Rhys James on initiation songs, post-defeat Twitter apologies and the ubiquitous Dion Dublin

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The Athletic

Soccer,, Sports

4.8 • 538 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and Charlie Eccleshare are joined by comedian and writer Rhys James for another edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks.

Among Rhys's selections are the enduring tradition of initiation songs for new signings, the life and work of Dion Dublin and the internet conspiracy against people who just want to know what TV channel a game will be on.

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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.
0:08.0	Is gas going to have a crack?
0:10.0	He is, you know.
0:12.0	Oh, he's there!
0:13.0	Brilliant!
0:15.0	The cheese!
0:18.0	He's round the goalkeeper!
0:20.0	He's done it!
0:22.9	Absolutely incredible!
0:29.1	He launched himself six feet into the crowd, and Kung Fu kicked.
0:33.6	A supporter who was eyewit without a shadow of an out giving him lip.
0:36.8	Oh, I say, it's amazing.
0:39.9	It does it tame, and tame, and tame amazing. It does it tame and tame and tame again.
0:41.4	Frank up the music.
0:43.3	Charge a glass.
0:47.4	This nation is going to dance all night.
0:51.0	The Titus Bramble Rolls Royce backlash.
0:54.8	Eric Dyer trying to get his Spurs teammate hooked on Matt A.T.
0:59.4	The official guidelines for players initiation songs in beige hotel function rooms.
1:01.5	The creeping ubiquity of Dion Dublin.
1:07.3	Players apologising via their notes at Why the Internet makes it so hard to find out a simple kickoff time and John Terry's NFT racket.
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