Pyramid Podcast
Season 1
by Pyramid Podcast
This week's episode is started by talking about Nottingham Forest's points deduction and its impact on the relegation battle. They then discuss Kobbie Mainoo's call-up to the England squad and whether he should be in the starting 11. The hosts also review the FA Cup quarter-final results, including Manchester United's win over Liverpool. They highlight Fulham's impressive performance against Tottenham, Aston Villa's tricky fixture list and discuss the Premier League relegation battle. In the EFL they analyse Leeds' dominant performance in the Championship and the title race. In League One, there were big wins for Portsmouth and Derby's in their push for automatic promotion. Mansfield continue to rise in League Two and the playoffs are wide open. The episode concludes with a trivia question about the highest scoring defenders in Premier League history.
Lawro & Murph are back from a short break and attentions immediately turn to Arsenal who are now top of the league and through to the last eight of the UCL. Bournemouth completed a comeback from a 3-0 deficit against Luton. There is a reduced Premier League fixture list due to the FA Cup, but still some massive games. The EFL midweek action is covered before a look ahead to the weekend action including Leeds bidding to go top of the Championship and some massive play-off and relegation battles across the leagues. Lawro finishes with a Yeovil update who have lost a couple recently and Murph asks a penalty themed Trivia question.
Murph is back on hosting duties as the boys discuss Phil Foden's derby day heroics for Man City. A referee decision is in the headlines again with debate on what repercussions should be faced. In the EFL, there are dropped points for Leicester & Leeds, Portsmouth edge closer to promotion and Walsall sneak under the radar. Dorking shock Chesterfield 4-1 in the NL and Yeovil win again at Farnborough. Tommo rounds the pod off with another trivia offering.
There is no Murph this week so Tommo & Lawro take the reigns. They discuss Paul Pogba's 4-year ban and if its the end of his career. Theres a review of Erling Haaland's five star performance vs Luton to end the recent criticism he has received. Which manager needs to win the FA Cup most this season? Previews of the Manchester Derby and other upcoming Premier League fixtures and a question on who was the better player Suarez or Aguero?
The boys analyse the Carabao Cup final win for Liverpool and what it means for them and Chelsea? What does Everton’s successful appeal do for the Premier League relegation battle? Wins for Arsenal, Man City & Aston Villa but Man United are back to losing ways. Leeds and Ipswich make ground on Leicester but Saints lose again. There’s a round up of L1 & L2 with some scouting advise from Lawro and we finish with Yeovil’s loss at Chelmsford and Tommo’s trivia question.
The boys are joined this week by Transfer Guru, Graeme Bailey, who talks about his career in Journalism and the effect of social media on the industry. He shares some knowledge on the January transfer window and looks ahead to the big deals that will dominate the summer. Alongside this, there is a chat on if the UCL has lost its sparked before previews on the Carabao Cup final and weekends Premier League & EFL action. We finish with Lawro who shares his reflections on Yeovil's midweek win, looks ahead to their trip to Chelmsford and talks us through the current issues at rivals Torquay.
The boys reflect on the weekends main Premier League action with Man City dropping points with Erling Haaland unusually poor in front of goal. No such issues for Arsenal and Liverpool who score 9 goals between them. Man Utd grind out another win with Dane Rasmus Hojlund netting his 7th in 6 games. The Pyramid Pod cup changes hands for the second time in two days and Lawro declares the championship title race alive with Leicester losing against Middlesborough. We finish with some crazy results in League Two, Yeovil winning again and a Trivia question from Lawro.
This weeks pod sees discussions on if Harry Kane is cursed when it comes to winning major trophies? Are Man Utd set up for on-field success with their impressive off-field recruitment plans? Is Oliver Glasner the right fit for Crystal Palace? What does Mbappe leaving PSG mean for world football? Is it time to play the triple captain chip on FPL? There is also time for a review of the midweek action including a 9-2 game at Mansfield, the PP Cup finally changing hands and a preview of all of the weekend action across the Premier League, EFL and Yeovil Town!
The boys discuss the weekends Premier League action including Arsenal's demolition of West Ham and Man Utd late winner at Villa Park to blow the Title and Champs Leagues races wide open respectively. The EFL continues to twist and turn with Southampton winning 5-3 in a comeback win vs Huddersfield (who are hunting for a new manager - Michael Duff soon?) and Leeds 3-0 win vs Rotherham. Lawro talks us through Yeovil's win at Tonbridge and love is in the air for this weeks trivia.
The boys discuss the Foden show of MNF and wins for Leeds & Chelsea in the FA Cup. They are then joined by Statman Dave, who provides insight on his role, the growth of stats in football and his thoughts on Man United season so far. The rest of the show takes a look at the weekends Premier League and EFL action, preview Yeovil's trip to Tonbridge and Tommo reveals the answer to Mondays trivia question.