cwick (Chadwick Matlin, deputy editor): Folks, we’re back! But Frank Lampard is not. Chelsea’s manager was let go after just a year and a half on the job. In his place is Paris Saint-Germain’s former gaffer, Thomas Tuchel. Chelsea was underperforming, but was it underperforming badly enough to sack a manager? And how much was […]
cwick (Chadwick Matlin, deputy editor): Readers! It’s been ages since we last came to you with our half-baked ideas about who the greatest soccer player in the world is, well-meaning jokes about Tony’s outrageous collection of soccer kits, and deeply-researched analysis about what is happening in the English Premier League and Champions Leagues. It’s such […]
tchow (Tony Chow, video producer): Well, we made it, Grace and Ryan. The finale of what has been an eventful and unexpected (to say the least) European season will take place this Sunday when Bayern Munich plays Paris Saint-Germain in Lisbon in the UEFA Champions League final. Back in mid-February, before the Round of 16 […]
cwick (Chadwick Matlin, deputy editor): Grace, Ryan, Tony, we’re back to talk about soccer on the eve of the Champions League! Tell me true: How many of you remember where we left off in March? (I do not.) ryan (Ryan O’Hanlon, FiveThirtyEight contributor and author of the No Grass in the Clouds newsletter): I vaguely […]
cwick (Chadwick Matlin, deputy editor): Tony, Grace, Ryan — We’ve gathered again to talk about English soccer, which is really to say, we’ve gathered again to talk about just how bad Kepa Arrizabalaga is at his job. And I guess we can also talk about the EPL on the eve of the season’s final matches, […]