Fine margins, the on-toast threshold and England's victorious 2030 World Cup XI

For Our Sins: The Clichés Pod Archive

The Athletic

Soccer,, Sports

4.8 • 538 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey is joined by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker on the latest World Cup Adjudication Panel. On the agenda: A poignant moment for the AI-powered Alan Smith commentary, the first ever player to plug their autobiography in a post-match interview, the most likely co-commentator to get annoyed about fans filming a free kick on their phones,

Meanwhile, the panel establish the parameters for a player being "on toast" and pick the team that will win England the 2030 World Cup (based on all previous teams that were going to win England future World Cups.)

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0:00.0	The Athletic
0:02.0	I'm sorry, you can sit there and look and play with all your silly machines as much as you like.
0:10.4	Is Gas going to have a crack?
0:12.1	He is, you know.
0:12.9	Oh, he's there!
0:15.6	Brilliant!
0:18.7	He's round the goalkeeper!
0:21.1	He's done it!
0:22.8	Absolutely incredible!
0:24.7	He launched himself six feet into the crowd, and Kung Fu kicked.
0:30.8	A supporter who was eyewit without a shadow of an out giving him lip.
0:35.3	Oh, I say!
0:37.2	It's amazing! It does it tame, I say, it's amazing.
0:38.4	It does it tame and tame and tame again.
0:41.3	Frank of the music, charge a glass.
0:45.3	This nation is going to dance all night.
0:49.3	How many high-achieving football figures must come from the same area of the country
0:53.6	for there to be something in the water.
0:55.6	Sky Sports News doing the best with what they have.
0:58.1	A poignant moment for AI-powered Alan Smith.
1:00.7	The parameters for a player having another player on toast.
1:04.0	What exactly are fine margins?
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