Episode Details

On this week’s episode of the Peter Crouch Podcast, Pete, Sids, and Chris are back in person and getting stuck into one of the best parts of pre-season… making wildly confident predictions that will definitely come back to haunt them by May.

The lads run through their 26/27 season predictions, including who they think will lift the Premier League trophy, who makes the top four, who takes the Golden Boot, Golden Glove, which big-money signing could flop, and which players are set for a breakout season. There are some big calls too, with Arsenal backed by some of the lads, Manchester United tipped as genuine title challengers, and Liverpool surprisingly left out of one predicted top four.

We also get into the summer transfer madness, including Morgan Rogers’ huge £117m move to Chelsea, Elliot Anderson’s £116m switch, West Ham’s retention of Jarrod Bowen and Spurs bringing in Sandro Tonali. The lads debate whether £100m has effectively become the new normal in football, and why the modern game seems to be producing fewer kids who actually want to grow up and be strikers.

Elsewhere, we discuss West Ham’s decision to permanently ban half-and-half scarves, discover a bizarre half-and-half calf tattoo, and hear about the legendary Zante goalkeeper who lets holidaymakers take penalties against him for a euro.

Oh, and there’s a Peter Crouch tune. Obviously.

Chumbawamba

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00:00 - The lads are back in pre-season mode

02:30 - The new microphones

04:05 - Harry Sidwell scores for Eastleigh

05:03 - The new Community Shield ball is revealed

06:42 - Pete relives scoring the Community Shield winner for Liverpool

08:19 - Sid's Portugal football camp with Rio Ferdinand and Jordan Henderson

09:26 - An eight-year-old asks Henderson how to improve Chelsea

11:53 - Chris prepares for his terrifying five-minute stand-up comedy debut

13:59 - West Ham officially BAN half-and-half scarves

15:41 - The lads debate whether half-and-half scarves deserve to exist

16:50 - The bizarre half-and-half calf tattoo is discovered

18:25 - The legendary Zante goalkeeper

20:17 - Morgan Rogers' huge £117m move to Chelsea

22:11 - Why Chelsea's experienced players could transform the dressing room

24:11 - Elliot Anderson's £116m move and the madness of modern transfer fees

25:58 - Is £100m now the new normal in football?

27:03 - Why nobody at Sids’ football camp wanted to be a striker

30:21 - The lads finally begin their 26/27 season predictions

30:56 - Arsenal emerge as an early favourite to win the Premier League

32:16 - Man United genuine title challengers?

33:32 - The predicted Premier League top four is revealed

34:17 - Why Liverpool aren't expected to win the title

35:35 - A shock top-four prediction leaves Liverpool out

35:59 - Haaland gets the Golden Boot prediction

36:42 - Which big-money signing could flop?

37:19 - The breakout star predictions

38:02 - Rashford and Rudoni

39:14 - Max Dowman breakthrough

40:02 - A ridiculous 10-goal thriller is predicted

40:53 - New football rules and a potential VAR backlash

42:36 - Bournemouth fall from grace?

43:47 - Southampton vs West Ham: who wins the Championship?

45:12 - Why Jarrod Bowen staying at West Ham is so significant

46:23 - The “fat backs” segment gets underway

48:14 - A fantasy forfeit: bodybuilding challenge?

49:10 - The Morgan Rogers song

50:13 - The lads react to musical tributes

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