THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 The Champion/Brent noise ruling 🔊 Martin O’Neill (xG) 🆚 Jamie O’Hara (RAF pilots) 🔊 Somehow making it through all 14 secs of Europe’s Ryder Cup team chanting at Trump 🔊 Football’s archetypal "goldfish bowl" @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social

After a diagnosis of spondyloarthritis 5 years ago, Eva Lys has to manage her body carefully. Which is one of the hardest things to do as an athlete. She explains her ‘less is more’ approach, and why she won’t stay quiet on issues like inequality ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/667...

🚨WEDNESDAY POD!🚨 @acjimbo.bsky.social, @zonal-marking.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social & @cdeccleshare.bsky.social Champions League chat: 🤨Liverpool looking vulnerable 📸The Mourinho sideshow 🇳🇴Spurs survive in Bodo w/ @jaydmharris.bsky.social 🛣️How did Paul Jewell get to Derby? pod.fo/e/334da8

French legend Gaël Monfils will retire from tennis at the end of the 2026 season, he announced in a statement on Wednesday. Monfils has 13 ATP Tour titles to date, reached a career-high ranking of world No. 6, and made two Grand Slam semifinals. ✍️ James Hansen and @cdeccleshare.bsky.social

There can't be many players who've left such a mark on tennis without winning one of the sport's biggest titles. Some thoughts on Gael Monfils in this ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/667...

ICYMI yesterday: Exclusive - ATP won't fine Medvedev after admitting to umpire error in 'best effort' warning. Medvedev was suffering from cramp at the time www.nytimes.com/athletic/667...

🔥🔥NEW VFTL🔥🔥 A NIGHT TO REMEMBER! ⚽️ VFTL LIVE! A LOVELY NIGHT AMONG OUR PEOPLE. 🎙 Spurs midfield - swings and roundabouts. 🎯 Champions League - format wars! 🔥 EVEN more about Levy's "departure"/murder. Me @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @jamestmaw.bsky.social pod.fo/e/3341e4

Carlos Alcaraz tightened his grip on the world No. 1 spot by beating a physically compromised Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 to win the Japan Open Tuesday in Tokyo. More from @cdeccleshare.bsky.social ⬇️ 🔗 theathletic.com/6675895/?sou...

New @vftlpodcast.bsky.social Live show chat, Daniel Levy, Joao Palhinha dilemma, Bodo/Glimt preview @dannykellywords.bsky.social @cdeccleshare.bsky.social and me pod.fo/e/3341e4

ATP admit to mistake in umpire giving Daniil Medvedev a 'best effort' warning as he battled cramp in defeat to Learner Tien www.nytimes.com/athletic/667...

Carlos Alcaraz’s ceiling has been the highest on the ATP Tour for some time; now he is raising his floor, too. How did the world number one hit something close to his peak at the Japan Open? 📝 @cdeccleshare.bsky.social 🔗 theathletic.com/6670207/?sou...

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 Fletch on the beach 🔊 The last sacked PL manager to get a corner_flag.jpg 🔊 Classy touches from rival Christian denominations 🔊 Antiques Roadshow loses its football credibility 🔊 Andy Gray 🆚 xG (again) @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social

🚨SATURDAY POD!🚨 This week @acjimbo.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social, @cdeccleshare.bsky.social & Stuart James look back on Derby's 11-point haul in 2007/08. How did it happen? And is there another team who are actually worse? pod.fo/e/332684

An absolute pleasure chatting to @cdeccleshare.bsky.social about the fact that as soon as he stopped covering Spurs we won something. We also talked Frank, Tottenham clichés and tennis vs football. Listen here 👇 pod.fo/e/331763

🚨 THURSDAY POD!🚨 @acjimbo.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social, @cdeccleshare.bsky.social & Natalie Gedra have got all bases covered... ✅ League Cup ✅ Europa League ✅ Premier League MD6 Plus - long throws, golazos - and Ronaldo! pod.fo/e/331755

Carlos Alcaraz said he was “scared” by the ankle injury he suffered during his Tokyo Open win over Sebástian Báez. Alcaraz went on to reach the second round, but it briefly looked as though he had suffered a serious injury in the first set. ✍️ @cdeccleshare.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/4mBNzIa

The money line in @cdeccleshare.bsky.social 's article at @theathletic.com : "There is also a sense from many in tennis that having seven governing bodies makes any meaningful change extremely complicated." www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 𝑴𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒕 𝑯𝒂𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒔: The Listeners Your football fascinations & irritations, ft: Managers shamelessly signing their sons, kids' mid-game questions & referees allowing merciful end-of-thrashing injury time @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social

𝑸𝑼𝑬𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑺? @acjimbo.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social, @cdeccleshare.bsky.social & Natalie Gedra are assembling for your Thursday dose of Totally. League Cup? Europa League? The Premier League weekend?! What's on your mind? 💬

Delighted to say that I'll be joined by the one and only Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social for tomorrow's pod. Any questions or talking points that aren't tonight's game against Doncaster dependent? Get them in 👇

The group of leading tennis players have sent 2nd letter to the slams pushing for reform (contributions to player welfare, more prize money, more consultation) but have been left frustrated with talks at an impasse The latest in tennis's ongoing Cold War www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...

Novak Djokovic will return to competitive tennis at the Shanghai Masters next month. Djokovic has not played a match since losing the U.S. Open semifinal to Carlos Alcaraz three weeks ago. More from @cdeccleshare.bsky.social ⤵️

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 Lovely MOTD goal vocalisations 🔊 Spurs, Yankuba Minteh & the “sick of the sight of him” threshold 🔊 Andy Townsend co-comms in song intros 🔊 Raphinha’s 20-hour road trip 🔊 The life & times of Richard Key(s) @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social

“My local beach is a few minutes’ drive away, so I surf there, come back to do a bit of work on the property and then play a bit of padel. Life’s good, mate.” Spoke to Pat Rafter from his 70-acre pad near Byron Bay. He seems to be doing ok www.nytimes.com/athletic/664...

Very much looking forward to rejoining @vftlpodcast.bsky.social pals @dannykellywords.bsky.social, @jackpittbrooke.bsky.social, @jamestmaw.bsky.social + @jaydmharris.bsky.social at Soho Theatre Walthamstow on Monday Sept 29. 'Last few' tickets can be bought here ⬇️ sohotheatre.com/events/view-...

🚨FRIDAY POD!🚨 @acjimbo.bsky.social, @cdeccleshare.bsky.social, @jacklang.bsky.social & @tomwfootball.bsky.social take in Thursday night Champions League: 😲Rashford sinks Newcastle 🍒Can Semenyo do similar? 🔥Haaland heads to Arsenal 📽️Mourinho: this time it's personal pod.fo/e/32d99b

“My local beach is a few minutes’ drive away, so I surf there, come back to do a bit of work on the property and then play a bit of padel. Life’s good, mate.” Spoke to Pat Rafter from his 70-acre pad near Byron Bay. He seems to be doing ok www.nytimes.com/athletic/664...

🚨 THURSDAY POD! 🚨 @acjimbo.bsky.social, @colinmillar.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social & @cdeccleshare.bsky.social get stuck into... 🏆 UCL MD1 fun and games 🔴 Another Liverpool late show ⚽️ Kane at the double 🤔 Is Mou really still box office? 🍿 Merseyside derby intrigue pod.fo/e/32cfab

Bjorn Borg is one of those sporting figures who everyone knows a few details about very well, but not much else. We spoke about what his life has really been like - of the good times and the struggles: fighting illness, loneliness and addiction www.nytimes.com/athletic/663...

Bjorn Borg is one of those sporting figures who everyone knows a few details about very well, but not much else. We spoke about what his life has really been like - of the good times and the struggles: fighting illness, loneliness and addiction www.nytimes.com/athletic/663...

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 Dave's subliminal Andy Gray 🔊 Mourinho's box-office rating 🔊 Inadvertent footballers’ names in wrestling pods 🔊 @karelprince_: a vital public service 🔊 Cross-referencing players' initials with UK postcodes @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social

Good background in this from @jameskhansen.bsky.social re Taylor Townsend's disparaging comments about Chinese cuisine www.nytimes.com/athletic/663...

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 Oh, there's a new MOTD intro... 🔊 Football commentators in 14th-century bequeathals 🔊 Scott Parker goes a bit too deep about Burnley's low block 🔊 Keith Andrews' flourishing managerspeak 🔊 Keysey >>> Keano @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social

Episode 7 of DREAMLAND is out now... 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: Making sense of the transfer window Why the Turkish deadline = a Tesco Express at 8pm on a Sunday, @cdeccleshare.bsky.social overimagines transfer talks, @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social's accidental ITK era and more ENTER DREAMLAND ⬇️⬇️⬇️

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 The tone-lowering advertising hoardings of England Away 🔊 Cape Verde: World Cup Blackpool 🔊 How unfinished is Ange's business? 🔊 McCarthy & Pulis podcast 🔊 A dark-arts-enabling, top-flight physio writes in @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social

🚨🚨NEW VFTL🚨🚨 EVERYTHING MUST(N'T) GO!?!? 🎙Vinai's big interview: like Levy never happened 😊 🤔 Viv and Charlie and the other fella? 💰 Football finance expert Chris Weatherpoon; Deal or no deal? 🚀Ongoing reaction to Levi 👋💰⚽️ Me @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @jackpittbrooke.bsky.social pod.fo/e/3276fd

Hope we get as per-ed for predicting on @footballcliches.bsky.social that Nuno would be the first PL manager sacked this season, and replaced by Ange

Really rough news for Jack Draper - hopefully he’ll be back and fully fit for 2026 www.nytimes.com/athletic/661...

We tend to think that once players become a Grand Slam champion and world No. 1, that means they've cracked it. But it doesn't always work out that way, as Aryna Sabalenka has shown. She's a major winner again but 2025 has been far from straightforward ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/660...

How good does one match have to be to make up for the other 126 feeling almost irrelevant? That's kind of where we are at the men's slams now, where the complete dominance of Sinner and Alcaraz is wonderful for many fans, a bit of concern for others ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/660...

Sinner says he needs to have more Alcaraz-like variety to get even better. Just as Alcaraz added Sinner-like solidity to his game to go up a level. Meanwhile the rest of the tour gets the Canadian Open.

And the other element of the final - the art of one of the strangest things in sport: the Grand Slam final runners-up speech www.nytimes.com/athletic/660...

One set dropped all tournament, just three service games lost, pretty comprehensive U.S. Open win from Alcaraz. A sixth Grand Slam having only turned 22 in May. Here's how he did it ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/660...

And the other element of the final - the art of one of the strangest things in sport: the Grand Slam final runners-up speech www.nytimes.com/athletic/660...

"As a tennis player, I’m not only watching the match, I try always, but I am analyzing things. That’s something that I can’t avoid yet, but it’s not that I wish I was playing the match.” Some interesting insights into Rafa's current state of mind by @cdeccleshare.bsky.social #USOpen #Rafa #ATP

Breakdown of Sabalenka's US Open final win over Anisimova - with @mattfutterman.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/660...

The U.S. Open's atmosphere is irregular from most Tennis tournaments. Some players thrive, others... are not a fan. @cdeccleshare.bsky.social explains why.

Novak Djokovic becomes the second player to lose in all four slam semifinals during a single season in the Open Era, along with Conchita Martinez in 1995. Thanks @optaace.optajoe.com

Alcaraz said in tennis "We’re playing two kind of matches at the same time," - the shots and the body language. Djokovic has said that "Even though there is no physical contact in tennis, there’s still a lot of eye contact." On a semifinal of the mind ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/659...

“I like tennis, I like other things, too, and I want to enjoy this moment of my life.” Exclusive interview with Rafael Nadal on retirement, rivalries and regrets. And why he hasn't picked up a racket since his final match ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/659...