Slide tackles, tiny shinpads and romantic Champions League semi-final dreams, with Shura
For Our Sins: The Clichés Pod Archive
The Athletic
4.8 • 538 Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2021
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and James McNicholas are joined by singer, songwriter, producer and ex-Manchester City youth player Shura for another edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks.
Shura's selections include her deep love for slide-tackling, David Seaman's "Refreshers" goalkeeper kit at Euro '96 and an irrational aversion to Jack Grealish's barely-existent shinpads.
Meanwhile, the Adjudication Panel discuss whether snooker can ever have "a 12th man", the tedium of the Budweiser Premier League Hall of Fame and yet another Brilliant Scottish Co-Commentator...
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:04.0 | I'm sorry, you can sit there and look and play with all your silly machines as much as you like. |
| 0:14.0 | Is Gas going to have a crack? |
| 0:16.0 | He is, you know. |
| 0:17.0 | Oh, he's there! |
| 0:19.0 | Brilliant! But gee! He's random! is you know oh I say brilliant he's round the goalkeeper |
| 0:25.5 | he's done it |
| 0:26.5 | absolutely incredible |
| 0:28.7 | he launched himself |
| 0:30.4 | six feet into the crowd |
| 0:32.7 | and Kung Fu kicked |
| 0:34.8 | a supporter who was |
| 0:36.8 | Iwit without a shadow of an out giving him lip. |
| 0:39.7 | Oh, I say, it's amazing. |
| 0:42.8 | It does it tame and tame and tame again. |
| 0:45.8 | Crank up the music. |
| 0:47.9 | Chargerglass. |
| 0:49.7 | This nation is going to dance all night. |
| 0:54.0 | Snooker's 12th man, slide tackles, the absurd pseudo-sycology of brightly coloured goalkeeper kits, penalty shootouts, tiny shin pads and the future prospect of a Champions League semi-final romance. |
| 1:06.9 | Brought to your ears by The Athletic, this is football clichés. |
| 1:11.4 | Right now you can subscribe to The Athletic for a special price of $3.99 a month for six months. |
| 1:16.8 | That's 40% off the full price of a subscription. |
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