA Awards. For that, we say thank you. If you feel so inclined, we would really appreciate you now going a step further and giving us a vote, you can do that here. --- Libero is going live again! This time we're doing two of the most important of the least important live shows, one in Leeds on 18th November and a second in London on 20th November. Tickets are on sale right now, the link for the show in Leeds is here and the link for London is here. If you sign up to the Special Ones tier of SC Libero you claim 20% off the ticket price for the live show. Join the most important of the least important membership clubs right here: liberopodcast.com. — Produced by: Tom Bassam Email in via getintouch@liberopodcast.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel @liberopod Join our Discord @Libero Podcast Follow us on X @podcast_libero Follow us on Bluesky @liberopodcast.com Follow us on Instagram @liberopod Follow us on TikTok @liberopod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- 1 weeks ago1h 1m
171 | The Big Six Is Over. Is The Premier League Back In A Big Four Era?
It is now more than 20 years since Roman Abramovich's arrival at Chelsea begun the Premier League's original 'big four era', but with Manchester City seemingly about to move out of the picture and Tottenham falling back with the pack, the hierarchy is shifting again. On this episode Jack Pitt-Brooke, Jonathan Wilson, and Tariq Panja ask whether the dominance of Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool in the century's first decade was a good thing or whether the Premier League has never recovered from financial ruptures it caused. Plus, what will the competition's future be with opportunities opening up at the top? P1: P2: --- Libero is going live again! This time we're doing two of the most important of the least important live shows, one in Leeds on 18th November and a second in London on 20th November. Tickets are on sale right now, the link for the show in Leeds is here and the link for London is here. If you sign up to the Special Ones tier of SC Libero you claim 20% off the ticket price for the live show. Join the most important of the least important membership clubs right here: liberopodcast.com. — Produced by: Tom Bassam Email in via getintouch@liberopodcast.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel @liberopod Join our Discord @Libero Podcast Follow us on X @podcast_libero Follow us on Bluesky @liberopodcast.com Follow us on Instagram @liberopod Follow us on TikTok @liberopod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- 2 weeks ago58 min
170 | Michael Carrick And His Inevitable End At Manchester United
The death spiral has begun for Michael Carrick at Manchester United. It now looks inevitable that he will become the latest poor soul sacrificed at the altar of a huge football club that looks incapable of fixing the deep rooted structural issues that deny any hope of a return to former glories. John Brewin, Jonathan Wilson and Jack Pitt-Brooke ask how much of this is Carrick's fault and what has precipitated his rapid fall from the highs of last season's resurgence. Attention then turns to the real causes of United's waning power, the flawed ownership of Glazers and the false dawn of Sir Jim Ratcliffe's arrival. P1: P2: --- Libero is going live again! This time we're doing two of the most important of the least important live shows, one in Leeds on 18th November and a second in London on 20th November. Tickets are on sale right now, the link for the show in Leeds is here and the link for London is here. If you sign up to the Special Ones tier of SC Libero you claim 20% off the ticket price for the live show. Join the most important of the least important membership clubs right here: liberopodcast.com. — Produced by: Tom Bassam Email in via getintouch@liberopodcast.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel @liberopod Join our Discord @Libero Podcast Follow us on X @podcast_libero Follow us on Bluesky @liberopodcast.com Follow us on Instagram @liberopod Follow us on TikTok @liberopod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- 2 weeks ago58 min
169 | In Defence Of The 3pm Blackout
The Saturday 3pm blackout is one of the most distinctive aspects of English football. The games in that timeslot are televised around the world, but not in this country, the result of a rule that has stood for more than 70 years. The theory is that by keeping them off TV, more fans will go and watch their local teams. On today's episode Rory Smith, John Brewin and Jack Pitt-Brooke discuss whether the blackout works, in protecting attendances further down the pyramid. And whether it is still worth bothering with in the modern age? Given how much people pay for TV subscriptions do they deserve to have every game at their fingertips? And can the ruling survive in a world where it feels as if everything is for sale? P1: P2: --- Libero is going live again! This time we're doing two of the most important of the least important live shows, one in Leeds on 18th November and a second in London on 20th November. Tickets are on sale right now, the link for the show in Leeds is here and the link for London is here. If you sign up to the Special Ones tier of SC Libero you claim 20% off the ticket price for the live show. Join the most important of the least important membership clubs right here: liberopodcast.com. — Produced by: Tom Bassam Email in via getintouch@liberopodcast.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel @liberopod Join our Discord @Libero Podcast Follow us on X @podcast_libero Follow us on Bluesky @liberopodcast.com Follow us on Instagram @liberopod Follow us on TikTok @liberopod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- 3 weeks ago1h 0m
168 | Why Kylian Mbappe Shouldn't Win The Ballon D'Or
The Ballon d’Or, the award Jonathan Wilson despises most. Our voteless trio discuss the merits of a shortlist that includes Rory Smith favourite Julian Quinones and ponders why the race is so open this year. What does it say about how we consume football? How do we weight individual success? Why shouldn't Fabian Ruiz collect the big gold gong at the London Palladium? Join James Horncastle, Wilson and Smith, AKA the journalists France Football overlooked for the voting panel in Italy, England and Scotland, to find out why Kylian Mbappe's fingerprints will not be all over an award that presumably had to be moved from Paris for its own safety. P1: P2: --- Libero is going live again! This time we're doing two of the most important of the least important live shows, one in Leeds on 18th November and a second in London on 20th November. Tickets are on sale right now, the link for the show in Leeds is here and the link for London is here. If you sign up to the Special Ones tier of SC Libero you claim 20% off the ticket price for the live show. Join the most important of the least important membership clubs right here: liberopodcast.com. — Produced by: Tom Bassam Email in via getintouch@liberopodcast.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel @liberopod Join our Discord @Libero Podcast Follow us on X @podcast_libero Follow us on Bluesky @liberopodcast.com Follow us on Instagram @liberopod Follow us on TikTok @liberopod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- 3 weeks ago58 min
167 | Why Does The Premier League Need Brighton And Brentford?
The Premier League's two smartest, most upwardly-mobile teams, Brighton and Brentford, are currently third and fourth in the table. Is it too soon to talk about Champions League football? What do we actually mean by 'well-run’, and does it go further than just having an algorithm to identify talent? And given the Manchester City scandal, why is the success of these teams potentially so valuable to the league itself? Jack Pitt-Brooke is joined by John Brewin and Rory Smith, plus a special cameo. P1: P2: Join SC Libero, the most important of the least important membership clubs, now: liberopodcast.com. — Produced by: Tom Bassam Email in via getintouch@liberopodcast.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel @liberopod Join our Discord @Libero Podcast Follow us on X @podcast_libero Follow us on Bluesky @liberopodcast.com Follow us on Instagram @liberopod Follow us on TikTok @liberopod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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