Today's free pod was excellent. Bit of an old school TAW line up with Gutman, Nevin, Kev Walsh and Adam Smith, with Neil hosting. Lots of intelligent and nuanced discussion with a variety of viewpoints aired. This for me is TAW at its best. It's on youtube but it had more of a podcast vibe.
I haven't been too keen on some of the recent stuff, especially things like the preview shows on youtube. Robbo is a solid presenter, but I think on video the format can come across a bit bland. Maybe it's a symptom of simply being on camera rather than being on a pod. It's jut too much like watching pundits on the telly, very middle of the road.
Or maybe it's just preview shows in general, where it's all speculation about line ups and predicting score lines. Boring.
Robbo is great on the post match pint shows and talking reds, where he's in his element, as well as other pods.
With review type shows, the contributors have some meat to chew on, actual talking points from the match etc. and I always find these more enjoyable and interesting.
As for Neil's tantrum on the pink, I held off on commenting aftewards until I heard him flesh out his views on other pods, which to be fair he did on the free show. I would still take Guttman and Mike Nev's position that it was a solid perfomance, the likes of which I grew up watching with Paisley and Houllier type sides. But to be fair to Neil he made some valid points and wasn't alone in his opinion.
The pink can be a bit like taking acid back in the day, you don't always know which way it'll go. You just get it into you and hope for the best.
I agree with Neil that the Friday show is one of the best all round Premier League shows around. Might I make the suggestion that this show go on youtube? I think it would prove to be very popular with non-LFC fans and would reach a much wider audience.