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

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

So whether you've been on the cliches bandwagon for the entire three years,

or look at us and think, what more could there possibly be to say on a football podcast in 2023, for God's sake?

We hope you enjoy our wholehearted attempt at defining exactly what makes a stadium into a quadrant

and our suggestions to the makers of FIFA for some more mundane situations to add to their animation library.

Messing with your mind even further, Oscar asked another hugely important question, Vish. He says, what qualities give a stadium cauldron status?

So I thought about this, and I think it's the structure of the stadium itself.

So, for example, maybe the structure and also the style of play.

So I think the Emirates with any other team could be a court.

Okay.

But I really think it's more on the style of play than the, you know, you obviously want

that bullshit, but you don't necessarily want a team that's always winning.

I think you want a bit of mongrel in that particular stadium, don't you?

Okay.

I accept, I mean, you have to be all on board with the shape factor.

You have to have a cordon-shaped stadium for it to be a quadrant.

But can cordons, Charlie, have been built in 2006?

I can't have a 15-year-year-old cauldron.

Right, okay, so they need to have a bit more history and resonance to them.

I think so.

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