Libero

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Libero

This is another podcast about football. But it is also not really, when you think about it, about football. It is about the football industry, about that gauzy web of characters who determine how the game is consumed, about why we think what we think about the world's most popular pastime. Libero is a free-form discussion group featuring a rotating cast of guests, all of whom have spent longer than they probably realise writing and talking about football, and all of whom nurse a particular bias against your specific club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 5 HR AGO

    Libero 014: It's A Bit Like Severance

    With the Europa League final looking likely to be an all-English affair, Jack Pitt-Brook, Rory Smith and Tariq Panja discuss why - given the Premier League's clear financial advantages - Europe's secondary competition has never really been a priority for the clubs of the 'Best League in the World™'. In part two (42:02), talk turns to Lamine Yamal and whether playing a starring role for Barcelona, or any club in a foreign land, will allow him to reach the levels of fame that his talent deserves. Is it true that Anglophone-centric media struggles to acknowledge talent from overseas? Produced by: Tom Bassam Email in at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    56 min

  2. 5 DAYS AGO

    Libero 013: Barca's Bloated Mess

    In the interest of debunking beauty, the first part of the latest episode of Libero starts with Jonathan Wilson, Miguel Delaney and Tariq Panja discussing why Barcelona's thrilling 3-3 draw with Inter Milan should never have happened, largely due to the Catalan club's dire financial circumstances and the problems caused by its presidential model, while also trying to identify what ideal football club ownership looks like. The second half (38:16) focuses on the role of the modern Europa League, the ideal composition of of the competition's latter stages and the puzzle of finding a satisfactory host city for the final. Produced by: Tom Bassam Email in at [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    54 min

  3. 30 APR

    Libero 012: Marathon Wolf Hall Sessions

    Today’s episode starts with a look to the Arctic circle, where Bodø/Glimt have become one of the best stories in European football this decade. The small club from northern Norway have won four of the last five league titles and face Tottenham in the Europa League semi-final this week. So how did they do it, and what can the rest of Europe learn from their success? Then conversation moves on to Anfield (29:34), where Rory watched Liverpool seal the Premier League title on Sunday. He explains why it meant so much to him, how Liverpool have done it, and whether this is the most successful title of the FSG era. Produced by: Tom Bassam Email in at [email protected]. You can read Rory's 2020 feature on Bodø/Glimt via the New York Times' archive here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    46 min

  4. 25 APR

    Libero 011: Steve Parish Saint-Germain

    On today’s episode, Rory Smith, John Brewin and Jack Pitt-Brooke start off with a look at Paris Saint-Germain, who, for the first time, might well be the best team to watch in Europe. Have they finally moved on from their era of stars? Is a new focus on French talent a sign that they are finally putting football first? Or is it yet another cynical marketing ploy? Then discussion moves on to another team who play in red and blue: Crystal Palace. They are also from an area that produces plenty of good footballers, many of whom have made it into the Palace team. So is their local authenticity something to protect in the homogenous Premier League of 2025? Produced by: Tom Bassam Email in at [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    56 min

  5. 23 APR

    Libero 010: It’s Really More Of A Helix

    What is it about the early 2000s that football finds so fascinating? Why is the game still so captivated by the career paths and podcast empires of the principal characters from an era that is now a generation past? On today’s Libero, Rory Smith, Tariq Panja and Jonathan Wilson try to answer that question, and also work out whether Pep Guardiola has the power to stop time. Produced by: Tom Bassam Email in at [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    55 min

  6. 16 APR

    Libero 009: The Bountiful South

    On Libero today, Jack Pitt-Brooke, Jonathan Wilson, John Brewin and Miguel Delaney consider the Tottenham Hotspur odyssey as Ange Postecoglou faces down his near-certain fate. Can any Spurs manager succeed under the current ownership structure? Has the “Glory Game” been sacrificed for the security of a profitable business?  And later in the show, the gang consider English football’s north-south divide: how come the Premier League’s upwardly mobile middle class are from Greater London and the Home Counties rather than Yorkshire and Lancashire? Is it really just about airports?   Produced by: Tom Bassam Email in at [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    59 min

  7. 11 APR

    Libero 008: Prime Barclays Extended Universe

    On Libero today, Jack Pitt-Brooke, Rory Smith, John Brewin and Tariq Panja ask whatever happened to the lost generation of footballers born in the second half of the 1990s? They should be at their peak now, dominating the global game. And yet it feels as if football belonged to Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi for so long that they will ultimately be replaced by the Gen Z players, born in the 21st century. Later on the show they discuss the 'cult of the pundit' in English football, whereby Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville are now far more famous than they ever were as players, setting the news agenda with their every word. How have they managed to become so big? Email in at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1 hr

  8. 9 APR

    Libero 007: Slapping Brest With a 57 Percent Tariff

    On Libero today, Jonathan Wilson, James Horncastle, Miguel Delaney and Tariq Panja discuss the new Champions League format. Is it better than what came before? Were there really more surprises? And what tweaks would they like to see. Then they discuss whether a football club can have a DNA — something that for better or worse, often intangible, that makes the club what it is, and explains why Sunderland will not win the playoffs. Email us at: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    50 min
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This is another podcast about football. But it is also not really, when you think about it, about football. It is about the football industry, about that gauzy web of characters who determine how the game is consumed, about why we think what we think about the world's most popular pastime. Libero is a free-form discussion group featuring a rotating cast of guests, all of whom have spent longer than they probably realise writing and talking about football, and all of whom nurse a particular bias against your specific club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Libero
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    14
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Libero
  • Show Website
    Libero

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