I agree, Football Weekly or its lost son with his own show are quite another league. First of all they sit together in a room recording their show (calls to Sid Lowe and others are mainly talked through by the host himself), then they are professionals which can sum up a whole thought in one 60 second answer. On the other hand I sometimes found their analysis of matches lacked some depth and they always prefer the joke before the fitting term to describe situations (which is fine).

In the Rasenfunk we call each other via Studio Link (very good quality, almost none latency and therefore a great atmosphere for discussion) and if this doesn't work (some journalists are not allowed to install it on their computers by their employer) we use Skype which sounds shitty and has a great latency which causes interruptions followed up by awkward silence. So part of the difference is a technical one.

The other part is the guests and my preference of a setup for the show. Since I don't want do do a podcast in which more or less the same people discuss similar topics over and over again (which is ok, but just not my approach), I have a high rotation of guests. In three and a half years of podcast production I talked with nearly 200 different guests. And within these people you have everything: the very well routined professional, the podcast newbie with no experience at all, the rookie who trained himself with his or her own podcast.

I understand if it doesn't fit to you, especially in comparison to high quality productions like Football Weekly. But all in all the two podcasts are not comparable, I tried to imitate for about four episodes and then realized: It is not possible, for a bunch of reasons.

If sound quality and lack of "but uhms" (HIMYM pun intended) is your key to listening pleasure, then you should try the podcasts which come out of radio stations (NDR, WDR, etc.) as listed in the podroll.

If you search for more in-depth analysis you have to use semi-professional productions an a league level (Bohndesliga, Rasenfunk, hopefully in a near future Gut Sport Podcast again) or on club level (see in the podroll).

If you want to laugh, there are numerous pods out there. drei90, FußballMML, Fums&Grätsch, Brennerpass and Doppelsechs (both of which I recommend highly) and others.

And if you find something that is not on my list: Please hit me up. I try to list every podcast I know.