In today's episode, Jack and I discuss the philosophical work of Nietzsche - the godfather of every teen emo to have ever lived. His philosophical thought was and remains incredibly influential and pervasive across the ways in which we think and live our lives, so why not apply it to English football's nearlymen?

Is Arteta really screaming into his pillow every night whilst listening to Avenged Sevenfold? Probably.

Are Arsenal going to win the league this season? Probably not.

But why? If you're interested, get listening!

Just like Financial Fair Play, we here at FFP have designed this podcast to be educational. Whether it works is a different matter entirely.

In today’s episode Jack and I discuss the notion of sovereignty: where lies the power of football clubs? Are fans happy to relinquish their agencyto power-hungry (and sometimes just hungry) madmen like Evangelis Marinakis for footballing success, or would we rather have potentially less success, and retain our sovereignty and self-respect.

Just like Financial Fair Play, we here at FFP have designedthis podcast to be educational. Whether it works is a different matter entirely.

In this episode, Jack and I discussed John Stuart Mill’s Principle of Harm and how it relates to Ruben Amorim’s disasterclass at Manchester United. We also philosophically discussed stubbornness and even delved into a little epistemology, and why it’s always better to be ‘reedy’ as per Aesop’s Fable.

I then get on my soapbox and decry popular ideas surrounding player ability, and how managers are the biggest differences to a team’s successes. We then for some reason discuss the aggregation of marginal gains and its relationship to penile girth.

Just like Financial Fair Play, we here at FFP have designed this podcast to be educational. Whether it works is a different matter entirely.

NB: Sorry about Adam’s audio quality. He promises to never go to his partner’s house without his microphone ever again.