The Double Pivot: Soccer analysis, analytics, and commentary

We're not wasting time here on bits or "league" matches. This Double Pivot gets to the point. We go a full episode on just Spurs-Ajax. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport the show

All across Europe last weekend, teams in Top 4 and title races (outside the top two in England and a hot little potato of an Italian club named Atalanta) fell all over themselves in pursuit of glory. Heck, some of them seemed downright apathetic. Others, like Manchester United, seem unaware of what the points are worth and how many games remain to get more of them. The two Mikes break down all the stumbling and bumbling down the stretch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...

Four huge matches and they're all previewed for you in depth on the subscriber side. All our takes on Spurs-Ajax, Liverpool-Barcelona, Arsenal-Valencia and Frankfurt-Chelsea, over at patreon.com/doublepivot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport the show

After floundering performances by Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United, are we sure any of them actually want to play in the Champions League next year? The two Mikes go through the recent run of results for those clubs, and also touch on Everton, Wolves, Watford and Leicester City battling for that 7th league spot. Also, did you SEE Atalanta's result last weekend?!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport the show

There really was a lot to analyze here. It's just a little weird to reset your brain to thinking after it was blasted into a thousand tiny pieces. Juventus-Ajax and City-Spurs both offered us an array of content to analyze, from key substitutions to unusual player roles to styles of ball progression, not to mention a soupcon of VAR controversies, and we got into it.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport the show

In their final match of the season against a Top 6 opponent, Liverpool passed a big test to remain in the title hunt. A crafty goal kept Arsenal alive away to 10-man Watford. Cardiff City kept the relegation fight going with a big win over Brighton. It may feel like the Premier League fixtures were an eternity ago, but the two Mikes take a look back with the context of the Top 4 and relegation race in the mix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport the show

Everton vs. Arsenal was wild, Deulofeu was unreal, Liverpool keeps winning despite some surprising rotation moves, Chelsea torched West Ham, and Barca buried Atletico to all but wrap up La Liga. All football club analysis is welcome in this episode of Deep Blue Something.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport the show

The two Mikes are here to tell you why it was a good week to be a member of either the Pochettino or OGS fan clubs, why Liverpool's approach vs. Spurs was interesting (and why Spurs' plan was even more interesting and weird), and why Jadon Sancho won't be enough to fix what ails United. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport the show

From Fulham's disastrous season to Watford's surprising top half of the table run to Andre Gomes being — pretty good! — there's plenty to reconsider from predictions and assessments made late last summer. The two Mikes hit those topics, plus David Brooks, James Maddison, Wolves, Dortmund, Alvaro Morata and the stark difference between Joe Hart and Tom Heaton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport the show

Thanks to a strict policy of never caring about international breaks that involve inconsequential matches, the two Mikes have nothing to talk about. That's where you saved the day with your questions. From Tyler Adams' meteor-like emergence in Germany to better understanding SPI, you brought the heat and the guys took their swings. (A baseball reference on a soccer podcast!)Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport the show