Turkey is dead to us. We're on to our next adventure and it's not too far a flight to get there. Cheap too.
With Shane having secured the league title with Galatasaray while Ken's Fenerbahce lifted the Turkish Cup, it's time to move on to pastures new, leaving the Turkish Super Lig and its new rule structures behind. This week, it's all getting shiny and new.
Household names. Nostalgic football. Shared stadiums. A rivalry for the ages.
Is that enough of a hint to let you know where we're off to? It's a football story as old as the hills and when it came to picking our destination for season six, it was only fair to let Shane decide where we're off to and who gets who.
The finish in this league, while we were in Turkey, was super close, but neither side finished as domestic champions. European football is guaranteed, there's about €35m roughly of a transfer budget for both sides along with some sticky non-EU playing rules. Needless to say, there won't be a giant influx of Premier League or South American stars this season.
For the first time, we're taking on two clubs who almost got things over the line, looking to build up strong domestic support and structures and have at it in one of our all-time favourite leagues.
This week we've got plenty of transfer and tactical talk before wrapping up with a quick live game to tee us up for pre-season proper next week.
Game nights this season are Wednesday nights with a fresh podcast for your ears on Friday mornings. This episode, along with the previous 53, contains strong language.
Lend us your ears and help us kick off a brand new season.
With Shane having secured the league title with Galatasaray while Ken's Fenerbahce lifted the Turkish Cup, it's time to move on to pastures new, leaving the Turkish Super Lig and its new rule structures behind. This week, it's all getting shiny and new.
Household names. Nostalgic football. Shared stadiums. A rivalry for the ages.
Is that enough of a hint to let you know where we're off to? It's a football story as old as the hills and when it came to picking our destination for season six, it was only fair to let Shane decide where we're off to and who gets who.
The finish in this league, while we were in Turkey, was super close, but neither side finished as domestic champions. European football is guaranteed, there's about €35m roughly of a transfer budget for both sides along with some sticky non-EU playing rules. Needless to say, there won't be a giant influx of Premier League or South American stars this season.
For the first time, we're taking on two clubs who almost got things over the line, looking to build up strong domestic support and structures and have at it in one of our all-time favourite leagues.
This week we've got plenty of transfer and tactical talk before wrapping up with a quick live game to tee us up for pre-season proper next week.
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Game nights this season are Wednesday nights with a fresh podcast for your ears on Friday mornings. This episode, along with the previous 53, contains strong language.
Lend us your ears and help us kick off a brand new season.
