Manchester’s Supersonic Soccer Downfall

Hang Up and Listen

Slate Podcasts

News, Sports, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Hosts Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh, and Lindsay Gibbs talk about Premier League Soccer and how sputtering performances could leave Manchester City and Manchester United out of Champions League contention. The hosts also get into the college football playoffs and the coming NFL postseason. For Afterballs: Ben recounts a history of alternative settings for specialty ‘classic’ sports games. On the bonus episode available exclusively for Slate Plus members, the hosts discuss the high turnover rate of WNBA coaches, plus the messy math of a thirteen-team league. Manchester Soccer (2:45): Looking back in anger. CFB (22:32): A look at the semifinals with each top seed now eliminated. NFL: (39:20): The explosive regular season wrap-up. Afterballs (57:06): Ben on alt-settings and the Winter Classic. (Note: time codes are only accurate for Slate Plus members, who listen ad-free.) Want more Hang Up and Listen? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page, or visit slate.com/hangupplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:43.4	It is Monday, January 6th, 2025.
0:47.0	Feels nice to say the 2025 part out loud.
0:50.0	Welcome back to Hang Up and Listen, Slate Sports Podcast.
0:51.6	Back with you again, I'm Alex Kirchner.
0:55.0	I'm a contributing writer here at Slate, and I am the co-host of the National College Football Podcast, Split Zone Duo.
0:57.9	It is the first episode of 2025, and we are starting the year strong on our year-opening
1:02.8	docket for you.
1:04.0	We've got a few stories.
1:04.9	First, we'll talk about a dark time for soccer in Manchester, England, which is used to
1:09.1	having at least one world- world beating team at all times,
1:11.5	but right now has zero. We will talk about the college football playoff. Is it now in Ohio State
1:17.4	coronation? We'll find out together. And we will set the table for the NFL playoffs now that
1:22.3	18 long weeks are in the rear view, as usual. With me this week is Lindsay Gibbs. Lindsay is the founder
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