Real Football with Lenny

Liverpool are on fire and I love it! A dive into what is working so well at Anfield and if it can be sustained! The likely culprit plaguing both Man City and Arsenal! A quick catch up trip around Europe with a rough few weeks for Real Madrid!

With Liverpool beginning life under Slot swimmingly, here are 3 things that need to happen to ensure we possibly crash the title race! Erik Ten Hag has survived the international break but was that the right call for a floundering Man United? Also, England get Tuchel, Madrid starting not so hot and which title race looks to be the most compelling this season!

The season is finally in full swing! Epic potential title-deciding clash between Arsenal and Manchester City with plenty of drama and shockwaves! Liverpool successfully bounce back from the Forest defeat with 2 great wins! Our first look at the new Champions League format and the eye-sore of a league table! Plus, peeking into La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga!!!

The PL season prediction episode is finally here featuring Sibusiso Mthethwa! Relegation, Top 6, Player of the Season, Surprise of the Season all discussed! Wildly different predictions for Newcastle, Manchester United, Spurs and more! We only agreed on one top 6 position!!!

First International break is here! Gravenberch looks like a new man in the double pivot, could he be the key to a great season for Slot? Manchester City and Haaland in particular already look impervious, but can Arsenal stop them? Chelsea chaotic as always, Spurs a mixed bag and Manchester United starting poorly! Plus a peek at Serie A, Bundesliga, La Liga and Liverpool's Champions League draw!

Football is back!! And no better way to get the season rolling than a Liverpool deep dive with special guest Official Liverpool Supporters Club of New Orleans' Tumie Mokuena! A walk down memory lane and remembering the highs of the Klopp era! What we think of Arne Slot and how we think our season will go! Plus the world premier of the new Szoboszlai chant!!!

A little slow to upload this but it's been a slow summer! Euros and Copa America aftermath! Are Messi's Argentina on track to become the greatest national team side ever? Can Spain kick on to another golden generation? How do England pick themselves up after another final loss? Summer is almost over and you know what that means...

The quarters and semis are wrapped up for both the Euros and Copa! Heartbreaking defeats, comeback victories, last minute equalizers, wonderkids, wonder goals, penalties, red cards, tears, sports bras and brawls...honestly, what more could you want???

The Knockout stages of both the Copa and Euros are here as we recap! Can France and England keep getting away with the football terrorism? Are Argentina about to sleepwalk their way to another title? By the way, I stand on my predictions!!

Football galore!! The summer of football is well and truly under way as the Euros group stage comes to a conclusion while Copa America takes full flight! A walk down memory lane because nothing brings out nostalgia like international tournaments! Predictions on who will win it all with surprising and not so surprising picks!

Royal Madrid do it again! Simply the biggest club on earth winning the biggest club competition, again! Considering they won so much together, it's between Vini and Jude for the Balon d'Or with Madrid finally announcing Mbappe! City take an unexpected L in the FA Cup final while they wage war against the Premier League for the soul of the game!!!

Champions are crowned throughout Europe as the season winds down! Atalanta reach new heights with a legendary ass whooping of the Unbeatable Leverkusen! City win their 4th in a row and why the 115 charges need to sorted before a potential 5th!!!

The Champions League Final is set!! Does BVB have a snowball's chance in hell to beat Real Madrid in a CL final? Alonso's record breaking Bayer Leverkusen side have gone 50 games unbeaten and counting! Manchester City play Tottenham but I'm sure we all know how this gonna play out! Liverpool fans are going through the 5 stages of Grief, I think I'm finally at acceptance...

Champion League semi final 1st legs wrapped up with some tantilizing 2ng legs to come! Arsenal hold their nerve but does anyone think City will slip when it's in their hands? Liverpool's season ends in a whimper as life after Klopp becomes clearer with Slot waiting in the wings!

High drama all around as the most exciting Champions League quarterfinals in a living memory leaves Bayern, Madrid, PSG and Dortmund left to duke it out for the big ears! Liverpool seemingly falling apart at the worst possible time! Can a wounded Arsenal or a crumbling Liverpool catch an exhausted City??

The Run In for the Premier League title is well and truly upon us with 7 games to go and only 1 point separating the top 3! Can Liverpool overcome their love of going behind? Will Arsenal finally hold their nerve to get over the line? Can City get the unprecedented 4th in a row? Plus CL and UEL previews!

The final Pep v Klopp game of the era ended with happy neutrals and controversy! Arsenal smile as they top the league with 10 games to go! Champions League quarter final matchups are set with some familiar but epic clashes! The Red Devils down their greatest rivals in an FA Cup Classic!!

Half of the Champions League quarter finalists are decided and the superstars ensure there are no surprises! The 3 way title race that has captured the eyes and hearts of football fans everywhere leads to an the epic final Klopp v Pep clash in the PL!

The first major trophy of the English season has been decided! Liverpool overcome immense injury odds to stay on course to send Klopp off in unparalleled glory! Chelsea labelled bottle jobs as they fall to a bunch of Academy kids no-one had ever heard of! Is the Premier League title race the only title race worth watching this season with the other top 5 leagues looking wrapped up before March???

The Premier League title race is close and threatening to go down to the wire as my beloved shrugs off injury concerns to keep winning! The Champions League R16 kicks off but seems a little bit dull this year! Bayern are falling apart as their reign of terror ending may finally be ending! After years of research, we've finally figured out the strongest force in the universe...

From a very emotional announcement to extreme highs and lows in a short time, my beloved is in a strange but great place still! Inter win the Derby d'Italia and essentially crown themselves as Kings of Italy! A very heartfelt shout out to Bafana Bafana!!!

Jurgen Klopp drops an absolute bombshell on us and now we have to deal with it! Yes, I'm gutted, so are many LFC supporters. The past, the present and the future are all discussed! Danke Jurgen und gewinne eine weitere Meisterschaft!!!

As we all knew, he'd be back with a bang but there are 115 reasons why the football world isn't overly concerned with that! Spurs still chug along with a ridiculous amount of absentees! Plus, Jose bites the dust in Rome, how good are Barca really and Hendo goes Holland!!

Arsenal seem to be falling apart at a terrible time, can we blame their summer window for this? City have sneakily already begun their expected, dreaded, inevitable winning streak with KDB back! Liverpool sitting pretty at the top and homegrown stars shining but with a lot of competitions to juggle and few fullbacks, can we keep it up to get no. 20???

Liverpool are top of the league at the halfway stage! Can they stay there with the lack of wins against the traditional top 6? Will Nunez ending his drought lead to the goals his xG promise? Is Quansah the perfect Matip replacement???

Peak entertainment in the Premier League over the past week! City extend their winless streak to 4 games by falling to Villa during the week! Declan Rice steps up to save Arsenal at Kennelworth Road but they don't look convincing! Speaking of unconvincing, Liverpool need magic to down Fulham but keep pace! What a week!!!

Man City v Liverpool kicks off the busiest (and best) time of the year! Newcastle continue to put in huge performances despite an awful injury crisis! For once the group of death fully delivers! United are clearly the most generous team in the CL this season!!!

Back from a hiatus with Title Talk! City don't look as good this season so far but we've seen this movie before! Arsenal haven't hit full stride yet but are keeping pace early on! Liverpool's new look midfield provides questions and answers as we're all wondering, can they do it without a proper 6??

In the biggest game in the world, Jude steps up to steal the show, undoubtedly the best player in the world right now! Liverpool continue to roll on with goals galore and standouts all over the pitch! Manchester is and has been blue for years...in more ways than one!!!

European recap!! Arsenal get a great win in Seville but they have a ways to go to eclipse even Sevilla's European pedigree! PSG back to winning ways with Zaire-Emery running the show at 17 years old! Could Gravenberch be Liverpool's best midfield signing when it's all said and done??

Chaos FC do their thing and cause Arsenal to drop points!! Liverpool cruise past 10 man Toffees but what will come of the increasing number of red cards we're seeing this season? Also, United and City win to best prepare for the massive derby and Juve throw their hat in the Scudetto race with W at the San Siro!!

Arsenal finally end their 8 year winless streak v City with a monumental win! Brighton and Liverpool duke it out as I dive deeper into Klopp's Liverpool 2.0! Also, United get a much needed victory through McSauce and there's always a scandal in Italy!!!

It's the 2nd international break of the season and one thing is for sure, Bellingham is the best player in the world in 23/24 so far! Napoli are already a little ways off the Milan clubs and wounded from battle with Madrid! Newcastle spank Mbappe's PSG at St James' Park!!!

Easily the saltiest episode yet! Ls all around for the North West giants! City lose their winning streak! United are a complete shambles! The refs commit war crimes to screw over my beloved!!!

The Champions League is back!! Newcastle begin their first CL campaign in 20 years in San Siro! PSG's new front 3 could be the real deal! United's woes continue! Inter continue to bully their closest rivals!

Premier League title talk!! City can play poorly and still tear teams to shreds, that's a BAD sign for any team looking to prevent their 4th in a row! Liverpool on a roll as the midfield questions continue but the Mentality Monsters might just be back! Is there anything going right at Old Trafford??

A glorious trip to the peninsula to check out the best title race in the top 5 leagues! Milan completely dominate Roma with Leao continuing his meteoric rise to superstardom! Lazio and Napoli trade metaphorical fisticuffs but can Lazio sustain these performances to go for the Scudetto? Pogba caught juicing!! Plus Brighton smack the Magpies and Chaos FC does their thing...

It's prediction time featuring Sbu!! We discuss relegation candidates, European places and who will win the league! Spurs to finish 9th? Newcastle to finish 3rd? Arsenal to finish 1st???

Matchday 3 Premier League wrap up! City roll on while Arsenal and United continually shoot themselves in the foot! Honestly, does anyone know who the real Chelsea are? Liverpool see red again but Nunez saves the day!!!

Congratulations to World Champions Spain!!! Expect more chaos from Chelsea as they try to gel with Caicedo having an awful debut! Kane and Messi are having great impacts in their new surrounds! Mark my words, the next great Clasico rivalry is going to be Pedri v Bellingham and it's going to be epic!

First Anfield game of the season with Endo entering, Szobo shining and Macca making a mess! Spurs looked way, way better than they had any right to be as they gave Ten Hag's poor lads another away defeat! Foden can finally prove he is KdB's heir apparent and did a great job staking his claim!!!

PL and La Liga are back!! Will City be able to overcome the lose of their pink faced talisman? Arsenal look sharp but a huge blow to Timber soils their opening day W! Ange-Ball looks chaotic and goal filled, should be a fun watch! Bellingham looks an absolute superstar for Madrid already! Hopefully the dick measuring contest between Chelsea and Liverpool is over with Chaos FC getting very expensive transfer window Ws!!!

It's practically malpractice to not mention Harry Kane's departure from Spurs!! With a 30 goal deficit and an uninspiring squad, how does Postecoglou manage an extremely difficult rebuild? Smile though, football is BACK!!!

Arteta's young challengers have made massive transfer strides including bringing in Rice but will it be enough to dethrone City? I'll be the first to admit his genius if it works but I don't see it with Havertz! Will their first season in the Champion's League in 7 years take their eye off their 20 year title drought???

Erik Ten Hag had a great 1st season all things considered but can he push United onwards from 3rd to really challenge at the top? Will Mount and off-brand Haaland have the kind of impact the Stretford End faithful are dreaming of? Should we be expecting a title challenge???

The reigning Kings of England and Europe kick off the PL season on Friday! Can they continue to run it back and get the unprecedented 4th title in a row? Will Gundogan's departure spell trouble for the best team in the world or do they waltz past everyone again with their latest (very, very) expensive defensive signing??

This is the part of the program where we pretend to know anything about Chelsea! Will Poch succeed in probably the toughest top level managerial job in the world? Who even knows what their best 11 looks like with all the squad turnover? They can legitimately finish in any one of 15 places I none of us would think twice!!!

The hiatus is over and there's light at the end of the summer silly season tunnel! What to expect from Klopp's burgeoning Liverpool 2.0? Is getting rid of 5 midfielders for 2 really going to thrust Liverpool back to the top? Can Jorg complete the business needed for Liverpool to get back to Champions League?

We are BACK! Yes, it's really late for a season recap but will a 22/23 season Team of the Year help? Where does Pep place in the pantheon of all time great managers after winning his 2nd treble? Is football over now that the Saudis are winning silly season?

It's the big one and we deep dive into Man City and Inter Milan! City have been imperious and are one win away from immortality! Inter are seeking a glorious cup double while ending yet another treble bid! Who takes it???

Ilkay Gundogan looking like the spitting image of a full haired Zidane at the moment. Clutch, beautiful goals all around. United just couldn't stop their Treble nightmare. How do the London giants recover from varying degrees of disappointment and new managerial conundrums? It's been a week of heavy hearts for legends of the game and us fans as an era ends...