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“Really, if you’re interested in football (the real kind, not American Hand-Egg), you should be listening to this. Double Pivot is two smart guys talking intelligently about a game they love and trying to figure it out because they want to know more about it. It is both intensely tactical, in the sense of “When the left wingback moves up to support the attack he leaves a space that puts pressure on the left center back of the back-three,” and very numbers analytical, in the sense that modern statistics (particularly Expected Goals) are referenced in every show as the assumed common vocabulary of the discussion. The show is not about the traditional, personality-driven narratives that dominate so much football media. You won’t hear much about which side “wants it more” or whether so-and-so’s WAG distracted him from what really matters or Mourinho’s latest attention-seeking display of passive aggression. This is about football on the pitch, using the tactics board and the spreadsheet to make sense of it.
There is a running joke, referenced in some of the previous reviews, that Mike and Mike agree so often that they are actually the same person. I’m pretty sure there really are two of them (although I’ve never seen them in the same place) but there is a reason for all the agreement. Fundamentally, they agree on the broad principles of the game and so their discussions are about applying that common understanding. It’s like listening to two 18th Century gentlemen of the Enlightenment discussing government. “Well, of course divine right is no basis for executive authority. Obviously, legitimacy can only spring from the consent of the governed. Given those shared truths, let’s examine Frederick’ the Great’s policy of Prussian state-building.” When you are advancing rational understanding in the face of reactionary tradition, the commonalities overwhelm the points of disagreement. That doesn’t make the argument less correct or engaging.”
K. Hannigan via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/11/16
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“Good football chat amongst the Mikes, knowledgeable folks, broad range of football covered, and I always love the section at the end where they discuss the things other than football that they're using that week to stay sane and take a break from sport”Read full review »
mrkthmpsn via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
04/26/17
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“Would it kill the engineer to boost the volume level? otherwise, a very good podcast. The Gab Marcotti episode is the best one yet.”
p0w via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/09/16
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