bennett Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Someone takes the time and effort to make a podcast, the PnB naysayers come out in force. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 I listened to the st Johnstone episode. It wasn’t a bad listen but probably a bit heavy on stats/XG over tactical insight etc for my taste. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Someone takes the time and effort to make a podcast, the PnB naysayers come out in force. It’s the arrogance of it that creates this reaction. A bit like that Peter Martin thing which tried to promote itself on here with the promise of Tam Cowan and Darren Jackson. Nobody’s life will be enhanced by hearing Darren Jackson’s views on Sean Kelly’s progression as a football player. Also that Graham Rutherven chap slid in to my DMs on Twitter to complain about me making snide remarks about their subscription system. It was a joke about a train fight in Partick, and I had never knowingly heard of TwoPointOne at that, erm, point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTwoPointOne Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share Posted February 28, 2020 1 hour ago, LIVIFOREVER said: That's exactly what you were doing though, and in your replies to the St Johnstone fan you were continuing to back up the false claim of that headline, even after it was pointed out to you how it had been twisted to suit the agenda of the writer. From what your OP said, you go in depth 'to dig right into the weeds' of a club, having a dig at a smaller club with a lot less financial clout than The Rangers, about not doing well against them, seemed ill informed, and not very savvy if you want to gain listeners from the rest of the clubs outside of the Glasgow ones that dominate the league, as you would expect them to do with their financial advantage. So far you aren't doing a good job of promoting your podcast on here. It's perfectly fine for RandomGuy to have an issue with an article highlighting (note: not making up or lying about) St Johnstone's dreadful run of form at McDiarmid Park against Rangers and noting that the headline is wrong. It's another thing for him to come in here and use it as proof that our podcast panders to Celtic and Rangers and doesn't care about smaller clubs. We simply don't accept that because our list of episodes shows that we make a proper effort - potentially more than just about any other podcast - of giving just about every team in the Premiership a proper episode. It's not a case of being smug or argumentative. We're simply standing up for ourselves. -3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTwoPointOne Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share Posted February 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Dons_1988 said: I listened to the st Johnstone episode. It wasn’t a bad listen but probably a bit heavy on stats/XG over tactical insight etc for my taste. Glad you liked it for the most part. We've found the stats stuff to be a real balancing act because we like to use the numbers to make our points (since nobody really cares about our unfettered opinions) but we do try and make an effort to explain some of the terms when we use them. There's nothing that irrates us more than the analytics crowd on Twitter spouting off terminology without explaining it properly. Otherwise it's just boring. -3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Glad you liked it for the most part. We've found the stats stuff to be a real balancing act because we like to use the numbers to make our points (since nobody really cares about our unfettered opinions) but we do try and make an effort to explain some of the terms when we use them. There's nothing that irrates us more than the analytics crowd on Twitter spouting off terminology without explaining it properly. Otherwise it's just boring. Don’t get me wrong I’m not anti stats but it felt like the main focus of all the sub topics (calum hendry and stevie may, for example). It said to me that you wanted to cover st Johnstone but in reality you hadn’t particularly watched much of them other than the rangers game. I definitely didn’t hate it though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIVIFOREVER Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Listened to the Livi podcast, felt weird hearing such praise being dished out to our club/players/management team, not used to anyone giving us the slightest bit of notice let alone saying anything nice about us. Brought back down to earth at the end with the chat about bigger clubs should be taking Holt and Martindale, think the latter has a lot invested with Livi and wouldn't be interested in going anywhere. Hoping Holt stick around for another season too, it is good having a bit of stability from one season to the next, although we did well replacing Hoppy, it was still a bit bumpy to start the pre season with a new manager, then changing to another manager two games into the league campaign. Things have gone a lot smoother this season when we had the same management team from last season, even though they had a big change over in players, they had the time to plan ahead and replace them with good quality players that have worked out even better than last season. Not sure what the dynamic is between Holt & Martindale, but it wasn't working with Kenny Miller, so it isn't just a case of bringing anyone in to work alongside Martindale. Anyway, decent effort, and you were right about you being a fucking jinx when you do a feature on a team, we lost against County, and got knocked out the cup by ICT, so don't be in a rush to do another podcast about Livi, cheers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTwoPointOne Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 19 hours ago, Dons_1988 said: Don’t get me wrong I’m not anti stats but it felt like the main focus of all the sub topics (calum hendry and stevie may, for example). It said to me that you wanted to cover st Johnstone but in reality you hadn’t particularly watched much of them other than the rangers game. I definitely didn’t hate it though. Yeah, we certainly use stats to help us fill in the blanks because it's simply impossible to watch every game every weekend. Two of the three of us do cover games every weekend (a lot of them are St Johnstone games believe it or not), although James is usually at a Championship match. So we do what we can with highlights, stats and match footage from websites like WyScout, etc. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTwoPointOne Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 51 minutes ago, LIVIFOREVER said: Brought back down to earth at the end with the chat about bigger clubs should be taking Holt and Martindale, think the latter has a lot invested with Livi and wouldn't be interested in going anywhere. Hoping Holt stick around for another season too, it is good having a bit of stability from one season to the next, although we did well replacing Hoppy, it was still a bit bumpy to start the pre season with a new manager, then changing to another manager two games into the league campaign. Things have gone a lot smoother this season when we had the same management team from last season, even though they had a big change over in players, they had the time to plan ahead and replace them with good quality players that have worked out even better than last season. Not sure what the dynamic is between Holt & Martindale, but it wasn't working with Kenny Miller, so it isn't just a case of bringing anyone in to work alongside Martindale. Anyway, decent effort, and you were right about you being a fucking jinx when you do a feature on a team, we lost against County, and got knocked out the cup by ICT, so don't be in a rush to do another podcast about Livi, cheers. Yeah, it's a shame that praising managers at smalller clubs seems to inevitably turn in to what they could do at bigger clubs but it's always intended as a compliment. In a round about way it would be nice if the bigger clubs (Hearts for example) had more trust or belief in the Scottish-based coaches, but at the same time you don't want someone like Holt and/or Martindale to be pulled out of a good thing and dropped in to a nightmare like Tynecastle these days. Agree with you about Martindale: he seems perfectly happy at the club and although I wouldn't want to underplay what Holt does it does seem like he doesn't get nearly as much praise for things as high up as tactics and training with the first team. If you're looking for further reading you could check out James' article on the Herald website, suggesting Livi may be the best-run club in Scotland right here. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTwoPointOne Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 Hey guys, Our latest podcast is on how Hibs have changed and quite possibly improved under Jack Ross. We had a look at Tuesday night's 3-1 defeat to Hearts and why Ross' tactics seemed to play directly in to Daniel Stendel's plan. We also discussed how Ross has had to make big changes to the team he inherited from Paul Heckingbottom and whether or not they are moving forwards or backwards. Enjoy! You can listen to the podcast on Android, iTunes or Spotify. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Hi @TheTwoPointOne do you think we have too many clubs in Scottish football? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTwoPointOne Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 31 minutes ago, itzdrk said: Hi @TheTwoPointOne do you think we have too many clubs in Scottish football? Hey, we're three seperate guys so we don't tend to think as one, single unit. It's a great topic and we'd love to do a proper podcast on it one day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shugster Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 I listen to the podcast and enjoy them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTwoPointOne Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 Hey guys, Just jumping in to say we have a new podcast out this week looking at Hearts under Daniel Stendel and whether or not they're showing enough progress to avoid relegation. We had a look at the improvements made over the last month or so, the Tynecastle's club's record against bottom six sides and why that may be vital in the split and previewed tonight's vital clash against St Mirren. If that interests you then feel free to have a listen below: Android iTunes Spotify 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIVIFOREVER Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Brilliant, that's Hearts losing to St Mirren and Livi then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTwoPointOne Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Hey guys, On this week's podcast we decided to tackle the topic of league reconstruction within the SPFL. We had a look at expanding the Scottish Premiership to include a number of Championship sides (while keeping Hearts in the top-flight) and discussed whether that would solve anything in the long-term. We looked at whether the SPFL would be willing to stand up to broadcasters and offer alternatives to the OF-driven narrative that TV companies desire and what those alternatives could look like. We then discussed the concept of the league pyramid as a whole and what could be done to help teams in the lower divisions. Then we finished up with alternative ideas for the cup competitions. Celtic and Rangers starting in the first round? Bigger clubs forced to play away in the first few rounds? Maybe we should just bin the League Cup entirely? Android iTunes Spotify We hope you enjoy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTwoPointOne Posted April 12, 2020 Author Share Posted April 12, 2020 Hello, On the latest podcast we kicked off our run down of the top 25 players under the age of 25 in the Scottish Premiership. Why? Well, it doesn’t look like there will be too much football any time soon and everyone loves a list of exciting players. Scottish football may not be the biggest or brightest league in the magical world of football but it certainly has more than enough young and exciting players to keep us entertained. To give every player their fare share of attention we're taking our time with this and in part one we run through No.25 to No.21. The next part will be out in a few days. Android iTunes Spotify 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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