Soccer Sense, the sensible football podcast takes a weekly look at all that is sensible on the pitch and off it with a focus on the English Premier League. Each week Vishal, Karan & Tareque strive to keep it 100% hot take free.
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Tareque and Vishal are back after a long hiatus - older and wiser - about how they fell a little out of love with the game and how they are reconciling themselves to fall in love with the game again. And oh yes, somehow Manchester United are still crap :/由Soccer Sense
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It is time for our European Correspondent to spike his hair up, dust off his notebook, and set off on a cross continental adventure with his do-- oh wait, that's Tintin. In this week's episode we have Karan, Soccer Sense's european correspondent giving us the full preview of the UEFA Champions League, the last of its kind in terms of the 32-team fo…
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Tareque, Karan, and Vishal are back again with a new instalment of searching for Soccer Sense amidst all the madness this week of France and Australia's penalty theatrics literally spilling over into a theater, and a Premier League opening weekend that answered a lot of questions but raised many interesting ones.…
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Soccer Sense's resident women's football correspondent joins us for a special preview of the Women's World Cup where we discuss who to look out for, the strides the women's game has made, and the steps it still needs to take, and how you, the listener, can be a part of the revolution that is sweeping women's sport! You can follow Radha on Twitter @…
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This week, the full panel returns to talk about the podcast's designated Devil's Advocate, Jose Mourinho, and his shenanigans after the Europa League final, and also look ahead to the Champions League final which Karan desperately wants Inter to lose.由Soccer Sense
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The full panel of Tareque, Karan, and Vishal is back to look at the trends that have emerged from a chaotic season of football in Europe, assesses the last decade of this podcast and sets a direction for the future.由Soccer Sense
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Soccer Sense finally makes a comeback, having slumbered through Argentina's World Cup triumph, but we sure as heck are not going to miss the Napoli Narrative. Tareque and Karan take a look at the state of affairs in the Serie A, and pull the lens back to try and catch the throughline between Napoli's current position and their last Scudetto, back i…
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A special kickoff to season 11 of Soccer Sense, as we talk to Radha Gupta, a women's sports advocate and founder of She Talks Ball, which looks at advancing conversations and content on women's sport. Radha talks of how to break the chicken and egg situation in women's sport, of her affinity to Chelsea football club and we preview the Euro 2022, wh…
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Vishal and Tareque kick off a new season of the pod and the Premier League by training the SoccerSenseMeter on the four key title contenders this season - the two Manchesters, Chelsea and Liverpool - and wonder if Pep already has a bag of excuses in place.由Soccer Sense
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Tareque, Vishal and Karan celebrate the Azzurri's win in the Euro final, and put Gareth Southgate and Roberto Mancini's tactical battle under the SoccerSense Meter, and ask - where do Italy go next?由Soccer Sense
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It is a full panel episode again as Vishal, Karan and Tareque break down the two semifinals, talk about how Italy pulled off a win against Spain by not panicking, and ask whether England finally have been able to summon mental fortitude for the crunch situations.由Soccer Sense
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The full panel of Soccer Sense convenes - Tareque, Vishal and Karan are on the same pod for the first time in over a year to review the quarterfinals at Euro 2020 through the Soccer Sense SenseMeter and look forward to two fascinating semifinals.由Soccer Sense
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Tareque and Vishal try to make sense of how and why the thrilling Round of 16 manifested in the Euro 2020, Vishal presents a secret theory about Gareth Southgate, and the Soccer Sense panel looks ahead to the Euro quarterfinals.由Soccer Sense
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Tareque and Soccer Sense's European correspondent Karan sit down to take a quick look back at the Euro 2020 group stage and look forward to some mouthwatering clashes in the Round of 16.由Soccer Sense
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Vishal and Tareque finally get around to recording an episode in a difficult season, only because the beauty and purity of Leicester's FA Cup triumph made them hopeful enough to do so. Also, an assessment of Pep Guardiola's seminal English season.由Soccer Sense
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A tragedy of Liverpudlian proportions has befallen the defending champions in the Premier League over the last 8 weeks. Vishal and Tareque train the Soccer Sense Meter at Liverpool and try to make sense of the unravelling.由Soccer Sense
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Vishal and Tareque are back mostly to say we told you so on the bursting of the bubbles of many a title challenger (including the defending champs) and to talk about how Manchester City avoided that fate. Also, our City-Liverpool preview.由Soccer Sense
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Soccer Sense finds its resident Spurs fan as we chat with young designer Sneha Nanavati, who fell for the North Londoners in the Pochettino era and revels in every moment of watching football. We talk to her about her football doodles (available to view on Instragram.com/bubblegum.factory), making sense of Jose Mourinho, and above all, a sensible, …
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As the title race in the EPL gets crowded, confusing and compressed, Tareque and Vishal look at how Chelsea managed to find themselves out of it, and also look forward to one of the highest stakes Manchester United - Liverpool clashes in years.由Soccer Sense
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It's time for our annual around Europe episode with Soccer Sense's European correspondent Karan, as he and Tareque look at what's going on in the other European leagues and how Serie A is doubling down on its drama.由Soccer Sense
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This week our SoccerSense Meter is trained squarely on Manchester United as Vishal, the resident Red Devil, assess their title challenge credentials, while Tareque wonders if Spurs are reverting to Spursy again. We also gingerly mention another North London team.由Soccer Sense
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Vishal and Tareque are back after a hiatus to look at Tottenham's trajectory to the top of the table and look forward to the top of the table clash as Mourinho and Klopp face off just before festive fixture pandemonium sets in.由Soccer Sense
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With the Premier Table going all topsy turvy, Vishal and Tareque turn their attention to one quietly humming team that seems to have its plans coming together very nicely as the others' best laid plans have Jordan Pickford sized disruptions running through them.由Soccer Sense
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Vishal and Tareque try to process the shambolic performances dished out by Manchester United and Liverpool over the weekend in this howler in the form of a podcast episode.由Soccer Sense
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Vishal and Tareque break down the astonishing results for Chelsea and Manchester City, critique Jurgen Klopp's high line and take a look at a certain other Merseyside team's impressive manager and his progress.由Soccer Sense
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It started in a frenzy, and to tactically breakdown that madcap game that was Liverpool v Leeds, Soccer Sense's resident tactician Vishal joins Tareque as we usher the new season in.由Soccer Sense
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Karan and Tareque look ahead to the 2020/21 Premier League season where, while the chasing pack has brought in reinforcements, the champion and the contender will have to deal with that nasty thing called regression to mean.由Soccer Sense
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Vishal is back as he joins Tareque to analyse how Bayern Munich will match up against PSG in the Final of what has been a protracted Champions League season but may have one final intriguing encounter still left in his tank.由Soccer Sense
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Tareque and Soccer Sense's European correspondent, Karan, unpack the absolute madness unleashed by the last two quarterfinals in the single elimination format, the X-factor that Leipzig might bring and ponder whether Pep and Barcelona's meltdowns are symptoms of deeper systemic issues.由Soccer Sense
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Our European correspondent, Karan, joins Tareque to break down the ousting of Juventus and Real Madrid from the Champions League and look forward to whether Manchester City and Pep Guardiola can finally land that elusive white whale that is a Champions League semifinal appearance.由Soccer Sense
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This week, Soccer Sense lets its hair down as it invites three Liverpool superfans - Karthik, Apurv and Anish - to discuss the title winning run and share their unbounded joy at ending a thirty year long wait.由Soccer Sense
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Vishal and Tareque convene to put Liverpool's title win under the Soccer Sense SenseMeter and provide a reality check for how challenging defending the title might be. But they also have time to stop and smell the flowers of the romanticism that is Leeds United's re-entry into the Premier League.由Soccer Sense
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Our European correspondent, Karan, is back on duty (safely social distanced, natch) as he and Tareque look ahead to an intriguing new format and some fascinating clashes in store in a business as unusual finale of Europe's premier football competition. Can an unheralded club pull off a Greece or Denmark of the Euros or will the big boys get their d…
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A 30-year wait finally ended for Liverpool. They finally have the league title again. What is their secret sauce? Tareque and Karan decode, Soccer Sense style!由Soccer Sense
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The Premier League returned and teams seemed to be firing at less than 100% (understandably). But as Vishal, Karan and Tareque discover on this week's pod, Arsenal somehow were straight up on brand. Why did the Gunners misfire? And what is it with Merseyside derbies and zero goals? We dive into all that and more.…
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The football world is trying to limp back to normalcy, but what is even normal anymore? Vishal, Karan and Tareque look ahead to what the Premier League's restart and action might look like over the coming weeks, and are torn between wanting the game back, but also caring about the emotional and physical toll it might take on the players, staff and …
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With the Covid19 outbreak raging on and live football a distant memory, Karan and Tareque look back at history of when football was similarly disrupted and fascinating things that emerged out of it. Also, an interpretation of a certain Bill Shankly quote.由Soccer Sense
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Amid the coronavirus scare, Vishal and Tareque examine the context and the consequences of OGS and Man United's first derby double over Man City in a decade and check if Tareque's immune system and Liverpool's form are linked.由Soccer Sense
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Vishal and Tareque are back after a brief winter break, and discuss what Pep Guardiola and Manchester City need to take stock of during *their* winter break to get their season back on track.由Soccer Sense
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Vishal and Tareque take stock of happenings in the Premier League at the halfway-ish point of the season, where besides a consistent Liverpool at the top, everything else seems topsy-turvy and decidedly sub optimal. Also, we try our best to avoid uttering the T-word for the Reds.由Soccer Sense
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Vishal and Tareque convene an emergency pod to make sense of real Spursy goings on in North London where Tottenham have a new manager. With the return of a familiar face to the Premier League, will anything change for the Spurs or are things going to get worse?由Soccer Sense
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Is it Liverpool's title to lose? Did Pep Guardiola get his Anfield tactics wrong? And what is up with the rest of the top 4? Which North London team are we more alarmed by? Answers to all these burning questions, with a dash of sense and some madman finger waving in a bumper episode where Vishal joins Tareque after a month's hiatus!…
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Our European correspondent Karan is quizzed by Tareque on if Bayern are in any trouble or is it Barcelona who are in bigger doo doo? Meanwhile, business as usual at Milan and Ajax.由Soccer Sense
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European correspondent Karan braves an injured elbow to provide the analysis of a largely uneventful but still important matchday in the Champions League. Also, what is up with Tottenham and are Juventus underperforming?由Soccer Sense
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Vishal and Tareque reconvene after a three week break wherein the narrative goal posts have dramatically shifted in the Premier League and ask the important question - Have City hit their limit? Also, resident Red Devil Vishal ponders the Manchester United question and what sort of a reset does the red half of Manchester need?…
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Our European correspondent has drifted further east, but is still available to cover the Champions League as Karan and Tareque break down the goings on of Matchday One.由Soccer Sense
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The full panel is back again after a week's break to talk about the weird narrative jumps both Arsenal and Tottenham have made in the season so far, break down Arsenal's Anfield annihilation, and look forward to what promises to be a choppy North London derby.由Soccer Sense
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The gang goes again, for the eighth football season, Tareque, Vishal and Karan are back trying to pick the morsels of sense from the buffet that was the opening week of the Premier League's new season由Soccer Sense
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European Correspondent Karan joins Tareque for his final assignment this season - breaking down the dour but massively important Champions League title win for Liverpool and look at where the finalists head from here.由Soccer Sense
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Vishal and Tareque try to wrap their heads around two epic Champions League semifinal games that saw Liverpool and Tottenham mount improbable comebacks to set up a final clash in Madrid. Also, Vishal breaks down Liverpool's turnaround for the ages against Barcelona.由Soccer Sense
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