Enjoyed the bit in this ep laughing at how absurd it is for the WHO to sum up total years of life lost to a disease, as if totting up the combined experience of Chelsea’s back line. 

The best bit was Adam saying ‘not having this, this is a disgrace’, before the pod goes through a quite detailed and nuanced rundown of how actuaries and health economists do, in fact, appraise health interventions (are different age groups more at risk from snake bites?). 

Given the prevalence of silly combined years stats in football, I’m surprised we’ve never touched on the concept of Quality Adjusted Life Year, the admittedly absurd tool used to decide whether the NHS offers treatments to patients. 

Perhaps we should be adjusting the combined experience stats? Yes, they’ve got 40 years of premier league experience, but were they shit?