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Paul Quinn

Talking the Blues podcast, Walter Smith RIP, Wolves (a), substitutes, rule changes & much more

Massive agenda in this week’s Talking the Blues podcast with Andy and George. Firstly, we pay tribute to our former manager Walter Smith, RIP who sadly passed away earlier this week. We […]

Benitez is right in calling for improvement across the board

“The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year” – John Foster Dulles When a […]

Talking the Blues podcast, Watford home, club, players, managers or any number of reasons

Talking the Blues podcast gets together to look at today’s disappointing result and above the obvious headline, tries to put some reason behind our current dilemma……..     Thanks to Andy and […]

Talking the Blues, WHU (h) & a heartfelt discussion on Newcastle, the Saudi’s & the Premier League

Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues. 40 minute or so on the West Ham game before a really heartfelt discussion on the Premier League, broadcaster reaction to the Saudis and where […]

Further thoughts on fan tokens, choice of partners & business models

Sport is one of the largest bill boards globally for those seeking wider brand recognition or indeed corporate, sector, or even State acceptance, rehabilitation or re-positioning. The Saudi takeover of Newcastle United […]

Talking the Blues podcast, Baines, Rhino & Ferguson, Newcastle United & safe standing

Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan. With the international break upon us we spend 20 minutes or so talking about our former players who have […]

Talking the Blues podcast, Manchester United (a), the Goodison Gang and “the Benitez Redemption”

Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues podcast with George and Andy. One of the most complete Everton performances in many years saw us unlucky not to come away with all three […]

Fans on boards, the benefits, challenges and how it can be achieved

The behaviour of the largest clubs with their “big picture” idea, and latterly the Super League proposals has quite rightly led to the call for greater levels of governance within the game […]

Talking the Blues Podcast, Norwich (h), Benitez, spending, and heading

Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues when we look back on the Norwich game (briefly) analyse Benitez’s comments, talk about spending in the next transfer windows before finishing off with a […]

Talking the Blues podcast, QPR (a), James Rodriguez & a frank exchange on who & where we are

Welcome to the latest Talking the Blues Podcast where we have a heartfelt discussion on where we are, how we arrived here and what we need to do. Our thoughts may not […]