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Episode 477: the Copa de la Liga quarterfinals and more Boca electoral nonsense from 2023-12-08T06:28:33
This week Sam, English Dan and Chris review last weekend's Copa de la Liga quarterfinals, which saw three ties decided by shootouts. We also discuss Riestra's promotion to the top flight and the on...
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Episode 476: Copa de la Liga group stage ends, and Colón go down from 2023-12-02T16:38:10
This week Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Chris look back on the final weekend of the Copa de la Liga group stage action and Colón's loss to Gimnasia on Friday evening in the relegation tie-breaker. T...
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Episode 475: Argentina lose to Uruguay but beat Brazil – again from 2023-11-23T05:04:07
This week Sam, Dan, Chris and Andrés discuss a mixed international break for the Argentine national team, as their perfect start to World Cup 2026 qualifying came to an end with a loss to Uruguay o...
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Episode 474: previewing Argentina v Uruguay and Brazil v Argentina from 2023-11-15T20:50:58
We're back! Sam's returned from Europe, and Dan, Andrés and Chris fill him in on the main points of everything he's missed during the Copa de la Liga group stage. We also discuss the Copa Libertado...
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Episode 473: a post-clásico, mid-trip roundup from 2023-10-04T00:44:48
First, sorry for the poor sound in this episode. Second, sorry for the fact that Sam had to scat the theme tune. In the middle of Sam's holiday, we have a catch-up episode in which he, Dan and Andr...
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Episode 472: Previewing the 2023 Copa de la Liga from 2023-08-25T06:25:45
The Copa de la Liga got underway last weekend, but because Sam's phone app lied to him a couple of weeks ago about when it would be, we'd already penned this week in to record the preview episode, ...
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Episode 471: Two Argentine teams left standing in the Libertadores from 2023-08-19T21:45:17
It's a short episode this week, with Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Chris reviewing the Copa Libertadores exits of River Plate and Argentinos Juniors and the qualifications of Boca Juniors and Racing...
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Episode 470: Reviewing the 2023 Liga Profesional campaign from 2023-08-05T07:09:09
We've got plenty to get through this week: Sam, English Dan and Andrés review the 2023 Liga Profesional campaign and decide on the best players who weren't playing for River, look at the biggest tr...
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Episode 469: plenty of league goals, and Argentina's women lose their World Cup opener from 2023-07-28T06:42:29
This week Sam, English Dan and Andrés look back on a weekend that saw plenty of goals in the Liga Profesional, including a first domestic home defeat of the year for San Lorenzo and a 3–3 draw in R...
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Episode 468: ¡River campeón! from 2023-07-22T00:29:01
River Plate have been crowned champions of Argentina again, and this week Sam, Andrés and English Dan look at the key players in their campaign and reflect on a good start to life as a first-team m...
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Episode 467: River edge closer and the Sudamericana playoffs begin from 2023-07-14T06:51:01
This week Sam, English Dan and Andrés can't quite give you the confirmation that River Plate have won the title, but Martín Demichelis's men are now nine points clear with nine to play for, so it d...
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Episode 466: River on the brink of the title from 2023-07-09T05:51:38
(This week's episode is a little delayed being uploaded, but while River Plate have played since we recorded, they're still not champions yet: they drew with San Lorenzo on Saturday, meaning they'l...
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Episode 465: We interview Sophia Braun, and the Libertadores groups come to an end from 2023-07-02T05:56:42
This week's HOP is a little different from normal, because Sam and Tony met up on Thursday to interview Club León and Argentina midfielder Sophia Braun ahead of the Women's World Cup. After that, o...
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Episode 464: Relegation goalposts moving, and Argentina beat Australia from 2023-06-17T07:24:53
This week Sam, English Dan and Andrés look at a week of Liga Profesional action which saw River Plate maintain the gap at the top even as Talleres leapfrogged San Lorenzo into second. Elsewhere, Ur...
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Episode 463: Lionel Messi packs his bags for Miami from 2023-06-10T06:24:40
This week Sam and English Dan round up last week's league action (including tragic news from the Monumental) and the midweek Libertadores and Sudamericana results, and have a chat about Lionel Mess...
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Episode 462: José Sand extends his record from 2023-06-02T06:24:47
This week Sam, English Dan and Andrés look back on a weekend that saw River Plate held to a draw that still allowed them to extend their lead at the top of the league thanks to a shock defeat for S...
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Episode 461: San Lorenzo close the gap and the Under-20 World Cup is underway from 2023-05-27T07:34:57
This week Sam, English Dan and Andrés look back on a couple of weeks of action during which San Lorenzo have closed the gap slightly on River Plate at the top of the table, River's prospects in the...
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Episode 460: Late superclásico fighting and Racing in a slump from 2023-05-13T05:23:17
This week Sam, English Dan and Andrés look back on last weekend's superclásico, which ended in a 1–0 win for River Plate after a stoppage time penalty Boca Juniors weren't happy about. Dan has caus...
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Episode 459: Superclásico preview and a continental roundup from 2023-05-06T07:39:49
On this week(end)'s HOP, Sam, English Dan and Andrés round up a good week for Boca Juniors and a bad one for River Plate – the latter of whom, all the same, go into this Sunday's superclásico still...
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Episode 458: San Lorenzo cling to River's coattails from 2023-04-29T03:00:04
This week, Sam, Andrés and English Dan look back on last weekend's Liga Profesional action, which saw San Lorenzo get a vital late winner to remain six points behind River Plate. Delays in uploadin...
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Episode 457: River lead the way, unrest in Avellaneda and Boca aren't happy from 2023-04-21T07:13:58
After an enforced break, we're back, and Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Santi get you caught up with what's happened in the three rounds of Liga Profesional action since we last recorded: River have ...
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Episode 456: Argentina's victory tour and all change at Boca from 2023-03-30T06:16:47
This week Sam, English Dan and Andrés review Argentina's first two friendly wins as world champions, 2–0 over Panama and 7–0 over Curaçao, which saw Lionel Messi pass 800 career goals and 100 inter...
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Episode 455: Gimnasia win the clásico, and previewing Argentina's first games as world champs from 2023-03-23T06:32:28
On this week's Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Tony have a HOP first to review: a win for Gimnasia over Estudiantes in the clásico platense, something that last happened a couple of month...
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Episode 454: San Lorenzo cut loose and Argentina sell out from 2023-03-17T17:05:32
Ignore Sam's confused numbering at the start: this is episode 454, not 444. He's joined by English Dan and Andrés to review a league weekend with an awful lot of 1–1 draws and only four red cards, ...
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Episode 453: Lanús slip up and it's tight at the top from 2023-03-09T07:18:19
What a difference two weeks makes! Since we last recorded Lanús have gone from played four, won four to played six, won four, lost two. Sam and Dan review two weeks that have resulted in a mere two...
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Episode 452: Yet more red cards! from 2023-02-25T06:02:09
In this week's Hand Of Pod (recorded on Wednesday, but Sam's only just getting the time to upload it on Friday night), Sam and Andrés discuss a fourth round of action in the Liga Profesional which ...
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Episode 451: Lanús win again and the Monumental is ... more monumental from 2023-02-17T05:29:06
On this week's episode Sam and English Dan look back on a third consecutive win for early table-toppers Lanús, a drab defeat for Boca in Córdoba and an entertaining – and controversial – first matc...
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Episode 450: River's good luck charm? Pablo Vegetti strikes again from 2023-02-10T05:43:36
This week Sam, English Dan and Andrés look back on the second round of action in the Liga Profesional, which saw a remarkable coincidence: Pablo Vegetti, who was the first person to score against M...
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Episode 449: The 2023 season is underway from 2023-02-03T07:07:18
This week, Sam, English Dan and Andrés look back on the first weekend of action in the 2023 Liga Profesional season and discuss Enzo Fernández's big-money transfer to Chelsea (including what it mea...
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Episode 448: Previewing the 2023 Liga Profesional season from 2023-01-27T06:51:54
It's a new year on Hand Of Pod, and Sam, English Dan and Andrés are here to preview the 2023 domestic season for you, as we come down from the high of Argentina's World Cup win last month. Boca Jun...
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Episode 447: ¡ARGENTINA CAMPEÓN DEL MUNDO! from 2022-12-20T07:02:52
This is it: the episode we've been building up to for twelve years. In the four hundred and forty-seventh HOP, Sam, English Dan, Santi, Julián and Chris take in, and try to dissect, the fact that L...
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Episode 446: Reviewing the World Cup group stage from 2022-12-02T07:08:05
In a bumper episode this week, Sam, English Dan, Santi, Andrés and Remi (remember Remi?!) look back on Argentina's false start but eventually encouraging qualification from Group C at the 2022 Worl...
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Episode 445: the 2022 World Cup preview episode from 2022-11-18T20:37:26
This week Sam, English Dan and Andrés run the rule over Argentina's World Cup squad and their chances. We've sprinkled a little bit of club football talk in as well, but mostly it's a bumper chat a...
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Episode 444: ¡Boca campeón! and far more surprisingly, ¡Patronato campeón! from 2022-11-04T05:23:18
In the final CLUB football HOP of 2022, Sam, English Dan and Andrés look back on two weeks that have seen Boca Juniors clinch the league title after a deciding day on which neither of the title con...
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Episode 443: Previewing the last weekend of the 2022 Liga Profesional from 2022-10-22T01:21:05
This week Sam, English Dan, Santi and Andrés gather to discuss three rounds of Liga Profesional action and preview Sunday's two title-deciding Big Five clásicos – will Boca Juniors lift the trophy ...
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Episode 442: Atlético Tucumán STILL lead the race ... just about from 2022-10-07T06:56:39
Atlético Tucumán remain top of the league by the skin of their teeth: this week Sam and Dan review two rounds of matches in which the leaders lost one and won one, but currently sit atop the table ...
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Episode 441: Two more wins for Argentina, and reviewing the Copa Argentina quarter-finals from 2022-09-30T07:17:14
This week Sam and English Dan look back on Atlético Tucumán once again rising to the challenge of maintaining their league leadership, wonder which players have made a case for inclusion in Lionel ...
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Episode 440: Atlético Tucumán still lead, and previewing Argentina's friendlies from 2022-09-23T06:31:58
This week, Sam and Andrés are joined by English Dan, who's back from holiday. We fill him in on what he's missed – including several changes of leadership in the league, even though Atlético Tucumá...
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Episode 439: Libertadores semi-final review and superclásico preview from 2022-09-10T08:04
This week Sam and Santi look back on both Copa Libertadores semi-finals, one of which was rather more dramatic and closely fought than the other, and preview Sunday's superclásico at the Bombonera....
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Episode 438: A goal from 70 metres and a new home stadium for Argentina? from 2022-08-27T22:27:16
This week, Sam, English Dan and Andrés look back at last weekend's matches – which included a 4–0 win with two golazos included for league leaders Atlético Tucumán – and ask how much sense it reall...
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Episode 437: Atlético Tucumán still lead, and a peek at the 2023 league structure from 2022-08-19T07:58:26
This week Sam, English Dan and Santi look back on not one but two weeks of Liga Profesional action, with Atlético Tucumán still leading the way, Gimnasia giving chase and River Plate looking like t...
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Episode 436: Vélez are the last Argentines standing in the Libertadores from 2022-08-13T07:12:23
This week Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Tony are visited by listener Tommy to discuss a week of action that's seen Atlético Tucumán remain top of the table with an unlikely chasing pack, and Vélez S...
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Episode 435: Atlético Tucumán still lead, and Vélez and Talleres serve up a Libertadores thriller from 2022-08-05T06:33:20
This week, Sam and Dan look back on a weekend which saw Atlético Tucumán remain four points clear at the top of the league, a six-goal thriller in Avellaneda and both River and Boca lose. In the Co...
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Episode 434: a busy week in the Liga Profesional from 2022-07-30T01:20:12
It's only been a week since our last episode, but this week felt particular packed, with plenty of stuff to discuss both on and off the pitch in the league and Tigre being shocked in the Copa Argen...
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Episode 433: Tevez gets his first wins as a manager and Argentinos lead the way from 2022-07-22T07:31:06
This week, Sam, English Dan and Andrés look back on almost two full rounds of action that included Carlos Tevez's Rosario Central winning the clásico rosarino against Newell's Old Boys, and reflect...
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Episode 432: Racing claim the clásico; Newell's remain top from 2022-07-16T07:37:29
This week, Sam and English Dan look back on last week's league games, including a whole load of 3–2s and a 1–0 win for Racing over Independiente, consider the main runners in the title race and mor...
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Episode 431: The end of the road for Battaglia ... and Gallardo? from 2022-07-09T07:37:07
This week, Sam, English Dan, Santi and Andrés catch you up with last weekend's league action but spend the bulk of the podcast talking Libertadores, and in particular going over the eliminations of...
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Episode 430: A lot of catching up to do from 2022-07-02T07:04:28
After a planned week off followed by an unplanned bout of COVID for Sam which forced a second week off (hard to record a podcast when you've got a slight fever and your throat hurts too much to tal...
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Episode 429: Messi passes Pelé and Puskás, and the Liga Profesional 2022 begins from 2022-06-10T07:03:41
This week Sam, English Dan, Santi and Andrés look back on the opening weekend of the 2022 Liga Profesional and Racing's shocking (but not really that shocking, perhaps) Copa Argentina exit against ...
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Episode 428: Argentina batter Italy, and the long domestic break is finally over from 2022-06-04T07:56:23
This week, Sam and English Dan look back on South American champions Argentina playing European champions Italy off the Wembley pitch on Wednesday night in the revived Artemio Franchi trophy match,...
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Episode 427: Boca win the Copa de la Liga and the continental group stages are over from 2022-05-28T01:44:24
This week, Sam and English Dan look back on the semis and the final of the Copa de la Liga, which saw Boca Juniors lift the trophy but NOT, after all the fuss at the start of the competition about ...
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Episode 426: Boca and Racing cruise through; River and Estudiantes are shocked from 2022-05-13T07:35:40
The Copa de la Liga knockout stage has begun, and after Tuesday's two matches brought the expected home wins for Racing and Boca Juniors, who'll meet in the first semifinal on Saturday, Wednesday s...
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Episode 425: the Copa de la Liga groups draw to a close from 2022-05-06T22:14:12
This week, Sam and English Dan look back on last week's action and (most of) the midweek Sudamericana and Libertadores results, as well as looking forward to this weekend's last group stage matches...
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Episode 424: the Copa de la Liga group stage edges towards a close from 2022-04-30T07:13:09
This week's HOP sees the return of a prodigal son, as Sam, English Dan and Andrés welcome Seba back to the studio, and it's an epic chat taking in Racing's fine form, the Estudiantes machine, racis...
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Episode 423: a lot of catching up from 2022-04-22T06:44:16
We've got plenty of catching up to do now Sam and Dan are back from their (separate) holidays, and they're joined by Andrés, Tony and Santi to dive deep into the waters of the Copa de la Liga, incl...
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Episode 422: reviewing the clásicos and previewing the CONMEBOL WCQ Royal Rumble from 2022-03-24T07:48:46
This week, Sam and English Dan review the weekend of clásicos, which saw away wins for ... well, quite a lot of teams actually, including Boca Juniors over River Plate and Racing over Independiente...
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Episode 421: it's clásico weekend! from 2022-03-19T07:08:38
This week on HOP, Sam, English Dan and Andrés discuss last weekend's matches and look forward to this weekend's glut of clásicos, including most notably Saturday's clásico de Avellaneda and Sunday'...
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Episode 420: Scaloni trolls Europe from 2022-03-12T07:17:52
In this week's episode Sam, English Dan, Santi and Andrés are back in the same room. We look back on last weekend's Copa de la Liga action, with Estudiantes dropping points for the first time. It's...
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Episode 419: two thrilling clásicos and Estudiantes' great start continues from 2022-03-03T21:00:46
On this week's Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Santi look back on a weekend which saw two all-Big Five clásicos both end 2–2: Independiente v Boca Juniors, which was played in a deluge of...
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Episode 418: the 2022 season is underway from 2022-02-26T05:11:16
This week's HOP is the first since the 2022 domestic Argentine season began, so Sam, English Dan and Tony look back on the first three rounds of the Copa de la Liga. Unión, Platense and Estudiantes...
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Episode 417: previewing the Copa de la Liga 2022 from 2022-02-11T17:29:33
Domestic Argentine football is back! In this week's HOP Sam, Andrés and Tony look back on the main transfer moves (and one big transfer remaining-in-place-for-now) and ask which clubs, if any, will...
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Episode 416: previewing Argentina's World Cup qualifying double header from 2022-01-27T06:16:27
We're back! In the first HOP of 2022 Sam and Santi preview Argentina's World Cup qualifying double header, which will see a trip to Chile followed by a home match against Colombia. Lionel Messi isn...
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Episode 415: reviewing 2021 from 2021-12-18T16:52:58
There are still a couple of matches left in Argentine football this year, but recording seems unlikely next week so Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Santi got together on Friday to look back on 2021. W...
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Episode 414: Boca win the Copa Argentina, a historic clásico in La Plata and more from 2021-12-11T07:16:05
On this week's Hand Of Pod Sam, English Dan and Tony discuss a couple of weeks of action which included Boca Juniors lifting the Copa Argentina after a shootout win over Talleres, River Plate's lon...
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Episode 413: ¡River campeón! from 2021-11-27T20:12:06
This week's Hand Of Pod was recorded late in the week, because it made little sense to record before Thursday night, when River Plate did just about enough to scrape the result they needed at home ...
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Episode 412: World Cup qualification is sealed from 2021-11-18T07:07:13
This week, Sam's voice sounds ridiculous for the first half of the episode because Santi and Andrés didn't say anything about it until the half-time break. The three of them discuss Argentina's two...
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Episode 411: River's title to lose, and two huge matches for Argentina from 2021-11-11T07:14:36
This week Sam and Santi look back on three weeks of action (due to Sam first being on holiday and then being very busy) during which the title race seems to have swung decisively in River Plate's f...
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Episode 410: Back together again from 2021-10-20T06:07:31
Allow us one indulgent episode title about ourselves rather than the football we're covering, because this week's episode was the first since March 2020 to be recorded with all of us in the same li...
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Episode 409: River beat ten-man Boca, and previewing Argentina's World Cup qualifiers from 2021-10-07T07:41:40
This week's Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Santi and Andrés review a couple of rounds of league action, including River Plate's 2–1 win over Boca Juniors in Sunday's superclásico, which sent River top of th...
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Episode 408: What happened in Brazil v Argentina and catching up on the rest from 2021-09-24T07:05:53
This week, Sam and English Dan catch up with what's been going on in the three weeks since we last recorded. The main focus is on trying to unpick exactly what went on in São Paulo a couple of week...
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Episode 407: Argentina v the Premier League from 2021-09-02T06:24:30
On this week's HOP Sam, English Dan and Santi preview the upcoming World Cup qualifying triple-header, and have a rant at the (partially successful) attempt by English, Spanish, Italian and Portugu...
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Episode 406: no Argentines left in the Copas from 2021-08-20T21:32:48
In this week's HOP, Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Santi discuss a week which has seen Argentina's last two representatives – River Plate and Rosario Central – dumped out of the Copas Libertadores an...
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Episode 405: getting up to speed from 2021-08-14T07:57:42
In this week's HOP Sam, English Dan and Santi catch up on what's been going on in the two weeks since we were last able to record. It's been an OK couple of weeks for Independiente (who at least on...
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Episode 404: River and Central are left flying the flag from 2021-07-31T05:28:12
In this week's HOP, Sam, English Dan, Andrés, Santi and Tony look back on the first three rounds of action in the 2021 Liga Profesional de Fútbol, as well as on both legs of the last sixteen ties i...
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Episode 403: ¡ARGENTINA CAMPEÓN! from 2021-07-16T05:52:47
We can finally shout it! After a 28-year wait Argentina ended their trophy drought on Saturday with a 1–0 win over Brazil in the final of the Copa América, and Sam, English Dan, Santi and Andrés ar...
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Episode 402: previewing Argentina v Brazil in the Copa América final from 2021-07-09T19:26:07
After Argentina made their way past Ecuador and Colombia to reach a third Copa América final in four tournaments, Sam, English Dan and Santi preview Saturday's final against host nation Brazil, who...
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Episode 401: Reviewing the Copa América groups and previewing the knockout stage from 2021-07-02T06:14:31
On this week's HOP the world's newest football commentator Sam is joined by English Dan, Santi and Andrés for a look back on the group stage of the 2021 Copa América – in particular at Argentina's ...
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Episode 400: Colón win the Copa de la Liga, and we preview the Copa América from 2021-06-12T07:23:15
In the four hundredth episode of HOP, Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Tony discuss Colón's deserved victory in the final of the Copa de la Liga – their first ever national title – before reviewing the...
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Episode 399: The Copa de la Liga enters the knockout stage from 2021-05-15T07:12:21
This week's HOP was meant to be a quick affair but ended up being a full-length episode, as Sam and Santi looked back on the final weekend of group stage action in the Copa de la Liga, look forward...
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Episode 398: Three lots of group stages from 2021-05-08T04:54:42
This week on Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan, Tony, Andrés and Santi bring you up to date with the Copa de la Liga as the group stage enters its final weekend, and also look at the Copa Libertadores ...
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Episode 397: the Copa de la Liga continues from 2021-04-17T05:25:31
This week's Hand Of Pod sees Sam, English Dan and Santi review the last few weeks' main talking points in the Copa de la Liga Profesional, including Godoy Cruz's return to their own stadium and a w...
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Episode 396: Short and sweet from 2021-03-27T17:46:31
In this week(end)'s HOP Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Santi look back on the last couple of weeks of Copa de la Superliga action, including the superclásico of two weeks ago and two matches which sa...
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Episode 395: Estudiantes and Colón continue good starts, and Boca host River this weekend from 2021-03-12T23:45:09
In this week's HOP Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Santi look back on two more weeks of Copa de la Liga Profesional action which have seen Colón and Estudiantes – who meet on Saturday – continue to im...
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Episode 394: Reviewing the first two weeks of the Copa de la Liga from 2021-02-27T06:50:39
On this week's Hand Of Pod, Sam, Tony and Santi look back on the first two weeks' action in the Copa de la Liga Profesional and three poor showings from Argentina in the SheBelieves Cup, as well as...
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Episode 393: RIP Santiago García, and previewing the Copa de la Liga 2021 from 2021-02-13T00:11:38
There's sad news this week, as we kick things off with talk of Godoy Cruz striker Santiago García, who died by suicide at the weekend. Afterwards, Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Tony preview the Copa...
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Episode 392: Reviewing three (and a half) finals from 2021-01-24T06:44:57
In this week's HOP, Sam, English Dan, Tony and Santi review three finals – the the Copa Diego Maradona, in which Boca Juniors beat Banfield on spot kicks, the women's championship final, in which B...
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Episode 391: Libertadores disappointment for River and Boca, and previewing the Copa Maradona final from 2021-01-16T23:45:51
This week, Sam is joined by English Dan, Tony and Andrés to look forward to Sunday evening's Copa Diego Armando Maradona final between Boca Juniors and Banfield (and at how they got there) and to r...
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Episode 390: rounding up the midsummer action from 2021-01-09T17:49:43
Happy new year! In this week's HOP Sam is joined by English Dan and Santi for a quick roundup of the most relevant action in the Copa Diego Maradona over the Christmas and new year period (includin...
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Episode 389: The cups continue as 2020 draws to a close from 2020-12-20T01:36:56
This week's HOP is our last episode of 2020, but Argentine football isn't quite done yet – unusually, matches continue throughout the summer in the Copa Diego Armando Maradona, Copa Sudamericana an...
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Episode 388: RIP Alejandro Sabella from 2020-12-12T02:09:54
Alejandro Sabella, who managed Argentina to the final of the 2014 World Cup, died on Tuesday. In this week's Hand Of Pod, Sam, Santi, Tony, English Dan and Andrés begin by looking back on his life ...
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Episode 387: Back to on-pitch business from 2020-12-05T07:49:01
After the emotion of last week, this week Sam, Tony, Santi and Andrés return to Earth with a look at what's gone on in the Copa Diego Armando Maradona, Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana and wome...
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Episode 386: No longer a prisoner. RIP Diego Maradona from 2020-11-27T06:53:37
If you're listening to this podcast in the week it comes out, you know what it's about. On Wednesday 25th November 2020, Diego Maradona died. In this week's HOP Sam, English Dan, Santi, Tony, André...
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Episode 385: Argentina pick up four points, and a Copa de la Liga roundup from 2020-11-20T22:05:19
In this week's HOP, Sam, English Dan, Santi, Andrés and (for the first few minutes, before he gets cut off) Tony look back on a World Cup qualifying double header which again saw Argentina look a b...
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Episode 384: the tenth anniversary episode from 2020-11-11T16:40:53
At the end of this week, HOP turns ten years old, and we're celebrating with a bumper episode. Sam, English Dan, Tony, Andrés and Santi review the recent action from the Copa Sudamericana and Copa ...
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Episode 383: Argentine football is BACK! from 2020-11-07T21:39:13
It's been a long, long lockdown here in Buenos Aires, but last weekend Argentine domestic football finally returned, and in this week's episode Sam, English Dan, Tony, Andrés and Santi look back on...
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Episode 382: Reviewing the WCQs and Libertadores groups from 2020-10-25T07:14:23
No recording last week means Sam, English Dan, Tony, Andrés and Santi have two weeks of action to catch up on in this week's HOP. We look back on Argentina's first two matches in the men's World Cu...
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Episode 381: Previewing Argentina's opening World Cup qualifying double header from 2020-10-07T19:40:53
The 2022 World Cup qualifiers are finally upon us, and in this week's HOP Sam, English Dan, Andrés, Tony and Peter preview Argentina's opening double header at home to Ecuador and away to Bolivia. ...
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Episode 380: reviewing the return of the Libertadores and looking at Argentina's latest squad from 2020-09-29T04:22:50
This week on Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan, Tony, Andrés and Santi look back on the first two post-lockdown rounds of Copa Libertadores matches, which went better than expected for Argentine clubs....
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Episode 379: Boca's COVID-19 outbreak as the Libertadores returns from 2020-09-11T20:20:35
This time on Hand Of Pod, Sam is joined by English Dan, Tony and Santi to discuss how preparations are going for the return of the Copa Libertadores next week – in particular at Boca Juniors, whose...
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Episode 378: CONMEBOL strongarm the AFA from 2020-07-23T20:20:50
In this week's HOP, Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Santi discuss CONMEBOL's recent strongarming of the AFA – and, perhaps, the Argentine government – into opening football in Argentina before they wa...
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Episode 377: the lockdown update from 2020-05-29T05:27:35
HOP is back! This week, Sam, Tony and English Dan give you an update on the discussions that have been had in Argentine football – and what's happened quarantine-wise in Argentina as a whole – in t...
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Episode 376: entering quarantine from 2020-03-20T05:14:02
This week's Hand Of Pod will be the last episode we'll record in March. That was already going to be the case when Sam, English Dan, Andrés, Julian and Tony met to record, because the government an...
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Episode 375: ¡Boca campeón! and what is going on with the Superliga? from 2020-03-13T20:18:26
In this week's Hand Of Pod, Sam, Andrés and Tony look back on the drama of Boca Juniors' title win, as the Xeneize pipped River Plate on the last day to win their third Argentine championship in fo...
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Episode 374: Boca cut River's lead ... but will it matter? from 2020-03-05T21:27:40
In this week's Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Santi look back on a weekend which saw Santi very frustrated by Independiente (again), and which saw Boca Juniors win and River Plate draw, ...
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Episode 373: River keep their noses in front of Boca in the title race from 2020-02-28T06:00:31
On this week's Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan, Andrés, Tony and Santi look at a weekend of action which saw the title race officially whittled down to the country's two biggest clubs, with River Pla...
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Episode 372: the title race enters the final straight from 2020-02-20T20:45:13
In this week's Hand Of Pod, sponsored by albicelestes.com, Sam, English Dan, Tony and Andrés are joined by a new panel member, Santi, to discuss a weekend which saw both of the frontrunners for the...
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Episode 371: the title race begins to open up, but Copa spots are still tight from 2020-02-14T19:46:23
In this week's HOP, Sam, Tony and Andrés discuss a weekend which saw a dramatic clásico de Avellaneda, and witnessed the title race, so tight just a couple of weeks ago, begin to open up as the mai...
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Episode 370: A familiar duo in the top two places from 2020-02-07T06:17:20
On this week's Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Tony look back on a weekend of action which saw River Plate maintain their three-point lead at the top of the table, while Boca Juniors took...
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Episode 369: River continue their perfect start to 2020 from 2020-01-31T04:36:44
This week's Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Andrés, English Dan and Julian review the seventeenth round of Superliga action, which was the first of the new year. Julian runs the rule over Boca Juniors' summe...
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Episode 368: Back to business from 2020-01-24T17:55:10
In the first Hand Of Pod of 2020, Sam, English Dan, Tony and Andrés preview this weekend's return to Superliga action as the summer break comes to a close. Why are River Plate unhappy with kit supp...
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Episode 367: Seeing out 2019 from 2019-12-20T19:11:42
In the final episode of 2019, Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Tony look back on the last few games of the year, which tidied up a couple of the Superliga matches postponed from earlier rounds, and dec...
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Episode 366: No one wants to win the title from 2019-12-13T18:11:57
In the penultimate HOP of 2019, Sam, English Dan, Tony and Andrés review a round of Superliga action – the last before the summer break – in which most of the title hopefuls dropped points, not for...
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Episode 365: Getting up to date on the last couple of weeks from 2019-12-06T18:24:13
Hand Of Pod is back after Sam's holiday, and in this week's episode, English Dan, Andrés and Tony fill him in on what's been happening while he was away, including a review of River Plate's late co...
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Episode 364: Previewing the 2019 Copa Libertadores final from 2019-11-20T17:30:33
This Saturday, the first ever single-match final of South America's biggest club competition will be played, as holders River Plate take on Brazilian giants Flamengo in Lima's Estadio Monumental. I...
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Episode 363: No one at the top wants to win, and looking forward to Argentina v Brazil from 2019-11-15T17:30:59
In this week's Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés look back on a weekend of Superliga action which saw all of the top four drop points (Boca Juniors were the only ones to even draw), ensuring a tight titl...
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Episode 362: The title race tightens up, and Estudiantes' new stadium is close from 2019-11-08T19:09:58
In this week's Hand Of Pod, Sam, Andrés and Tony are again joined by special guests Phil and Jamie to discuss a weekend in which victories for River Plate, Boca Juniors and Lanús combined with a dr...
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Episode 361: A visit from two special guests as Argentinos go clear at the top and River go third from 2019-11-02T06:18:24
This week in the Hand Of Pod studio, Sam, English Dan and Andrés are joined by two very special guests: Phil Carney, who runs the Lanús in English Twitter account, and Jamie Ralph, who runs the New...
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Episode 360: Reviewing the Libertadores semi-finals from 2019-10-25T06:42:38
On this week's Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés look back on the Copa Libertadores semi-final second legs, reviewing River Plate's progression in spite of defeat against Boca Juniors and Flamengo's crus...
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Episode 359: thrashing Ecuador, and previewing the superclásico (again!) from 2019-10-17T21:45:11
In this week's Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Andrés review Argentina's 6-1 tonking of Ecuador in Elche, and cast their eye over the players who might have won themselves consideration by Lionel...
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Episode 358: Argentina fight back against Germany from 2019-10-12T05:43:04
The main topic on this week's Hand Of Pod is Argentina's stirring comeback from 2-0 down at half time to draw 2-2 away to Germany in Dortmund, thanks to goals from Lucas Alario and Lucas Ocampos. W...
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Episode 357: Advantage River in the superclásico Libertadores semi-final from 2019-10-04T21:34:26
In this week's Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Andrés look back on the Copa Libertadores semi-final first legs, focusing of course on River Plate's convincing 2-0 win over Boca Juniors in the all...
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Episode 356: Boca continue their strong start, and the chasing pack isn't as expected from 2019-09-27T01:07:09
This week on Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Andrés look back at a weekend which saw Boca Juniors beat San Lorenzo to remain top of the Superliga table and continue their perfect start, and consi...
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Episode 355: Boca go top of the Superliga, and Maradona begins with a loss from 2019-09-20T04:50:19
In this week's Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Andrés look back on a Superliga weekend which saw Diego Maradona begin life as Gimnasia boss with defeat to Racing. A San Lorenzo slip up gave Boca ...
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Episode 354: Argentina beat Mexico. Again. from 2019-09-13T18:11:40
In this week's Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Andrés look back on one forgettable and one rather more memorable friendly for Argentina, and consider the positives from both – namely Lautaro Mart...
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Episode 353: Boca frustrate River in the superclásico, and Gimnasia unveil Maradona from 2019-09-06T05:58:19
This week on Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Andrés look back on a superclásico in which Boca Juniors weren't giving anything away against River Plate, and consider how and why the astonishing ne...
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Episode 352: San Lorenzo continue to improve, and previewing the superclásico from 2019-08-28T21:32:42
In this week's Hand Of Pod, Sam, Andrés and English Dan look back on a weekend which included San Lorenzo ending Arsenal's perfect start to go top of the league themselves, and consider Boca Junior...
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Episode 351: River thrash Racing, Arsenal continue their perfect start and more from 2019-08-22T18:20:24
On this week's Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés look back on a Superliga weekend which brought a historic result in the country's oldest clásico, as well as a third win in a row for newly promoted Arsen...
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Episode 350: Panamerican Games success and Daniele De Rossi's Boca debut from 2019-08-16T19:54:52
Three hundred and fifty! How did we get this far? In this week's Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Andrés look back on silver for the women and gold for the boys representing Argentina in the Panam...
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Episode 349: San Lorenzo win again, River thrash Lanús, and more from 2019-08-10T06:27:44
This week, Sam and Andrés look back on the second week of action in the 2019–20 Superliga, which saw Arsenal and San Lorenzo both pick up their second wins in as many league games, while River Plat...
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Episode 348: reviewing the opening weekend and the Libertadores last sixteen from 2019-08-02T19:01:11
This week, Sam, English Dan and Andrés are joined by a new team member, and review the first round of 2019–20 Superliga action as well as the last sixteen of the Copa Libertadores, which saw River ...
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Episode 347: Previewing the 2019–20 Superliga from 2019-07-25T20:46:42
In the three hundred and forty-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Andrés and Julian meet to preview the new Superliga season. Which clubs have had the best transfer windows? Which are in most tro...
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Episode 346: reviewing the Copa América, and setting the stage for the new season from 2019-07-12T20:35:28
In the three hundred and forty-sixth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés meet to discuss the last bits of the Copa América – particularly relating to Argentina's campaign, and their third-place ...
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Episode 345: Taking some positives from Copa América elimination from 2019-07-06T06:14:33
In the three hundred and forty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés look back on Argentina's elimination at the hands of Brazil in the semi-finals of the Copa América, and consider a Copa c...
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Episode 344: Qatar are beaten – next stop Venezuela from 2019-06-27T19:51:31
In the three hundred and forty-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and English Dan review an improved but still far from perfect Argentina performance to beat Qatar 2-0 and advance to the quarter-fi...
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Episode 343: Two Argentina draws, two very different feelings from 2019-06-21T18:39:14
In the three hundred and forty-third episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés look back on a draw for the women's national team which (combined with results on Thursday) saw them eliminated from the ...
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Episode 342: A historic result at the Women's World Cup, and previewing the Copa América from 2019-06-14T06:34:42
In the three hundred and forty-second episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Andrés discuss Argentina's fantastic Women's World Cup showing against Japan, where they claimed their first ever ...
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Episode 341: Tigre win their first trophy, and plenty of international talk from 2019-06-07T20:53:27
In the three hundred and forty-first episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Andrés look back on Tigre's first ever major trophy win, after the Victoria club got their own back on the Argentin...
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Episode 340: Previewing the Copa Superliga final from 2019-06-01T06:55:32
In the three hundred and fortieth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Andrés discuss the semi-final seconds legs of the Copa Superliga, and look forward to Sunday's final between Tigre and...
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Episode 339: Tigre eviscerate Atlético, Argentinos and Boca bore us from 2019-05-22T23:11:38
In the three hundred and thirty-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam is joined by English Dan and Andrés to discuss the first legs of the Copa Superliga, which saw Tigre all but book their place in th...
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Episode 338: we wanted to preview the Copa Superliga semis, but well ... you'll see. from 2019-05-16T18:25:26
In the three hundred and thirty-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Andrés discuss three quarters of the Copa Superliga quarter-finals ... but not three quarters in *that* way; thre...
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Episode 337: Warming up for the Copa Superliga quarter-finals from 2019-05-09T20:21:23
In the three hundred and thirty-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés look back on an action-packed weekend of Copa Superliga action which saw River Plate eviscerate Aldosivi, Boca Juniors...
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Episode 336: the Copa Superliga gets serious from 2019-05-03T17:41:39
In the three hundred and thirty-sixth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Andrés discuss last weekend's Copa Superliga action, with the stakes heightening as the top six from the Superliga...
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Episode 335: the big boys join the Copa Superliga from 2019-04-26T19:09:11
In the three hundred and fifty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Andrés look back on the second legs of the Copa Superliga first round, which saw a few more interesting matches tha...
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Episode 334: the Copa Superliga is born from 2019-04-19T05:38:48
In the three-hundred-and-thirty-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Andrés discuss the first ever weekend of Copa Superliga action, which was ... less than thrilling, it's probably ...
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Episode 333: tidying up the loose ends from the last weekend of the Superliga from 2019-04-11T22:51:40
In the three-hundred-and-thirty-third episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés look back on the final weekend of Superliga action of the season, and tie up the loose ends that were left after Racing'...
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Episode 332: ¡Racing campeón! from 2019-04-03T22:53:42
In the three-hundred-and-thirty-second episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Andrés look back on a weekend of Superliga action which saw Racing crowned champions of Argentina in spite of lat...
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Episode 331: trying to ignore the negatives, but there are just so many of them from 2019-03-28T23:59:28
In the three-hundred-and-thirty-first episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Andrés and English Dan look back on two woeful friendly performances by Lionel Scaloni's Argentina – a second-ever defeat to Venez...
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Episode 330: reviewing everything in the league, and previewing the internationals from 2019-03-22T04:48:18
In the three hundred and thirtieth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Andrés and English Dan meet to discuss a weekend of Superliga action which saw the title race and relegation battle become abruptly l...
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Episode 329: the title race tightens, and details of the 2020 Copa América from 2019-03-15T19:47:58
In episode three hundred and twenty-nine of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Andrés discuss the title and relegation battles in the Superliga, which have both tightened up considerably with three ...
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Episode 328: Racing's league lead remains at 3 points, and Scaloni welcomes Messi back for Argentina from 2019-03-07T20:35:35
The three-hundred-and-twenty-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam joined by Andrés and English Dan to review a weekend on which the gap at the top remained at three points, with Racing and Defens...
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Episode 327: Racing go three points clear thanks to Defensa y Justicia's finishing problem from 2019-02-28T19:37:08
In three hundred and twenty seventh episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam joined by Andrés and Andy Jacobs of TalkSPORT's Hawksbee and Jacobs to discuss a weekend which saw Racing pull three points clear...
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Episode 326: Still neck and neck at the top, and previewing the Avellaneda clásico from 2019-02-22T20:26:48
In the three hundred and twenty-sixth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Andrés discuss an interesting weekend of action which saw Tigre win their first game under Néstor Gorosito, and vi...
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Episode 325: Quintero scores a stunner, Defensa go joint top, and welcoming our new sponsors from 2019-02-15T19:40:58
In the three hundred and twenty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Andrés, Tony and English Dan have some exciting news: HOP is now sponsored by Fanatiz, and as well offering HOP listener 20% off t...
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Episode 324: a low-scoring weekend, and Argentina's Sudamericano Sub 20 progress from 2019-02-07T19:32:47
The three hundred and twenty-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam joined by English Dan, Andrés and Tony to discuss a low-scoring weekend of Superliga action in which the title race remained much...
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Episode 323: Racing maintain their lead, Argentina U20s progress, and Almirón to Newcastle from 2019-01-31T23:08:53
In the three hundred and twenty-third episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Andrés are joined by Jon Arnold, who tells us a bit about his impressions of football in Argentina and Uruguay during his ...
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Episode 322: the Superliga is back, Emiliano Sala, and Argentina's women want professionalism from 2019-01-24T18:07:23
The three hundred and twenty-second episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam joined by English Dan, Andrés and Tony to look back on the first two Superliga matches of 2019, as River Plate lost at home to De...
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Episode 321: Marcelo Bielsa and the philosophy of ethics from 2019-01-18T20:52:47
There's not much actual football to discuss on this week's Hand Of Pod, but episode 321 sees Sam, Andrés and Tony run the rule over Marcelo Bielsa's hilarious/heinous (delete as you see fit) headli...
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Episode 320: Summer transfers, the Sudamericano Sub 20, and Messi's return? from 2019-01-11T18:54:38
Hand Of Pod is back for 2019, and in episode 320 Sam is joined by English Dan, Andrés, Tony and Mariano to review ... well, no football at all, obviously. But we do have talk of some of the early m...
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Episode 319: Where next for River and Boca? from 2018-12-21T18:18:15
In the final HOP episode of 2018, Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Tony look back on River Plate's Club World Cup semi-final failure, before taking a look at what lies ahead for River and defeated Copa...
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Episode 318: River lift the Libertadores, and Racing take a healthy lead into the summer from 2018-12-14T18:27:18
In the three hundred and eighteenth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Tony, Andrés and English Dan meet to review what turned out – for all the controversy and sadness surrounding the match – to be an e...
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Episode 317: Racing open up a gap at the top, and the Libertadores final second leg awaits from 2018-12-06T18:01:20
In the three hundred and seventeenth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés discuss a weekend of action which saw a five-goal thriller in the Tucumán clásico that helped Racing open up a five-point...
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Episode 316: The River v Boca Copa Libertadores fiasco from 2018-11-29T16:45:31
It's not often HOP gets to talk about genuinely the biggest story in world sport of the last week. In HOP316, Sam, Andrés and podcast newcomer Chris take you through the timeline, fallout, mistakes...
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Episode 315: The superclásico Copa Libertadores final preview from 2018-11-23T22:58:10
Well, this is quite a way to return from our month-and-a-half-long hiatus. On Saturday, River Plate will host Boca Juniors in the second leg of the Copa Libertadores final; the biggest match in the...
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Episode 314: Racing extend their lead, River advance to the Libertadores semis and more from 2018-10-04T07:23:03
The three hundred and fourteenth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam joined by Andrés and Tony to discuss a weekend on which there was less football than normal, due to a rainstorm which resulted in on...
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Episode 313: Reviewing the superclásico, and more wins for Racing and Aldosivi from 2018-09-27T05:54:53
In episode three hundred and thirteen of Hand Of Pod, Sam is joined by Andrés and English Dan to discuss River Plate's 2-0 win over Boca Juniors in Sunday's superclásico, as well as yet another win...
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Episode 312: Copa Libertadores quarter-finals and a Boca v River preview from 2018-09-21T18:32:44
The three hundred and twelfth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Tony come together for a bumper episode, discussing the role of the VAR and all the others ins and outs of the...
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Episode 311: A quietly successful mini tour for the national team, and a Copa Argentina roundup from 2018-09-13T18:56:33
In the three hundred and eleventh episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés give a quick roundup of the Copa Argentina, before taking a deep dive into the lukewarm pool of the national team, whose two...
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Episode 310: A Superliga summary, and an interesting international break from 2018-09-06T18:52:37
The three hundred and tenth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés meet to discuss the action from the fourth round of Superliga 2018–19 action, which saw Racing leapfrog Rosario Central into t...
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Episode 309: the Copa Libertadores suspension shitshow from 2018-08-30T19:47:28
The three hundred and ninth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés discussing a chaotic week of Copa Libertadores administration which saw much-publicised disciplinary decisions regarding River...
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Episode 308: Boca slip up, and Central take advantage from 2018-08-23T19:34:07
The three hundred and eighth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés discuss a weekend of Superliga action in which River Plate flattered to deceive, Boca Juniors lost and thus ended a long run ...
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Episode 307: A less than thrilling first round, and national team news from 2018-08-17T17:34:15
The three hundred and seventh episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, English Dan and Andrés look back on a Superliga opening round that was notable for three teams only drawing after going 2-0 up, and no...
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Episode 306: previewing the 2018–19 Superliga season from 2018-08-09T21:53:25
In the three hundred and sixth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés preview the 2018–19 Superliga season, which kicks off on Friday evening, and also have a look at the Copa Libertadores round of...
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Episode 305: the new season is just around the corner from 2018-08-02T18:51:59
The three hundred and fifth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés all excited because there are fewer than ten days remaining until the start of the 2018–19 Superliga season, and we've got som...
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Episode 304: Getting into our cups from 2018-07-26T18:30:52
The three hundred and fourth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés catching up with what's been going on in the Copa Argentina, which has seen a number of shocks this year but notably not in I...
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Episode 303: Replacing Sampaoli, and the Superliga season to come from 2018-07-19T22:32:13
The three hundred and third episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam joined by Andrés to discuss where the Argentine national team go next after parting ways with Jorge Sampaoli, and also to look forward to...
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Episode 302: picking over the bones of World Cup elimination against France from 2018-07-05T17:35:10
The inevitable has happened: Argentina are out of the 2018 World Cup after a 4-3 defeat to France in the second round. In the three hundred and second episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam is joined by André...
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Episode 301: Sweet relief as Argentina scramble out of their World Cup group from 2018-06-28T16:31:46
For the three hundred and first episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés are celebrating after Argentina's last-gasp 2-1 win over Nigeria saw them through Group D of the 2018 World Cup in second plac...
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Episode 300: Argentina's Croatian collapse, and how to get out of the rut from 2018-06-23T19:32:30
The three hundredth episode of Hand Of Pod is a less celebratory affair than we'd hoped for such a landmark, with Sam and English Dan picking over the bones of Argentina's second half catastrophe a...
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Episode 299: Reviewing Argentina v Iceland and previewing Argentina v Croatia from 2018-06-20T15:44:56
The two hundred and ninety-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam joined by English Dan and Andrés to look back on a faltering start to the World Cup group stage for Argentina, who drew 1-1 with Ice...
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Episode 298: previewing Argentina's World Cup opener against Iceland with a real-life Icelander from 2018-06-15T15:41:10
In the two hundred and ninety-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés are joined by Helgi, one of (as far as he knows) three Icelanders currently living in Buenos Aires. We preview Argentina'...
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Episode 297: cancelling Israel v Argentina and more from 2018-06-07T19:35:14
In the two hundred and ninety-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés take you through the last week in Argentina's World Cup preparations, which has included the cancellation of Saturday's ...
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Episode 296: Trying to pick out the lessons from Argentina v Haiti from 2018-06-01T19:38:07
In the two hundred and ninety-sixth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés discuss Argentina's pre-World Cup friendly victory over Haiti in the Bombonera. Did we learn anything, or merely have vari...
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Episode 295: Argentina's World Cup squad, including Sergio Romero's injury from 2018-05-24T19:27:54
The two hundred and ninety-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam joined by Andrés and Julián to discuss Argentina's 23-man World Cup squad, and the chaos introduced to it by Tuesday's news that fir...
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Episode 294: the end-of-season special from 2018-05-18T05:39:38
The two hundred and ninety-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam joined by English Dan and Andrés to discuss the final weekend of Superliga 2017–18 action, in which there were a few high-scoring g...
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Episode 293: Boca win a second straight title from 2018-05-11T18:50:34
It was fitting, given the way the season has gone, that Boca Juniors sealed their second consecutive league title with a draw in which they almost seemed to be trying to let the point slip away fro...
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Episode 292: a cancellation conspiracy, and more from 2018-05-03T06:23:32
In the two hundred and ninety-second episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés discuss the silliness of the conspiracy theories surrounding why Gimnasia v Boca Juniors was called off on Sunday (some f...
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Episode 291: Godoy Cruz slip up to (almost) hand Boca the title, and a good week for Racing from 2018-04-26T06:30:53
In the two hundred and ninety-first episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Julián get together over a mate and some biscuits to discuss a weekend of Superliga action in which Boca Juniors saw...
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Episode 290: the relegation race is settled, but is the title race back on ... again? from 2018-04-19T22:35:04
The two hundred and ninetieth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam joined by Peter and Andrés to look back on a weekend of Superliga action in which the remaining three relegation spots were all decided...
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Episode 289: Defensa shock Boca, but no one can take advantage from 2018-04-12T20:10:38
The two hundred and eighty-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, English Dan and Andrés meet to discuss a weekend of action in the Superliga which saw Boca Juniors' defeat to Defensa y Justicia on...
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Episode 288: Boca are almost champions; Arsenal are already relegated from 2018-04-04T22:21:54
The two hundred and eighty-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés meet to discuss a weekend of Superliga action which saw the title race all but ended by Pablo Pérez's 92nd minute winner...
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HOP Extra – preview episode from 2018-04-02T05:37:38
Welcome to a special free preview of Hand Of Pod Extra. HOP Extra will be a weekly mini podcast available to supporters who put in enough to reach the appropriate reward tier on our upcoming Patreo...
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Episode 287: picking over the bones of Argentina's 6-1 defeat to Spain from 2018-03-28T22:41:35
The two hundred and eighty-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod was recorded on Tuesday evening, after the friendly which dominates this episode: Argentina's record-equalling 6-1 defeat to Spain in Madri...
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Episode 286: The gap at the top shrinks a little, Scocco shines again, and Argentina gear up from 2018-03-21T18:38:45
The two hundred and eighty-sixth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam joined by English Dan and Andrés to look back on a weekend of Superliga action which saw the gap at the top close to six points afte...
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Episode 285: River shock Boca to win the Supercopa (that almost rhymes ...) from 2018-03-16T18:43:32
The two hundred and eighty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés look back over a weekend of Superliga action that, erm, neither of them managed to catch an awful lot of. Among the bits ...
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Episode 284: A weekend of shocks, and a new Argentina squad from 2018-03-08T20:57:10
The two hundred and eighty-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés discuss a weekend of Superliga action which was full of surprise results: from Arsenal de Sarandí winning a game against...
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Episode 283: San Lorenzo slip up as Boca rediscover their attacking spark from 2018-03-01T18:05:16
Episode 283 of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, English Dan and Andrés discuss a weekend of Superliga action in which San Lorenzo lost away to Gimnasia, thus falling even further behind league leaders Boca Ju...
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Episode 282: Central's new kids on the block, Independiente's heartbreak and more from 2018-02-23T05:35:15
Episode 282 of Hand Of Pod comes to you a little later than normal this week, but Sam and Andrés are here to talk you through last weekend's Superliga action ahead of the next round of games. Boca ...
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Episode 281: Talleres go second, Boca win again and Ribas can't stop scoring from 2018-02-15T20:50:55
Episode 281 of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés look back on a weekend of action which saw Talleres leapfrog San Lorenzo to go second - albeit having played a game more - and Boca Juniors maintain t...
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Episode 280: the top two draw; Scocco's solo brilliance, and Lautaro Martínez's hat trick from 2018-02-08T19:14:28
Episode 280 of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés discuss an entertaining round of Superliga action which saw the gap at the top remain at six points, thanks to second place San Lorenzo's 1-1 draw wit...
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Episode 279: Boca pull clear, River in crisis and Unión keep up the good form from 2018-02-01T18:09:12
Episode 279 of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés meet to discuss the opening weekend of football in Argentina in 2018, which included a Talleres win over San Lorenzo, giving Boca Juniors the chance t...
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Episode 278: Summer's over, and Argieball is back! from 2018-01-25T20:16:57
Hand Of Pod returns for 2018, with a new logo and exciting plans for the new year. Sam and Andrés are your hosts for episode 278, in which we look back over a transfer window that was mostly uneven...
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Episode 277: Independiente win the Sudamericana, Boca end the year top of the table from 2017-12-15T19:22:48
The final episode of Hand Of Pod in 2017 brings together Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Peter to discuss Independiente's entertaining run to the Copa Sudamericana title, after they beat Flamengo 4-2 ...
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Episode 276: Boca keep their noses ahead, and two upcoming cup finals from 2017-12-06T18:08:53
The two hundred and seventy-sixth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Andrés join Sam to look back on a weekend of Superliga action which saw yet another disappointing showing from River Plate, while Atlét...
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Episode 275: Libertadores heartbreak for Lanús, with a very special guest from 2017-12-01T06:41:37
The two hundred and seventy-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and English Dan joined by a very special guest, because Phil Carney - author of the Lanús in English Twitter account - has flown do...
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Episode 274: Boca lose more than a match, and Lanús' first Libertadores final begins from 2017-11-24T05:12:58
The two hundred and seventy-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Andrés and Sam discuss a weekend of Superliga action which saw Boca Juniors lose for the first time in the league this season, thanks ...
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Episode 273: Lessons to learn for Jorge Sampaoli after two uninspiring friendlies from 2017-11-16T20:57:08
The seventh anniversary episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés get together for a chat about two friendlies which brought more problems to light than reason for optimism for the Argentine natio...
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Episode 272: Boca beat River to maintain their 100% start, and national team talk from 2017-11-09T21:46:32
In the two hundred and seventy-second episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés discuss a dark week for River Plate, as elimination at the hands of Lanús in the Copa Libertadores last week was followe...
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Episode 271: Lanús qualify for their first Libertadores final, and previewing River v Boca from 2017-11-02T23:02:17
In episode 271 of Hand Of Pod, Sam and English Dan have an afternoon conversation about two big continental ties: the all-Argentine Copa Libertadores semi-final which saw Lanús come back from 3-0 d...
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Episode 270: a Copa Argentina and Copa Libertadores roundup from 2017-10-26T19:45:26
There was no league football in Argentina over the weekend, so episode 270 of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Andrés and English Dan discussing knockout competitions instead - we have a review of the Copa Ar...
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Episode 269: Boca pull clear at the top as River are held again from 2017-10-19T18:01:29
In episode 269 of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés look back on (what they saw of) a weekend which saw Boca Juniors move six points clear at the top of the Superliga, keeping their 100% record whilst Ri...
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Episode 268: Argentina are off to Russia. It was never in doubt from 2017-10-12T21:54:03
The two hundred and sixty-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Peter and Andrés discuss Argentina's qualification for the Russia 2018 World Cup, in spite of a 0-0 draw at home to Peru last Thurs...
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Episode 267: Previewing Argentina's two final World Cup qualifiers from 2017-10-04T19:05:43
The two hundred and sixty-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod is a look at the Argentine national team as they approach two high-pressure World Cup qualifiers at home to Peru and away to Ecuador, which ...
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Episode 266: Boca still lead the way, Banfield impress and an all-Argentine Libertadores semi from 2017-09-28T21:51:37
The two hundred and sixty-sixth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés look back on a weekend during which River Plate dropped league points for the first time this season to leave Boca Juniors...
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Episode 265: River and Boca set the early pace, and national team news from 2017-09-21T05:35:57
The two hundred and sixty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés discuss a weekend of league action in which River Plate and champions Boca Juniors continue to be the two teams to beat in...
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Episode 264: Wrapping up the second weekend, and more national team talk from 2017-09-15T00:00:53
In the two hundred and sixty-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Andrés are joined by Julián for his second appearance, around two and a half years after his first. We look back on ...
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Episode 263: The new season's started! Someone tell the national team from 2017-09-08T17:52:18
Hand Of Pod returns from an extended winter break, and in episode 263 Sam is joined by English Dan and Andrés to run the rule over Argentina's latest two disappointing World Cup qualifying performa...
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Episode 262: Reviewing Boca's title win, and some end of season tidying-up from 2017-06-29T21:01:46
The two hundred and sixty-second episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés bid farewell to a memorable 2016-17 season which ended with Boca Juniors crowned champions of Argentina for the thirty-se...
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Episode 261: Reviewing Sampaoli's start for Argentina, and gearing up for the title run-in from 2017-06-16T18:18
In the two hundred and sixty-first episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés look back on Jorge Sampaoli's first two matches as Argentina manager, which ended in two victories, seven goals scored and ...
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Episode 260: Previewing Argentina v Brazil, and Boca Juniors put one hand on the league trophy from 2017-06-08T21:30:40
The two hundred and sixtieth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés looking back over a weekend which saw River Plate lose ground in potentially decisive fashion to Boca Juniors, whose win over...
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Episode 259: The top two falter, relegation edges closer for some, and more from 2017-05-31T21:26:29
The two hundred and fifty-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, English Dan and Andrés discuss a fine clásico win for Racing against ten-man San Lorenzo and a victory for Talleres over a controver...
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Episode 258: Two runners left in the title race, and the relegation battle hots up from 2017-05-25T20:28:13
The two hundred and fifty-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod comes after a weekend in which the relegation battle became significantly more heated, with most of the sides in or near the drop zone winnin...
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Episode 257: River beat Boca to open up the title race, and lots more clásico action from 2017-05-18T22:06:54
The two hundred and fifty-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, English Dan and Andrés gather to look back on a dramatic weekend of clásico action in which the biggest headline was River Plate p...
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Episode 256: Previewing a weekend of clásicos which might blow the title race wide open from 2017-05-12T07:27:38
pisode 256 of Hand Of Pod sees Sam joined by Andrés and Dan to look back on a weekend during which Newell's Old Boys failed to take advantage of yet more dropped points from league leaders Boca Jun...
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Episode 255: No change at the top, but the relegation battle hots up from 2017-05-04T06:29:03
The two hundred and fifty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés meet to discuss a weekend during which there was no change at the very top of the Primera: Boca Juniors and Newell's Old B...
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Episode 254: Newell's close the gap in a weekend of fine matches from 2017-04-27T21:39:29
In the two hundred and fifty-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés take you through a weekend of thoroughly entertaining matches, including two that ended 4-3, a convincing win (combined wi...
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Episode 253: Tragedy in Córdoba, and River join the title race from 2017-04-20T19:08:07
The two hundred and fifty-third episode of Hand Of Pod features Sam and Andrés, who are joined via Skype by Luke Smith, who's able to give us a Córdoba-dweller's perspective on the tragedy that str...
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Episode 252: Bye-bye Bauza, Sampaoli next? And a domestic roundup from 2017-04-13T21:00:16
The two hundred and fifty-second episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Andrés and Peter meet to discuss the AFA's sacking on Tuesday of Edgardo Bauza as Argentina manager, and who might the next candida...
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Episode 251: Boca extend their lead, River hit form, and more stuff on Bauza's future from 2017-04-07T19:30:20
The two hundred and fifty-first episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, English Dan and Andrés discuss a weekend with a fair number of thrillers, including a 4-2 clásico win for Lanús over Banfield, a 3-2...
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Episode 250: What's wrong with Argentina, and how to fix it, with Jonathan Wilson from 2017-03-30T20:55:27
This week's episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Tony joined by the man who literally wrote the book on Argentine football, because Jonathan Wilson's in town just for our two hu...
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Episode 249: Previewing Argentina v Chile, and some league talk from 2017-03-23T21:05:47
The two hundred and forty-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés discuss a week of domestic action which saw Boca Juniors lose for the first time since the opening weekend, San Lorenzo al...
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Episode 248: Finally reviewing the first football of 2017 from 2017-03-16T16:43:40
The first weekend of Argentine football this year has finally been played, and in HOP248 Sam and Andrés are here to go over the main talking points, consider how many teams were affected by a long ...
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Episode 247: Summer madness from 2017-03-02T22:23:34
What on Earth is going on in the world of Argentine football? The season was supposed to get underway on the second weekend of February and was only finally scheduled at all last week, and now we h...
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Episode 246: Rounding up the last weekend of 2016 action from 2016-12-22T03:44:16
The two hundred and forty-sixth episode of Hand Of Pod is the last one of the year. Sam, Andrés and English Dan round up the last week of Primera action this year, which included two good results f...
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Episode 245: reviewing the Superclásico and preparing for the end of the year from 2016-12-15T19:46:41
The two hundred and forty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod is the penultimate one of 2016, and Sam and Andrés meet to discuss Boca Juniors' 4-2 away win over River Plate in what - even as River sympath...
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Episode 244: Boca impress again, Independiente get a win and previewing the Superclásico from 2016-12-09T00:55:10
The two hundred and forty-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Peter meet to discuss Independiente's first win in a while, against River Plate's reserve side, and look into some of the strugg...
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Episode 243: The Argentine response to the Chapecoense crash, and some less important stuff from 2016-12-01T19:40:07
The two hundred and forty-third episode of Hand Of Pod couldn't be solely about Argentine football, given events earlier in the week. Sam, Andrés and guest Lex meet up to discuss some of the Argent...
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Episode 242: Teo gonna Teo, River slump and Estudiantes still lead from 2016-11-24T17:25:25
The two hundred and forty-second episode of Hand Of Pod brings together Sam and Andrés to talk about a weekend in which the football was overshadowed in many press pages by Teo Gutiérrez once again...
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Episode 241: We are six! From despair to relief for Argentina, and returning to league action from 2016-11-18T15:56:55
The two hundred and forty-first episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés celebrate the podcast's sixth birthday by discussing two Argentina matches; last Thursday's awful defeat to Brazil in Belo...
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Episode 240: Boca finally win away, and previewing Brazil v Argentina from 2016-11-10T05:58:35
In the two hundred and fortieth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés discuss a weekend of Primera action in which River Plate improved somewhat from recent showings to draw with top of the league...
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Episode 239: Estudiantes continue to impress, and River's defence continues to disappoint from 2016-11-03T20:06:20
In the two hundred and thirty-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés discuss the main talking points from last weekend's Primera División action, including yet another three points for an Est...
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Episode 238: Estudiantes stay top, Newell's end their Central hoodoo and more from 2016-10-26T16:56:43
In the two hundred and thirty-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Tony are joined by Tony's flatmate Jorge to discuss a weekend of action which saw Estudiantes win the big top of th...
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Episode 237: Tearing up the formbook, and yet more AFA nonsense from 2016-10-20T21:29:57
The two hundred and thirty-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés convene on a rainy evening in Buenos Aires to discuss a weekend in which a storm blew through the Argentine formbook: t...
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Episode 236: What is wrong with Argentina? from 2016-10-13T17:37:04
The two hundred and thirty-sixth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Peter convene to discuss the recent World Cup qualifying double-header: like the midfield on Tuesday night in Córdoba, there's n...
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Episode 235: Central hit form, a dull La Plata clásico and upcoming World Cup qualifiers from 2016-10-05T18:07:30
The two hundred and thirty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, English Dan and Andrés convene to discuss a weekend of Primera action which saw a very dull derby in La Plata and, at almost the sa...
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Episode 234: Estudiantes maintain their lead, Bauza names his second Argentina squad&more from 2016-09-29T19:29:03
The two hundred and thirty-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod is a two-man job, with Sam and Andrés discussing yet another win for Estudiantes, who've now won four out of four at the start of the league...
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Episode 233: Estudiantes open up a lead, Boca and River both stumble from 2016-09-22T22:30:27
In the two hundred and thirty-third episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Remi and Tony discuss a weekend of action which saw Estudiantes take a two-point lead ahead of River Plate at the top of the table, ...
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Episode 232: River and Boca impress, the Big Five make history and much more from 2016-09-15T18:58:35
The two hundred and thirty-second episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Fran and Andrés discuss very impressive wins for River Plate and Boca Juniors last weekend, as well as running the rule over early...
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Episode 231: Reviewing Edgardo Bauza's start as Argentina boss and more from 2016-09-08T18:22:48
The two hundred and thirty-first episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam joined by Andrés and Tony to look back over two weeks of action: the first round of Primera División season, the highlights of which...
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Episode 230: Previewing the new season&Jonathan Wilson on his new book from 2016-08-25T21:20:01
At long last, the Hand Of Pod 2016-17 season preview is here! Sam is joined by Andrés and Tony to look over the main transfer moves and some of what we can expect from the main contenders on the pi...
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Episode 229: a review of all the winter madness from 2016-08-18T22:26:41
Hand Of Pod is back from a long, dark, at times a little bit chilly winter break! Rejoice! We were planning to preview the upcoming season this week, but since it's been put back by a week, Sam and...
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Episode 228: ¡Lanús campeón!, and previewing the Copa América Centenario from 2016-06-03T05:32:05
The two hundred and twenty-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés look back on a weekend of two entertaining games in which Estudiantes saw off Godoy Cruz for third place (and thus don't...
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Episode 227: Farewell Diego Milito, and previewing the weekend's championship final from 2016-05-26T16:59:32
The two hundred and twenty-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, English Dan and Andrés discuss the last weekend of 'regular season' action from Argentina's Torneo de Transición 2016, which saw ...
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Episode 226: Everything you need to know about relegation, final and Libertadores qualification from 2016-05-19T16:13:34
This coming weekend wraps up the group stage of the 2016 Primera championship, and Hand Of Pod 226, with Sam, Andrés and Fede, contains all you need to know about the permutations. Godoy Cruz and S...
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Episode 225: Lanús cross the line, Central&Boca fly the flag in the Libertadores from 2016-05-12T19:23:34
The two hundred and twenty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés joined by Killian to look back over a weekend of league action which saw Lanús secure a place in their championship final...
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Episode 224: Lanús close in, Godoy Cruz win again and Argentina's Copa América shortlist from 2016-05-05T16:20:38
The two hundred and twenty-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod is short but sweet with plenty of food for thought. Lanús and Godoy Cruz continue to look like the two favourites for the title playoff - in...
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Episode 223: A very dull round of derbies, Copa Libertadores knockout rounds begin&more from 2016-04-28T17:44:50
The two hundred and twenty-third episode of Hand Of Pod was recorded by Sam and Andrés in a rather cold living room, because it's chilly in Buenos Aires at present and no gas in Sam's building mean...
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Episode 222: Copa Libertadores group stage round-up and much more from 2016-04-22T16:30:40
The two hundred and twenty-second episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, English Dan and Andrés discuss the Copa Libertadores group stage, which has finished (or had almost finished, when we recorded) wi...
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Episode 221: Racing's inconsistencies, River's ongoing problems and some Libertadores mathematics from 2016-04-15T15:47:10
The two hundred and twenty-first episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam joined by Andrés and English Dan to look back on another goal-packed weekend of Primera action which saw Vélez Sarsfield hand Rosari...
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Episode 220: River and Boca's troubles, yet more goals, and surprise packages from 2016-04-07T18:22:36
In the two hundred and twentieth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Andrés, Fede and Remi discuss a weekend during which Rosario Central dropped points and River Plate lost, but Boca Juniors managed a ma...
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Episode 219: two wins get Argentina's World Cup hopes on track, Messi's brilliance and more from 2016-03-31T21:55:08
The two hundred and nineteenth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam joined by Andrés and Fran to look back on Argentina's two recent World Cup qualifying victories, away to Chile and at home to Bolivia....
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Episode 218: Another goal-packed weekend, and Argentina's new WCQ challenges from 2016-03-24T15:40:35
In the two hundred and eighteenth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Peter and Andrés have a bumper discussion beginning with the number of goals in the latest round of Primera action (52 in 15 matches)a...
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Episode 217: Boca get their first win under GBS, an up-and-down week for River, and more from 2016-03-18T16:17:27
Episode 217 of Hand Of Pod sees Sam welcome Andrés and English Dan to the studio to go over the last week in Argentine football with a fine-toothed comb. It's been a distinctly mixed seven days (an...
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Episode 216: Reviewing the superclásico and an awful lot of goals elsewhere from 2016-03-10T16:14:02
The two hundred and sixteenth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Andrés and Fede look back on a rather underwhelming superclásico which nonetheless gave us plenty to talk about - largely because we'v...
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Episode 215: Boca Juniors change managers ahead of superclásico and more from 2016-03-03T15:53:49
The two hundred and fifteenth episode of Hand Of Pod is a bumper one, as we've got a major talking point this week. Sam, Andrés and Boca Juniors fans Fede and Fran discuss Boca's decision on Monday...
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Episode 214: San Lorenzo and River still can't defend, and are Boca back on track? from 2016-02-25T15:46:23
Episode 214 of Hand Of Pod is short but sweet, as Sam and Andrés take you through the last week in Argentine football. There are some entertaining matches to discuss, with San Lorenzo's 3-2 win ove...
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Episode 213: Boca, Newell's and Vélez find their feet as others stumble from 2016-02-20T16:19:11
Episode 213 of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and English Dan look back on two rounds of fixtures during which Boca Juniors almost lost a manager but ultimately kept him, and found their first win of the new...
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Episode 212: River thrash Quilmes, Boca edge towards crisis and the rest of the first round from 2016-02-12T06:21:18
The two-hundred and twelfth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam joined by Peter, Andrés and returning panel member Rob Brown to look back on the opening weekend of Primera División action; matches whic...
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Episode 211: previewing the 2016 Primera División championship from 2016-02-05T16:58:22
Hand Of Pod is back for 2016, and Sam is joined by Andrés, Fede and Fran to preview another transitional championship, confusing format, stupid non-existent clásicos and all! We run the rule over w...
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Episode 210: River's Club World Cup campaign, AFA elections, playoff results and more from 2015-12-24T06:20:19
The two hundred and tenth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Andrés and Gustavo meet for a post-Hannukah (and pre-Christmas) podcast roundup of the last month in Argentine football, starting with Riv...
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Episode 209: Huracán put River out of the Sudamericana semis, and the playoffs so far from 2015-11-28T19:48:20
The two hundred and ninth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam joined by English Dan, Andrés, Fran and guest Rob Crisp for a brief roundup of the qualification playoffs for the Copa Libertadores and Cop...
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Episode 208: Argentina finally click in World Cup qualifying, and we gear up for the playoffs from 2015-11-19T21:22:35
The two hundred and eighth episode of Hand Of Pod is a relatively short one (by our standards), in which Sam and English Dan meet to discuss the encouraging improvement in Argentina's performances ...
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Episode 207: Previewing Argentina v Brazil with Tim Vickery from 2015-11-12T16:57:18
Episode 207 of Hand Of Pod is a very special one, because on Friday we turn five years old. Sam is joined for the celebration by Andrés, English Dan, Peter and very special guest Tim Vickery, who's...
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Episode 206: Tevez leads Boca to a domestic double, and what's still to play for? from 2015-11-06T16:53:16
The two hundred and sixth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Fede convene to talk about what might be Argentina's first proper domestic league-and-cup double (although given h...
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Episode 205: Boca&Central fight for a domestic double, two managers step down on one day and more from 2015-10-30T16:48:08
The two hundred and fifth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and English Dan joined by Tony, a long-time listener and first-time caller. It's a bumper edition, as we stick our teeth into last Friday's...
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Episode 204: Boca have to wait for the title, Chicago's survival hopes hang by a thread and more from 2015-10-23T03:21:22
In the two hundred and fourth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam is joined by Andrés and English Dan for a look at last weekend's Primera División action, which saw Boca Juniors fail to capitalise on a fi...
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Episode 203: Argentina aren't much cop without Messi, and will the title be decided this weekend? from 2015-10-15T22:30:01
In the two hundred and third episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam is joined by Andrés, English Dan and Fran to look back on a disappointing start to Argentina's World Cup qualifying campaign, in which witho...
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Episode 202: Boca close in on the title and Argentina gear up for World Cup qualifying from 2015-10-08T20:40:19
The two hundred and second episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, English Dan and Andrés convene to discuss a weekend of football which saw Boca Juniors open up an imposing six point lead at the top of t...
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Episode 201: Advantage Boca in the title race, the AFA election candidates and more from 2015-10-01T19:26:52
The two hundred and first episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam joined by Andrés and English Dan as well as newcomer Fran to discuss a weekend of action which saw Boca Juniors take a decent lead in the ...
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Episode 200: Tevez makes headlines as Boca stay top, Martino's first WCQ Argentina squad and more from 2015-09-24T22:24:35
Hand Of Pod is 200 episodes old, and this week Sam is joined by Peter and Andrés for a champagne celebration in a bumper episode. We look back over a weekend of Primera action which saw Carlos Teve...
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Episode 199: Boca go top with a superclásico win, and are away fans about to return to Argentina? from 2015-09-17T15:12:53
The hundred and ninety-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod is a post-clásico-round edition, with Sam and Andrés looking back over a weekend which saw Boca Juniors beat River Plate in the Monumental to go ...
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Episode 198: San Lorenzo beat Boca to top spot, Argentina friendlies and a whole round of clásicos! from 2015-09-11T04:06:46
The hundred and ninety-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod features Sam, Andrés and Mariano discussing last weekend's results, including San Lorenzo's 1-0 win away to Boca Juniors which took them top of ...
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Episode 197: More AFA power struggles, crisis at Crucero del Norte and violence rears its head again from 2015-09-03T17:04:40
This week's Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés have as much off-pitch stuff to focus on as on-pitch. San Lorenzo drew and Boca Juniors won, to leave Boca two points clear at the top heading into this ...
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Episode 196: San Lorenzo and Boca extend their lead, Gerardo Martino isn't happy and more from 2015-08-27T19:43:18
In the hundred and ninety-sixth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés look back on a weekend which saw San Lorenzo and Boca Juniors extend their (joint-)leadership of the title race, as they both ...
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Episode 195: San Lorenzo and Boca both win as River lose ground, and sell Ramiro Funes Mori from 2015-08-21T20:57:25
The hundred and ninety-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and English Dan discuss an eventful round of action in the Primera last weekend, with San Lorenzo and Boca Juniors both claiming 2-1 win...
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Episode 194: A Copa Argentina roundup, Argentine FA election talk and more from 2015-08-14T06:21:26
The hundred and ninety-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam joined by Andrés and English Dan to discuss what little football has been played since our last episode - namely, the last few games of...
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Episode 193: River Plate win the Copa Libertadores, and plenty of goals in the league from 2015-08-07T05:55:27
The hundred and ninety-third episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam joined by Andrés, Peter, Joel and special guest Richard Martin to talk about River Plate's 3-0 win over Tigres UANL on Wednesday night, ...
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Episode 192: Boca stay top of the league, River's Libertadores final first leg and more from 2015-07-31T06:29:17
In the hundred and ninety-second episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam is joined by Andrés and Remi to look back on a week which saw Boca Juniors strengthen their position at the top of the league with a bac...
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Episode 191: River Plate reach the Copa Libertadores final, Boca stay top of the league and more from 2015-07-23T23:08:39
The hundred and ninety-first episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés in a good mood after River Plate's qualification for the final of the Copa Libertadores for the first time in 19 years. A 1-1...
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Episode 190: Boca top the table ahead of Tevez's return&River take a first leg Libertadores lead from 2015-07-16T20:49:56
The hundred-and-nintieth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam joined by Andrés, Fede and long-time HOP listener but first-time HOP contributor Johnny to look back over an eventful week. Boca Juniors lea...
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Episode 189: reviewing Argentina's Copa América campaign and previewing the return of the Primera from 2015-07-08T18:36:18
Hand Of Pod returns as the Argentine Primera gears up to enter the second half of 2015. Sam and Andrés are here to review Argentina's Copa América campaign, which saw a second major final in a year...
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Episode 188: The 2015 Copa América preview episode! from 2015-06-11T03:05:09
The hundred and eighty-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Andrés and English Dan gather for an uncharacteristically early recording session, defying a national strike to see to it that you get...
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Episode 187: San Lorenzo lead as Boca lose again and River get a controversial win from 2015-06-04T17:19
In the hundred and eighty-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Andrés and Gustavo meet to discuss the penultimate weekend of Primera División action before the league breaks for the Copa América. S...
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Episode 186: The Argentine reaction to the FIFA arrests, Argentina's Copa América squad and more from 2015-05-29T00:54:01
In the hundred and eighty-sixth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam is joined by Andrés to discuss another lively week. There's talk about the reaction in Argentina to this week's FIFA arrests in Zurich, a...
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Episode 185: The fallout from Boca Juniors' Copa Libertadores disqualification and more from 2015-05-20T02:46:04
The hundred and eighty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Peter talking about the only thing anyone in Argentine football has been discussing in the last few days - the pepper spray-and-acid...
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Episode 184: One more superclásico, Independiente's Europe-bound players, Argentina squads and more from 2015-05-14T07:27:42
In the hundred and eighty-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Peter and Andrés look back on a goal-laden weekend of Primera División action, and on last week's Copa Libertadores last sixteen first ...
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Episode 183: Reviewing Sunday's superclásico and previewing Thursday's, plus San Lorenzo and more from 2015-05-07T16:53:56
In the hundred and eighty-third episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés are joined by Mariano, returning to the pod after a long absence, and new boy Federico, the second of our newly-acquired tame ...
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Episode 182: Previewing three superclásicos and catching up on other bits and pieces from 2015-04-30T21:47:27
In the hundred and eight-first episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Andrés and Joel are joined by new boy - and Boca Juniors fan - Julian in an exciting week in Buenos Aires, as we gear up to watch three c...
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Episode 181: River and Boca are joint top, the problem with Independiente&more from 2015-04-24T04:09:46
In the hundred and eighty-first episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Peter look back on a weekend of action that left River Plate and Boca Juniors joint top of the table as they pre...
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Episode 180: Four joint-leaders, River up against it and a trip to Temperley from 2015-04-17T01:03:27
The hundred and eightieth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés joined by new boy Remi, who brings a continental European air of sophistication (and a typically Dutch manner of speaking agains...
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Episode 179: Video refereeing controversy, Boca go top and Banfield join the race from 2015-04-09T22:54
The hundred and seventy-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés discuss referee Germán Delfino's decision to rescind a penalty and red card seemingly on television evidence during Vélez Sa...
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Episode 178: San Lorenzo go top, a new history bit and is Federico Mancuello better than Harry Kane? from 2015-04-02T21:33:16
The hundred and seventy-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod is a whopper, but with off-pitch trouble, plenty of goals in a week when the league leadership changed hands, Daniel Osvaldo's on-pitch trollin...
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Episode 177: Late goals, Central's 100% start ends, and River and Independiente keep clean sheets! from 2015-03-27T00:10:10
The hundred and seventy-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés discussing a weekend of Primera action that was notable for late goals deciding the outcomes of matches, and for Rosario C...
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Episode 176: Central's perfect start continues, River's six-goal thriller and more from 2015-03-19T23:16:55
In the hundred and seventy-sixth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Andrés and Santi look back over a goal-packed weekend of Primera action in which only four sides out of the thirty managed to keep clea...
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Episode 175: Central's fine start, Newell's search for identity&one third of the league are awful from 2015-03-12T23:36:59
In the hundred and seventy-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Andrés and Peter discuss another weekend of action which included an amazing 53-yard lob from San Lorenzo's Pablo Barrientos, River Pla...
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Episode 174: Laferrere's barra cause trouble, San Lorenzo lose and more from 2015-03-05T23:45:46
The hundred and seventy-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Peter and Andrés begin with a discussion of yet more violence affecting Argentine football, after a weekend marred by a running stree...
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Episode 173: River held, Boca win again and a Copa Argentina discussion from 2015-02-27T02:05:33
The hundred and seventy-third episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam joined by Peter, Andrés and Jon Gilbert to discuss the second weekend of Argentina's monster new Primera. River Plate were held in a li...
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Episode 172: The first round of 2015 Primera action&Argentine clubs' Libertadores hopes from 2015-02-19T22:07:09
The 2015 Monster Championship has begun, and in the hundred and seventy-second episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Santi and Peter convene to look back on the first weekend of action. Champions Racing got...
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Episode 171: Previewing the 2015 Monster Championship from 2015-02-12T18:47:24
Hand Of Pod returns from the summer break with our first episode of 2015. Sam, Andrés, Peter and Gustavo preview Argentina's controversial new 30-team top flight in this episode. Which teams have d...
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Episode 170: ¡Racing campeón! and a report from Morocco on San Lorenzo's Club World Cup semi-final from 2014-12-20T00:04:28
The hundred and seventieth episode of Hand Of Pod is our last of 2014, and we leave on an unexpected note: Racing Club managed not to racinguear on Sunday, and are the new champions of Argentina. S...
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Episode 169: River win the Copa Sudamericana, and Racing hope to take the league on Sunday from 2014-12-14T07:52:51
The hundred and sixty-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod is going online rather late this week, mostly because Sam's computer was out of order for a while, delaying the editing process. In it, Sam and An...
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Episode 168: A decent week for River Plate, Racing close in on the title and more from 2014-12-05T19:22:19
The hundred and sixty-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Andrés and Peter recording in Sam's new living room, with the traffic noise of Avenida Santa Fe drifting in through the (closed) window...
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Episode 167: Between superclásicos, a failed gamble by River, Racing go top and more from 2014-11-27T21:00:53
The hundred and sixty-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod is the first to fall neatly between two superclásicos, and Sam is joined by Andrés, Gustavo and Asli (and her canine companion Vinicius) to look...
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Episode 166: Points dropped at the top, and a season-defining few days ahead for River Plate from 2014-11-19T20:12:44
In the hundred and sixty-sixth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam is joined by English Dan for an afternoon espresso and a chat about an interesting week past and a thrilling one to come. We begin with so...
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Episode 165: We are four, River finally lose, AFA make more championship changes and more from 2014-11-15T08:42:38
The hundred and sixty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod was recorded late in the week, because Friday was the fourth anniversary - one whole World Cup cycle! - of our first ever episode going online. Sa...
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Episode 164: Racing on a roll, rain halting play and River&Boca aim for the Sudamericana semis from 2014-11-06T22:06:58
Episode 164 of Hand Of Pod sees Sam joined by English Dan for a congenial afternoon espresso and a chat about the past week in Argentine football. No fewer than four Primera matches were rained off...
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Episode 163: Carlos Tevez returns to the Argentina fold, and just how good are River Plate? from 2014-11-01T02:28:03
In episode 163 of Hand Of Pod, Sam is joined by Peter and Andrés to discuss Carlos Tevez's return to the Argentine national team, ahead of the upcoming friendlies in England against Croatia at Upto...
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Episode 162: Central claim victory in the Rosario clásico, River still lead the way and more from 2014-10-24T23:10:46
The hundred and sixty-second episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Peter and Andrés joined one last time (or so he claims) by Neil Clack, author of an actual published book. We look back on Rosario Cent...
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Episode 161: A look at Argentina's friendlies and River extend their lead from 2014-10-17T01:00:44
In the hundred and sixty-first episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés look back on Argentina's two recent friendlies in China - in Beijing against Brazil and in Hong Kong against Hong Kong (althoug...
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Episode 160: A very wet superclásico, Lanús keep the pressure on&Tigre's revival continues from 2014-10-10T07:51:03
The hundred and sixtieth episode of Hand Of Pod is a chance for Sam, Andrés and Peter to review Sunday's superclásico, in which River Plate and Boca Juniors played out a 1-1 draw in an extremely we...
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Episode 159: The October 2014 Superclásico preview from 2014-10-03T02:37:02
In the hundred and fifty-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam is joined by Andrés, Gustavo and Joel to preview this Sunday's clash between River Plate and Boca Juniors in the Monumental. We give an ov...
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Episode 158: Martino's first Argentina squad, a possible format change&more from 2014-09-25T21:51:03
The hundred and fifty-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and English Dan discuss Gerardo Martino's first real Argentina squad, after he was obliged to name an AFA-imposed one for the friendly a...
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Episode 157: Rain halting play, Tigre turning form round and a dull La Plata clásico from 2014-09-19T04:10:40
The hundred and fifty-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Andrés beging with a look back at Sunday evening, when one-and-a-third matches were called off due to some 'orrible weather in (Gre...
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Episode 156: River Plate extend their lead&more nonsense from the AFA from 2014-09-13T06:10:56
In the hundred and fifty-sixth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Peter and Andrés are joined, surprisingly, by Neil Clack and we discuss a week of enormous confusion in the headquarters of the Argentine...
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Episode 155: Bianchi sacked, River go top, Di María's star showing for Argentina&more from 2014-09-05T22:28:31
The hundred and fifty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod is a rather long one, because we've had a lot to cover; Sam, Peter and Andrés are joined by a special guest, the Sydney Morning Herald's Sebastian...
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Episode 154: A glut of goals, Vélez have maximum points and crisis at Boca Juniors from 2014-08-26T08:08:24
The hundred and fifty-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod is one of those rare episodes which clocks in at well under an hour. Sam is joined by English Dan for a daytime recording, looking back on a goal...
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Episode 153: Running the rule over Rojo and Fernández, an excellent showing from River and more from 2014-08-23T09:09:39
Sam, Peter and Andrés begin Hand Of Pod 153 with a look at two of the biggest Argentine moves in the European transfer window so far - World Cup star Marcos Rojo's move from Sporting to Manchester ...
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Episode 152: San Lorenzo win the Libertadores, Martino is the new Argentina boss&more from 2014-08-16T09:46:17
On the hundred and fifty-second episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Peter, Andrés and Joel are joined by Neil Clack, a former resident of Buenos Aires and author of Animals! The Story of England v Argenti...
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Episode 151: previewing the Torneo de Transición and more from 2014-08-08T23:46:57
In the hundred-and-fifty-first episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Santi, Andrés and Peter have a lot of explaining to do. That's because the new season is upon us, and it behoves us to explain why we're ...
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Episode 150: Julio Grondona is dead, and San Lorenzo are Libertadores finalists from 2014-08-02T08:59:48
One story dominates the hundred-and-fiftieth episode of Hand Of Pod, and we make no apologies for it:Sam and Andrés mark a landmark episode with discussion of Julio Grondona's exit from his positio...
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Episode 149: Looking back on a successful World Cup for Argentina, and where to next? from 2014-07-18T01:37:14
The hundred-and-forty-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Gustavo look back on the semi-final and final of Argentina's World Cup campaign, and on the tournament as a whol...
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Episode 148: Alfredo Di Stéfano RIP&previewing Argentina's World Cup semi-final from 2014-07-09T00:57:10
The hundred-and-forty-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod was convened to discuss Argentina's historic qualification for their first World Cup semi-final since 1990, but before we get on to that, we have...
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Episode 147: Independiente are back&everything you need to know about Argentina at the World Cup! from 2014-06-13T00:59:53
The hundred-and-forty-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod is a very long one, we admit; but not without reason! Sam, Peter, Andrés and German Dan begin by looking at Independiente's return to the Primer...
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Episode 146: River's endless trophy collection, Colón are relegated and more from 2014-06-07T09:33:57
The hundred-and-forty-sixth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Peter and Andrés discuss River Plate's second trophy in a week (and their third in two weeks, if you're particularly easily pleased), Co...
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Episode 145: ¡River campeón!, a Colón v Atlético relegation tie-breaker and more from 2014-05-24T05:25:41
The hundred-and-forty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, English Dan, Peter, Gustavo and Andrés joined by a documentary film crew from the USA; the American Fútbol boys have been touring Latin ...
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Episode 144: Argentina's World Cup longlist, and River Plate close in on a long-awaited title from 2014-05-16T02:00:27
The hundred-and-forty-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod is recorded in Sam's living room, and he, Peter and Andrés - backed by a dog, an antiquated and improperly removed former doorbell and a passing ...
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Episode 143: Gimnasia&River joint top with two games left, All Boys relegated and more from 2014-05-09T05:41:07
The hundred-and-forty-third episode of Hand Of Pod is upon us, and Sam, Peter and Andrés review another weekend of Torneo Final action as River Plate draw back level with Gimnasia y Esgrima La Pla...
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Episode 142: Crazy league restructuring from the AFA, Gimnasia go top&Argentinos are down from 2014-05-02T07:18:41
The hundred-and-forty-second episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Peter and Andrés begin with an in-depth consideration (much more in-depth, we'd be prepared to bet, than the AFA gave it) of the Argent...
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Episode 141: Cantero loses battle with the barra brava, River go top and title&relegation run-ins from 2014-04-25T02:11:34
There's a lot to get through on Hand Of Pod 141, but Sam, Peter and birthday boy Andrés manage to whistle through in under an hour and a half, for once. First on the agenda is the news that on Wedn...
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Episode 140: Managers making foolish declarations& Argentine Libertadores hopes from 2014-04-20T05:27:41
Episode 140 of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Peter welcome not one but two special guests - Jonathan Wilson returns to HOP and Rupert Fryer finally makes his long-awaited debut. We ...
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Episode 139: Looking back on the clásico rosarino, summarising Argentine Libertadores hopes and more from 2014-04-11T04:05:11
Hand Of Pod episode 139 is a bumper edition, featuring Sam, Santi, Andrés and Peter. They discuss not one but two rounds of Torneo Final action, including a 3-3 thriller between Racing and Estudian...
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Episode 138: reviewing River's first win away to Boca in a decade, a Libertadores overview and more from 2014-04-01T20:39:36
The hundred-and-thirty-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod was recorded at lunchtime on Tuesday, over mate, in order for us to get it to you ahead of (most of) the eleventh round of Torneo Final action. ...
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Episode 137: Colón still lead the way, Independiente in meltdown&previewing Boca v River from 2014-03-28T01:24:40
The hundred-and-thirty-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Peter and Andrés joined by German Dan to discuss an interesting weekend of matches, at the end of which Colón were still top of the T...
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Episode 136: a thirteen team title race and more from 2014-03-22T10:27:09
In episode 136 of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Peter, Andrés and some bloke called Joel who wandered in wanting to record discuss last weekend's Torneo Final action. There are thirteen teams within six points...
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Episode 135: A tightening title race as frontrunners drop points, and Argentine Libertadores hopes from 2014-03-14T02:45:56
In the hundred-and-thirty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Peter look back over a weekend which saw two of the title frontrunners - league leaders Colón and their pursuers Estudiantes - drop p...
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Episode 134: The title race takes shape, Argentina's draw in Romania&a lower division chat from 2014-03-08T19:16:53
In the hundred-and-thirty-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam is joined by Peter, English Dan and Andrés, as well as Gustavo Malamud, an Atlanta fan. We discuss another double round of matches - we'...
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Episode 133: No shortage of thrillers, Boca finally win again... and look out, Newell's are back! from 2014-02-28T10:01:29
The hundred-and-thirty-first episode of Hand Of Pod features Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Ilan. They look back over the fourth round of the Torneo Final, which saw some wonderfully entertaining gam...
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Episode 132: The champs are up and running, Boca's Riquelme-reliance, trouble at River and more from 2014-02-22T18:18:37
In the hundred-and-thirty-second episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam is joined by English Dan, Peter and Rob, and we discuss not one but two rounds of league action, with the third round having been played...
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Episode 131: River&Boca being better than rubbish, San Lorenzo beginning with (two) defeats&more from 2014-02-15T01:15:55
The hundred-and-thirty-first episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Andrés and Rob look back over the opening weekend of the 2014 Torneo Final, which featured better than expected (better than we expecte...
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Episode 130: Reviewing the summer ins and outs, and previewing the 2014 Torneo Final from 2014-02-07T05:28:41
Episode 130 of Hand Of Pod is the best-sounding ever, thanks to a new microphone paid for by the enormous generosity of HOP listener Doug Hart. Sam is joined by Santi, Mariano, Andrés and new HOP c...
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Episode 129: ¡San Lorenzo campeón!, Lanús claim the Sudamericana, and a general Inicial round-up from 2013-12-21T20:13:03
The hundred-and-twenty-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod is also the last of 2013, and Sam is joined by English Dan and Joel to look back over a Torneo Inicial that was settled in an entirely predictabl...
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Episode 128: Still no wiser about the champions, Lanús' Sudamericana hopes&Colón in crisis update from 2013-12-07T02:30:02
The hundred-and-twenty-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod was recorded two days before the start of the final round of league fixtures, and we still have no idea who out of San Lorenzo, Lanús, Newell's ...
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Episode 127: Racing's upturn in form, River&Boca have problems, and who's going to win the title? from 2013-11-29T02:34:49
In the hundred-and-twenty-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Andrés and guest Ilan are invited round to English Dan's swish new pad. We discuss the fallout of last weekend's clásico, which saw Ra...
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Episode 126: Colón in crisis, another weekend of shocks, and a six-way title race from 2013-11-22T03:09:13
In the hundred-and-twenty-sixth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Andrés and Santi are joined by Rob Brown, an Englishman who's in Buenos Aires for a few months almost entirely in order to watch Juan Ro...
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Episode 125: We are 3; Lanús on the title charge, and Racing are rubbish again from 2013-11-15T23:30:26
The 125th episode of Hand Of Pod was recorded on our third birthday, and Andrés and Sam raise a glass to that fact before getting stuck in to last weekend's action, which saw Boca Juniors make up s...
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Episode 124: Racing aren't crap any more, River very much are, and more from 2013-11-08T22:13:59
The hundred-and-twenty-forth episode of Hand Of Pod is one of our shortest ever episodes, but hopefully we've still got enough to be going on with. Racing, having won twice in a row, are officially...
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Episode 123: Maradona's birthday, Giunta's balls, and a lot of very angry people from 2013-11-01T05:14:12
The hundred-and-twenty-third episode of Hand Of Pod was recorded on Diego Maradona's 53rd birthday, and after giving that fact the amount of coverage it deserves, we move on to a review of the last...
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Episode 122: A World Cup qualifying roundup, previewing the Rosario derby and more from 2013-10-18T09:04:59
The hundred-and-twenty-second episode of Hand Of Pod gave us a lot to talk about, and it was quite an achievement to have got the final thing down to an hour and a half. Santi hosts in his new home...
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Episode 121: Reviewing the superclásico, previewing Argentina's final WCQs&more from 2013-10-11T07:32:54
The hundred-and-twenty-first episode of Hand Of Pod sees Andrés welcome Sam and Mariano to his living room for the first time, as we look back on Boca Juniors' 1-0 win away to River Plate in Sunday...
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Episode 120: previewing River v Boca, and crisis at Racing&Huracán from 2013-10-04T04:39:24
The hundred-and-twentieth episode of Hand Of Pod is the first appearance of Fede González, and it's timed perfectly - he works on one of the most popular unofficial Boca Juniors Twitter accounts ar...
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Episode 119: Home teams still dominate, Maxi's wonder goal&an Independiente update from 2013-09-27T00:58:14
Hand Of Pod episode 119 sees Sam and Andrés discuss the very low number of away wins so far this season, as home sides continue to get by far the better results. Maxi Rodríguez scored a fantastic w...
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Episode 118: No away wins, Racing are awful and Central are almost as bad from 2013-09-20T01:29:10
The hundred-and-eighteenth episode of Hand Of Pod is recorded unusually early in the day, and features only two voices: those of Sam and English Dan. We discuss River Plate getting upset by referee...
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Episode 117: Argentina secure World Cup place, Argentinos lead league&River finally click from 2013-09-13T02:05:55
The hundred-and-seventeenth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Joel and Andrés discussing Argentina's confirmation of their place in the Brazil 2014 World Cup, courtesy of an historic 5-2 away win ov...
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Episode 116: Racing&Independiente's new management, Argentinos' fine start and much more from 2013-09-06T01:02:41
The hundred-and-sixteenth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam welcome German/Swiss/Chinese Dan (who is actually English) to his living room, as well as Andrés Bruckner, who makes his HOP debut. Also ap...
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Episode 115: Big Five all lose for the first time ever&Argentinos are getting a nosebleed from 2013-08-29T00:09:57
It was an historic weekend in Argentina; for the first time ever, all of the Big Five - River Plate, Boca Juniors, Racing, Independiente and San Lorenzo - lost in the same round of matches. So inev...
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Episode 114: Teo Gutiérrez's never-ending transfer saga, Argentinos leading the way&more from 2013-08-22T23:39:15
We're only three rounds into the season, but all the same it's a little bizarre to be looking at a league table and seeing Argentinos Juniors on top of it. In the hundred and fourteenth episode of ...
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Episode 113: reviewing the first two rounds of the season from 2013-08-12T02:25:20
Episode 113 of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, English Dan and Joel review the first two rounds of the 2013 Torneo Inicial, in which we've learned that River Plate still have a lot of improving to do, Boca J...
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Episode 112: Previewing the 2013 Torneo Inicial from 2013-08-02T06:30:53
The hundred-and-twelfth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and Santiago reviewing the couple of weeks of transfer activity that have followed episode 111, and previewing the 2013 Torneo Inicial. First...
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Episode 111: Newell's pain, AFA indecision and some winter transfer talk from 2013-07-16T00:27:25
The hundred-and-eleventh episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, English Dan and Santi meet for a mid-winter fernet and to discuss Newell's Old Boys' exit from the Copa Libertadores, the AFA's bizarre dec...
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Episode 110: Reviewing the Torneo Final&looking at the main moves in the winter break from 2013-06-26T22:41:08
The hundred-and-tenth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, English Dan and Joel meet to look back on a memorable Torneo Final - what seemed like an emphatic championship win for Newell's even though th...
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Episode 109: ¡Newell's campeón!, Independiente relegated&Lanús thrash River from 2013-06-21T20:34:10
The hundred-and-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, English Dan and Santi return to discuss an eventful week in Argentine football. Independiente were relegated last Saturday courtesy of a 1-0 d...
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Episode 108: World Cup qualifiers, police shooting fans, tense title/relegation run-ins and more from 2013-06-15T01:31:07
The hundred-and-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod is a bumper one, during which Sam, English Dan and Joel look back on Argentina's two World Cup qualifying draws to start with, before getting into the ...
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Episode 107: Looking back at a big domestic weekend&forward to a pivotal World Cup qualifying one from 2013-06-06T06:27:13
In the 107th episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Santi are joined by prodigal son Joel Richards to look back on a weekend of domestic action and look forward to a weekend of both domestic ...
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Episode 106: reviewing the Newell's v Boca mini-series&more from 2013-06-01T08:00:01
The 106th episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, English Dan and Santi convene to discuss what we were previewing in episode 105 - the three matches (two in the Copa Libertadores, one in the league) whic...
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Episode 105: Meltdown at Argentinos Juniors, no-one wants the title,&previewing Boca v Newell's from 2013-05-24T00:39:57
Sam and English Dan are joined by Santiago for this week's Hand Of Pod, in which we begin with a discussion of an astonishing couple of days at Argentinos Juniors, including manager Ricardo Caruso ...
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Episode 104: Argentina's Libertadores involvement, Migliore's release&the relegation scramble from 2013-05-18T03:05:06
In episode 104 of Hand Of Pod, Sam and English Dan are joined by Mariano in a later-than-usual recording, which enables us to look back at (most of) Argentina's Copa Libertadores involvement during...
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Episode 103: Reviewing Boca v River, Lanús top the table again&more from 2013-05-09T05:12:59
In the hundred-and-third episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Joel get together to discuss the main talking points from last week's superclásico, which, being a superclásico, weren't so muc...
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Episode 102: Trying and failing to keep it short,&previewing the superclásico from 2013-05-03T00:22:47
In the hundred-and-second episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Joel have a running order for once, in an effort to get the show's length down below an hour and a half. They succeed by a mat...
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Episode 101: some awful refereeing, an enthralling title race and the return of Mystic Dan from 2013-04-25T01:45:08
The hundred-and-first episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and English Dan welcome Joel back from his holiday, and the three are joined by Santiago again. We're also reunited with Australian Dan, making...
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Episode 100: Brindisi, Bianchi, Boca's historic thrashing... and a centenary! from 2013-04-18T07:46:02
Hand Of Pod is one hundred episodes old. And we're celebrating in style; recording in an almost silent flat, with current and former regulars and guests. Sam, English Dan, Seba, Asli and Mariano ar...
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Episode 99: Independiente's struggles, lower division structures, River's return to form and more from 2013-04-11T01:41:41
In the ninety-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and English Dan are joined by Santiago, the Arsenal de Sarandí fan, to discuss the big moves up and down the table(s) after last weekend's results in...
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Episode 98: Lanús cling on at top, San Lorenzo goalie arrested for part in murder conspiracy&more from 2013-04-05T00:47:19
In the ninety-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and English Dan are introduced by World Cup final referee Horacio Elizondo, and joined by guest star Archie Whitworth for a bumper edition - there's...
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Episode 97: Argentina edge closer to a World Cup place, and back to domestic matters from 2013-03-28T23:03:34
In the ninety-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Joel are joined (eventually) by Daniel Schweimler, another Englishman in Buenos Aires, who runs the Hand Of Dan blog looking at Ar...
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Episode 96: Huracan FC London, dodgy refereeing, and a World Cup qualifying preview from 2013-03-21T02:32:02
In the ninety-sixth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Joel are joined by Henry May, founding president and former centre back of Huracan FC London, possibly the world's most famous Londo...
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Episode 95: The Pope is a San Lorenzo fan, Lanús still lead the way&more from 2013-03-15T00:52:56
In the ninety-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Joel toast the world's first Latin American pontiff with a fernet (mate in Joel's case) even though none of us are Catholic, and dis...
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Episode 94: Unión ruin Riquelme's comeback, San Lorenzo beat River&Lanús still lead from 2013-03-07T02:11:52
The ninety-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, English Dan and Joel reunited after a few weeks, to discuss a goal-filled weekend which saw San Lorenzo beat River Plate in the clásico, Lanús cla...
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Episode 93: Racing collapse in the clásico, River&Lanús still lead, and more from 2013-02-28T01:04:36
Episode 93 sees English Dan appearing briefly by Skype, due to food poisoning - or maybe he was just too ashamed to show up in person after his side failed to turn up against Independiente in last ...
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Episode 92: Lanús&River lead&Independiente shock Vélez ahead of the Avellaneda clásico from 2013-02-21T01:11:46
In the ninety-second episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and English Dan are joined by Mariano the San Lorenzo fan to discuss a Torneo Final second round with one outstanding result; ten-man Independiente'...
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Episode 91: An enjoyable first round, Riquelme finally signs and more from 2013-02-14T21:40:52
In the ninety-first episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Joel look back on an opening weekend of Torneo Final action that Sam and Joel thoroughly enjoyed, and which English Dan missed almos...
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Episode 90: previewing the 2013 Torneo Final&wondering where Riquelme will go from 2013-02-07T06:04:49
In the ninetieth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Joel preview the 2013 Torneo Final, which kicks off with Unión hosting Arsenal de Sarandí on Friday evening. We discuss Fernando Gago's move to...
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Episode 89: Grondona out, various players in&Riquelme still going nowhere from 2013-01-30T23:14:58
Hand Of Pod is back, and Sam, Joel and English Dan welcome 2013 with a nice laid-back chat about nothing in particular. There's just the news that one of the most powerful men in world football wil...
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Episode 88: Vélez are crowned champions, Díaz is unveiled at River Plate&more from 2012-12-05T23:43:53
The eighty-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod is the last one of 2012, and sees Sam, Dan and Joel analysing Vélez Sarsfield's 2012 Torneo Inicial title win, which was confirmed on Sunday with a 2-0 win ...
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Episode 87: Ramón Díaz returns to River, Vélez move to the verge of the title&more from 2012-12-01T05:57:54
One subject looms large over this week's (belated) episode of Hand Of Pod, the eighty-seventh since we started. Sam, English Dan and Joel discuss Ramón Díaz's emotional return to the club he loves ...
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Episode 86: Rising stars, crowd policing issues and an emotional return for San Lorenzo from 2012-11-22T20:29:02
This week's Hand Of Pod is the eighty-sixth episode, and as Seba rightly points out early on, eighty-six is an important number for Argentine football, not least for being the year which saw the ev...
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Episode 85: HOP turns 2 years old, some international talk, and crowd trouble at Independiente from 2012-11-16T01:34:13
The eighty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod sees us turn two years old, and to celebrate the fact that we're still here we recorded in Seba's very plush office. We discuss the likelihood of Juan Román ...
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Episode 84: Vélez, Newell's and Belgrano in a tightening title race, San Lorenzo's woes and more from 2012-11-09T03:08:17
In the eighty-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Joel are joined again by that doyen of football journalism, Jonathan Wilson to look back on an eventful weekend in the Torneo Inici...
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Episode 83: River Plate fans' Pink Floyd superclásico tribute and more, with Jonathan Wilson from 2012-11-01T21:12:34
In the eighty-third episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Joel are joined by Jonathan Wilson, who helps us review Sunday's superclásico, which ended in a 2-2 draw between River Plate and Boc...
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Episode 82: reviewing Racing v Newell's, and previewing a monumental superclásico from 2012-10-26T03:58:47
In the eighty-second episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan, Joel and Ed run their critical eyes over the biggest clash of last weekend, Racing v Newell's (2nd v 1st), and explain why we enjoyed ...
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Episode 81: World Cup qualifying review, and the main domestic headlines from 2012-10-19T04:23:40
The eighty-first episode of Hand Of Pod is another bumper one, with a look back on Argentina's 3-0 dispatching of Uruguay last Friday and Tuesday's hard-fought 2-1 win away to Chile, as well as the...
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Episode 80: More love for Newell's, another River win&previewing Argentina v Uruguay from 2012-10-12T02:07:35
Episode 80 of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, English Dan and Joel welcome guest Ed Malyon to Buenos Aires, and in a bumper episode we go through last weekend's Torneo Inicial action - which included a woefu...
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Episode 79: golazos by the bucket full, and an Argentina Z v Brazil B preview from 2012-10-03T23:18:37
The seventy-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Dan and Joel meet to discuss a goal-filled weekend. There were thirty-five goals in ten matches, and Joel drew the short straw and managed to pick...
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Episode 78: River and Independiente's troubles, Newell's title chances and more from 2012-09-28T01:27:43
In the seventy-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Joel return to discuss last weekend's Torneo Inicial action, and the fallout. Racing beat River Plate in the derby, and Matías Almeyda's j...
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Episode 77: Matías Almeyda gets a vote of confidence, Riquelme gives a press conference&much more from 2012-09-21T01:34:51
In the seventy-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Joel begin life without Australian Dan with another bumper episode, during which we look at the increasing impatience towards River Plate...
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Episode 76: Australian Dan says good bye... and some stuff about the national side&league from 2012-09-14T21:59:54
The seventy-sixth episode of Hand Of Pod is a sad affair, being as it is Australian Dan's final appearance as a full HOP-er. As well as discussing this momentous event, we also find time for less i...
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Episode 75: Tactical confusion at River, and an Argentina v Paraguay preview from 2012-09-07T06:44:36
The seventy-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod is a bumper one ahead of Friday evening's World Cup qualifier in Córdoba between Argentina and Paraguay. Gearing up for that match, we've got Asunción resid...
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Episode 74: Tax dodging and whining about the opposition - and that's just River Plate... from 2012-08-30T22:04:35
In the seventy-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Joel and Dan are joined by Mariano, our tamed San Lorenzo fan, once again as we dissect an underwhelming weekend of Primera División action m...
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Episode 73: Racing's clásico win, San Lorenzo's pressing concerns and more from 2012-08-23T02:35:21
The seventy-third episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Dan and Dan welcome tamed San Lorenzo fan Mariano back to the podcast for his third appearance. We take the opportunity to ask him to get us up to...
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Episode 72: What we didn't learn from Argentina v Germany, and a low-scoring weekend in the league from 2012-08-16T23:31:39
In the seventy-second episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Dan and Joel look back on Argentina's 3-1 friendly win over Germany hours before, and consider just how little we learned about Argentina fro...
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Episode 71: River and Boca both lose, are Vélez back? and Joel Richards is free again! from 2012-08-09T00:09:58
In the seventy-first episode of Hand Of Pod, we celebrate Joel Richards' liberation from his building after he was locked in during last week's episode. We also look back at an eventful first weeke...
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Episode 70: Previewing the 2012 Torneo Inicial, and a live video Q&A! from 2012-08-03T07:25:08
The seventieth episode of Hand Of Pod brings a preview of the new season, which for the first time sees the Torneos Apertura and Clausura renamed Inicial and Final, and will see only one champion a...
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Episode 69: Returning from our holidays to tie up some loose ends from 2012-07-15T22:25:12
Episode 69 of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Australian Dan and Joel joined by Christian, a Brazilian who exudes a quiet academic authority over the podcast. He's writing a thesis on us. Sort of. We discuss...
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Episode 68: Arsenal campeón, Tigre survive, and River Plate return to the Primera from 2012-06-28T23:25:34
The sound on the sixty-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod is bad. We apologise for this, but there's not a lot we could do about it. Sam and English Dan meet via Skype to discuss the final weekend of th...
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Episode 67: The title run-in and the relegation battle; and that's just Tigre! from 2012-06-20T01:08:02
The sixty-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam and English Dan joined by Mariano again, to discuss an intriguing (or conspiratorial) run-in to the end of the Argentine season. This weekend's mat...
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Episode 66: Boca's slip-up, a big win for Tigre, Sabella's progress with Argentina&more from 2012-06-14T01:35:16
The sixty-sixth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Dan meet to discuss Tigre's impressive win over San Lorenzo in Sunday's big relegation clash, and where it leaves both sides in the relegation t...
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Episode 65: Messi leads Argentina to a win, Tigre v San Lorenzo preview and more from 2012-06-07T03:22:24
The sixty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod is another long one, because we have plenty to discuss. Sam, Dan and Dan are joined by Mariano, a San Lorenzo fan whose Twitter you can find at @ArgenPreviews...
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Episode 64: Two five-goal thrillers, Boca's Libertadores and Clausura chances&more from 2012-05-31T02:20:42
In the sixty-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod there's a lot to get through. Sam, Dan and Dan take you through two five-goal thrillers from last weekend, both of which affected the relegation battles, ...
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Episode 63: Tigre's escape act, Boca leading the way and much more from 2012-05-24T07:28:59
The sixty-third episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Dan and Dan joined by Joel Richards to discuss another action-packed week in Argentine football. Tigre, astonishingly, might finally manage to climb...
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Episode 62: Streetfighting managers, Newell's lead the way&Libertadores hopes from 2012-05-17T09:26:21
The sixty-second episode of Hand Of Pod was recorded by candlelight, after an epic climb up many, many flights of stairs from Sam and English Dan. In it, along with Australian Dan, we discuss San L...
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Episode 61: Battling the barra bravas, tragedy at Banfield, Boca's (lack of) controversy and more from 2012-05-11T01:05:33
In the sixty-first episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Dan are joined by the wonderful Joel Richards to discuss yet another weekend of controversy. There was controversy (though there shouldn't ha...
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Episode 60: A nicely laid-out league table, the Copa Argentina quarter-finals and more from 2012-05-05T06:46:14
The sixtieth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Dan and Dan discuss Boca Juniors' narrow lead in the Clausura, thanks to a spectacular Santiago Silva effort last weekend, and Racing's pitiful perform...
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Episode 59: Boca and Newell's lead, Facundo Sava goes into management and league restructuring from 2012-04-25T21:48:01
The fifty-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod features Sam, Dan, Dan and special guest, Turkish TV presenter Asli Pelit, cover an increasingly tight title race; Only two points separate the top six teams,...
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Episode 58: A gun-toting striker, fistfights with fans, racist t-shirts and much more besides from 2012-04-19T01:19:18
The fifty-eighth episode of Hand Of Pod is a bumper edition. Not only do we have both Seba and Joel Richards on the same pod for the first time since their short-lived Enganche podcast with Sam fou...
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Episode 57: The Avellaneda clásico, Clausura title race, and two cup competitions from 2012-04-14T08:07:07
Episode 57 of Hand Of Pod is a long 'un, because Sam, English Dan and Seba have a derby to preivew. It doesn't help, then, that Seba has decided he's going to watch QPR instead of Racing on Saturda...
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Episode 56: Racing's poor form, Independiente win again, Trezeguet's hero status at River and more from 2012-04-07T05:56:14
The fifty-sixth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Dan and Dan discussing Independiente's win over Rafaela last weekend, Racing's defeat away to Newell's Old Boys, Boca Juniors once again topping the...
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Episode 55: Crisis in Avellaneda, Dybala the wunderkid, and a live Q&A session from 2012-03-29T05:55:42
The fifty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Dan, Seba and Dan meet again to discuss yet more crisis in the business of Avellaneda's two giant clubs, Racing and Independiente, as well as how Ne...
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Episode 54: Refereeing controversy, an Avellaneda revival and Tigre's enduring hope from 2012-03-22T06:51:04
The fifty-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod takes in quite a lot. We begin with Colón's highly controversial equaliser against San Lorenzo at the weekend, a goal which will see referee Diego Abal miss ...
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Episode 53: Boca finally lose (twice), Messi's genius and more, with Jonathan Wilson from 2012-03-15T21:10:12
The fifty-third episode of Hand Of Pod sees Seba return along with Sam, Dan and Dan, and a special guest appearance from football journalist, author and editor of The Blizzard (www.theblizzard.co.u...
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Episode 52: An amazing own goal, Tigre's continued battle and more from 2012-03-09T07:20:52
The fifty-second episode of Hand Of Pod begins with Sam,Dan and Dan in discussion of Diego Sosa's ridiculous own goal which gifted Estudiantes a win over San Martín last weekend, and continues to t...
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Episode 51: Messi's Argentina hat trick, Boca's regulation flouting and more from 2012-03-03T00:46:08
The fifty-first episode of Hand Of Pod sees the end of a bit of a break in recording, so it's a bumper edition. Seba is once again, lamentably, unable to attend, but Sam, Dan and Dan are joined by ...
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Episode 50: Boca's turbulent week, Lanús' impressive start and more from 2012-02-18T19:07:26
The fiftieth episode of Hand Of Pod is a weekend release as we weren't able to record earlier in the week. In it, we look back over an interesting first round of matches in the 2012 Torneo Clausura...
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Episode 49: A very uncontroversial league name, Argentine football clubs as film genres and more from 2012-02-08T19:22:14
The forty-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod is the 2012 Torneo Clausura preview edition, and we begin with a brief discussion of the title name of this year's competition, which has attracted really far...
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Episode 48: Gay Simon, Platense and other silly names from 2012-01-31T22:33:09
The 48th episode of Hand Of Pod is another summer special for 2012. In it, Seba tells us about the foundation and history of one of the Argentine lower divisions' biggest and most traditional clubs...
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Episode 47: Summer special 1 with special guest Futsal Dan from 2012-01-20T19:01:38
English Dan is on holiday, but fear not, Dan lovers! The forty-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod - and the first of our summer 2012 specials - features two Dans all the same. And what's more, for the ...
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Episode 46: The 2011 Apertura review from 2011-12-16T04:25:52
In the forty-sixth epsiode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Seba and English Dan look back on the 2011 Torneo Apertura, which ended on Monday. Boca Juniors ended as undefeated champions, and the champions with...
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Episode 45: Boca Juniors' title win, more melodrama at River and romantic tales from the Copa from 2011-12-09T21:10:17
The forty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod is introduced by Queens Park Rangers star Alejandro Faurlín, and sees Sam, Seba and English Dan reflecting on Boca Juniors' title win - the media bias, the ke...
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Episode 44: Our first ever interview, Boca on the brink and Racing finally lose from 2011-12-01T01:15:33
The forty-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba discussing the reasons for Boca Juniors' title win, which will almost definitely happen this coming weekend since their win at Go...
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Episode 43: Verón's argument with the barras, Teo's idiocy, media bias and more from 2011-11-23T18:38:11
In the forty-third episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba begin with a look at Juan Sebastián Verón's stand against Estudiantes' barra brava, who on Monday caused their match with Banfield ...
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Episode 42: Reviewing the qualifiers and looking forward to Boca v Racing, with Joel Richards from 2011-11-17T18:42:06
In the forty-second episode of Hand Of Pod, we turn one year old (well, it was a few days ago). To mark the occasion, we're joined by Joel Richards, and Seba, clearly afraid of being shown up, has ...
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Episode 41: Boca edge closer to the title, Racing win again at last,&upcoming World Cup qualifiers from 2011-11-09T22:26:02
The forty-first episode of Hand Of Pod is introduced by a real-life professional Argentine footballer, Crystal Palace goalkeeper Julián Speroni. After his dulcet tones, we discuss Boca Juniors' con...
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Episode 40: Boca's huge title lead, police violence in Rosario, and our opinion of John Terry from 2011-11-03T03:00:39
Hand Of Pod turns 40 episodes old this week, and once again we're discussing violence (at Newell's Old Boys' weekend match) and the threat of it (at Boca Juniors). From the latter, we seamlessly se...
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Episode 39: San Lorenzo players we'd punch&Argentina's latest World Cup qualifying squad from 2011-10-29T02:35:27
There's been violence in the air in Argentine football this week, and it's infected us at Hand Of Pod. Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba begin this week's podcast with a discussion of which San Lorenzo player...
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Episode 38: Grondona's inevitable election win&Chelsea's young transfer target from 2011-10-20T07:06:43
Julio Grondona was named Argentine FA President for another four years as we recorded this episode, a development slightly more inevitable than the sun rising tomorrow. Sam, Seba, Dan and Dan look ...
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Episode 37: Argentina's mixed World Cup qualifying start, and a River Plate update from 2011-10-14T00:01:23
In the thirty-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Seba discuss Argentina's mixed start to World Cup qualifying, which began with a 4-1 thrashing of Chile and continued with a surpr...
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Episode 36: the Avellaneda clásico, the standard of the Apertura, Argentina v Chile and more from 2011-10-06T06:50:17
In episode 36 of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba are joined by Asli Pellit and her lovely new (and very quiet) dog Vinicius. We discuss Asli's trips to Córdoba and Porto Alegre, on the latter o...
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Episode 35: Tevez's strop, Sabella's latest test&Boca's lead in the league from 2011-09-28T21:58:20
In the thirty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba begin with a discussion of just how much of a massive idiot Carlos Tevez is, and conclude with a reflection on Cristian Fabbiani's...
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Episode 34: Argentina's first World Cup qualifying squad, and two rounds of Apertura matches from 2011-09-24T00:05:01
Alejandro Sabella has named his first competitive Argentina squad, in preparation for the big kick off at home to Chile early next month. In the thirty-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Dan ...
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Episode 33: Argentina v Brazil mini-preview, Ramón Díaz comes in at Independiente&more from 2011-09-15T00:27:17
The thirty-third episode of Hand Of Pod goes online just before the first leg of the double-header between Argentina's and Brazil's 'domestic international' teams, and Sam, Dan and Dan look at what...
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Episode 32: Sabella's start as Argentina manager, Mohamed out at Independiente and more from 2011-09-08T08:01:55
In the thirty-second episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Seba and Dan have plenty to get their teeth stuck into. Alejandro Sabella's first two matches as Argentina boss are incisively dissected, and ...
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Episode 31: Everton's new centre forward, and the Apertura finally takes off from 2011-09-02T00:22:32
In the latest episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and the Dans discuss Denis Stracqualursi, and what Everton fans can expect from him in the Premier League, and an interesting weekend of Torneo Apertura ma...
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Episode 30: Vélez lose another player, River Plate force changes in Nacional B,&much more from 2011-08-24T23:35:09
This week's Hand Of Pod is a sensible length, so rejoice! Sam, Australian Dan and Seba meet again, and there are plenty of hot topics to get through. Santiago Silva has left Vélez Sarsfield for Fio...
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Episode 29: Alejandro Sabella's first Argentina squad(s), and the Apertura begins from 2011-08-20T03:05:57
The twenty-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod is, as the milkmaid said to the parson, quite a whopper. That's largely because Sam, Australian Dan and Seba have not one but two rounds of Torneo Apertura m...
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Episode 28: The 2011 Torneo Apertura preview with Joel Richards from 2011-08-05T22:24:35
Hand Of Pod's two resident Racing fans are both on holiday this week, but Sam and Australian Dan are battling on, insistent that their partners' absence is but a flesh wound, and are joined by the ...
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Episode 27: The Copa América review special with Jonathan Wilson from 2011-07-27T21:45:13
The twenty-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod is our look back on an eventful and historic Copa América Argentina 2011, and Sam, the Dans and Seba are joined by award-winning author, journalist and edi...
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Episode 26: the season review with special guest Tim Vickery from 2011-06-30T00:32:55
The end of season special of Hand Of Pod is an epic - an hour and three quarters - for which I apologise, but there's good reason: South American football broadcasting legend Tim Vickery was talkin...
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Copa América preview special: Argentina from 2011-06-27T21:11:58
The final installment of Hand Of Pod's Copa América preview special editions is here! Recorded a week ago, the HOP team discuss the hopes of the host nation and most people's tournament favourites,...
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Episode 25: The River Plate relegation playoff special from 2011-06-22T17:01:14
There's only one topic for this week's Hand Of Pod, and we make no apologies for that. Dan, Dan, Seba and River fan Sam try to make some sense of what none of us quite thought would come to pass: t...
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Copa América preview special: Uruguay from 2011-06-20T22:14:21
In this Copa América special preview edition of Hand Of Pod, English Dan and Sam are joined via Skype by Nicholas Rosano, of Goal.com and SouthAmericanFootball.co.uk, who discusses Uruguay's cautio...
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Episode 24: Vélez's title, the relegation run-in... and Martín Palermo's retirement from 2011-06-16T01:33:22
In the 24th episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Dan discuss Vélez's title win on Sunday, and offer their commiserations to Lanús. Sam gives an impromptu history lesson about Alumni, the first side...
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Copa América preview special: Brazil from 2011-06-13T05:44:22
In the third of our special Copa América previews, the Hand Of Pod crew welcome Caetano to English Dan's Caballito abode, and much hilarity ensues. He endears himself to the listeners of this Argen...
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Episode 23: Gambling, prostitution and language learning from 2011-06-08T23:06:41
In the 23rd episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Seba and Dan return to guide our listeners into the closing rounds of the Torneo Clausura. We cover the Nigeria v Argentina match last week which is be...
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Copa América preview special: Chile from 2011-06-07T03:27:33
In this second special edition of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Australian Dan (sorry, Daniel Colasimone) are joined from across the Andes by the voice of lovely Chilean journalist Cecilia Lagos. She fills ...
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Episode 22: Argentina's Copa América squad, and a call for your votes! from 2011-06-02T01:06:57
This week in Hand Of Pod, Sam, Seba, Dan and Dan give their opinions on Javier Mascherano's sterling job at centre back in recent weeks for new European champions Barcelona, and discuss whether he ...
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Copa América preview special: Paraguay from 2011-05-30T06:57:10
In a special edition of Hand Of Pod, Sam and the Dans are joined by Ralph Hannah, an English expert on Paraguayan football who was kind enough to drop in on us when visiting Buenos Aires with his w...
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Episode 21: Maradona goes postal, poor refereeing standards&Arsenal's new man from 2011-05-24T23:56:14
We had difficulty shutting up this week. A full 45 minutes of actually quite good stuff (if we say so ourselves) was cut, and the podcast still comes in at over an hour. Diego Maradona is the focus...
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Episode 20: Superclásico review, Maradona's new job and more from 2011-05-17T21:36:03
For the 20th episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba welcome special guest Asli Pelit to the show. Asli's a Turkish TV presenter who was at La Bombonera to see Boca Juniors beat River Plate ...
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Episode 19: the 2011 Clausura superclásico preview from 2011-05-11T01:17:51
In the nineteenth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Seba and Dan greet a couple of special guests to preview this Sunday's superclásico in La Bombonera. Samuel (no, not Sam) is our tamed River Plat...
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Episode 18: Four clásicos in three days, Riquelme's TV ad&Lamela to Juventus? from 2011-05-04T21:16:59
In the eighteenth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Dan have to make do without Seba, but attempt nonetheless to sum up an action-packed weekend in the 2011 Torneo Clausura. As well as four clás...
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Episode 17: Díaz quits San Lorenzo; the new old Messi, and the old old Torres from 2011-04-28T06:41:01
In the seventeenth episode of Hand Of Pod, Seba rejoins Sam, Dan and Dan. He's not happy with the way referees have been treating his club, and he's not afraid to make his anger heard, but a little...
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Episode 16: River's title challenge, Fabbiani's double, Racing's clásico win&more from 2011-04-21T03:35:55
In the sixteenth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Dan discuss the weekend's footballing action in Argentina, which included a hat trick at La Bombonera from a visiting forward you may never hav...
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Episode 15: Racing full back's impressive showing&an Avellaneda clásico preview from 2011-04-12T23:15:59
In the fifteenth episode of Hand Of Pod Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba discuss what we can only term a startling revelation from Racing full back Iván Pillud. We round up all the salient points from the To...
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Episode 14: Boca's revival, River Plate's liquid football,&the world's tightest league? from 2011-04-07T08:06:26
In the fourteenth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Dan are once again back on the fernet (after an alcohol-free episode 13), whilst Seba is dry as ever. We discuss the two giants of Argentine f...
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Episode 13: Di María's poor show against USA&Riquelme's brilliance from 2011-03-31T00:12:52
The thirteenth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Dan, Seba and Dan discussing things in a remarkably sober manner. We look back on the USA vs Argentina friendly on Saturday, considering the performa...
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Episode 12: death at the match&Argentina's Libertadores crew from 2011-03-24T08:15:27
In the twelfth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Seba welcome back Australian Dan from his sojourn around Mendiza and Córdoba. There's a big discussion on the main issue of the weekend, ...
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Episode 11: Argentine club ownership, racism,&Agüero's national team issues from 2011-03-18T23:02:54
In the eleventh episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Seba and English Dan discuss the last decade or so of Racing Club's history, and what it says about club ownership issues in Argentina. They also tackle...
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Episode 10: Pastore transfer talk,&River the 'South American Barcelona' from 2011-03-10T02:12
In Episode 10 of Hand Of Pod, Sam introduces you to his new home, where he's joined by the Dans and our special studio guests Katie and Jenny (Seba couldn't make it this week). We discuss rumours t...
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Episode 9: relegation-threatened title contenders,&picking your team from 2011-03-02T23:20:04
In the ninth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba talk about River Plate and Olimpo, the league leaders who are also battling against relegation. The non-Argentines also field a question ...
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Hand Of Pod Episode 8: Tevez vs Batista from 2011-02-24T05:55:04
In the eighth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba examine the recent (and ongoing) feud between Carlos Tevez and Argentina's national manager Sergio Batista - and AFA President Julio Gro...
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Hand Of Pod Episode 7 from 2011-02-18T01:04:56
In the seventh episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Dan welcome new team member Seba García, of Mundo Albiceleste, to the show for the first time. Zombie expressed his displeasure at Walter Perazzo...
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Hand Of Pod Episode 6 from 2011-02-11T04:49:55
Sam, Dan and Dan return for the first Hand Of Pod of 2011. As well as discussing the summer transfer action in Argentina, they also take a look at Argentina's performances in the Sudamericano Sub 2...
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Hand Of Pod ep 5 - 17-12-2010 from 2010-12-17T15:10:18
The fifth episode of Hand Of Pod is a bumper, one-hour(ish) end-of-year special. Uploading was delayed by a couple of days due to delays editing, but now Sam, Dan and Dan guide you through the clim...
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Hand Of Pod ep 4 - 07-12-2010 from 2010-12-07T22:32:44
This week's podcast is the last live-recorded one of 2010, and sees Sam, Dan and Dan discuss the upcoming denouement of the Torneo Apertura, as well as the squad list for Argentina's Under 20 South...
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Hand Of Pod ep 3 - 01-12-2010 from 2010-12-02T05:55:44
In the third episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Dan shelter from the Buenos Aires rain whilst discussing the veterans of the Argentine league, why River Plate might be the season's most frustrati...
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Hand Of Pod ep 2 - 24-11-2010 from 2010-11-24T08:57:10
In the second episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Dan return to discuss last week's superclásico and Argentina's Lionel Messi-inspired win over Brazil. Last week's River Plate-supporting guest Ger...
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Hand Of Pod ep 1 - 14-11-2010 from 2010-11-15T16:45:28
In the first episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Dan talk to River Plate fan Gerardo and Boca Juniors supporter Pablo about the upcoming superclásico between Argentina's two biggest clubs. We also...
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