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Hello, I'm Adam Horry, and what you're about to hear is pure cliches.

A few minutes we think perfectly encapsulates the essence of our podcast.

So whether you're a first-time listener or a 200-plus episode stalwart,

we hope you enjoy us discussing just what constitutes Dreamland,

the precise definition of a solo effort,

and a quite ludicrous bit of egg-based football speak from Pierre M.L. Hoyberg.

Let's stick with a European theme. Dave, this is from listener Alex Skinner,

who noted the BBC Live Blog's headline during West Ham's glorious winner, Leon,

in the second leg. The headline read as follows. European courts final. Leon Nill,

West Hamers in Dreamland. So this was midgame. Jared Bowen had put them 3 in 0.5, 48 minutes.

Alex Skinner simply asks, at what point does it become Dreamland? It's a very specific thing, I think, Dreamland, because it's not something, despite the name that happens pregame. You can't be in Dreamland, despite the fact you may be dreaming. It doesn't happen after the game, even though your dreams may have been realised. So what is Dreamland? You know what? I think this is pretty good. A pretty good sort of bar for it is being 3-0 up in a European quarter-final.

Or just being like being unexpectedly far in the lead in a game of significance.

Games that come to mind when I'm thinking of Dreamland is England, Germany, 5-1. Yeah. Even before we got to 5. At what point, yeah, at what point did it become Dreamland? 3? 4-1, I think. When Motty did that this is getting better and better and better. Yeah. I think it's just, it's like the goal that takes it from being, oh, got a good solid lead here, looking good to being, oh my God, they've got another one.

We're definitely winning here.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I do think time is important.

I think it happening reasonably early.

Yes.

That's a proper dream.

Because then it is like, I just can't believe this is you know we're only half an hour

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