About this episode

The episode discusses various football topics including VAR calls, player behavior, and commentary quirks.

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and Screen Rot's Jake Farrell. On the agenda: the England player least likely to shout "Vamos!" during a game, an emphatic VAR call from a referee during Paraguay vs Turkey, how close the USA are to "they couldn't... coult they?" territory, Martin Keown's collective noun for a goalkeeper's saves, Sam Matterface fails to meet the geographical “from X to Y” threshold, the real damage caused by hydration breaks, a statistical breakdown of World Cup lineup poses and why Richard Keys wants to manipulate the Premier League fixture list. Play the Happy Hunting Grounds daily quiz at games.footballcliches.com Sign up for Dreamland, the members-only Football Clichés experience, to access our exclusive show and much more: https://dreamland.footballcliches.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Adam Hurrey

Guests: Charlie Eccleshare, Jake Farrell

Topics covered

• VAR decisions
• football commentary
• World Cup analysis
• player behavior
• hydration breaks
• Premier League scheduling

Keywords

• Vamos
• VAR
• World Cup
• hydration breaks
• Premier League
• football commentary
• Martin Keown
• Sam Matterface
• Richard Keys

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Football Clichés, Screen Rot

Places: Paraguay, Turkey, USA

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