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Barry's fandom is predominantly hoping England lose. Which team as an England fan do you spend your time and energy on wanting to lose? For me it is possibly Argentina because of the footballing history between us. But Messi makes it hard to keep that up.

The Croatia offside was criticized. It is proven as correct. The snickometer and alternative angles are that proof.

The panel didn’t consider if the alternative angles had shown up after Portugal got eliminated (in an alternative reality), the shitstorm that would have ensued.

I notice Lars stayed silent during Barry’s misanalysis. Probably put himself on mute and hummed loudly.

If a culture exists where correct decisions are criticized without pushback we are damned. Damned i tell ye.

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Some referees are good, some are average, and some are just plain bad.

I genuinely don’t know what to say about the referee in the France–Paraguay game. It felt like he won the right to officiate in a raffle.

If you wore a blue shirt, you were getting booked, and the Paraguay players would’ve needed to commit actual murder before he even considered reaching for a card.

One of the worst refereeing displays I’ve seen in years. I’m sure the PGMOL will be in touch offering him a season-long contract, though.

After watching this World Cup (and we’ve only just finished the Round of 32), I am struggling to excite myself for the resumption of the Premier League, the Champions League, the other European leagues, etc.

I don’t want to be a miserable nihilist, but who cares?

I’m not a football purist, but things like “intriguing tactical battles” and “stealing a point in a tough away ground” just doesn’t interest me much at the moment.

Perhaps it’s the over-saturation and cyclical nature of the club game has worn be down over the last few years, but instead of coming off the World Cup and being excited at the prospect of the new season (including a second chance to watch the standout performers from that World Cup), I find myself not really caring at all about anything related to the club season ahead.

Maybe it’s the level of wealth and resources needed to contend for a title in Europe’s top five leagues. Maybe it’s the ability of the larger, richer clubs to fill holes in their team as opposed to international managers just having to figure it out and coach around gaps in talent.

I am loving this World Cup, but the prospect of club football returning in a month and a half just doesn’t excite me as it once did.

Seems like today’s episode has fallen through the cracks and not been uploaded to any podcast platforms? it’s on YouTube for anyone who isn’t aware!

I had Phillipe Auclair in my head going exquisite extraordinary

Disconcerting. Is it a symptom of anything?

A chateau in Bordeaux, 2012. The day England played Italy in Euro 2012.

I was a listener at the time and don’t remember it being mentioned.

I've read everything he's put out and need a real review of Frank and Mussos, the pancake place and the taco trucks.

What’s going on there on Twitter?! (Also, is Football Cliches worth listening to?)

Edit to say, Barney makes some remark about never having heard of football cliches, but doesn’t Max reference it quite a bit? Would be a bit odd for him to not have heard of it.

A thing that often gets missed when analysing Portugal, because they’re all focused on getting their Cristiano Ronaldo digs in, is the fact that in international football a Vitinha, Neves and Bruno midfield is very easy to either run through or play through and it’s happened multiple times in this match.
Without a destroyer, like Palinha or like William Carvalho, that whole space is too open.

I do wish at least Lars or someone more analytically inclined would delve into that instead of the lazy narratives

Whenever she catches me listening she says “Hello there my name’s Barry Clandaggan” in an Irish accent and I don’t mind telling you that it really does often make me chuckle, in fact we both have a bit of a chuckle about it.

That’s what football weekly is all about for me, having a bit of a light-hearted laugh and putting some laughs and chuckles on people’s faces and talking about football with the best of them.

Do you have any football weekly banter with your spouses or family?

So Barry could coach the England team to get more crosses in the box. I doubt that. But he does do a great impression of a pissed, pub bore.