The England-Germany hype machine and the true definition of a solo goal
For Our Sins: The Clichés Pod Archive
The Athletic
4.8 • 538 Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2021
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, David Walker and James Maw explore some more urgent Euro 2020 niches, including the state of play for England vs Germany media hype, why the BBC are getting thrashed by ITV on expected goals, and whether Italy's Federico Chiesa really did score a "solo effort" against Austria.
Meanwhile, the Adjudication Panel explore the latest analogy from Professor Jonathan Van-Tam and give a measured review of Glenn Hoddle's surprise assault on the UK singles chart.
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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. |
| 0:10.3 | Is Gas going to have a crack? |
| 0:12.0 | Yes, you know. |
| 0:12.9 | Oh, he's there! |
| 0:15.5 | Brilliant! |
| 0:19.0 | He's round the goalkeeper! |
| 0:21.0 | He's done it! |
| 0:22.6 | Absolutely incredible! |
| 0:24.6 | He launched himself six feet into the crowd, and Kung Fu kicked a supporter who was eye-wit without a shadow of an out giving him lip. |
| 0:35.3 | Oh, I say, it's amazing. |
| 0:38.3 | It does it tame, and tame, and tame again. |
| 0:41.2 | Crank of the music, charge a glass. |
| 0:45.2 | This nation is going to dance all night. |
| 0:49.2 | How to see a pandemic out by the corner flag with Analogy Ace Professor Jonathan Van Tam, |
| 0:54.6 | the muddled camera angle legacy of Germany 1, England 5 in 2001. |
| 0:59.4 | Why are the BBC getting thrashed by ITV on expected goals? |
| 1:03.3 | What name should we give to ITV's tournament undermining font? |
| 1:06.7 | What is the threshold for a solo effort? |
| 1:09.1 | And do we really want to get either of Glenn Hoddle's latest singers to number one? |
| 1:13.4 | Brought to your ears by The Athletic, this is football clichés. |
| 1:17.7 | Right now, you can subscribe to The Athletic for a special price of £1 a month for six months. |
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