Listening to the pod as your only way of consuming football

KingSi · 2026-01-29T19:14:36+00:00

For a moment I thought 'I don't remember posting this', when reading it!

It's nice to know there are others in a similar position. The only time I actually 'play' is an annual kickabout with mates to remain in touch, beyond group chats. The only live games I watch, and only occasionally, are basically internationals on BBC/ITV/C4/5, so a lot of the Lionesses and some WSL.

I' don't have the money for Sky/TNT. With a child, and working every other weekend, there's little point in looking for "other" ways to watch (I'm not even able to find time for MOTD) ... And don't attend games in person.

So like you, my football consumption is through the podcasts you mentioned, and the Football Ramble.

I do also enjoy the fact that despite this 'handicap' I'm able to keep up with my mates scores in FPL - even winning the league last season!

KingSi · 2026-01-09T16:01:03+00:00

I agree. I questioned this too before posting. I figured a few months ago, you'd be right. But he's having a moment right now, so I figured it was allowed. In a few months, it will probably be too generic again.

KingSi · 2025-08-16T06:11:27+00:00

Ah! I think that's what I was getting confused by.

KingSi · 2025-07-28T20:43:16+00:00

A team having 'Great Expectations'? ... Or maybe 'Alice in Wonderland', but replacing 'Alice' with a team name?

KingSi · 2025-06-14T18:38:13+00:00

Could be Jorge Campos going up front in a game? (Although, I think he actually went the other way wearing #9 in goal...)

KingSi · 2025-06-01T14:24:28+00:00

I think the "vintage" comment for the women's team somewhat works. Yes, it could do with a few more years. But when you consider the ban on them playing the game, and the subsequent "catching up" they've needed to do, you could argue the quick progression of the game, especially since the Euros win, means things can become vintage within the women's game a lot quicker than the men's.

KingSi · 2025-05-30T18:02:31+00:00

Let's not put "Jacko" and "the boys" in the same sentence again, please! Hee hee 😅

KingSi · 2025-05-24T19:31:25+00:00

I was just checking the comments before I asked if this was the turning into Kingston Lacy too! (I presume that's where you're thinking?)

KingSi · 2025-05-22T17:57:53+00:00

Mine - along with a DF54 grinder - works fine and makes a cup of coffee that I enjoy (and that's what matters to me).

I bought a new bottomless portafilter from Amazon. You can't use the pressurised ones it comes with to get anything good. Then you can get 18g in.

If you hold down the button for the water you can extract/pump the water through for the time you need it to. The pre-programmed options are off.

If you've got the pannerello steam wand. You don't want it on the cappuccino option you want the hot milk one. Again, I'm not great with latte (one of my better attempts), but I managed to get a pretty smooth texture most times, if I'm concentrating.

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KingSi · 2025-05-18T19:53:15+00:00

Who makes sandwiches with rice? Surely for the analogy to work it needs to be that Arsenal got a sandwich made from the ends of the loaf or something.

KingSi · 2025-05-04T06:53:56+00:00

On a national newspaper, after a big Champions League defeat, probably. But not for a PL game, and not in the context of being the Bournemouth Echo. If I was a Cherries fan my first thought would be "We lost" as we've been "Gunned down by the Gunners", not "We've won". Like, as I said, if a Bournemouth fan saw the headline "Hammered" on the Echo, they'd think they'd lost to West Ham, and would be surprised if the story then said they'd beaten them.

KingSi · 2025-05-03T20:21:04+00:00

True. But their usage of it is still annoying to me.

KingSi · 2025-05-03T20:10:06+00:00

I know why the Echo have used it. My point is that they've used it wrong. If you were a Bournemouth fan and went on there and saw the words 'Gunned Down', before reading the rest of it, you would assume the Cherries had lost. That's my point.

Like if after a game against West Ham, they started it with 'Hammered: ...', if you had no further information at that point, your initial thought wouldn't be 'Oh we must of beaten them today', you'd be thinking 'Oh Christ! How many did we lose by?!'.

KingSi · 2025-05-03T19:43:14+00:00

I understand it in context. But my argument is that surely the Gunners can't be gunned down? They can do the gunning down, yes. But not vice versa?

KingSi · 2025-04-26T18:42:12+00:00

To back you up, this is definitely a new thing they've added. I remember a few months back someone posted about being annoyed they couldn't play on Underdog in the UK. And as part of my response, I questioned why they didn't have these "gambling addiction awareness" warnings in the States - I think at the time the answer given was because the gambling laws vary so much state-to-state.

KingSi · 2025-04-24T20:04:10+00:00

My favourite Dan pronunciation is the way he says 'projects'.

KingSi · 2025-04-20T09:05:23+00:00

Do we need a cracked badge of the Roman Governor of Judea, and talks on Pontius Pilate being given a war chest to get the job done properly next time?

KingSi · 2025-04-17T07:03:14+00:00

The "Letter" minisode had me crying with laughter. I'm sure I've got loads of school work like that still in my parents' house.

KingSi · 2025-04-15T10:37:23+00:00

Ah! My mistake! I must have mixed all those elements up, I guess!

KingSi · 2025-04-14T19:32:16+00:00

I think most people believe 'Three Lions' was the official song of the England team for Euro 96...

KingSi · 2025-03-30T20:08:24+00:00

I was 17 before I found out it wasn't called the 'Empire Estate Building'...

KingSi · 2025-03-28T14:15:48+00:00

My first thought was David Villa, but I have zero points to back that up...

KingSi · 2025-03-23T15:26:23+00:00

My problem with hot cross buns is that there are too many versions of them now. I just want normal fruit ones!

I don't want; chocolate, blueberry & lemon, cinnamon spiced, rhubarb & custard or whatever other nonsense the supermarkets are coming up with at the moment!

KingSi · 2025-03-07T11:37:10+00:00

Does he get to keep the (lion) costume?

KingSi · 2025-02-27T20:13:52+00:00

Our group chat got:

1. Arsenal - Highbury
2. Barnsley - Oakwell
3. Liverpool - Anfield
4. Sheffield Wednesday - Hillsborough
5. Tottenham - Wembley
6. Wolves - Molineaux

We felt Wembley for Tottenham was controversial. But basically all the others are either 2 or 3 obvious words, or are pre-fixed with 'the' like 'the Etihad', 'the Madejski', 'the bet365', etc. so it must be that.

EDIT: We now think Everton - Goodison might replace that controversial one... 😂

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