CHiP the Keeper Soccer Podcast

We are so back! The squad (minus Kiran and plus Lee) got together to record after a nice and short 5 month break. In this episode, we discuss champions league predictions and so much more. Where did Chelsea put that 1 billion dollars they spent? When will Kiran join us to defend Everton? Who knows! Come join us for some fun!

Hey hey! We recorded two weeks in a row? Damn that's crazy! Pranav, Matt, and Chris get together to bully each other over silly results. Arsenal bottles the league. Liverpool somehow nearly blew a 3-0 lead. Oh wait they did blow a 3-0 lead never mind. Manchester United is in the middle of nowhere. Chelsea will be replaced in further discussions on this podcast by Crystal Palace from here on out. Find out what else happens this week by clicking the play button!

After a 6 week vacation, the full crew finally gets together for a podcast! Kiran, Hunter, Pranav, Chris, and Matt sit down to mainly talk about the prem as per usual. The team dives into teams at the top of the table, and then discusses teams at the very bottom of the table like Everton. Are all Arsenal fans delusional in thinking they will win the prem? Will Manchester City finally win the UCL? How many more points can Chelsea get this year? Find out on this heated episode of CHiP the Keeper podcast!

Hello there! We finally recorded (and actually published) an episode. Kiran and Hunter are absent from today's episode meaning they aren't allowed to defend their clubs. Not like their clubs know how to defend anyway. Pranav, Chris, and guest star Matt meet to talk about their clubs. As per usual, we spend 85 percent of the podcast talking about the prem. Is Arsenal running away with the title? How did Liverpool score a touchdown on Manchester United? Find out on this episode of chip the keeper!

Oh me oh my what a game! On this week's episode, Kiran, Hunter, Chris, Pranav, and guest, Victor sit down to talk about arguably the greatest World Cup final of all time. Is Messi the goat? Did Argentina deserve to win? How the hell does Manchester United have a back line with two World Cup winners in it? Find out on this episode of ChiP the Keeper Pod!

We recorded back to back episodes! Crazy stuff lol. In this episode, we ramble about the World Cup for 2 hours straight. We walk through some highlights from the quarterfinals and then give some previews for the semis. Morocco is going to win the World Cup and there's nothing you can do about it. Hat tricks from Giroud and Ziyech incoming.

After an extended leave of absence, most of the crew decides to sit down and record another episode for you. Pranav, Kiran, and Chris sit down to talk World Cup action (and no club football to Kiran's delight). In this episode, the crew talks about the United States unfortunate exit against Netherlands. We walk through some of our highlights from the group stages and give some previews of the quarterfinals. Will we record before the semifinals? I doubt it. Will we record before the finals? Yeah no I doubt that too. Sit back and listen to us bring you up to ishowspeed on the World Cup!

After a long break, we decided to make another episode of the podcast. This week's highlight involves Pranav losing access to his college zoom license. This means we can only record for 40 minutes at a time lol. Tbh, we made this episode a week ago and it is kinda late. I apologize for the delay. Maybe we will see you soon, but we prolly won't. Hopefully we do. Anyway, enjoy!

On this week's episode-the crew decides to not have a script at all. You can prolly infer how things go because of that. Manchester United is mentioned once or twice or 187 times in the podcast this week. Lukaku and Werner score without Chelsea uniforms lol. Casemiro to Manchester United makes zero sense for Casemiro yet he's doing his medical tomorrow? Where should pulisic go to the get the most play time? Why is mbappe being a silly boi? Find out on this episode of chip the keeper podcast!

Anddddd the premier league is back! On this week's episode, we dive into the first week of the premier league. Kiran goes on a passionate rant about how his poor team is unable to buy players because he isn't a top 6 team. Everton then bought some no name 20 year old for 40 mil! Kiran also tried to argue that Everton would be better off with Richarlson? What? Huh? After that, Hunter goes into every single detail possible on Chelsea. We decide to bring back the Ronaldo debate and somehow find a little bit of common ground. We briefly discuss the other leagues, including the minor leagues like Ligue 1. Honestly, if you're actually reading this description, I'd highly recommend listening to the last 30 minutes. We have a very formal and in-depth discussion about the World Cup being hosted in Qatar. imo it's the best content we've posted so far. Take a listen, send Frank Lampard an email!

Hey! We are somehow back to recording podcasts now. Since our last recording, Domino's sold 1,344,899,098 pizzas. In this incredibly creative episode, Kiran opens a transfer market tab in Chrome and talks about transfers. Kiran makes claims about 50 million being too much money for some of the best players in the world. The rest of the content is us talking about Jutgla-esque players going from Udinese to Celtic. 2/10 rating, will produce better content shortly.

This was meant to be a Champions League Podcast... yet we still somehow ended up talking about Manchester United. We discuss the Premier League title and the Scudetto, both of which came as massive surprises this year. We talk about the top 4 race where Josh Sargent decided to do the chivalrous thing and let Spurs win to clinch. We also explore relegation where Mike Jackson needs to have a long hard look at the Man in the Mirror as Burnley goes down under his management. Also Mbappe

Everton have bottled their only chance at a trophy and no one wants to celebrate De Gea. Also I never want to talk about Mbappe again

Kiran says no one cares about the quadruple and Liverpool is not impressive. I remember nothing else from this episode.

TBH I don't remember what happens in this episode except Everton continues to suck relentlessly and Kiran conveniently isn't here to defend his club or to make wrong predictions again

The boys are finally back after a lengthy hiatus. Kiran hosts Hunter and Pranav as Chris is too embarrassed to show his face (or his voice?) after United lose to Everton and Atletico finally say SIUUU later to Ronaldo and co... Before Manchester's better halves dispatched them following the War at the Wanda. HiP and Keeper discuss Chelsea's roller coaster few weeks as Hunter laments not making it to a final for the first time ever under Tuchel. Bayern and Barca are out of Europe following masterclasses from very mediocre teams in each others' leagues. City vs Liverpool happened **cue Pep meme** TWIIICEEE this in one week as the first match ensures that fans of both teams remain chronically hypertensive and the second ensures that Gregg Berhalter is going to go with Zach Steffen as his starting keeper for the foreseeable future (the joke here is that Gregggggg just does whatever he wants and his decisions make absolutely no sense like 60% of the time). Bonus: Pranav uses 80% of his allotted recap time to salivate over meeting the mastermind behind Liverpool's throw-in dominance: Thomas Gronnemark, the only man any of have ever met that has experienced a Klopp hug. Everton fans get a glimmer of hope as they beat United in a match in which they were clear overcats. The Toffees get an additional boost as relegation rivals, Burnley, say 4-4-2dle-doo to iconic manager, Sean Dyche. Ligue 1 happened also. As did Bundesliga. HiP and Keeper then discuss which is the more polite race: top 4 Prem or Serie A title race with neither coming out a clear winner (much like the races themselves). We finally look ahead to next week's spicy fixtures before Hunter breaks down the Moldovan League and Kiran just straight up breaks down.

Kiran returns after conveniently avoiding the Everton Relegation Pod Special, only to find himself hosting the sequel as Chris, Hunter, and Pranav help him try to see the positives, like Everton maybe winning a trophy next season. I won't torture Kiran any longer in this description since he already gets tortured enough by us on this pod...and by Everton on the field. We look at the Champions League first as Big Body Benz ('member we thought he was dusted), smashes 3 past PSGeez I can't believe that happened again. After light discussion of the other UCL ties and a heavy discussion on PSG's future, we move onto the prem where we planned on talking about a lot of stuff but spent all the allotted time focused on whether Ronaldo was worth bringing in to United following a winning hattrick despite Maguire's best efforts. Arsenal stay in form, placing a firm claim to their rightful spot in 4th place, proving nature is, indeed, healing. City dropped points to Crystal Palace as KDB is surrounded by 9 Werners and an Ederson, opening the door ever more slightly for the all new Liver(more depth than a kiddie)poo. Milan remain on top of Serie A due to the support of their passionate (and apparently very pretentious) support. Madrid are running away with La Liga, Bayern blah blah blah, and PSG blah blah. End-of-episode predictions run for longer than Modric did against PSG before we wrap up with Hunter's new State of the Club segment.

TBH I don't remember what happens in this episode except Everton sucks and Kiran isn't here to defend his club or to make wrong predictions.

Kiran hosts as we welcome guest Saswot Risal, a Liverpool supporter who is just as unbearable as the rest of em. We begin with a discussion about Russia's imposed war on Ukraine and what that means for the footballing world from Daddy Abramovich's Chelsea ownership to Infantino's pinky swear friendship bracelet from Putin. Afterwards, we mostly spend an insignificant amount of time on pretty much everything except for talking (or, in Pranav and Saswot's case, reminiscing) about the Carabao Cup Final while Kiran makes dinner.

Kiran hosts today and finally introduces himself as such. Matt Kaz, Gooner and creator of the legendary CHiP the Keeper intro fills in for a strangely absent Chris despite this being the first week United did something by deleeding Bielsa's men. And since Chris isn't here, we don't talk about them at all for the first time in pod history and instead spend like 35 perfectly good minutes blathering on about Arsenal and whether they suck a lot or just a little... or maybe don't suck at all?? Speaking of suck a lot or a little or not at all, not even Kaz can deny Harry Kane's masterclass against the Bald Fraud's Pityzens to orchestrate the immaculate conception of a title race which, until now, only existed in Pranav's wet dreams. And of course, we cannot move on from the Premier League without addressing an all time PREMIER LEAGUE RECORD: 7 touches in an entire match by the world's most expensive lawn gnome, Lakaka. Atleti and Barca are put under a microscope as we examine their even table standing before focusing in on Aubameyang doing his best competent striker impression and dropping a hatty on Valencia. The Serie A title race seems to be ending up rather similarly to the Prem's top 4 race as all 3 teams in contention make seemingly conscious decisions not to win. We pretend to care about Serie A before pretty much completely skipping over the Bundesliga and moving on to Champions League where Kiran has to face his weekly allotted time as the court jester for his predictions. The boys then give their predictions for the weeks upcoming UCL and Prem fixtures as Pranav and Hunter are both convinced they'll lose the Mickey Mouse Cup final to make themselves feel better for actually losing it. Notably absent from the pod: Chris Wood meowing at Kurt Zouma for the duration of that match *Apologies for audio issues*

Chris hosts a full house today as we start by discussing Newcastle's newly found ability to win games. We then discuss how a man who spent 250 million dollars and got fired won a game convincingly against Leeds. If Lampard + Everton ends up being a successful combo, maybe two wrongs really do make a right. The race to 4th spot in the Prem continues to look like a sad, sad game of hot potato. Against everyone's better judgment, Hunter is given a whopping 3 minutes to talk about Chelsea's heroic, backbreaking, inspiring victory against goliaths Palmeiras to become Champions of the World. The crew discusses their favorite title race in Italy. Our favorite thirst-trapping barista, Olivier Giroud, scores 2 goals in 3 minutes after being sold for 1 million and being replaced by Wonder-miss Werner in order to seal the victory in a Milan Derby 6 pointer. Bayern Munich loses yay. Barcelona Adama Traoreturned to their form from 2010 after a convincing win against Unatletico to secure 3 points and yet another Kiran wrong prediction. Redemption for Kiran comes in the form of an AFCON final discussion where Senegal wins its first African Cup in history off the backs of Mane and future Ballon d'Or 3rd place finisher Mendy. Lastly, the crew talks their UCL predictions where Kiran's will inevitably be incorrect despite his protestations. *apologies for audio issues!*

Kiran hosts today as Joe joins Pranav and Chris to review the transfer window winners, losers, and Hotspurs. Also, Kiran shares his passionate thoughts on the Portuguese League. We then look all across Europe to leagues where literally nothing has happened since our last pod but we feel our opinion is important anyway (why do you think we started a podcast?). After Kiran tries to sneak the Uber Eats League in there again and pretend that it's competitive, we move briefly on to the USMNT's trials and tribulations in World Cup qualifying after losing 2-0 to South Alaska in between wins against El Salvador and Honduras, with the latter being played in Ronaldo's cryogenic therapy chamber. We give our predictions on the Milan Derby and a Barca-Atletico 6 pointer before we wrap up the show. Bonus: minimal Chelsea mentions

Here we go! Our hosts decide to discuss their own clubs' recent performances ahead of the international break. Kiran gets bullied for Everton's new relegation battle. Hunter stresses about Chelsea's recent inability to win games... except against Spurs, but that was a given. Pranav complains that his team cant make big name signings despite their prominence in European football. Chris, flying in the face of all logic and reason, is surprisingly optimistic for literally no reason at all about Manchester United. After the weekly recap, the crew discusses who they want in and out of the club as the transfer window closes shut. Kiran boldly believes that several high caliber players will somehow wish to play for a relegation threatened team. Hunter complains about the lack of healthy high quality wing backs at the club in spite of loaning out 367 wingbacks to other parts of Europe. Pranav complains some more that Liverpool naps during transfer windows. Chris complains about the huge gaping hole nicknamed "the void" in the center of Manchester United's team. Lastly Kiran gives a recap of the rest of Europe which all has much better title races than the farmers league in England. We close out the night talking about USMNT. *Please note that this episode was recorded prior to our lose against our northern neighbors otherwise we would've all been whining for more than the reasons already listed*

This week's episode has Hunter hosting, as he, Pranav, Chris, and a somewhat tardy Kiran discuss some premier league fixtures. Relegation threatened Manchester United faces Newcastle (you might think I got the order wrong on that. If you watched the game though-you'd know I didn't). Arsenal releases their next installment in a season long line of cinematic masterpieces as Manchester City changed the name of the Premier League to "Bundesliga", and started running away from Dortmund (I mean Chelsea and Liverpool oopsies). Kiran desperately tries to negotiate some transfers for Everton as his side slips further into the relegation zone. Real Madrid might not be as guaranteed to win La Liga as Sevilla appears to want to try to put on a fight.

Pranav hosts (and periodically forgets how to speak English) as he, Kiran, Hunter, and Chris review their favorite and least favorite moments of the year. The Carabao Cup takes priority (a sentence no one has ever said before) as we explore a waning West Ham, Chelsea's pre-K academy, an Arsenal squad who have clearly read episode 2's title, and Klopp's middle finger to fixture congestion. Serie, La Liga, and Ligue 1 all had midweek fixtures with Barcelona, who couldn't be part of the two Champions League draws, decided to go ahead and get their own draw. Ramos has played 3 games and already gotten a red card in PSG's 83rd added time point-saver this season. A weakened slate of Boxing Day fixtures sees an ode to Boxing Day '63 with a 6-3 tribute from Manchester City and Leicester. Southampton's Boxing Day dinner (is that a thing?) consisted of a carved West Ham before Chelsea have their first exciting match since the 2012 Champions League Final. To wrap up the show (haha holiday pun), couple of holiday season previews come your way as all of us end up being very wrong about Leicester vs Liverpool.

Kiran hosts (and totally forgets to introduce himself) as we start off with the Champions League draw...and the redraw. A Super League storyline emerges as P$G draw an ironically angry Real Madrid. Man United draw Ateltico as Pranav waffles over which team he could possibly root for. Chelsea draw Lille both times, proving they rigged everything and everything is controlled by Daddy Abramovich. Liverpool who've played in the champions league and the European Cup for a billion years make their second trip to the San Siro in like 3 months after somehow never having been there before. The Europa League draw pits BarceLOLna against Napoli which is extremely unfortunate but also really, really funny. Premier League action sees Man City win (omg wowee) and Chelsea drop points to Wolves. Arsenal's youngsters peed on Leeds which brings up questions about everyone's favorite guy on a bucket. Liverpool's trip to North London ends in... well literally everything except for a red card for England's Golden Boy, an awarded penalty, and Paul Tierney's sacking. This episode features a special segment called "Pranav says the same thing 42 times as he talks about the Liverpool-Spurs clash because what the heck was that"--5 star segment. Highly recommend. Roma trounce Atalanta extremely convincingly for some reason despite them already spiritually being in the middle of Jose's third season in charge. There are some predictions made too but I'm really hungry so I'm gonna stop writing and you're gonna have to listen to figure out what else has been thrown in there.

Chris hosts as a guest sits in for our second show in a row. After a bold summer claim that the league was already won with one Cristiano Ronaldo being transferred to United, Joe comes on the podcast with expert analysis on the current dissonant state of the Ralf's Red Devils among other topics. Champions League kicks it off where Milan has just absolutely blown it. No cute pun or bad joke for that one. They just threw themselves out the window smh. Barcelona somehow set the Bar(ce)lower, and Chelsea gets laughed at for being a black sheep rather than a blue lion after they were the ONLY English club to not finish top of the group. The Prem fixtures cause controversy as the top 3 teams all pulled through with favorable penalty calls. City eked out a 1-0 following an apparently illegal rib ball in the box, Chelsea cause debate amongst the pod members following Rudiger's two humdingers (yes, he's a defender. No, he didn't score), and Liverpool welcome back Steven Gerrard by producing literally nothing in the way of goals except for a 67th minute Salah pen. Arsenal get a win as Aubameyang is Aubame-canned and is forced to Aubame-hand over the captain's Aubame-band. Everton are finally addressed, much to Kiran's elation and immediate chagrin as they have one of the great moments in their history followed by a dismantling by La Cobham's Connor Gallagher this week. Spurs, the premature champions elect of the Inaugural Europa Conference League are now likely out of Europe and out of breath after a COVID breakout in their camp. More COVID talk occurs as eyes turn to the Bayern camp and Kimmich's bizarre comments before moving on to the new group of death: the Serie A top 4 who are all separated by 1 point, heating up the title race like an argument about pineapple (or ranch) on pizza.

Hunter hosts today as the pod has its first guest! Victor Miranda, Brazilian born and bred joins the boys to bring the total number of people qualified to talk about soccer to 1. This week features rants on the Ballon d'Or because it literally makes no sense! Like what in the 2018 Luka Modric is this BS. HOW did Messi possibly win it if Lewandowski broke a 60 year record and Messi laid goose eggs in pretty much all his games since PSG while Harry Kane has done the same and--okay wait sorry I got carried away, I couldn't help myself and got all heated all over again; listen to the pod for much much more of the same. Anyway... midweek madness in Merseyside mortifies melancholy Kiran before heads turn to German Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ralf Rangnick (that was an Only Hope joke) and his team's performance on the back of much maligned Fred who's apparently found his Brazilian passport. Chelsea get nailed by the Hammers (yes, I know I've used that joke already for Liverpool but it was the same scoreline so I'm allowed to use the same joke) and vintage Origi scores yet another dramatic winner after special instructions from Klopp. The Serie A title race gets spicier than Mama's meatballs as Milan pull ahead despite and injured Kjaer. Der Klassiker pretty much seals the deal on the Bundesliga and in Ligue 1, PSG underperform, don't get a result and literally have absolutely no consequence as a result. Victor takes us on a shallow dive of the Brasileiro as Atletico Mineiro win their first title in half a century.

The boys are back to torture your ears with extended discussion on topics no one cares about but them. You get to learn about their favorite Thanksgiving dishes and ponder the question--does cranberry sauce really count as a "dish"? Midweek Champions League comes next as they discuss Timo Werner scoring an actual goal, PSG pooping the bed, and the fascinating states of Groups B, E, and G. (Note: this podcast was recorded prior to Lewandowski being subject to injustice of the highest order for the Ballon d'Or so there is discussion about Barcelona maybe beating Bayern which has since been made irrelevant as evidenced by Muller and Bayern's vows of vengeance which will likely see Barcelona run home crying to their mothers). Eyes turn to the Prem where Vardy and his zen yoga-based longevity is discussed before heading into the match of the weekend in United and Chelsea as Hunter fights for his life claiming that Chelsea aren't a boring team and is met with some skeptical remarks similar to the response from his cranberry sauce take. Bundesliga gets a look next as the Norweigan Cyborg is healed and back to scoring Bundeesliga logo-esque goals. The Serie A title race seems to be wobbling as Milan may be losing steam and Napoli beat the piss out of Lazio. Vinicius and Madrid get some air time before CHiP the Keeper discusses the monumental implications of Italy and Portugal being drawn into the same World Cup playoff group as two of the top 6 (WTF) Ballon d'Or nominees face off to represent their countries on the biggest stage. We then preview 3 matches for the next weekend which may or may not have already happened before you listen but we had technical difficulties so please pretend that you're listening to this before the midweek fixtures. We would appreciate that.

The family is finally back together! Kiran is back from his trip to Colombia just in time to host a massive podcast packing a monumental 2 weeks worth of football into one pod. Dos a Cero, Michail AntoniOhMyGod, Poortugal, and Italy going from European Champs to European Chumps are all put under a microscope before moving on to this week's Premier League action. A monumentally exciting matchweek featuring: Burnley scoring 3 (again??), Gerrard going box-to-box in England again but on the touchline this time, Dean Smith's long-awaited return to the League, Norwich's new manager bounce, Chelsea brushing aside Leicester Pity, West Ham having a howler against Wolves, and Aaron Ramsdale pulling out a God-tier goalkeeper performance managing to only concede 4 goals at Anfield, is completely and utterly upstaged by Manchester United's incredible, all-time display against Watford proving to be the final nail in the coffin as the Dead Devils sack their dear, dear manager. Also some other stuff happened in some other leagues and the PSG Women's team is somehow way worse of a mess than the Men's team even with the Icardi saga putting up one hell of a competition.

Chris hosts Hunter and Pranav today as the listeners journey with CHiP through the midweek Champions League Ronaldo Show before moving on to the table-shaking results of this week's Premier League as Liverpool are nailed by the Hammers, Manchester is splatter-painted sky blue, Burnley are 4-4-2 good for Chelsea to beat, and Brentford show they're just Leeds wearing red stripes. CHiP shifts its attention to Spain; Barcelona have a new boss as Xavi finally signs for the club leading to discussion about what this means for the club that has looked like it's on its way to becoming a spicy A.C. Milan. The actual Milan, meanwhile, plays out a draw with its crosstown rivals prompting comparisons and discussions about Calhanoglu's serpentine antics. And then we talk about PSG. Yes. Again. PLUS: A new update in the Wanda and Mauro Saga included in our new (apparently) weekly segment, the Mauro Minute.

Hunter hosts Chris and Pranav today as they celebrate Josh Cavallo and what his courage means for men's football before exploring the League Cup midweek fixtures focusing on Manchester City vs. West Ham with some discussion on Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United, and Sunderland. City and Liverpool stumble as Chelsea find themselves extending their league at the top and if you forgot that, don't worry at all because Hunter will remind you way more times than you need or want to hear. Also they won the Champions League last year. Think that's irrelevant? Well it is, but you hear about that too! CHiP analyzes LOL Sackico as Spurs crumble against Ole's new use of tactical awareness. Bayern both scored and let in 5 this past week as CHiP discusses what the heck happened during their 5-0 loss to Monchengladbach midweek and how both Bayern center backs should be arrested but for very different reasons. Later, more Ligue 1 slander ensues as Kiran isn't there to defend it as Messi gets compared to Ronaldo as they both settle into their new clubs (Spoiler Alert: Ronaldo apparently settled in better because he "knows Manchester United"... and by that we mean knows where the bathrooms are at Old Trafford). Serie is examined once again through a Jose tinted lens before we preview next weeks Milan derby and move through the rest of the upcoming UCL and league fixtures.

Pranav hosts our most emotionally and passionately charged episode today as Chris, Hunter, and Kiran join him to discuss topics ranging from favorite colors to Nazi salutes and everything in between. We take a look at the midweek European fixtures including a brilliant Liverpool-Atletico matchup and a Roma undressing by a team we're not even sure actually exists. We lightly explore the rest of the Premier League before torturing Chris with a thorough dissection of this week's marquee matchup: Liverpool vs Manchester United (which for some reason doesn't have a name yet?). In Italy we take a look at Serie A and a spicy 0-0 in Rome with Jose being his own worst enemy once again. Elsewhere in Europe, we analyze El Clasico (featuring a David Alabanger) and Le Classique. Join us as we collectively rant about FIFA being crap and Arsene Wenger's dramatic transformation from universal sweetheart to basically Logan Paul or Jake Paul or whichever the bad one is unless it's both of them then he's both. Stick around until the very end for an outro surprise brought to you by the Old Trafford away end.

Kiran hosts today as he, Hunter, Chris, and Pranav return to club football and look across Europe at the past and upcoming fixtures. We explore Pranav's new favorite, Brentford, laying siege to Chelsea and the latter somehow coming out unscathed (except for maybe their egos), United (and Chris) coming out very, very scathed following a Leicester dismantling, Wolves finally scoring goals, Lazio making sure yet another of Kiran's predictions goes awry, and Juve's unconvincing win over Roma. We look at Bundesliga just to praise Bayern and argue over whether Ligue 1 UberEats is a top 5 league before previewing the (somewhat limp) rivalry week in domestic football ahead. Come for the lively debate and discussion on today's best player in the world, stay for Kiran's totally-platonic-and-not-at-all-romantic admiration of Kalidou Koulibaly on this episode of the CHiP the Keeper Podcast.

Following listener feedback (and, well, a week of no club football), the boys have put out an uncharacteristically short episode--now with 33% less episode!--featuring discussions about the USMNT loss to Panama, puzzling (Dave) additions (Dave) to the Ballon d'Or (Dave) list of nominees (Dave), Neymar's final World Cup, and our picks for Qatar 2022.

In a massive week of upsets, Hunter, Pranav, and Kiran argue extensively and inconclusively about pretty much every match and topic presented. Is Salah the Liverpool GOAT? Is Liverpool-City the new clasico? Are Timo Werner and Eric Garcia decent footballers? Will Sheriff qualify for the knockout rounds? Will Kiran ever get another prediction right again? Come find out in what is likely the most entertaining but possibly least informative episode yet.

We discuss the remarkable results of matchweek 6 of the Premier League including the (maybe totally unimportant) revelations in the North London Derby, Brentford bravery taking it to Liverpool and almost coming away with three points, Fernandes spanking a pen to Pluto, and Pep finally winning his 4D chess match against Tuchel. We go elsewhere in Europe to discuss the increasingly fascinating title races in Spain, Italy, and (well maybe not) Germany.

The crew discusses thoughts, predictions, and transfers for the 2021/22 season in the first podcast of the CHiP the Keeper collection.