Ian is joined by Stadio's Ryan Hunn and The Athletic's Carl Anka to discuss Paul Pogba's current situation and agents' role in football following Mino Raiola’s interview about the French World Cup winner wanting to leave Manchester United (1:06). They also talk super subs, give flowers to Jermain Defoe (15:05) and Son Heung-min, and commend Spurs’ continued improvement (24:54). They also discuss Trent Alexander-Arnold's recent comments about playing at Anfield and the importance of fans (40:54),...
Dec 09, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Musa and Ryan reflect on the North London Derby, which saw Spurs cruise to a 2-0 win over Arsenal, whose problems continue (03:55), before wrapping up the rest of the Premier League (23:28). They then move on to the game of the weekend between Bayern and RB Leipzig, which ended in a 3-3 draw (34:41), and wrap up the rest of the Bundesliga, including a Gio Reyna angry goal, La Liga (50:19), Serie A (57:45), and the WSL (60:12), which saw a Sam Kerr hat trick and Alex Morgan’s first goal for Spurs...
Dec 07, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Musa and Ryan reflect on the midweek round of Champions League fixtures via the mailbag. Before they do, they big-up Stephanie Frappart, who became the first woman to referee a men’s Champions League fixture, after she took charge for Juventus vs. Dynamo Kiev on Wednesday (04:55). They then discuss a wonderful assist in the Lokomotiv Moscow vs. Red Bull Salzburg game, as well as the other game in the group, which saw Atlético Madrid draw with Bayern (07:10). There were plenty of questions about ...
Dec 03, 2020•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week on Wrighty’s House, Ian is joined by Stadio’s Musa Okwonga. With the hectic December schedule about to get underway, they discuss the pros and cons of being a professional footballer in England over the festive period (01.07). Next, they look ahead to this week’s North London Derby, which Spurs heads into in good form and Arsenal very much does not (23.46); give flowers to Gary Lineker, who's still underrated for his movement and finishing (41.37); and share a story about a potential t...
Dec 02, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast After a weekend full of tense matches, moments, and situations all around Europe, Musa and Ryan do their best to summarize it all. They begin with Chelsea and Spurs drawing at Stamford Bridge (06:13), before touching on Leeds' win at Goodison Park over Everton, as well as Carlo Ancelotti's calming post-match manner (13:52). There was a game of two halves at St. Mary's as Manchester United came from two goals behind to beat Southampton (16:24), more disappointment for Arsenal, and the subject of ...
Nov 30, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Musa and Ryan are joined by Ian Wright to discuss Diego Armando Maradona, who passed away at the age of 60. They discuss his career, some of their favorite goals, and much more about one of football's greatest icons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 26, 2020•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this latest episode, Ian welcomes Jeanette Kwakye and Musa Okwonga back to the house to talk Liverpool’s relentless winning mentality, including praise for how Diogo Jota has slotted into the front three (1:21). There’s chat about another impressive Leeds performance despite not beating Arsenal (10:22), as well as the contrasting reactions of Nicolas Pépé (14:43) and Kieran Tierney (21:28). Flowers this week go to Frank Lampard as a player and how he needs time as a manager (27:25) and also t...
Nov 25, 2020•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Musa and Ryan are back to chat about a weekend of statement victories, beginning with PSG, who put an end to Lyon’s 80-game unbeaten run in Division 1 Féminine (05:24), before staying in France to discuss Monaco, who came from 2-0 down to beat PSG 3-2 in Ligue 1 (12:53). They then head to the Premier League, which saw Spurs go top following another 2-0 win over Manchester City (19:27), and discuss wins for Brighton, Manchester United, and West Ham and the case for five subs (27:14). There’s also...
Nov 23, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Musa and Ryan reflect on the fallout of Spain’s 6-0 win over Germany, what led Germany to this point and where they go next (6:58), praise Ferran Torres, Fabián Ruiz, and Alvaro Morata (22:47), give some love for Marcus Thuram, and quickly mention some other key international fixtures. They then open up the mailbag to answer questions on Liverpool’s center backs (31:10), Jogi Löw (33:38), Firmino’s law of players being so underrated that they’re no longer underrated (36:16), players who were bet...
Nov 19, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Ian is joined by Stadio’s Ryan Hunn to discuss Marcus Rashford's ongoing great work (01:30) and then reflects on an incident where he himself was racially abused by Barnsley in 1995 (06:40). They briefly chat about last weekend’s Manchester Derby in the Barclays Women’s Super League (11:44) before moving onto England’s progress following the defeat to Belgium (16:10) and revisiting the famous defeat to Iceland four years ago, on the eve of facing them again this week (21:36). Th...
Nov 18, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Musa and Ryan look back at a massive weekend of women’s football, beginning with the Manchester Derby in the FAWSL, where the points were split thanks to two angry goals (5:10), and Arsenal drew against Chelsea. In Germany, there was a seismic win for Bayern over Wolfsburg (22:37), plus a 14-0 win for PSG in France that included seven for Nadia Nadim (29:45). They then answer a few questions, including the first players they loved, players they wish they saw live, and current favorites (31:35), ...
Nov 16, 2020•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Musa and Ryan deliver a sequel to their recent "Disrespected XI" episode and go through submissions from listeners about club-specific teams featuring some of the most disrespected players. They begin with a single player from Newcastle (02:57), before moving on to a couple from Liverpool (05:20), Arsenal (13:03), AC Milan (21:35), Manchester United (28:51), and Chelsea (40:40). They then wrap on Real Madrid (47:28) and Barcelona (52:06), submissions that also include past managers and even dire...
Nov 12, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ian is joined by Stadio’s Ryan Hunn and The Athletic’s Carl Anka to heap praise on an Aston Villa side who beat Arsenal 3-0 at the Emirates. They applaud Jack Grealish, Ross Barkley, other Villa players, and manager Dean Smith and then break down some of Arsenal’s creative issues (01:17). After Southampton briefly went top of the table for the first time since 1998, they chat about the wonder that is Ralph Hasenhüttl and the incredible job he’s done (24:02). There’s praise for another coach at t...
Nov 11, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Musa and Ryan are back to talk about Bayern’s 3-2 win over Borussia Dortmund in Der Klassiker (03:23) as well as some other talking points from the Bundesliga, including wins for RB Leipizig and Bayer Leverkusen and a wonder goal from Valentino Lazaro (13:01). They then head to La Liga on the day Celta Vigo parted company with Óscar García following a poor run of form (18:43), Valencia’s hat trick of penalties against Real Madrid (21:14), Real Sociedad clear at the top after beating a COVID-19-r...
Nov 09, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Musa and Ryan open up the mailbag and look back at the latest round of Champions League games, starting with Basaksehir’s victory over Manchester United, which displayed some experimental defending (4:43). They move on to RB Leipzig beating PSG and wins for Barcelona and Juventus before touching on even more goals for Erling Haaland (18:14). It was a bad result for Atalanta, but a great one for Liverpool, thanks to a Diogo Jota hat trick (26:21), plus a statement victory for Gladbach and Marco R...
Nov 05, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast It’s Wrighty’s birthday this week, so Ian welcomes Jeanette Kwakye and Musa Okwonga to the house to talk about being reunited with his memorabilia as a birthday surprise and aging gracefully (1:29). They then discuss the passing of Ian’s favorite Bond, Sean Connery (7:15), and who in football had that same type of aura as well as the importance of sporting confidence. Ian chats about what it’s like being a father to two professional footballers, Shaun and Bradley (15:37), there’s a lot of love f...
Nov 04, 2020•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Musa and Ryan heap praise on Ralph Hasenhüttl’s coaching and his Southampton side that put four past Aston Villa at Villa Park (04:22), and they discuss how this Saturday was very much the non-statement victory Saturday in the Premier League (15:37). There’s a big section on the Stadio Derby, which saw Arsenal beat Manchester United at Old Trafford in the league for the first time in 14 years (19:57); Gareth Bale's first goal for Spurs (35:07); and Manchester City retaining the Women’s FA Cup (3...
Nov 02, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Musa and Ryan discuss Josep Maria Bartomeu’s departure as Barcelona president, where the club go next, and his time at Camp Nou (04:00), before focussing on Barça’s 2-0 win over Juventus in the Champions League (13:24). They then address more Julian Nagelsmann sartorial confusion (21:10) and his Leipzig’s 5-0 defeat to Manchester United, which included a Marcus Rashford hat trick (24:57). There’s a roundup of some of the rest of the Champions League fixtures, including another impressive Joshua ...
Nov 02, 2020•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to ‘Wrighty’s House,’ the brand-new podcast from Arsenal, Crystal Palace, and England legend Ian Wright. In this introductory episode, Ian is joined by each contributor who will regularly pop in. First up, he chats with ‘Stadio’ cohost Ryan Hunn about what the podcast will be, before Olympian and broadcaster Jeanette Kwakye chats to Wrighty about lining up in an Olympic final and the dynamics of picking the clubs to support within a family (10:45). The Athletic’s Carl Anka joins to talk ...
Oct 28, 2020•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Musa and Ryan reflect on the first El Clásico of the season, as Real Madrid beat Barcelona 3-1 at Camp Nou (3:51) and round up the rest of La Liga on a weekend which saw Real Sociedad go top (19:59). Meanwhile, in England, the Premier League calmed a little, but Aston Villa (24:22) and Everton (28:35) both succumbed to their first league defeats of the season, while Leicester outsmarted Arsenal (35:10), plus plenty of other games. They then head to the Bundesliga (41:21), discuss yet more sartor...
Oct 26, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Champions League is back and so too are Musa and Ryan, who begin with discussing Shakhtar Donetsk’s incredible 3-2 win against Real Madrid, despite being without 13 first-team players who tested positive for COVID-19 (03:57). They touch on Inter and Gladbach’s 2-2 draw (15:27), before once again reiterating to always watch Atalanta (17:57). There’s chat about turbo Bayern and turbo Leon Goretzka (21:18), Manchester United’s win in Paris (25:26), RB Leipzig’s goal machine (31:51), and Manches...
Oct 22, 2020•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Premier League continues to dominate and it’s where Musa and Ryan begin this week, recapping the games they live-tweeted via The Ringer’s Twitter account, after Manchester City beat Arsenal (02:37) and Manchester United beat Newcastle (12:18). There’s chat about the synergy between Everton’s men and women’s teams (15:51) and the Merseyside derby, which saw one red card and a potentially season-ending injury for Virgil van Dijk (15:51), plus normalizing Aston Villa’s winning ways (25:31). The...
Oct 19, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Musa and Ryan record their first conceptual episode since joining The Ringer: the Disrespected XI. They begin with a quick update on Project Big Picture, plus a background of the conceptual episodes that were a regular feature during last season’s shutdown (02:00). In this episode, they discuss their choices for some of the most disrespected players from the men’s game (07:34), starting with the goalkeepers (09:28). They then decide on a formation, plus their picks for the back four (18:31), mid...
Oct 15, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Musa and Ryan record a short bonus episode reflecting on the leak of details regarding the proposed Project Big Picture. They discuss some key points involved in the plan, which would send much-needed funding to lower tiers of English football in exchange for placing greater powers in the hands of nine Premier League clubs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 14, 2020•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Musa and Ryan are back, following a weekend in which Musa received an unexpected birthday gift: Arsène Wenger declaring his preference for a roll neck jumper (00:42). They then look back at a pivotal weekend in the Frauen-Bundesliga and FA WSL, with wins for Arsenal, Everton, and Chelsea, while Wolfsburg dropped points to fall behind Bayern (07:33). They then get into a new bunch of what-ifs, including if Real Madrid had beaten Juventus in 2015 to progress to the Champions League final (16:37), ...
Oct 12, 2020•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast While just the 35th show since joining The Ringer, it’s the 100th ‘Stadio’ episode, and Musa and Ryan take questions on transfers and more. They begin by discussing Thomas Partey’s move to Arsenal (4:36), Arsenal’s financial situation in the wake of the Gunnersaurus and Mesut Özil sagas (8:32), Mario Götze to PSV (12:16), and Chelsea’s strong window (14:31). They then look at the loan moves of Ryan Sessegnon, Mattéo Guendouzi, and Michaël Cuisance (17:46), plus Hatem Ben Arfa heading to Bordeaux...
Oct 08, 2020•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Another week, another round of chaotic Premier League fixtures. Musa and Ryan do their best to work their way through, beginning at Villa Park, where Aston Villa put on a master class of efficiency, beating Liverpool 7-2 (3:56). They heap more praise on Everton, who go into the international break top of the table after a 4-2 win over Brighton (15:56), before heading to Old Trafford to reflect on Spurs’ demolition of Manchester United (22:31) and where this leaves Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (29:56). T...
Oct 05, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Musa and Ryan reflect on the midweek Carabao Cup action, which included wins for Manchester United and Spurs (3:54). Everton continue to impress, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin scoring another hat trick and Everton Women progressing to the FA Cup Final (15:24). Next, they discuss Landon Donovan’s San Diego Loyal walking off the pitch against Phoenix Rising, after an opponent allegedly directed a homophobic slur at Collin Martin, just a week after another Loyal player was the target of a racial slur ...
Oct 01, 2020•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Musa and Ryan are back to try to make sense of a wildly chaotic weekend of soccer. They begin in the Premier League, where Leicester beat Manchester City 5-2 at the Etihad, thanks to a Jamie Vardy hat trick (4:40), where Sheffield United and Wolves are struggling at the start of the season following defeats to Leeds and West Ham (16:11), and where Brighton and Spurs were the victims of last-minute VAR calls (17:58) and Chelsea came from 3-0 down to salvage a draw at West Brom (21:25). The guys g...
Sep 28, 2020•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast After a heavy week, Musa and Ryan feel that some fun is in order and open the mailbag! They answer questions on the possibility of Kylian Mbappé potentially joining Liverpool and where he would fit (06:33) and which clubs would be their picks for a Last Dance and All or Nothing series, as well as who would direct them (11:49). They also discuss the importance of squad numbers (21:31), the potential of Dortmund’s golden generation and where they rank among the great BVB sides (23:37), and whether...
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