For Our Sins: The Clichés Pod Archive

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and Charlie Eccleshare are joined by comedian and Leeds United fan Maisie Adam for the latest instalment of Mesut Haaland Dicks. Among Maisie's selections for her footballing loves and hates are the 2010 World Cup's much-maligned vuvuzela, England's stubbornly outdated matchday food offerings and managers who just can't let their old clubs go. Hosted on Acast. See acast....

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker form this week's Adjudication Panel. The agenda includes: the Premier League Net Noise of the Week, NFL legend Tom Brady being spotted at Old Trafford by literally everybody, some glorious crowd sounds from Elland Road and Richard Keys' favourite home recipe. Meanwhile, the panel examine just who is "well within their rights" to shoot...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Jack Pitt-Brooke combine their footballing intellects to perform a stock-take of football in 2022 and select the most generic lineup possible. Among the anonymous figures on the teamsheet are a short-sleeved, side-volleying goalkeeper, a press-resistant walking yellow card of a midfield fulcrum, a false-false No 9 and a standout managerial candida...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker line up for the Adjudication Panel. This week's agenda includes: the latest overblown Sky Sports punditry, Roberto Carlos finds himself in a Shropshire village pub, reviewing the debut crime thriller by Mesut Ozil's agent and, of course, Keys & Gray Corner. Meanwhile, the panel establish the parameters for a team's goal to be "liv...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and Nick Miller are joined by Match of the Day commentator Robyn Cowen for another edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks. Among Robyn's selections for her footballing fascinations and irritations are the weird things that we mindlessly clap during matches, the obsession with the Match of the Day running order and the futility of pre-match interviews with managers. Hosted on Aca...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Nick Miller and James Maw gather for this week's Adjudication Panel. On the agenda: Jamie Redknapp's fury at Chelsea's penalty-shootout strategy, the surprise Latin origin of two full-back-related football phrases, a new twist for "the corridor of uncertainty", and some unparalleled crowd-silencing from Major League Soccer. Meanwhile, the panel indulge in a bumper editi...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and Charlie Eccleshare are joined by the Totally Football Show supremo and acceptable face of golden-era Serie A, James Richardson. James' selections for his fascinations and irritations of football include: the rivalry-defying joy of Fabio Quagliarella, Roma's rousing pre-match anthem at the Stadio Olimpico, commentators' innocuous but unacceptable turns of phrase, and...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Nick Miller convene for this week's Adjudication Panel. On the agenda: where human civilisation can really go next after a perfect hat-trick of own goals, some very slightly overaggressive Scottish goal commentary from La Liga, Joe Cole and the genesis of the phrase "farmers league" and the latest tribute to intercontinental Premier League brand a...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker delve back into the world of football punditry to decide each UK broadcaster's definitive studio lineup, from ITV's settled squad to Sky Sports' waistcoated elite (via the freelance free-for-all of Amazon Prime Video.) Meanwhile, the pod finally gets round to compiling the Pure BeIN Sports XI, the ultimate lineup of Keys-and-Gray-appr...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker line up for the Adjudication Panel. On the agenda this week: Gary Lineker's 6/10 Frank Lampard impression, the worst possible moment for a co-commentator to hail an unsung hero, the hotly-disputed definition of "swazz", the latest from Keys & Gray out in Qatar, and the panel ponder whether it is indeed possible to stare down the b...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and Charlie Eccleshare are joined by comedian and writer Rhys James for another edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks. Among Rhys's selections are the enduring tradition of initiation songs for new signings, the life and work of Dion Dublin and the internet conspiracy against people who just want to know what TV channel a game will be on. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker assemble for the Adjudication Panel. On the agenda: the major trophies it would be most comfortable to share a bed with, the ongoing crisis of club-name abbreviations during live TV games and the official guidelines for post-penalty-shootout celebrations. Meanwhile, the panel discuss the factors that define the threshold at which a go...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and Charlie Eccleshare are joined by England's deputy chief medical officer and pandemic cult hero Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam for the latest edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks. Among Van-Tam's selections for his fascinations and irritations are the occasional accuracy of football films, the terrace humour down in the English sixth tier, weak referees allowing flagrant ti...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker form this week's Adjudication Panel. On the agenda: A young fan's tin-foil Papa John's Trophy, trying to establish the criteria for answering the age-old question of "Who won the transfer window?" and picking apart Frank Lampard's first interview as manager of Everton (Football Club). Meanwhile, the panel run through a "January Transf...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Jack Pitt-Brooke mark the impending climax of the transfer window by embarking on an ambitious attempt to compile a line-up of players seemingly destined for a cultural cornerstone of modern European football: the Turkish top flight. Among those whose careers are getting a speculative reboot are a back-up Premier League goalkeeper, an immobile but...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker convene the Adjudication Panel once more. On the agenda this week: A potential world record for “fans counting out how long a goalkeeper is holding the ball”, the enduring ding-dong battle that is Pep Guardiola vs Sky's Patrick Davison, Romelu Lukaku’s implausible plant-based protein promo patter, how a team "takes the sting out of a...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and Charlie Eccleshare are joined by sports presenter and 27th member of England's Euro 2020 squad Josh Denzel ​for the latest edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks. Among Josh's selections for his footballing fascinations and irritations are hugging random strangers after a goal, the various quirks of the Premier League's stadium announcers and away trips to Burnley. Hosted on...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker form the Adjudication Panel once again. On the agenda this week: more unique Serie A vocals, snooker's answer to mid-1990s Galatasaray, a £250 scale model of Steve McManaman (with four sets of "iconic" detachable hands), Andy Townsend reviews the Foo Fighters and one listener launches a spirited defence of long-distance runners making...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and Jack Pitt-Brooke are joined by Sir Keir Starmer, leader of the opposition, for the latest instalment of Mesut Haaland Dicks. Among Keir's selections for his footballing fascinations and irritations are fans' matchday rituals, the great leveller that is amateur five-a-side, the intense irritation of sitting next to a fan who commentates through the game and Premier Le...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker gather for the latest Adjudication Panel. On the agenda this week: a never-heard-before commentator tone of voice, an unexpected tribute to the late, great Desmond Tutu, football words popping up in second-tier American wrestling events, wrongly-timed wondergoals, and the greatest Twitter reply to an official club statement EVER. Mean...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and Charlie Eccleshare are joined by The Guardian sports writer Jonathan Liew ​for the latest edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks. Among Jonathan's selections for his footballing fascinations and irritations are the soundtracks to YouTube football compilations, tenuous football references in non-football advertising and the modern Premier League epidemic of "Can I have your s...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker assemble for the first Adjudication Panel of 2022. On the agenda this time: the old master Andy Townsend showing us how it's done, Richard Keys and Andy Gray in top form over in Doha and elite-level booing from the Evertonians. Meanwhile, the panel attempt to set some parameters for "a famous win" and enjoy the early breeze through th...

Soccer Saturday obsessions, Kevin Keegan’s surprising meat industry knowledge, decoding the punditry of Roy Keane, the purest co-commentary of all time, Jamie Carragher’s Mesut Haaland Dicks, random footballers’ names in songs, the "Didn’t Play for Sam Allardyce’s Bolton But Really Should Have Done" XI, the art of "You’re just a s*** [Player X] , the purest essence of Ally McCoist and a titanic qu...

The definitive Barclays Premier League XI, what Peter Drury hates about football, the most comprehensive examination of the words “the game’s gone”, how to be a co-commentator (aka The Lulu Effect), why Tom Rosenthal hates you shouting tactical advice from the stands, getting in and around Doc Brown, the precise psychology of Sunday League, 2 minutes and 20 seconds of just David Seaman chuckling…a...

One year on from claiming the title in controversial - some may even say scandalous - scenes, Jack Pitt-Brooke defends his Clichés Quiz crown against highly-rated challenger Charlie Eccleshare. They battle it out over five rounds, including made-up football Wikipedia pages, players who may or may not have played for QPR, the language of the beautiful game and "Famous Goals, as Commentated on by Ad...