Hosting a tournament of this size requires national budget approvals in democracies. The only countries that can get these done are incredibly football mad ones or ones run by dictators. Equatorial Guinea falls in the latter category and it should be of no surprise to anyone that their nickname is “National Thunder.”
Welcome to Episode 21! Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/under-the-cosh-coshcast/ The year is younger than Martin Odegaard but there’s already been more narrative than the final Hobbit film. Speaking of orcs, there’s Stoke losing to Arsenal, Chelsea carving up Carver’s ‘castle, and Naismith saying nae to City as the Citizens drop […]
After a poor first half of the season, it would seem that Everton fans are split on whether to retain faith in Roberto Martinez. I think it is an interesting case, so let’s take a look at it. Martinez took over as Everton manager at the beginning of […]
Welcome to Episode 20: The Magic of the Cup Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/under-the-cosh-coshcast/ Happy new year and a very happy new Coshcast, in which we round up the latest from the Premiership: Chelsea’s Kaning by Spurs, Szczesny’s flailing errors and Leicester taming Rodgers, all covered. Now, which football competition […]
Christmas has come and gone, turkey has been consumed in mass amounts. The New Year has been welcomed with lots of bubbly. This also means we’ve reached the midway point of the Premier League season making it appropriate to take a look back at the 2014/2015 season so […]
Welcome to Episode 19: Dat Bulge Doe! Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/under-the-cosh-coshcast/ Merry Coshmas to you! Coming up, Southampton get back to winning ways with Yoshida’s yoshoulder, Arsene Wenger finally proves his point that possession means nothing in football, and Falcao saves the day after De Gea finds one square inch […]
Welcome to Episode 18:You Shall Not Pass Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/under-the-cosh-coshcast/ Never fear, the Coshcast is here and so is our weekend’s round up of the Premiership. City beat Leicester as Pellegrini finds it Lamp-hard to let Frank go; It’s a case of dumb and dummet for Newcastle as they […]
Welcome to Episode 17:Fork in the Road Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/under-the-cosh-coshcast/ The Coshcast is back and it’s getting festive. In the Premiership, Arsenal Stoke the fire as QPR leave Burnley burning, the big winners of course are West Ham as Carrol proves worth his weight in hair, and City […]
Welcome to Episode 16: Szczesny’s Arrogant Haircut Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/under-the-cosh-coshcast/ It’s an action packed Coshcast for you this week: In the Premiership, Glen Johnson gets the kick in the face so many Liverpool fans think he deserves, but this time it saves Rodgers’ blushes! United smash Hull, QPR & […]
Welcome to Episode 15: A Plethora of Mumus Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/under-the-cosh-coshcast/ It’s Coshcast time and on Liverpool’s chance to shine, they end up polishing Palace’s Crystal. Hull mull it over as Eriksends them to defeat, and Arsenal contemplate hiring Bill Murray as manager if this Groundhog Day thing […]
Another international break has come and gone. Some may think its good for the players to get a break from their club schedules and others think that international fixtures disrupt club form. It’s an arguable concept that could go either way, and really boils down to how your […]
Welcome to Episode 14! Another international break! The Coshcast international! Liechtenstein, Moldova, Faroe Islands, Lithuania, we may or may not have them all covered. We will take you around the Euro qualifiers and then some. We preview the weekend’s action from the Premierleague, Serie A, and la Liga, […]
Welcome to Episode 13! Chelsea’s Costamary Win! This week on the Coshcast, West Brom look dozy against Ayoze while Chelsea got cozy at Anfield. Jozy still cant get a game at Sunderland during their draw with Everton, and Bony leads the line as the Swans peck Arsenal. On […]
I’ve mentioned before on the Coshcast that my Dad – or ‘Old Cosher’ – is a long-suffering Tottenham fan. From the glory of winning the league and cup double in the early 60s to the doldrums of the Taricco-infected 90s, he’s seen it all. After Spurs’ defeat to […]
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 12! The Manchester Derby! Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/under-the-cosh-coshcast/ It’s the Coshcast, and what a weekend it was. We take you around the grounds in the Premiership where Smalling and falling gifted City victory in the Manchester derby, Villa took a last-minute Kaning from Tottenham, […]
We begin with a review of the previous round of results: West Ham 2-1 Manchester City was the shock of the round, with Liverpool 0-0 Hull City, and Tottenham 1-2 Newcastle close contenders. These results really threw our predictors for a loop. The easier results to predict were Sunderland […]
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 11! El Clasico! Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/under-the-cosh-coshcast/ This week there’s the little matter of El Clasico, or if you’re an overpaid under informed pundit, “The Clasico.” There’s news from the premiership where Allardyce’s Russel Brand of football is winning hearts and minds, Spurs and […]
El Clasico arrives this weekend at that perfect time when the two Spanish giants are seemingly unmatchable and on top of the world. On one corner we have a Real Madrid team that simply can not stop scoring goals. On another we have a Barcelona side still very […]
Nothing gives our predictors more joy than to get a perfect score, which is what happened for three fixtures this past weekend. Just to recap, Everton 3-0 Aston Villa, Toronto FC 1-1 Montreal Impact, and Inter Milan 2-2 Napoli were correctly predicted by a variety of participants. The toughest of […]
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 10! Bang Bang! Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/under-the-cosh-coshcast/ And so, The Coshcast, which might or might not have as many late surprises as QPR against Liverpool. The premiership made such a roaring comeback this weekend, they’ll presumably be selling versions of it at Urban Outfitters, […]
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 9! Indian Edition! Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/under-the-cosh-coshcast/ As much as you know we all love the international break, this hasn’t been too bad. Lively European Cup qualifiers have seen Europe’s old powers struggle against teams that are — let’s be fair — not really […]
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 7 of the Coshcast! PHILBERT! Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/under-the-cosh-coshcast/id767743946 This week, on the Coshcast… Denzel Washington’s role in The Equalizer comes under pressure from Phil Jagielka after the Everton man’s last minute rocket in the Merseyside derby. In North London, meanwhile, Chamberlain’s strike results in appeasement […]
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 5 of the Coshcast! Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/under-the-cosh-coshcast/id767743946 Even Crystal Palace’s 0-0 draw with Burnley was more exciting than the international break, but fortunately there are other games to talk about. Arsenal against City, Diego Costa against Swansea, and the exciting addition to the Manchester […]
Welcome to Episode 24 of the Coshcast! Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/under-the-cosh-coshcast/id767743946 We’re a week closer to the World Cup and like FIFA’s propensity for corruption, the Coshcast never stops. This week we examine the remaining World Cup groups. In E, will the French smoke the opposition, or just […]
Welcome to episode 22 of the Coshcast! This week we recap the Champions League final with Real Madrid finally clinching their tenth trophy. We talk about Atletico’s future and how we see them next season. We also delve into the most lucrative game of the footballing calendar; the […]
The Semi-Final second legs of the Champions League were incredible. This year’s CL has really stepped up! Chelsea got knocked out at home by Atletico Madrid while Real Madrid dominated Bayern Munich at home to set up a CL Final Madrid derby. Some will use this for their […]
Episode 18 marks the start of our new look CoshCast! We spice up our introduction and give you more for your time. Check out our new segment; “Mumu of the Week”. Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/under-the-cosh-coshcast/id767743946 We talk Premier League action. The title battle is blown straight out the water with Chelsea’s […]
Everyone still in Champions League mode? I don’t blame you. Its definitely heating up. Madrid came out with a very favourable 1-0 win against Bayern Munich while Mourinho bored us all to death with a 0-0 away draw to Atletico Madrid. He claims he will field a weakened side […]
12 years ago, the Euro became the official currency of the European Union, United Airlines filed for bankruptcy, Denzel Washington and Halle Berry won Oscars, 8 Mile was released, and the “War on Terror” was in full swing. What a year 2002 turned out to be! In the world of […]
The Champions League midweek games were nail biting affairs; all of them! Manchester United lost to Bayern 3-1 and their hope of an upset was short lived, while Chelsea kept the EPL’s hopes of the CL title alive with a last minute Demba Ba flick against PSG. Manchester […]
We’re back with Episode 16 of the Coshcast. The podcast is on iTunes. Please subscribe to keep up to date with all new activities: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/under-the-cosh-coshcast/id767743946 On this week’s podcast we go back into the annals of history to tell you about our best moments playing the game we love. […]
Manchester United and Chelsea were in Champions League action midweek. The former came away with a draw against arguably the best team in Europe, while Jose Mourinho lost the plot against PSG in the last 30 minutes of the game as Chelsea conceded two late goals. Both these […]
The predictions are back! It’s been a crazy week of scores in the Premier League which included Chelsea’s mauling of Arsenal and City’s cruise at Old Trafford. On our latest podcast, we review all the scores from last week, as well as El Classico! La Liga is, for […]
Welcome to Episode 13 of our Coshcast! The podcast is on iTunes. Please subscribe to keep up to date with all new activities: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/under-the-cosh-coshcast/id767743946 Three of us discuss the on going sagas in world football while our fourth member is basking in the sun on holiday. Find out who! We […]
Welcome to Episode 8 of our Coshcast! The podcast is on iTunes. Please subscribe to keep up to date with all new activities: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/under-the-cosh-coshcast/id767743946 This episode we delve into the Champions league round of 16 draw and analyse every single match up. We give our verdicts on the games […]
The round of 16 matches of the worlds most prestigious tournament have just been drawn with all teams aiming for a spot at the finals in Lisbon’s Stadium of Light on May 24, 2014. Lets analyse the match ups and get your opinion on who will make it […]
Welcome to Episode 7 of our Coshcast! We’ve got some great news! The podcast is finally on iTunes. Please subscribe to keep up to date with all new activities: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/under-the-cosh-coshcast/id767743946 Who will make it out of the World Cup groups of Death! Are England making it? Portugal? Italy? Netherlands? […]
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