What’s Next? is a weekly podcast giving you the hottest takes on the week’s major sporting headlines.
Bought to you by three sports-mad mates, each of the boys will bring one headline to the discussion to dissect and digest via as few or as many tangents they wish.
Expect honest opinions, frank discussions, delusional claims, good stories and good chat.
If you like sport, and you like opinion, What’s Next? is a podcast certain to get you talking.
Episode 24 - Giro d’Italia Grand Tour with Lachlan Morton
The boys are joined this week by World Tour cyclist, Lachlan Morton. To mark the opening week of the first Grand Tour of the year in the world of cycling, the Giro d’Italia, we sit down with a man who rode the Giro last year to find out what it takes to ride a three week grand tour. Cycling for EF Education-Nippo, Lachlan also talks us through his work with iconic cycling brand Rapha, his involvement with the Alternative Calendar and his interest in being involved with kit design. A great guy with fascination insight, some great cycling stories and an incredible passion for all things bikes, it was a pleasure to have Lachlan join us from Colorado!
We surround the conversation with Lachlan with a catch up on the headlines missed as well as some thoughts on the IPL finally cancelling for COVID as well as some thoughts on the protests at Old Trafford which saw a postponement to the Man Utd v Liverpool fixture. The bulk of the conversation looks at the English Football League picture now automation promotions, play-offs and relegations are all confirmed. We look at how the Premier League relegated teams may fair, how promoted teams may fair and who might struggle next season, even this far out. Who needs to sign a striker? Who needs to keep their manager to stay up? Who is desperate to get rid of their manager to move up the league?
We finish by making our predictions of which team will make it out of the Championship play offs to the Premier League promised land...
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28 Apr 2021
Episode 23 - Part Two of Two with Chris Kirkland
The boys are joined this week by former Premier League and England International Goalkeeper, Chris Kirkland for Part Two of a great sit down interview. Chris is a much-loved figure from the Premier League era, iconic between the sticks and loved up and down the country after stints at Coventry, Liverpool, West Brom, Wigan, Leicester, Doncaster, Sheffield Wednesday, Preston and Bury respectively.
In Part Two of Two, Chris talks about the later stages in his career and some of his great colleagues through his career; Scott Carson, Jordan Pickford, Jerzy Dudek and more. He also talks about life as an understudy or ‘journeyman’ keeper and the day-to-day responsibilities before being incredibly open about the end of his career and time with Preston and Bury. Chris is an incredible mental health ambassador after surviving his own battles which he shares so openly. He talks of the brilliant work the charities he is involved with do, and how they can be supported! Once again, an incredible thanks to Chris for his time, openness and stories!
The boys also have a go at picking the ballot for the next inductees into the Premier League Hall of Fame following Alan Shearer and Thierry Henry’s induction. As usual there are some very serious cases put forward and some not so... Adebayor for ‘Best Celebration’, anyone?!
We close the show with a prediction for the weekend’s Manchester United V Liverpool fixture, once one of the Premier League’s most anticipated fixtures, now just two want-away greedy ‘giants’ kicking it about for 90 minutes...
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23 Apr 2021
Episode 22 - Part One of Two with Chris Kirkland
The boys are joined this week by former Premier League and England International Goalkeeper, Chris Kirkland. Chris is a much-loved figure from the Premier League era, iconic between the sticks and loved up and down the country after stints at Coventry, Liverpool, West Brom, Wigan, Leicester, Doncaster, Sheffield Wednesday, Preston and Bury respectively.
In Part One of Two, Chris talks about his early career; managers he worked under, players he played alongside and some of the reasons he moved from club to club. Chris gave us a first-hand account of what happened between himself and Thierry Henry in THAT goal celebration, talks about his own mind set as an understudy goalkeeper, missing out on playing in the Istanbul Champions League final and why he thinks Steve Bruce is the best manager he’s played under and is still the right man for Newcastle United…
The boys also catch up as a trio for the first time in the little while, talk over some of the week’s headline stories and then catch up on the most bizzare 48 hours in football as the European Super League was launched and then disbanded in less time than the John Isner v Nicholas Mahut Tennis game at Wimbledon in 2010.
Enjoy the listen. Trust the Process. What's Next?
Follow the Pod on Instagram: @whatsnext.pod
Follow the Pod on Twitter: @whatsnextsport
Follow Chris on Instagram: @kirky2243
Follow Walking’s Brilliant Charity on Instagram: @walkingsbrilliant
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