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Richard is back from his cruise as we catch up on all the news that happened since he's been gone, like: Dinamo in the Europa League, Hajduk qualifying for Europe again after 16 years, the HNL teams and transfers, Livaković to Barcelona and Bilić's possible call-ups for his first international break.

Richard and I squeezed in between the Hajduk and Rijeka matches on Thursday. Hajduk weren’t fully confirmed yet, but we still backed them to go through (and thank god they did!).In this episode, we break down the first two rounds of the HNL, looking at every team: the surprises, the expected outcomes, and our early takeaways.

Richard and I will soon begin the episode by discussing Slaven Bilić’s appointment, followed by a review of the European matches involving our clubs.Eventually, we go through each club, discussing them and their transfers ahead of the new season!

Richard and I sit down to talk about our 2-1 loss to Portugal and the aftermath of the entire situation with the ball sensor and the likely exit of Zlatko Dalić and Luka Modrić from the National team.

Richard and I cover our 3 group stage games and how we slowly got better and ultimately played a good, typical Croatia game vs. Ghana. Our mistakes in the first two games and then we move to previewing Portugal. Talking about Ronaldo and our predictions.At the end, Richard has a rant about Scotland, and I have a rant about Hajduk's situation with Livaja.

Richard and I walk you through Croatia and the things we learned through the two friendlies vs. Belgium and Slovenia before moving on to the World Cup as a whole, and the problems that come along with it.

Richard and I are back after a month to recap everything that happened in August and the recent sacking of Radomir Đalović and the appointment of Víctor Sánchez at Rijeka.

Richard and I are back together to comment on the opening HNL round, which saw all the favourites win except Varaždin. We also cover the European matches that happened last week and our club's play-off draws.

I go over the upcoming HNL season, but I open the episode with a disgraceful start to the season due to the reinstatements of Bruno Marić and Toni Dadić. Richard and I weren't able to get together, sadly. But Richard was here in spirit and in the form of text as he wrote out his predictions and thoughts!

Richard and I are back to comment on all the finished transfer moves and the rumours, team by team. We put focus on the European ties that Rijeka, Hajduk and Varaždin have.

Richard and I go over all the events as club football in Croatia crossed the finish line last week, we touch on the national team, transfers and other news that have been in the spotlight for the past few days.

Richard and I go over the dramatic last day of the HNL, after which Rijeka got crowned as the Croatian champions! We also cover the new transfer news, and Gonzalo Garcia to Hajduk!

Richard and I preview and talk about the most interesting and tight HNL race in modern Croatian football history, as the top 3 clubs are set to decide the winner of the HNL on the last matchday!

Richard and I try our best to cover the past 2 weeks in an hour and twenty minutes as we talk about the worst/most interesting title race in HNL history!

Richard and I cover Dinamo and Osijek's collapse in the last two weeks: Rijeka and Hajduk's title fight and the Semi-finals of the Croatian Cup.

0:00:00 Dinamo

0:26:54 Osijek

0:46:30 Rijeka and Istra, Cup Final

0:55:15 Hajduk

1:04:30 Rijeka, Fruk

1:18:18 29th Round Preview

Richard and I cover the Nations League quarter-final between Croatia and France, Croatia's qualifying group for the 2026 World Cup, Rijeka vs. Hajduk and the rest of the HNL with 10 matches remaining in the season!

Richard and I return after the 25th round of the HNL to comment on the ongoing in the HNL and the massive title fight between the top 3 sides: Hajduk, Rijeka and Dinamo!

Intro - 0:00:00

Dinamo - 0:04:00

Rijeka - 0:23:00

Hajduk - 0:34:22

Nenad Črnko's comments and our title favourite - 0:53:19

Osijek - 1:03:19

The rest of the HNL - 1:06:56

Richard and I go over Dinamo's win over RB Salzburg in the Champions League, the HNL weekend which saw some controversial calls in the games of the leading three sides.

0:00:00 Salzburg 0-2 Dinamo

0:16:52 Gorica's new majority owner

0:22:20 Varaždin 2-1 Gorica

0:27:16 Slave 0-2 Hajdu

0:39:23 Istra 2-2 Dinamo

0:50:28 Šibenik 1-3 Osijek

0:58:12 Lokomotiva 2-2 Rijeka

1:06:55 HNL 11th Round short preview

1:13:23 Poljud renovations and new stadium for Hajduk

1:17:00 Gvardiol and Mario Pašalić

Richard and I are back for a quick episode to cover Croatia's Nations League games in October and quickly go over the HNL and Dinamo's match vs. Monaco in the UCL.

Richard and I go over Bjelica's appointment and his subsequent 2nd debut at Dinamo which ended in a big 5-1 win, the Adriatic Derby in which nothing happened apart from a kid's spit and the rest of the HNL games.

0:00:00 Bjelica & Dinamo 5-1 Lokomotiva

0:19:15 Osijek 2-0 Varaždin

0:26:52 Šibenik 0-0 Istra

0:29:18 Rijeka 0-0 Hajduk

0:40:25 Gorica 2-1 Slaven

0:50:05 Dinamo - Monaco Preview

1:00:00 HNL 9th Round Short Preview

1:04:45 End Podcast Waffle

Richard and I go over the turmoils going on at Dinamo as they sacked Jakirović and are still searching for his replacement. Dinamo's 4-1 loss to Slaven, Hajduk's and Rijeka's wins heading into this week's Adriatic Derby. 0:00:00 Jakirović sacking 0:14:51 Slaven 4-1 Dinamo 0:28:16 Hajduk 4-1 Gorica 0:41:36 Varaždin 1-0 Istra 0:50:22 Lokomotiva 0-1 Osijek 0:57:00 Rijeka 3-0 Šibenik 1:02:46 Nations League call-ups

Richard and I go over Dinamo's very bad week as they lost to Hajduk in the Eternal Derby and to Bayern in the Champions League. We also go over the rest of the HNL matches and a little bit of Chappell Roan. 0:00:00 Pre-Podcast waffle & Chappell Roan

0:05:15 Dinamo v Hajduk

0:24:32 Istra - Lokomotiva

0:32:47 Gorica - Rijeka

0:39:43 Osijek - Slaven

0:49:18 Šibenik - Varaždin

0:55:15 Bayern - Dinamo

1:19:10 HNL 7th Round Preview

1:23:45 End Waffle

Richard and I cover Hajduk going in circles again and making a circus of the club, yet again. We preview the upcoming Eternal Derby and the rest of the 6th HNL round and go over Croatia's games against Portugal and Poland. 0:00:00 Hajduk's Circus 0:21:30 HNL 6th Round Preview and Transfers 0:42:07 Croatia Nations League

Richard and I go over Dinamo's Champions League League Phase draw, Čavlina at Osijek, the HNL 5th round and the transfers happening inside the league. 0:00:00 Rijeka - Olimpija 0:13:52 Dinamo UCL 0:29:59 Transfers and Čavlina comments 0:52:50 Lokomotiva - Varaždin 0:59:37 Gorica - Šibenik 1:02:23 Slaven - Istra 1:10:26 Hajduk - Osijek 1:19:39 Rijeka - Dinamo 1:31:25 Nations League, Šibenik problems and Mario Vušković

Richard and I cover this past week's action, covering Dinamo's 3-0 win over Qarabag and Rijeka's 1-1 draw to Olimpija in their respective European play-offs. We also cover the HNL 4th round where we focus on Kulenović's fiery form, the transfers, and the games.

Richard and I get together after missing last week and comment on the disastrous week our clubs had in Europe and inside their clubs. We touch on Perišić's exit, Rijeka's sacking of Sopić, Osijek's lost to Zire and the upcoming play-off games for Dinamo and Rijeka.

Richard and I covered the 1st round of the HNL season, which featured a lot of goals and another controversial decision from the referee. We also discuss Mierez leaving Osijek and the play-off draws for all four of our clubs.

Richard and I go over all of the teams and give our thoughts on their transfers and what we think of their squads. We also give our predictions which could very easily be wrong.

Richard and I cover the 3 teams playing in Europe as they start their seasons 1 week before the HNL kicks off. The main focus is on Rijeka, Hajduk and Osijek as we speak about their transfers so far and their draws in Europe. We also touch on the other team's transfers and kits while we're at it.

Richard and I go over Croatia's very short EURO 2024 campaign and go over the future of the national team. We also give our thoughts on Dalić and the old guard. Then we go over the transfer news in the HNL, and at the end, Richard goes onto a rant about Scotland.

Richard and I went over Croatia's second game at EURO 2024, which wasn't that much better than our first game. We go over all the poor things and mainly focus on Brozović. We also touch on the must-win Italy game.

Richard and I go over the 3-0 loss to Spain in the opening game of EURO 2024 for the Vatreni. We touch on everything regarding the game and Dalić's comments on Petković after. We also give our thoughts on the changes that are needed for the upcoming Albania game.

Richard and I go in-depth about Croatia and cover the rest of group B. We also give our group stage predictions and our thoughts on who will win it!

The season has come to an end as Dinamo took the double and continued their dominace over the rest. It was a entertaining season and Richard and I rated every team's season and gave you our Team of the Season!

Richard and I get back together to talk about the past two rounds of the HNL and the 1st leg of the Cup final. We cover Dinamo's title, Rijeka's collapse, Rudeš's brilliant comeback and Hajduk's situation.

We also shortly go over the Croatian 26-man squad for the EUROs and go over some debates over the starting lineup and tactics.

We go through the Rijeka - Dinamo match and the upcoming final which starts in Zagreb. Also the remaining matches and some other things as we go off script a few times!

Richard and I cover Rijeka's collapse in Zagreb v Lokomotiva and preview the biggest game of the season that can easily decide where the title ends up!

I cover the last 2 rounds of the HNL and the 5th round match between Dinamo and Varaždin that's finally been played. Also comment on the title fight, Hajduk's new president and a possible foreign referee commissioner.

Richard and I primarily focus on dissecting the developments surrounding Hajduk, including its massive breakdown last week. Additionally, we delve into the intense title fight, which has narrowed down to a showdown between Rijeka and Dinamo.

I cover the last HNL round and speak about Rijeka's title hopes and why Hajduk doesn't look like a side that can win a title right now. Also, touch on the international break and our ACUD Cup win and the upcoming Eternal Derby!

Richard is busy, so I cover everything and give my thoughts on the VARLeaks situation. I also touch on the last 2 HNL rounds and the Croatian Cup.

Richard and I covered the results that happened over the weekend as we saw Hajduk drop points and Dinamo beat Rijeka. We also touch on Dinamo's big win over Betis and the next match-up against PAOK.

Richard and I cover the Jarni and Petković situation that unravelled last week and the Dinamo Betis game. Also, go over the weekend and touch on a title-ready Rijeka, poor finishing from Hajduk and Dinamo and Nevistić's heroics!

Due to a "technical" issue we only got an hour recorded as Richard and I covered the Nations League draw and the upcoming Dinamo UECL game against Betis.

I'm joined once again by Richard as we talk about all the stuff going on with the HNL since our last episode.

Rijeka's brilliant form, Dinamo's amazing 3-0 victory over Gorica and Hajduk's draw against Osijek. We also touch on the controversial calls in the 21st round and Smolčić's throw-ins.

On top of that we answer questions that were asked on twitter and shortly go over the Nations League draw happening on Thursday.

Richard and I discussed the entire last week of HNL football and the latest transfers. We touched on Rijeka, which has brilliantly kicked off the year, and the issues plaguing Hajduk, facing numerous problems at the moment. Additionally, we talked about Dinamo's poor performance on all fronts.

Matt and I cover the opening two rounds of the new season as we talk about what we think about certain teams and we cover our teams in European qualifications!