French Football Weekly

Kris, Jez and Phil round up round 2, and a week in which Monaco might be unhappy already, and PSG might be an unhappy camp already. Also, the promoted teams, some epic comebacks, why it's not a good idea to host a Celtic festival on your football pitch, and what all those confusing shirt numbers are about...

Kris, Jez and Phil look back at the opening game in Ligue 1 - 34 goals! Featuring a bicycle kick from Messi, Aaron Ramsey making new friends, and the other Luis Suarez making his mark for OM.

Kris, Jez and Phil are joined by special guest Adam Virgo - ex-pro and current commentator for BT, Sky, ITV and others - for a look forward to the upcoming Ligue season, including the runners and riders, transfer market, managerial changes and more. Also we cover France at the Women's Euros and what that could do for the game more broadly, European success for the youth teams, and which team is in which European club competition in the coming season. It's confusing. Also, how Kris ended up booking a sunset cruise to go dolphin watching and thus missing the opening games in not one but two leagues...

Kris, Jez and Phil round up the last week of Ligue 1 - Europe, relegation, play-offs, PSG's new approach to player-management, OL winning their 8th Womens' Champions' League title, and more.

Game 37 is done! The bottom three are the bottom three, and have Marseille screwed up their Champions' League chances? Kris, Jez and Phil round it all up, including the Ligue 2 standings and idrissa Gana Gueye's stance on people.

After two rounds of Ligue 1 and the final of the Coupe de France which saw Nantes win the trophy for the fourth time, Kris and Jez mull over all the action (disclaimer - possibly not all the action). With two games to go - ish, there are some catch-up games today for the cup final contenders - there is still much to play for in relation to both the European places and the relegation battle.

Kris, Jez and Phil round up *two* Ligue 1 rounds, PSG's 10th title win, the Women's Champions' League, and the upcoming Europa Conference League fixture.

Kris, Jez and Phil are here for a roundup of game 32 and the European games, and a preview of the midweek round 33 - stand by for our predictions going haywire even before you've had a chance to listen.

Kris and Phil look at the battle at the bottom in Ligue 1 and he European games.

After an international break, Women's Champions' League and game 30 of Ligue 1, Kris, Jez and Phil have a lot to get through. Is it a good idea to give a player the keys to a club? Is it a good idea to base your tactics on a dream your president had? What will happen in PSG and OL's sixth meeting in the WCL knock-out stages?

PSG have had another nightmare, and Kris, Jez and Phil are here to look at that, the rest of the last round of Ligue 1, and European qualification before an international break.

Soooooo, that happened. Jonathon Johnson and Matthew Gooding join Kris, Jez and Phil to discuss PSG, as they crash out of the Champions' League again.

Kris, Jez and Phil round up the Coupe de France semi-finals and game 27 of Ligue 1 - are PSG all that without Mbappe? What is the Dupraz effect? How bad can it get for Bordeaux? And many other issues....

Kris, Jez and Phil round up two weeks of French football, including Ligue 1, Europe, and forward to the Coupe de France semi-finals. PSG blip, refereeing issues, some wonderful goalkeeping, and many other things.

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Kris, Jez and Phil round up the last round of Ligue 1, the upcoming Coupe de France quarter finals, and the tragic death of David Crossan.

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Happy New Year! Kris, Jez and Phil are here to round up the Coupe de France 16emes, and the 70% of Ligue 1 that happened at the weekend. Monaco have changed manager, the transfer window is open, TV coverage is...occasionally problematic, and unused goalkeepers with their shirts.

Phil and Jez get together for a Christmas pod to round up the 9th round of the Coupe de France, game 19 in Ligue 1, and the standings at the halfway point.

Kris and Jez have a look at the bottom of the Ligue 1 table where it's all getting a bit fraught in the run up to Christmas. There's one more round before the winter break...