Hand Of Pod Sam Kelly
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Hand Of Pod covers the world of Argentine football, from the domestic league to the national team. Sam Kelly and a rotating cast of friends give weekly updates during the season on what's happening on and off the pitch.
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Episode 485: Delusional Demichelis and tactical Tevez
This week Sam, English Dan, Chris, Andrés and Santi look back on a Copa de la Liga weekend that saw an awful lot of draws, including one between Independiente and River Plate that gives us a chance to discuss both managers' 2024s so far. Wednesday evening saw River claim another (minor) trophy, and we also discuss national team news, including new kits and Lionel Scaloni's decision to call up Lisandro Martínez even though he's not back from injury yet.
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Episode 484: Godoy Cruz finally lose and a lower-league roundup
This week Sam, Dan and Andrés round up the last couple of rounds of Copa de la Liga action, which saw Godoy Cruz lose for the first time (domestically) this year, leaving River Plate – who ended a run of four straight draws by beating Independiente Rivadavia on Wednesday – as the last unbeaten side in the competition. Boca Juniors aren't much good, Carlos Tevez is a conspiracy theorist and we have a short roundup of the lower leagues so far, now that they've mostly kicked off.
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Episode 483: Reviewing the clásico weekend
This week's episode follows one that we recorded last week and that, due to a combination of tiredness and busyness, Sam never uploaded. You'll be able to hear it if you head over to patreon.com/handofpod. Here, though, Sam, Chris and Andrés review last weekend's clásicos, which saw a draw between River and Boca, away wins in Rosario and Avellaneda and plenty more besides.
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Episode 482: a great week for Racing and Argentina's Under-23s
This week we look at two rounds of Copa de la Liga action that saw Racing score eight and concede only one, River have a good game and a bad one, and Vélez Sarsfield win late on not once but twice. And Javier Mascherano's quest for a third Olympic gold medal is still alive, because Argentina Under-23s have qualified for the football tournament at Paris 2024.
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Episode 481: the Copa de la Liga continues
This week Sam, Dan and Andrés discuss a long 'weekend' of Copa de la Liga action that saw two thrashings, one fine turnaround and not an awful lot more excitement. There's also chat about Franco Mastantuono, who on Wednesday broke Javier Saviola's record as River Plate's youngest ever goalscorer, and an update on how the Olympic qualifying competition is going.
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Episode 480: Independiente's perfect start ... after a less than perfect preseason
This week Sam, Andrés, Dan and Santi bid farewell to Tony, who's hosting us as he appears on his final episode (at least as a regular panelist). We discuss the opening two rounds of the Copa de la Liga, which included two wins from two matches for Santi's team Independiente, who had a chaotic/hilarious/mysterious story in preseason that we forgot to tell you about last week.
Customer Reviews
Just what I've been searching for!
Been searching all over the internet for an English spoken podcast tracking the Argentine league! Very Informative and entertaining. Many thanks, keep up the good work!
Poor Research
I have no doubt that this pod at one point was great and informative.
However Sam rarely knows who has played who or the correct results, it feels phoned in and lazy.
I’d suggest handing the pod off or shutting it down if the love isn’t there anymore.
Sam, thanks for all your past years of hard work.
El Classico
I really like this podcast, it has to be commended that a few "good" guys decided to keep us europeans well inform about all things Argentina, both the leagues, the classics and the national team. I've become a fan and i really think that if you want to have more in your football "arsenal" you should really give it a try and subscribe, this even knowing that as an "boca" fan am probably greatly neglected in this series but like i said before you will be keep up to date with all scores, games, transfers and the national team, so yes is cool. If your interested in football and you want to keep in touch with this championship you should really give this dudes a chance and subscribe, although a really wish they would fulfil the only defect that is not having a in house "boca" fan. but keep up the good work!