ODF 30 Nov Podcast Online

Hi All,
Our latest podcast is online now.
We discuss:
Fixtures & Results: Premiership, Champions League & World Cup Qualifying Groups
Pub Talk: JT at SWP's birthday bash, Jewell, Bruce, McLeish, Platini, Bangura, Harry Redknapp

Featured section - Where Are They Now - Paul Warhust, Uwe Rosler, Guy Whittingham, Liam O'Brien, Benito Carbone - see his goal against Leeds, and being welcomed in Sydney,

We hope you enjoy the show.
Download it: http://media.libsyn.com/media/okeydokefootball/odf30Nov07.mp3
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Cheers,
Mark
http://www.okeydokefootball.com/
http://okeydokefootball.blogspot.com/

ODF 09 Aug 07 Podcast Online

Hi All,
Our latest podcast is online now.

We discuss:
Fixtures & Results - Premiership & CL matches

Pub Talk - Veron, Gordon, Bouazza, Injury Crises, Gaillard, Gallas, Silva, Carson, O'Connor & our person of the week award

Season Preview - Part 4. We assess Reading, Sunderland, Tottenham, West Ham & Wigan's chances this season

Hopes for the Season - including no mention of petulance and tactical nous

As promised, a picture of Thaksin Shinawtra & his daughter above.

We hope you enjoy the show.

Download it: http://libsyn.com/media/okeydokefootball/odf09Aug07.mp3
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Cheers,
Mark & JJ
http://www.okeydokefootball.com/

Prediction Time - Premier League

For those of you who missed the first 3 parts of our season previews on the podcast (the final part 4 will be covered this week), I'm going to run through how I think the season will finish.

1. Manchester United - a league winning squad with added strength in depth from the acquisitions of Nani, Anderson, Hargreaves and Tevez. Questions surround their fitting into the team, but United's squad is a lot stronger than last season and should have enough to beat the teams from 5th to 20th comfortably, with draws against the Pool, the Arse and Chelsea
2. Chelsea - the injury excuse has already been trotted out by Jose but even at full fitness there is still an appalling lack of creativity in the squad. There is also an over-reliance on Drogba & Lamps to score, poor form could scupper their chances. The summer signings have been underwhelming if necessary for squad depth, with only Malouda seeming to be a top player.
3. Liverpool - not this season though there should be an improvement on previous years. Benitez's squad is unbalanced in midfield (5 central midfielders), though he has finally signed some good players in Babel and Torres. More worrying is Torres' partner in attack - Kuyt seems unlikely to put away more chances, Voronin has a poor record in Germany, and like Kuyt, was unimpressive at the last World Cup. Crouchigol is a cult hero and a player I rate highly but the impression is he won't score 20
4. Tottenham - I'm taking a risk here to liven up the table a bit. Neutrals will want a new entrant in the top four and the CL and Spurs have the ability. Darren Bent is quality and will prove to be good value, otherwise they have strengthened the squad in important areas. The younger players should benefit from extra maturity, and Zokora has had a season to adapt to England.
5. Arsenal - they will be close to 4th, but you get the impression that Van Persie & Eduardo need to stick a lot of goals away to be certain of CL. Their weaknesses at centre back haven't been addressed and Hleb and Rosicky are not wingers. Lehmann is a walking cliche of the erratic goalkeeper.
6. Everton - another risk, as their squad is very thin, but Moyes is an excellent manager and their first 11 is very strong. Rumours of 2 additions to the squad bode well for the season. Arteta is the key.
7. Newcastle - Big Sam has bought well in defense and attack and has enough quality players to grab a Uefa cup place
8. Blackburn - will no doubt feel the heat of their big spending rivals, but consistency and a quality first 11 will see them into the top half of the table.
9. Portsmouth - a decent bet for a higher position but I have a feeling they may tail off. Last seasons squad was very good, and the additions of Utaka, Nugent and the excellent Muntari bode well for this one.
10. Bolton - could finish anywhere but Sammy Lee has a good reputation and he has a strong squad to work with. Rumours of dressing room disquiet, if true, will probably see them finish lower.
11. West Ham - they are amassing a curious collection of players but the returning Ashton will be key. Curbs needs to keep all the egos in check, a tall task.
12. Aston Villa - strong, if a bit unbalanced team. O'Neill has cleared out a lot of squad players this summer, but they now have a lack of depth. Signings needed to break into the top half. Their purchases so far have not been value for money - Petrov, Carew & Young. That must change.
13. Man City - likely to be some crazy entertainment here, Sven has brought in many players and will likely suffer from them trying to form a proper team at the start of the season. Quality additions such as Elano and Petrov will make the following season very interesting but it will be too tough this one.
14. Reading - over-achieved last season, the loss of Sidwell is a blow but Doyle and Lita should score enough goals to keep the Royals comfortable.
15. Middlesbrough - decent but uninspiring, Yakubu is quality but unsettled, some good young players coming through but overall seem to be in danger at the bottom
16. Sunderland - Keane's quality as a manager will be stretched, but an emphasis on good football should be enough to keep Sunderland up. Richardson and Edwards will be instrumental.
17. Fulham - if only for the fact that Sanchez seems to be a good manager, if old fashioned. His Norn Iron enclave should work hard for him but it will be close
18. Birmingham - I don't rate Bruce as much of a manager and that's why I back them to go down. The squad is OK, considering they were promoted but Bruce will find a way... A manager change mid-season could see them survive
19. Wigan - almost impossible to be optimistic here, a novice manager, poor signings into a poor squad who got lucky last year
20. Derby - the popular choice for the drop, Earnshaw is limited at this level and a lot of pressure on Barnes. Not enough quality, though Davies is a good manager.

So there it is, I've tried to marry fairness with optimism, what are your thoughts?

Mark,

http://www.okeydokefootball.com

ODF Podcast 27 July 07

Our latest podcast is online now.
We discuss:

• Fixtures & Results - don't know why we bothered really
• Pub Talk - Millionaire Games, Chile U20 Team, and a showdown of Birmingham vs Man City
• Season Preview - Part 2. We assess Chelsea, Derby, Everton, Fulham & Liverpool's chances this season
• Legend - Jurgen Klinsmann, €700 million man. Check out his charming wife(http://www.dolc.de/forum/attachments/debbie_klinsmann2_ODCn5ySMbQEA.jpg). See the story of Klinsi on the 'tube (http://youtube.com/watch?v=uaj7fPcKSxI), the frankly bizarre song (http://youtube.com/watch?v=buKwowMO8kk) and this beauty from the old days (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Cl2CZJIoOYk)

We hope you enjoy the show.

Download it: http://libsyn.com/media/okeydokefootball/odf27Jul07.mp3

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Cheers,

Mark

http://www.okeydokefootball.com

07/08 Season Launch

Hi folks,

I'm delighted to say we've kicked off the first episode in the Okey Doke Football 07/08 podcast season.

On the show:

• New sound clips
• We announce our intentions & philosophy for the coming season
• We cover fixtures & results - Copa America, U20 WC and Asian Cup
• Pub Talk featuring the major summer transfers, Henning Berg vs Souness and more...
• Season preview (part 1 of 4) - We assess the chances of Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham, Blackburn & Bolton
• Where are they now US special - find out what Terry Cooke, Danny Dichio & (Leonardo) Shaun Goater are up to

We hope you enjoy the show and continue listening over the coming season.

Remember, please click the Google ad links to cover our running costs,

Download here: http://libsyn.com/media/okeydokefootball/odf19Jul07.mp3

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Email us at comments@okeydokefootball.com

Mark,

http://www.okeydokefootball.com

ODF Podcast 20 Apr

Howdy folks,
Mark here.

Our weekly podcast has just been made available for download :(http://libsyn.com/media/okeydokefootball/odf20Apr07.mp3 )

We discuss:
Premiership and FA Cup Results.
Upcoming fixtures.
We hate Gerard Houllier.
Pub Talk featuring the issues of the week:
Euro 2012, Keane, David Dein, Ferdinand, Baptista, Lampard and FIFA rankings and loads more

We apologise for a couple of lame jokes, not least the Rocky 6 one.

Hope you enjoy the show, and myself or JJ will be back later with a blog,

Mark,
http://www.okeydokefootball.com/

1st blog

Hello all,
I've decided to start a blog for my podcast (available at http://www.okeydokefootball.com/ or through iTunes).
Myself and my friend of 13 years decided to set one up a few months ago, and we have completed our seventh show last Thursday. We are both football(soccer) obsessives - he is a journalist and I am a compter programmer, which was one of the reasons we started - I could do the techno stuff, and he could write the articles for the website.
So far it's working out well, we are trying to grow our listeners but not succeeding too well so far. Just need to give it time to grow a bit.There are a good few football pods out there. But the website is doing well, last month we got 9000 hits, which I was suprised at...
Still, it's only a hobby, and not really hard work, as we just meet up once a week, get some alcohol and record the show.we are doing 2 shows this week, one a trimmed down version of teh normal show, on Thursday. And on Friday we're gonna do a Christmas Special, with various awards such as wanker of the year, etc...