Mohamed Salah continues to bring joy to Africans all across the world with his exploits in the Premier League (unless of course you are a Man United fan!!!) and this week we discuss his place in the pantheon of greats as we look at the best players from the continent to have plied their trade in England. The debate and discussion is a lively one as Courtney makes the case that Salah should be ranked as the Prem's African GOAT. Also we dig into the machinations of Victor Osimhen's move to Turkey, celebrate the life lived by Sol Bamba and tell you our pick of the week in terms of AFCON qualifiers.

Host: Zayn Nabbi (host)

Panel: Courtney Freese (Former PSL winner) and Francis Nkwain (African Football Expert)

#liverpool #lfc #Salah #Osimhen #nigeria #egypt #Galatasaray

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Show Notes

00:00 - Intro

03:15 - Salah is hands down the greatest African to play in the Premier League

06:30 - Ballon d'Or winner George Weah did play in the Prem...

10:00 - Should titles mean more than stats?

14:00 - What about Drogba, Toure, and Mahrez?

22:00 - How did Osimhen end up at Galatasaray?

24:00 - Was this move more to do with the transfer fee Napoli wanted?

28:30 - Osimhen's wages are not an issue

35:20 - Celebrating the life lived by Sol Bamba

4045 - Pick of the week

44:00 - Comments from the mailbag

Duration: 45:45

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Things get heated as the pod discusses the Nicolas Jackson and John Obi Mikel beef. Should Mikel be more supportive of an African brother or is Nicolas Jackson out of line?

Host: Alasdair Howorth

Guests: Courtney Freese, Francis Nkwain

#chelsea #chelseafc #cfc #epl

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Show Notes

00:00 - Intro

07:16 - The case for Nicolas Jackson

15:57 - The case for John Obi Mikel

23:00 - Comparing apples and oranges

34:22 - So much going wrong at Chelsea hurting Jackson

43:10 - Mikel should have criticised Jackson privately

55:00 - a new generation representing Mama Africa

Duration: 1:06:13

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Courtney and Tso chew the fat over the next season as Vilakazi makes a strong prediction for the PSL title.

Host: Courtney Freese (former PSL winner)

Guest: Benedict Vilakazi (Orlando Pirates all time top scorer)

#amakhosi #bucaneers #oncealways #psl

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Show Notes

00:00 - Intro

02:15 - Champions

06:46 - How will Sundowns do?

12:18 - favourites for relegation

Duration: 16:25

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Coach Farouk Khan rejoins the podcast to preview the 24/25 PSL season as well as talk about his academy Stars of Africa.

Host: Courtney Freese (former PSL winner)

Guest: Farouk Khan (director of Stars of Africa Football Academy)

#amakhosi #bucaneers #oncealways #psl

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Show Notes

00:00 - Intro

02:20 – PSL preview

11:54 – Stars of Africa Academy

18:28 - Coaching the next generation of African talent

29:50 - Who are the players to look at?

38:43 - Bringing in help to SoA

Duration: 50:59

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It’s preseason time and joining the pod to lift the lid on what it’s like for PSL players heading into the season is Orlando Pirates legend Benedict ‘Tso’ Vilakazi.

Host: Courtney Freese (former PSL winner)

Guest: Benedict Vilakazi (Orlando Pirates all time top scorer)

#amakhosi #bucaneers #oncealways #psl

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Show Notes

00:00 - Intro

01:40 – Run, running and more running

04:50– Best preseason memories

Duration: 13:42

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Shots have been fired across the Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates divide in Soweto and the pod is here to dissect it. Plus we look at some of the comments surrounding Sundowns taking nine of SuperSport's U13 players.

Host: Alasdair Howorth

Guest: Courtney Freese (former PSL winner)

#amakhosi #bucaneers #oncealways #psl

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Show Notes

00:00 - Intro

02:20 – What happened?

07:59 – What does the insult actually mean?

10:25 - The Soweto Derby inflames controversy

14:30 - Is South Africa better at protecting its players?

22:20 - Are Sundowns taking all the talent?

Duration: 28:04

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In this pod we take a deeper dive on Nigeria's and Zambia's chances at the Olympics and assess which of these African nations could make a deep run in the women's tournament.

Host: Alasdair Howorth

Guest: Firdose Moonda (OTW Women's Football Editor at Large)

#paris2024 #olympics #nigeria #zambia

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Show Notes

00:00 - Intro

03:30 – African teams to be taken seriously

08:30 – Bruce Mwape investigation still impacting Zambian team

16:45 - Nigeria chaotic preparation

20:00 - Chiamaka Nnadozie is in the top three shot stoppers in the world

24:00 - Nigeria to make quarterfinals?

Duration: 28:00

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Just a week after he left Kaizer Chiefs, Cavin Johnson joins the pod and opens up on what really happened at Chiefs and what went wrong at AmaKhosi

Host: Zayn Nabbi

Panel: Cavin Johnson (former Kaizer Chiefs manager), Courtney Freese (former PSL winner)

#AmaKhosi #KaizerChiefs #PSL #dstvprem #Africa

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Show Notes

00:00 - Intro

03:30 - Coaching at Kaizer Chiefs a different beast

11:50 - Trying to perform miracles

15:30 - Let down by attack

24:20 - What happened with Brandon Peterson

29:20 - Still open to being a head coach in South Africa or abroad

Duration: 32:42

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