The Generic Football Show

Si and Dan are back to discuss a host of football topics, including: - The transfer window - Mauricio Pochettino - The problem with the culture at Manchester United

After a big game between Top Premier League club Liverpool and 'Top' Premier League club Newcastle United. Si and Dan discuss if Newcastle was naive to throw away the lead. Plus, as the conclusion of the Transfer Window draws close, Si and Dan discuss who needs more signings. Also, Silas asks, "what is Kai Havertz?"

Dan and Silas are back after a long hiatus and debate over a number of football-related topics. Is the Saudi Pro League spending loads of money a viable business plan? Will it become a league as big as the Premier League? Who would win in a game between Saudi Pro League All-Stars and the Premier League Summer '23 leavers all-stars? Did Kane make the right decision moving to Bayern Munich... Is he the next Stefan Effenberg? Why does no one want to go to Liverpool? Did Onana foul Dawson? Does a foul always lead to a free-kick? All that and more as The Generic Football Show returns. Join the Generic Football League using the code: 5ker4n

...We are not actually going to Morocco but we are reporting on what’s happening in Cameroon as AFCON has begun. In ‘AFCON Watch’, we discuss the opening few games, who are our favourites for the tournament and why does AFCON not get he respect it deserves? Also, the FA Cup third round took place at the weekend. We discuss (as we do everytime the FA Cup comes about) has the FA Cup lots it’s magic? January means transfers! Who has gone where, who is going where?! Finally! The return of the QUIZ… Si and Dan quiz each other on the 3 aforementioned topics. Shout out Baiteze for the ‘We’re Going to Morocco’ inspiration 

Dan and Si discuss the controversy surrounding referee/VAR decision in the big game at the weekend between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool. What constitutes to a foul and is a penalty a fair consequence? Games ar being called off due to Omicron being in the air. Should the Premier League skip a round of games to allow some leeway? Also, who is moving in January's transfer window? 

Who wants to be a captain and have all the responsibility like Aubameyang? Who wants to be a defender and have every decision go against you even when the attacker initiates the contact?... and who wants to be a millionaire, like Aubameyang? Dan and Silas discuss Aubameyang and the discipline. or lack of, at Arsenal. They also discuss the Champions League draw and what should we do about penalties? Also, who wants to be Andrei Arshavin, drawing out the balls in the Champions League draw

Dan and Silas discuss what the newfound optimism at Manchester United as Gandalf takes the wheel at the Premier Leagues protagonist club. West Ham look really good but just how good are they and can they sustain this form and make a push for Europe next year? and Aston Villa have new manager bounce, but are they Gerrard enough? All that and of course Dan slandering Arsenal! Recording whilst watching the Champions League goal show on BT Sport

Si and Dan discuss Ralf Rangnick (whose name sounds like a record being played backwards - like the bit in Missy Elliot's, 'Work It') as well as breaking down their thoughts on the 2021 Ballon d'Or rankings. They also discuss the World Cup play-off draw for European teams... One of Wales or Scotland and Italy and Portugal aren't going to make it?! Plus, Silas says F**K Ronaldo?!

We're finally back! Dan and Silas return after a long hiatus to discuss the ever-changing roster of managers in the Premier League following Ole leaving Manchester United and Conte joining Spurs.  Are Arsenal on the way up and why does Dan have such a problem with them? Does Kane need to leave Spurs to have a 'good career' (like Jamie Vardy)... Even Alan Shearer won a Premier League title Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegenericfootballshow/ Join our Fantasy Premier League: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/8rhtfw

Dan and Silas round up the Euros so far looking at each group and declaring their predictions for the Quarter Finals and beyond. Also, who's left in the Sweepstake and how are they doing? Check out the Sweepstake draw here: https://fb.watch/6sJUX6WZNJ/ Follow us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheGenericFootballShow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thegenericfootballshow/

Dan and Si select the Premier League 11s of the year as well as round up the end of the season and look ahead to the Champions League Final!

Dan and Silas quickly catch up on a rare day where no major football is being played to discuss the FA Cup, where Leicester City, formerly the only team to have won the league and never the FA Cup, take home the glory and restore the magic. Fans were back at Wembley, the Leicester fans made themselves heard as they booed their former player Ben Chilwell who nearly had the last laugh if it wasn't for VAR. Strangely, they didn't boo N'golo Kante however who is also a former player of theirs?! But have Leicester sacrificed the race for the top 4 by taking home the FA Cup? and should you qualify for the Champions League by winning the FA Cup?  In the race for the top 4, Alison towers over everyone and gyrates his neck to thunderbolt a header in the last minute and clinch 3 points for Liverpool against an already relegated West Brom.  Ferran Torres nets a hat-trick included a back healed volley for the champions Man City who won despite conceding the goals away to Newcastle United. Elsewhere, is Emma Hayes a good fit to take the vacant manager role at Tottenham? The French Ligue 1 *orgasmic noise* is set up for an exciting finish wherewith one game left, three teams are still in contention of winning! Hopefully, it's not a Lille too late! What's your favourite European league outside of the Premier League?

Dan and Silas have a debate about the proposed Super League, money and competition in Football. Was the proposed Super League potentially a good thing for football and is something similar inevitable?

After a short hiatus, Dan and Si break down from bottom to top how they see the Premier League season finishing. Can West Brom and/or Fulham stay up? At least Sheffield aren't as bad as Derby County 07/08... who played for them again? Will West Ham qualify for the Champions League? How could Dan get his prediction at the start of the season so wrong?!

On a rare occasion where Dan and Si are together, the mandem discuss the recent football in the Premier League and Champions League whilst they walk along the River Thames in Oxford!

Dan and Si speak about the weekend's action including Manchester United's triumph in Manchester over local rivals City Bale and Kane are really good aren't they? Fulham is on the up whilst Liverpool are on the decline... Is Klopp on the way out and Gerrard on the way in? Wan Bissaka is a good left-back but what if he just wants to play for DR Congo?  What do Sean Dyche and Tom Malone Snr have in common? Does Isaac Hayden look like a young Bob Marley? Who are the UB40s and why is Silas so excited about them?

On a weekend where Everton reclaim Anfield for the first time in the 21st century and West Ham reclaim London, Silas and Dan discuss why English players are difficult to manage yet unable to use their ego's to their advantage...

Another top 10 countdown In this one, Dan and Silas count down their favourite African footballers to ever grace the Premier League. From South Africa to Senegal, Togo to Tunisia and of course, Nigeria, Ghana and Ivory Coast, the Premier League wouldn't be the same without African players. In the past few years, the goalscoring charts have featured players from Gabon, Egypt and Senegal at the top. Tune in to find out who made Dan & Silas' top 10 and have a think about who would be in yours!

Dan and Silas purr over just how good Man City are whilst Silas feels smug that he triple captained Gundogan in his #FPL team.  Are VBM (Vardy, Barnes, Maddison) the new 'front 3' we should be talking about? Silas reels off the stats to make their claim. Au-back-eyang, Magic Maja and the Fulham stay-up brigade and is Diagne the lovechild of Sadio Mané and Usain Bolt?  All that and more on the Generic Football Show! Join the Generic Football League https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/pyirro League Code: pyirro

The first of our new bonus series where Silas and Dan count down their Top 10s. In this one, Dan and Silas count down their favourite South American footballers to ever grace the Premier League, from Guyana to Guatemala, Uruguay to Venezuala and obviously Argentina and Brazil. Who's their number 1s? and who would make yours?