500 episodes
Hand Of Pod Sam Kelly
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4.9 • 29 Ratings
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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 495: Racing scrape a win; Independiente are still managerless
This week Sam, Santi and Andrés review last weekend's Liga Profesional games, which saw a last-gasp win for leaders Racing over bottom-of-the-table Riestra. We also look (again) at Independiente's managerial situation, which took an amusing (to non-Independiente fans) turn after we discussed it two weeks ago, and talk a bit about the national team ahead of their pre-Copa América friendlies against Ecuador and Guatemala.
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Episode 494: Racing into the lead and a special guest
This week Sam, English Dan and Chris welcome special guest Benjy Nurick, who's in town researching a book about how porteños do football. We look back on last weekend's Liga Profesional matches, including some liquid football (albeit against not the best opposition) from Racing, and review almost all of the last full week of Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana group games.
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Episode 493: Tevez leaves Independiente, doubts around Demichelis and more
This week Sam, Andrés and (for one half only) Santi discuss the second round of Liga Profesional matches, which saw an awful lot of draws. We talk about River Plate's Copa Argentina elimination (and ongoing lack of direction) under Martín Demichelis, Carlos Tevez's departure from Independiente and Argentina's preliminary Copa América squad, among much more.
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Episode 492: the 2024 Liga Profesional is underway
This week Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Santi look back on an opening weekend of Liga Profesional action that saw Racing throw away two points in a goalfest, River Plate cruise to victory and plenty more besides. We also have a Copa Libertadores update and a short rant about the state of football journalism these days.
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Episode 491: RIP César Luis Menotti and a Liga Profesional preview
On Sunday César Luis Menotti, who managed Argentina to their first World Cup win and oversaw the creation of the structure around the country's national teams to this day, died at the age of 85. Sam, English Dan and Chris discuss his importance to Argentine football. We also review the semis and final of the Copa de la Liga and preview the 2024 league season, which kicks off this weekend.
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Episode 490: who's into the Copa de la Liga semis?
This week Sam, English Dan and Chris look back over last weekend's Copa de la Liga quarterfinals and forward to Sunday and Tuesday's semifinals as the first 'half' of the Argentine season nears an end.
Customer Reviews
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Best coverage for Argentine football.
Wonderful Podcast
The coverage of the Primera División of Argentina is perfct in this podcast! With in-depth analysis of every team in Argentina these guys provide so much content for fans of every team. It is especially helpful in keeping me tuned in to Argentine football while living in the US.
Interesting view on the world of Argentine football
The guys do a great job of highlighting the wild storylines surrounding the Primera. For example, the latets episode featured talk of : car accidents, referee training, concerts causing issues with the pitch, scheduling and fighting within Racing's barras.
They focus on all results along with the national team and Liberatadores and Copa Sudamerica. Can be a little disorganized at times and can include background sounds of horns honking etc, but adds to the feel of talking about the matches with friedns at a local bar of cafe. Also refreshing that is is not over-produced like a lot of pods about the Premiere Leage.