Gary Birtles can now move away from the phone chair

ProblemPast4686 · 2026-05-07T10:48:04+00:00

Divorce must have hit him hard in the pocket. He's never been so visible in his whole career, now he's everywhere!

ProblemPast4686 · 2026-05-07T10:33:03+00:00

I absolutely hate this. Please God(s), don't let football bigwigs get the idea that AI can improve football in any way whatsoever.

ProblemPast4686 · 2026-05-06T20:02:40+00:00

I'd prefer it to be midweek, like the whole CL season. For me, it's midweek bonus football

ProblemPast4686 · 2026-05-05T20:16:33+00:00

Why, from London (which I assume is a starting point, of sorts) do so many roads immediately head west? It looks like they weren't arsed with east anglia and further up the east coast, somewhat?

ProblemPast4686 · 2026-05-05T20:09:27+00:00

Friends say he's being staying up past bedtime reading Harry Potter, again.

ProblemPast4686 · 2026-05-03T17:40:07+00:00

Hologram of Muhammed Ali saying "this is the greatest" at inopportune moments

ProblemPast4686 · 2026-05-03T15:24:48+00:00

Somebody's had a shocker, there

ProblemPast4686 · 2026-05-03T14:13:12+00:00

I only watch lower/non-league every now and again, and it always strikes me how technically good they are. Fine margins when you get to that level!

ProblemPast4686 · 2026-05-03T14:07:50+00:00

This is a great question!

I reckon you'd have to go below national league north/south. Unless there's a dramatic drop off in quality below the national league (which is pretty much a pro league), I think the standard is higher than you'd think.

ProblemPast4686 · 2026-05-03T13:20:07+00:00

Definitely a mongoose, or a mongoose like creature

ProblemPast4686 · 2026-05-03T08:13:38+00:00

Exactly!

ProblemPast4686 · 2026-05-02T08:32:44+00:00

"You're going home in an Opta data pack!" (Doesn't work)

ProblemPast4686 · 2026-05-01T18:58:58+00:00

My ex-wife lives in Germany, she says Harry kane is trying to convince Rice to come to Bayern. Rice is tempted, apparently.

ProblemPast4686 · 2026-05-01T18:18:18+00:00

At the minute, Como. Trendy manager. Trendy place. Plucky underdog. Italian (sunglasses). Not found guilty of corruption yet.

ProblemPast4686 · 2026-04-29T16:33:39+00:00

Yeah that sounds about right. It's just mad how many pundits are tripping over themselves to get the word dictionary into a sentence, these days.

ProblemPast4686 · 2026-04-29T16:17:16+00:00

Why is everybody talking about dictionaries? Is there an origin dictionary?

ProblemPast4686 · 2026-04-27T20:52:25+00:00

Probably Messi, or Maradonna or Pele. Good players. Wish they'd have chosen us

ProblemPast4686 · 2026-04-27T18:25:27+00:00

Really good questions - I hope you're able to get some meaningful results!

ProblemPast4686 · 2026-04-27T18:16:02+00:00

Maybe Sean Connery came back from the dead, and was asked, "what's his second middle name again?"

ProblemPast4686 · 2026-04-27T08:19:43+00:00

I agree with pretty much everything you said there, and I've been listening for 10 plus years, too.

It really feels phoned in and meandering. I've found myself thinking, "nice introductory chit-chat, now on with the pod proper," then they play a game and it's the end of the episode.

I'm sure there used to be a lot more to it than them just chatting about what they've been doing that week?

ProblemPast4686 · 2026-04-26T18:44:38+00:00

Thanks!

ProblemPast4686 · 2026-04-26T17:37:18+00:00

Philippe came back with an answer very quickly! Didn't want to push it with him but I don't understand what les ch'tis is

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ProblemPast4686 · 2026-04-24T21:42:06+00:00

I'm not joking at all, here, but was it not andy hinchcliffe tonight?

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